The Great iPhone Price Debate

June 20th, 2008, by The Angry Drunk

I’m not going to be arsed to dig up any links to the ongo­ing debate over whether the iPhone 3G is or isn’t actu­ally cheaper, or a good deal. Instead I’m going to sum this up in sim­ple terms even the sim­ple­tons in the blo­gok­lein­bot­tle can understand:

If you already own an iPhone (2G) and don’t have a crit­i­cal need for aGPS or 3G speeds (assum­ing that you are in a mar­ket that sup­ports 3G).  Don’t buy the iPhone 3G, it’s a bad deal.

If you don’t own an iPhone, or you have a cru­cial need for aGPS or 3G speed (assum­ing that you are in a mar­ket that sup­ports 3G). Buy the iPhone 3G, it’s a good deal.

There, are we all clear? Now go back to spec­u­lat­ing on el Jefe’s health; or what­ever it is you nerdlingers do when I’m not pay­ing attention.

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  • http://tj.tntluoma.com luo­mat

    But, but but.… oh, yeah, I guess you’re right.

    Huh.

    Ok then.

  • http://tj.tntluoma.com luo­mat

    But, but but.… oh, yeah, I guess you’re right.

    Huh.

    Ok then.

  • Andy W

    So if you have a first-gen 8GB model and want the new 16GB model?

    And would like 3G, but it isn’t critical.

    How’s that look as a deal?

    I need to know, dammit, ‘cos how else would I decide?

    (Extra credit is given for show­ing your workings.)

    :)

  • Andy W

    So if you have a first-gen 8GB model and want the new 16GB model?

    And would like 3G, but it isn’t critical.

    How’s that look as a deal?

    I need to know, dammit, ‘cos how else would I decide?

    (Extra credit is given for show­ing your workings.)

    :)

  • http://tj.tntluoma.com luo­mat

    @Andy — it’s a bad deal unless you ben­e­fit from 3G

  • http://tj.tntluoma.com luo­mat

    @Andy — it’s a bad deal unless you ben­e­fit from 3G

  • http://www.theangrydrunk.com The Angry Drunk

    @Andy W:

    I know you’re not being seri­ous, but bot­tom line: if you want the damned thing; buy one (I am).

    My beef is, I have never seen a phone launch where so many peo­ple have tried to argue that it isn’t a “good value” (what­ever that means).

  • http://www.theangrydrunk.com The Angry Drunk

    @Andy W:

    I know you’re not being seri­ous, but bot­tom line: if you want the damned thing; buy one (I am).

    My beef is, I have never seen a phone launch where so many peo­ple have tried to argue that it isn’t a “good value” (what­ever that means).

  • Andy W

    You’re right, I’m not being serious.

    I shall be buy­ing one.

    Hell, I may even be buy­ing one on release day, given that the only thing I hate about my cur­rent model is the speed surf­ing when out-and-about, so 3G should be a big thing for me.

    But I agree 100% that only it (and most other Apple prod­ucts) seem to gen­er­ate this kind of noise. One can only assume it’s being made by peo­ple who’ve spent a career say­ing that Apple is over-priced and design-led eye-candy, and now find them­selves want­ing all the lat­est Apple toys and are afraid of look­ing like they’ve done a u-turn. So they self-justify not buy­ing with all sorts of spu­ri­ous reasons.

    Me, I just get one with it and buy the best cell­phone on the mar­ket for my needs, what­ever that is (and I’ve tried a lot). And right now, that’s the iPhone.

  • Andy W

    You’re right, I’m not being serious.

    I shall be buy­ing one.

    Hell, I may even be buy­ing one on release day, given that the only thing I hate about my cur­rent model is the speed surf­ing when out-and-about, so 3G should be a big thing for me.

    But I agree 100% that only it (and most other Apple prod­ucts) seem to gen­er­ate this kind of noise. One can only assume it’s being made by peo­ple who’ve spent a career say­ing that Apple is over-priced and design-led eye-candy, and now find them­selves want­ing all the lat­est Apple toys and are afraid of look­ing like they’ve done a u-turn. So they self-justify not buy­ing with all sorts of spu­ri­ous reasons.

    Me, I just get one with it and buy the best cell­phone on the mar­ket for my needs, what­ever that is (and I’ve tried a lot). And right now, that’s the iPhone.

  • Paul N

    And if you’re not uptight enough to be check­ing your mail every 5 min­utes, and if it just pisses you off to legit­imize ATT with your money, just get the iTouch and be done with it. I got a hand­phone that works fine and can buy a lot of beer with the dif­fer­ence in plans.

  • Paul N

    And if you’re not uptight enough to be check­ing your mail every 5 min­utes, and if it just pisses you off to legit­imize ATT with your money, just get the iTouch and be done with it. I got a hand­phone that works fine and can buy a lot of beer with the dif­fer­ence in plans.

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