http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
$499 would actually be reasonable, a good non-smarthphone can be $350+ unlocked/unsubsidized.]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/I actually meant $499 euro]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1580&HS=1 or W99i WiPhone - http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1614&HS=1 - i wish engadget would do any article on how much TOTAL an iPhone will cost after activation and minimum monthly plans compared to a blackberry service plan....]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
You blithering idiots. All of you that beleived that Apple were going to "give" you this phone for $199.

Let me tell you straight... What he said was not a lie, it is called a "BUSH-ism".

This is a phrase coined for certain/all statements made by George W. Bush.

A Bushism: "A statement made which deliberately excludes the necessary facts in order to make a decision based upon that information. The statement itself is not materially incorrect, however the intention is to delude and deceive".

This should be distniguished from a "Factoid"

A factoid is a spurious (unverified, incorrect, or invented) "fact" intended to create or prolong public exposure or to manipulate public opinion. It appears in the Oxford English Dictionary[1] as "something which becomes accepted as fact, although it may not be true", namely a speculation or an assumption.

LMAO.]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
What's $499 euro?]]>Jun 12th 2008 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/You can get most of the high end smartphones cheaper than this and not to even talk about 2 years contract where you can get pretty much everything for free.]]>Jun 12th 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
http://www.iphoneunlockaustralia.com/news-for-aussies/exclusive-optus-to-sell-iphone-for-350.html]]>Jun 12th 2008 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
As mentioned elsewhere, this phone isn't unlocked, just unsubsidized it turns out. $773 for a locked phone is an awful price.]]>Jun 12th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/For $199 you have to sign a 2-year contract and your phone will be locked to the carrier. USA.
For €499 ($773) you get an unlocked phone. You can keep your current plan, current carrier, go to another county, buy their carrier's sim and use it in your phone with no problems or limitations. Europe.]]>Jun 12th 2008 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
I'd really like to sell this on eBay before it's worth as much as a bag of Doritos.]]>Jun 12th 2008 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
Yeah, but carriers offer discounts on phones after your contract is close to the end of its life.]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
The fact that they simply aren't being sold anymore will increase demand over time. Especially for people who want to hack them (i.e. if someone miraculously finds some really cool things you could hack and iphone 1.0 to do, that wouldn't work on a 2.0 version) Oh, and it still gives you internet, ipod, video, wifi, bluetooth. That may not seem like much to some, but to a CSE student like me, I can think of some stuff I'd like to try on it now that I won't be using it as a phone come July 11.]]>Jun 12th 2008 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
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No.

Third.Whoo.]]>Jun 12th 2008 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
Third.Whoo.]]>Jun 12th 2008 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
Plus I don't know how the Europeans can afford it, with all that socialism taking up 70% of their paycheck.]]>Jun 12th 2008 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/and for your comment about 70% of their paycheck. its less than that and at least they have universal health care and affordable education.
what i say is we should just have one currency for the whole world and lots of problems would be resolved. ]]>Jun 12th 2008 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/I have a dozen friends who moved to Italy and there's no way of convincing them back!
Europeans (except maybe for brits) live longer, healthier and enjoy life more than most north Americans. ]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
Free health care and education (university included). I'm becoming a MD for free here, but if I lived in the US I would have had to be a millionaire to afford the same education. No thanks, you can have you cheap gas and hamburgers.]]>Jun 12th 2008 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
@Joonas, poor us in Scandinavia, TeliaSonera hasn't announced anything about prices in the other Scandi countries, except we get free data. I hope: Unlimited data (probably with 10 GB cap), unlimited sms (yeah unlimited) and 100-200 min, for $60. It should be possible.]]>Jun 12th 2008 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 13th 2008 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
Of course, you will be getting paid less than an MD over here.]]>Jun 12th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
i know it cool to hate America right now it the newest and greatest trend but what the fuck that got to do with iphone

great we get it u all hate the U.S we are not smart enough for we are not happy enough for u every country better then us

i really don't see what this has to do with the iphone ]]>Jun 12th 2008 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/500€ without a contract]]>Jun 12th 2008 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
This is the a carrier and simlock free version. With a carrier-specific and simlocked version you save around 75 euro. And with a 2 year € 50 per month contract the phone is free.

So actually the price of the iPhone is pretty competitive. (This is all based on dutch prices and experience. )
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Phone free too.]]>Jun 12th 2008 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/
I am so going drop off the apple band wagon....... like they care any way they will just find some other iphone suckers out there...
ok off my rant

Justice my be blind but it can see in the dark stevie.....]]>Jun 12th 2008 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/unsubsidized-iphone-3g-priced-at-499-569-in-europe/Jun 12th 2008 2:06AM