I got an iPhone 3G in AU on a 2 year $40AUD/Month contract. At the time, this was almost half what I would have paid pre-iPhone. Before the iPhone, I would hav

I got an iPhone 3G in AU on a 2 year $40AUD/Month contract. At the time, this was almost half what I would have paid pre-iPhone. Before the iPhone, I would have had to get a normal contract, plus a data add-on. Monthly cost was close to $80AUD. Didn't a similar bundling of services at relatively lower costs happen in the US? Still more expensive than call and text only, but still not that expensive.