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Ron - 09 Jun 2008 19:54 GMT

The iPhone 3G will be available July 11th in 22 countries. The maximum
price around the world is $199 USD.

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Jeffrey Kaplan - 09 Jun 2008 21:14 GMT

Previously on alt.cellular.attws, Ron said:

> The iPhone 3G will be available July 11th in 22 countries. The maximum
> price around the world is $199 USD.

For the 8GB model. $299 for the 16GB model.

I want 32GGB!

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Dennis Ferguson - 09 Jun 2008 21:46 GMT

> Previously on alt.cellular.attws, Ron said:
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> I want 32GGB!

The parts cost of the original iPhone was estimated at $215 just
a year ago. Either something expensive in there got a lot cheaper,
or they've moved to subsidized pricing like the rest of the industry
operates.

The phone supports UMTS 850, 1900 & 2100 according to its spec
page, almost no phones do this. I'm beginning to want one, though I'll
wait to see if it is going to be possible to get the carrier to unlock
the phone since I need an unlocked phone but I'm not quite willing
to carry a phone that the manufacturer wants to turn into a brick.

Dennis Ferguson

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Jeffrey Kaplan - 09 Jun 2008 22:15 GMT

Previously on alt.cellular.attws, Dennis Ferguson said:

> The phone supports UMTS 850, 1900 & 2100 according to its spec
> page, almost no phones do this. I'm beginning to want one, though I'll
> wait to see if it is going to be possible to get the carrier to unlock
> the phone since I need an unlocked phone but I'm not quite willing
> to carry a phone that the manufacturer wants to turn into a brick.

My Treo is an unlocked device. I got it that way direct from Palm
because at the time I wasn't sure if I was going to stay with AT&T or
switch to T-Mobile. I've stayed with AT&T and even renewed my contract
since then. The last time I traveled out of the country was to Canada,
more than five years ago. The last time I traveled anywhere else
outside of the US was 22 years ago.

While being able to unlock the iPhone would be nice if I ever needed
to, it's not an immediate concern.

I can live with a 16GB iPhone, I can set iTunes to sync only most of my
media at a time randomly rather than all of it. But I'd rather have
32GB and be able to carry all of it with me.

If the 16GB unit costs $299, I'd pay $399 for 32GB.

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Dennis Ferguson - 09 Jun 2008 23:07 GMT

> Previously on alt.cellular.attws, Dennis Ferguson said:
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> While being able to unlock the iPhone would be nice if I ever needed
> to, it's not an immediate concern.

You aren't alone, that probably describes 95% of Americans. I have
to travel, however, so stuff like Euro 3G and having a phone which
will take any SIM matters a lot to me even if most people won't
care.

I'm way off-contract with AT&T but I do have a contract with Hutchison
in Hong Kong which is up in July. I see from

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/09hutchison.html

that they are selling the iPhone as well, so I think maybe I'll shop
there instead. Phones in Hong Kong are typically sold unlocked since
almost everyone travels "internationally" (you can't go more than 20
miles without ending up an another "country", for mobile phone
purposes if not politically).

Dennis Ferguson

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