Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price

[Federico Lorenzi]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Jorge . <sphairos at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I dont pretend to start a flamewar of "FreeRunner vs iPhone". Everyone knows their advantages and disadvantages and at least for me the main reason to buy an openmoko is the freedom.
>
> But the new iPhone 3G price was announced, and the 8 Gigas version will cost only $199 USD and it automatically makes the OpenMoko phone expensive, because they have similar characteristics... this could discourage many possible buyers, for purely economical reasons.
>

*sigh*
The 3G iPhone does not cost $199. It costs $199 when subsidized
through a 2 year AT&T contract. Thats like saying my Nokia E51 costs
nothing, because I got it free with a 2 year contract.

Cheers,
Federico