Comments on: The Apple iPhone 3G: Changing the Social Networking Paradigm http://www.facebookinsight.com/2008/07/10/the-apple-iphone-3g-changing-the-social-networking-paradigm/ Facebook Insight Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:58:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Danny Brown http://www.facebookinsight.com/2008/07/10/the-apple-iphone-3g-changing-the-social-networking-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Danny Brown Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:33:56 +0000 http://www.facebookinsight.com/?p=73#comment-139 I'm not so sure this will work for Apple, and the main reason for this is the ludicrous service charges their providers are imposing on customers. Sure, the new iPhone may "only be $199", but that's if you take out a 2 year contract (3 years in Canada) starting at $40-$60 per month respectively. Add in additional data rates if you really want to make use of what 3G has to offer, and you're soon looking at another $30-$40 per month. All things told, by the time you come to your contract period end, you'll have spent around $2,000 on this "wonderful $199 phone". With this cost, many users are already bypassing any of the data services and just using the basic features. Until Apple can subsidize the providers like AT&T and Rogers, etc, I can't see there being a lot of take-up on new data-heavy programs. I’m not so sure this will work for Apple, and the main reason for this is the ludicrous service charges their providers are imposing on customers.

Sure, the new iPhone may “only be $199″, but that’s if you take out a 2 year contract (3 years in Canada) starting at $40-$60 per month respectively.

Add in additional data rates if you really want to make use of what 3G has to offer, and you’re soon looking at another $30-$40 per month.

All things told, by the time you come to your contract period end, you’ll have spent around $2,000 on this “wonderful $199 phone”. With this cost, many users are already bypassing any of the data services and just using the basic features.

Until Apple can subsidize the providers like AT&T and Rogers, etc, I can’t see there being a lot of take-up on new data-heavy programs.

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