iPhone: By the Numbers
Here is my thinking on the new iPhone:
Service will cost around $100 a month (probably too conservative) to take full advantages of the iPhone’s
capabilities (i.e. unlimited data and ~500 minutes of calling per month)
So, for two years of iPhone (with the 8GB model and the required two
year contract for the lowest price) you are looking at $600 for the
phone + (24 months x $100 per month) = a grand total of $3,000 (or
$4.17 per day of operation).
I use my phone around 10 minutes per day (on average), so for me that
would be an operational cost of almost 42 cents per minute (but that
is just using the device as a phone).
Personally, I would like to see how the phone handles piracy and
pornography – we all know that is what really determines the adoption
of a new technology.