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Your previous statement would suggest otherwise. It was something that was said verbatim about the iPhone.
The iPhone cost 499$ in 2007. The Motorola RAZR cost 600$ in 2004.
The device wasn’t expensive, the plans were.
The iPhone was $499 with a subsidy from AT&T. The RAZR had no such subsidy and could be bought without a contract or even from eBay. Even the most expensive “smartphones” on the market didn’t need a subsidized price. The device absolutely was expensive. You’re trying to revise history.
You are wrong. Look it up, I already have.
I’m not going to waste any more time arguing with you.
I literally lived through it…lol. And I bought it. It was exclusive to Cingular and then AT&T (they bought Cingular). I don’t need to look it up.
If it was exclusive to them why did us peeps up in Canada have them too then? We don’t have Cingular or AT&T.
Take your foot out of your mouth. This is a learning experience. Do your homework before you run your mouth.
I paid 499$ (USD) for mine.
Sorry Playa. He’s right. The first iPhones were ATT only.
In the USA maybe.
I’m not arguing with you about something I had in my hand when you said I didn’t, that’s just ridiculous.
Walk on.
Well you sure as shit didn’t have it in Canada, considering it was never released in Canada. The first iPhone in Canada was the 3G and it was also subsidized but by Rogers in 2008, a year after the original launch. You had to have a contract and the data plan was mandatory. The iPhone price plans were also higher than standard plans to mitigate the cost of the extra subsidy on the 3G.