iphone 3g will never destroy the m8

apple just fucked it up they advertise for a low price.
but u have to read between the lines.
you will get the iphone 3g for ~199$ if you sign a extremly expensiv contract and only if you sign up for the operator for the first time.
i live in austria and there are only 2 operator which sell the new iphone
"t-mobile"
and
"one".

tmobile (note: everything only for new registered users.) =
basic charge 35€ (0 c to all netoworks, 25 per sms,incl. data volume and visual voicemail) ->
8GB (149€), 16GB (230€)
basic charge 45€ (0c for all calls, free sms, incl. data volume and visual voicemail) ->
8GB (99€), 16GB (179€)

CONCLUSION: WAY TOO EXPENSIVE

one (note: everything only for new registered users.) =
basic charge 10€ til lend of year (after -> 25€,sms 25c,calls 0c)
necessary "iphone pack" 14€ (including 3GB data volume + 100 sms)
8GB ( 149€), 16GB (229€)

CONCLUSION: PRICE COULD BE ACCEPTED.
but i estimate that almost or even more than the half of the austrians are registered at "one".

if you're allready registered at one, there are bonus ranks called
(0,1,2,3,gold,platin)
they are sorted by the years since you last extended your contract to get a new phone. So its for example 2(2 years ago), platin (5 years ago).


0 -> 8GB (519€), 16GB (599€)
1 -> 8GB (499€), 16GB (579€)
2 -> 8GB (379€), 16GB (459€)
3 -> 8GB (299€), 16GB (379€)
gold -> 8GB (119€), 16GB (239€)
platin -> 8GB (99€), 16GB (219€)

like i said most people are allready registered and the least are on gold or platin. I'm for example at 0, but the most are at 2 or 3
so look at the prices that almost deception of apple and all mobile phone operators.

WITH THAT LONGLONG POST I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A REALITY CHECK.
DONT GET BLINDED BY THIS FAKE ADVERTISMENT ALA STEVE JOBS

That is why people at first loved the M8. That's the reason why I because a fan of the M8. It is supposed to be cheaper than the Iphone and you don't have to have a contract with a company. You are free to do what you want.

Well for me I have verizon and I pay roughly $180 (after taxes and the other BS) a month for a 3 line family plan. Its 2100 minutes for 3 lines unlimited text, photo/vid messages, nights and weekends etc. Its roughly $150 per month before charges.

Now at&t plan that would fit my needs is $110 starting out and then another 30 to add 3 lines equaling 140. Now add 30 for family unlimited txting and your up to 170(before taxes and BS charges) so figure $30 for taxes thats 200.

Now if I were to switch to At&t i would pay 20 more per month plus an activation fee and whatever else they charge to get started and activate a iphone. Even considering the 200 price for it vs 400 for a m8 in the long run the m8 will be cheaper. Meaning the staying with verizon would basicly save me enough to make up for the m8 price after 10 months. Thats not including ATT activation and BS charges so go figure which is cheaper for me. But this is my situation obviously.

Verizon plan
180 per month x 24 months = 4320 + m8 cost roughly 400= 4720

AT&T plan
200 per month x 24 months = 4800 + iphone 200= 5000 (thats only the 8gb and no activation fees)

So go figure......

There's nothing for the iphone to destroy at Meizu-camp in the first place dude.

True, contracts in some countries are killing, so to speak.

Yeah, if you had to sum AT&T up with one word it would be joke.

Bis 26.8 kannst du gratis aus deinem one Vertrag aussteigen weil die AGBs geändert wurden (du stimmst denen also nicht zu). Dann kaufst du dir einfach ein iPhone und gut ist.

Und darf ich fragen was für einen Vertrag zu jetzt benutzt?

Sorry guys, too tired to write anything in english :/

Which is your native language? That last sentence was perfect English.

Exactly why I'm sticking with my iPhone on T-Mobile until the M8 comes out. I only pay $53USD/month after upgraded data, text, and taxes. 3G coverage is spotty in my area (along with other shockingly large portions of the US) anyway, so it wouldn't be much of an upgrade..

People don't realize that
A) It costs more than $199 after you sign that overpriced 2 year contract.
B) 3g coverage sucks, theres a good chance you won't be able to take advantage of the faster speed anyway.
C) Your current iPhone is pretty much the same thing at this point.. Apple just added features that should have been there to begin with (as per usual with their sales formula) and changed the case color. (I know lots of ignorant current iPhone owners will be rushing to get the 3g just because its the new "thing" to have)

Originally Posted by SteveMB93

Which is your native language? That last sentence was perfect English.

My motherlanguage is german.

Basically what i was trying to say, is, that if he wants to, he can cancel his contract at 'one' because they changed the boilerplate contract. If you don't agree to them, you just cancel it.

But i don't think that 35€ or 39€ (depends on the provider you choose) is too expensive, especially compared to other countries.

masc that depends on how much you phone people.
my contract is called 699, i belive its for ppl who dont use their phone much to call other people ;D.
so if you phone much the "große plaudertasche" is indeed not so expensiv, but not everybody phones that much.
So its only a good price for people who phone much =/

nun zu one.
Ich will ja nicht weg von one mein tarif is eigentlich sehr günstig und alles andere is sowieso teurer, also werd ich mich auch nicht abmelden.
oder meinst du das so, dass ich mich danach gleich wieder neuanmelden soll damit ich das iphone um 220€ bekomm?

You can get the iPhone, according their website, for 149€. There is also a bonus if you buy it online, so you can get one for 109€ (8GB model).

Yes you can cancel the contract and get a new one, but i don't know if you can use your old number.
But you are right, for ppl who don't talk so much, the 'kleine plaudertasche' is a better deal - especially since it costs 0€ till the end of year

Originally Posted by masc

You can get the iPhone, according their website, for 149€. There is also a bonus if you buy it online, so you can get one for 109€ (8GB model).

Yes you can cancel the contract and get a new one, but i don't know if you can use your old number.
But you are right, for ppl who don't talk so much, the 'kleine plaudertasche' is a better deal - especially since it costs 0€ till the end of year

Enjoy your extra $200USD or so for canceling the contract!

tbh both the non existent M8 and the 3G iphone are boring the living sh*t out of me. I have been a member of this forum since January 2007, a year and a half later there is still no M8 and one of my main reasons for looking to purchase has been taken away, as the M8 will now apparently not even support xvid and divx without re-encoding as it can't even handle b-frames! I don't even want to talk about the M8 anymore as it makes me want to go to sleep.

Lets face facts there is no M8, Wong is chatting a load of crap as usual and there probably wont be an M8 until 2009 or perhaps not at all. I have strongly supported the M8 in the past but thy whole fiasco has dragged on soo long it has just been a total waste of my time speculating. I wish I hadn't talked about it so much on the forum in the past as I could hve been doing something more constructive with my time.

As for the iphone 3G this is also a joke. Jobsies hype machine is in overdrive and everyones getting sucked in an usual. Wow apple has finally put some standard tech in their phone which 90% of high end handsets already have. The contracts are a piss take, any bafoon can do the math, YOU ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF. If you cannot see this you clearly have more money than sense and deserved to be ripped off. Still no mms, still the same apple restrictions, still another average handset that is now as common as any other handset available. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

If you like tech and want look at an area that is really interesting at the moment, where some innovation is actually happening than look at the new trend in ultraportable low cost laptops. There are loads of different options, great pricing and healthy competition in the market. This is what is of interest to me at the moment.

A cell phone that doesn't exist and an overhyped, over priced averagly speced cell phone. Both boring, both a waste of my time.