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Monday, June 9, 2008

Tech New iPhone Selling for $199… WTF?!?

Posted by Wm. Steven Humphrey on Mon, Jun 9 at 1:44 PM

For those who swore they’d wait to buy an iPhone until after they became more affordable… well, you’re going to have to dream up another excuse not to get one. Apple czar Steve Jobs introduced the new iPhone 3G today, and starting July 11, it’s gonna sell for $199.

That’s the 8 gigabyte model, with the 16 gigabyte version going for $299. The new iPhone also comes with faster internet, an (even) sleeker look, and GPS. Unfortunately, AT&T will remain the exclusive carrier, and they plan to jack up the price for their cheapest plan by ten bucks.

Here’s Job’s speech with plenty of pictures!

So that means I can sell my first generation to one of you guys for $400, and then buy two of the 3Gs… right?

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Comments

Reason #1 for not getting an iPhone:

AT&T can go fuck itself.

Posted by Graham | June 9, 2008 2:05 PM

As opposed to those other large wireless companies known for all their good deeds, cheap rates and reliable service? Get over it, they're all the same. I might have to get one now.

Posted by jim | June 9, 2008 4:34 PM

Does anyone else think Jobs is a dork?

Posted by mercjunkie | June 10, 2008 9:51 AM

Eh, they're just trying to sell as much of this crap as possible before the news comes out that continued exposure to RF radiation really does cause brain cancer.

Posted by Cheesus | June 10, 2008 10:23 AM

$70 + taxes and fees every month for a glorified cell phone? No thanks.

Posted by Brandon | June 10, 2008 1:29 PM

+ GPS
+ Exchange e-mail capability
+ gmail
+ youtube video viewer
+ camera
+ hold 20 gigs of data in the cloud
etc etc etc. all smaller than any laptop and fits in a pocket. For those of us that do all this stuff with different devices anyway, it's well worth it. My smartphone MAKES me money.

Posted by indy | June 10, 2008 2:25 PM