http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/ 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/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
So basically you are paying $700 for a refurb. In the beginning Apple did not have any refurbs so you would get a NEW replacement... but now...]]>Mar 27th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
Nice little iBill they will be getting in the mail.
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But lets take a look

Mr.Joe- $99 Refurb + $174 + 1 month service
Mr. Blow - $600 +Tax

Joe-refurb iPhone exchange for a refurb net loss = $0
Blow- new iPhone exchange for a refurb net loss = ~$300

Joe and Blow end up with the same refurbs...]]>Mar 27th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/True that. I always hear Americans say how everything they have is expensive, but I was there about a month ago for the first time in my life and I was amazed at how cheap everything there is! (and we're talking brands like Cavalli, Versace, Armani etc.)]]>Mar 27th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
I'd better get to the store soon to beat the rush of all the international tourists who are going to "pack" the Apple Stores just to get their hands on one or two at bargain prices. Those 100,000 iPhones in weekly inventory won't last long.

"Hey hon', I'm on my way out the door, now!"]]>Mar 27th 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
Why would international tourist be buying At&t locked phones? Tourists aren't as dump as americans :)]]>Mar 28th 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
$199+$275=$474]]>Mar 27th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
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Phone $199, activation $36, first month non-refundable service $70 and contract break $275

Total= $580

Forget it, not even worth it. Never mind...move along. ]]>Mar 27th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/(Engadget wrote about it around December) One reason could be that the iPhone costs 50% more.]]>Mar 27th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Yeah, and here in Mexico it will cost the equivalent of $1000 usd. D:
This sucks. I'm getting a chinese fake for $100.]]>Mar 27th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
So according to you:
2 * (Copy Paste + Bluetooth File Transfer + Multitasking + Video recording + MMS) = 0]]>Mar 27th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 29th 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
I just bought 3 1st gen iPhones refurbs for $149 each...

and I still feel I spent too much...

$600...

]]>Mar 27th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
]]>Apr 1st 2009 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
Just as you don't see "Engadget PRC" "Engadget Taiwan" "Engadget Japan" but rather "Engadget Simplified Chinese" "Engadget Traditional Chinese" and "Engadget Japanese."

Watch your assumptions mate. ]]>Mar 27th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
They mentioned the GPS accident because the guy was a freaking moron and said right in the article it was a meme - didn't matter where it was from, they would have listed it

Engadget Japanese is clearly for Japan, as it's the only country in the world that uses Japanese as the official language, also the stories are either different or at the very least, more selected - you'll actually notice this particular article isn't posted there]]>Mar 27th 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/What Josh said and that all the Engadget contests are for US citizens only.
I would have to agree with Josh. Even though they occasionally look outside their borders they are a US parent company and have a strong US bias.


]]>Mar 27th 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
1) So the company is US registered...do you really want me to list every single US-registered company which serves an international market?

2) Content written in the US/spellings - see above.

3) Prices are in USD because everyone can easily figure out what it is in their local currency.

4) Contests are only open to US citizens because US law doesn't allow non US-citizens to enter.

Seriously, take a look at just how much content on here is either country-neutral or non-US-focused - it's an enormous amount.]]>Mar 27th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Nah, you go month-to-month once you're sentence is up.]]>Mar 27th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
also, I've only seen one quoted source for this which was another blog. haven't heard of anyone actually going into an Apple store and walking out with phones. and the website says nothing about this option. i even tried the whole buying process and it only gave me the $199/299 prices. nothing about no contract. ]]>Mar 27th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
We've had pay-as-you-go iPhones for ages anyone would think Apple were based in Europe =)]]>Mar 27th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/
If AT&T can kill off the subsidy they are making out like bandits. EVERY phone works like this...you don't honestly think Nokia gives away all their phones ("free with contract").

This is a push by the teleco's to improve their bottom line and get people used to paying for phones themselves so they get more of the profit as competition increases.]]>Mar 27th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/iphone-3g-finally-available-contract-free/Mar 27th 2009 12:00PM