comparing Apples and Oranges $199 iPhone Freerunner GTA02

[Rahul Joshi]

In comparison to other phones on similar subscription plans $199 is quite a
steal.
That never ending list of specs! I'm no appleguy but I gotta hand it to 3G.

Rahul J

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Kalle Happonen <kalle.happonen at iki.fi>
wrote:

> Hello,
> I won't coment on the techical specs, but the pricing is in no way
> comparable. The iPhone v2 might be 199$, but that's with a 2 year AT&T
> subscription. If you want a real comparison of the real device price, at
> least double the iPhone price. There was some country where Apple had to
> sell the original iPhone separately too because of the law (france?
> gremany?), and then it was priced 799€ or thereabouts iirc. So to
> compare the actual phone price, I think iPhone is even more expensive.
>
> Cheers,
> Kalle
>
> Ron K. Jeffries wrote:
> >
> > [I trust this will not initiate a flame war.] Please?
> >
> > iPhone v2 announced today. I'd like to understand
> > on a hardware basis ONLY (I grok the value of
> > free and open source) how does
> > the entry level $199 iPhone with 4GB
> > compare with Freerunner GTA02.
> >
> > where I get lost is how much RAM iPhone
> > has vs Freerunner. I realize I can buy
> > high capacity microSD flash card to match
> > iPhone flash capacity
> >
> > are these assertions correct?
> >
> > Apple has:
> >
> > -- 3G data [much faster than Freeruner's GPRS]
> > -- faster processor
> > -- larger physical screen size (but about the same dpi?)
> > -- 2 megapixel camera
> > -- proximity sensor (knows when held to face, can dim screen)
> >
> > the two smart phones are aprox equal on
> > -- wi-fi
> > -- accelerometer
> > -- bluetooth
> >
> > Ron K. Jeffries
> > http://www.retaggr.com/Card/RonKJeffries
> >
> >
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