No iPhone 5's for you. At all

[Trouble]

After hearing this news http://www.tipb.com/2011/10/03/sprint-dr...exclusive/ I called Apple and offered them $20,000,000,005 for iPhone 5 exclusivity. I just got the call from Cook that they accepted. BTW, he said that Jobs is fine and sends his love.

I'm not sure what I will do with them. I may install WebOS on them or maybe even Windows Mango.

[rgG]

What do you mean, "you don't know what you will do with them." You will give every registered MRF member one, at cost, or else.

[zero]

There are only 20 mrf members = 1 billion per phone

[Buzz]

and I wondered where all of your ill-gotten gains from scalping the HP Touchpad were gonna go...

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[Chakravartin]

rgG wrote:
What do you mean, "you don't know what you will do with them." You will give every registered MRF member one, at cost, or else.

"Cost" is probably well over $500.

I prefer "subsidized."

[rgG]

Chakravartin wrote:
[quote=rgG]
What do you mean, "you don't know what you will do with them." You will give every registered MRF member one, at cost, or else.

"Cost" is probably well over $500.

I prefer "subsidized."
It is just a pay me now, or pay me later scenario.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....so this is for 5......5 dollar foot long......????

[Chakravartin]

rgG wrote:
[quote=Chakravartin]
[quote=rgG]
What do you mean, "you don't know what you will do with them." You will give every registered MRF member one, at cost, or else.

"Cost" is probably well over $500.

I prefer "subsidized."
It is just a pay me now, or pay me later scenario.
You could buy an iPhone for $600 or you could buy it for $200. Whatever deal you get, your cellular provider will still stick you with the full "smartphone" rate with the expensive data and text plan so why not get the subsidized version?

[rgG]

Chakravartin wrote:
[quote=rgG]
[quote=Chakravartin]
[quote=rgG]
What do you mean, "you don't know what you will do with them." You will give every registered MRF member one, at cost, or else.

"Cost" is probably well over $500.

I prefer "subsidized."
It is just a pay me now, or pay me later scenario.
You could buy an iPhone for $600 or you could buy it for $200. Whatever deal you get, your cellular provider will still stick you with the full "smartphone" rate with the expensive data and text plan so why not get the subsidized version?
I would pay the full retail ONLY if I could activate it on the prepaid plan of my choice. I would save the $400 in less than a year.

[decay]

cheap iphone plan:
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/10/dear-aunt...-speak-of/

jump to the bottom for the 'money shot' ...

Here are a few purchase scenarios you might consider.

3 $25 buckets, 9 $5 buckets: $120 + $30 airtime: 1.6 GB costing $150
6 $25 buckets, 6 $5 buckets: $180 + $20 airtime: 3 GB costing $200
9 $25 buckets, 3 $5 buckets: $240 + $10 airtime: 4.5 GB costing $250
12 $25 buckets: $300 + $25 airtime: 6 GB costing $325

For comparison, the expected per-year cost for really basic iPhone service at $55 per month: $660 (Auntie thinks that's the lowest available, you might want to check).