I wonder what the difference is betwe... darn IT!

Genevieve · September 12, 2012, 07:36:50 PM

Camaclue · September 12, 2012, 07:44:14 PM

top is murican bottom is European and overpriced

Genevieve · September 12, 2012, 07:45:50 PM

And which European country has dollars?

Ungatt Trunn II · September 12, 2012, 07:54:37 PM

Camaclue, your stupidity is sometimes overwhelming. I don't care if it's "ironic" or whatever, it's simply overwhelming.

Krowdon · September 12, 2012, 08:29:28 PM

Quote from: Genevieve on September 12, 2012, 07:45:50 PM
And which European country has dollars?

Camaclue · September 12, 2012, 08:30:49 PM

I speculated that because A$ could mean American dollars and it goes day/month, not month/day
European countries usually do day/month

Shadow · September 12, 2012, 08:33:59 PM

Lucy is aussie, so I am guessing A$ means Australian dollars.

Krowdon · September 12, 2012, 08:48:56 PM

Wow. That's a huge difference if that's Australian dollars

Genevieve · September 12, 2012, 08:51:01 PM

Yeah, that was kinda the point.

Krowdon · September 12, 2012, 09:33:31 PM

Can you order one from America and have it shipped?

Camaclue · September 12, 2012, 10:42:38 PM

prawsibly

Holby · September 13, 2012, 04:30:26 AM

We have talked about this before!

The $799 here is an outright price, while the US one attaches to a carrier. You can't just buy an unlocked, good to go, planless iphone for $199.

windhound · September 13, 2012, 01:39:11 PM

US unsubsidized prices for iPhone 5 (unverified, but seems legit)
$649 for 16 gb iPhone 5
$749 for 32 gb model
$849 for 64 gb model

So... 799 Australian dollars = 834.7952 US dollars
Given the 'From' is the 16gb model, still a near $200 aussie penalty.
Probably some extra tech to make sure they work upsidedown and all

And why you should still buy the unsubsidized phone in the US:

"For $30 a month, T-Mobile offers a prepaid "unlimited" data & text plan with 100 minutes voice. That's all I'd need.

Right now on AT&T I am paying $100 a month for unlimited data & text and 400 minutes voice.

i5, 64 gb contract price $399
24 months * $100 per month = $2400
Total cost $2799

i5, 64 gb no contract price $849
24 months * $30 per month = $720
Total cost $1569

Difference = $1230

So if I don't talk much, and even if there are some taxes on the TMobile prepaid, it would still be far cheaper to buy the phone outright than to contract with AT&T."
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r27517205-iPhone-5-price-without-contract

Straighttalk on AT&T and has an 'unlimited' prepaid plan for $45/mo. I've read that they actually cap it around 2gb/mo data and some reasonable amount of talk so its not really unlimited, but compared to $100/mo...

That said, prepaid dumbphone ftw ($40 every three months, ish)