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Heck, I'll sell you an iPhone 5 for $1 if you agree to sign up for my 2 year Good Vibes Karma service (I send "good vibes" your way monthly; phone services not
by biot 14y ago
Heck, I'll sell you an iPhone 5 for $1 if you agree to sign up for my 2 year Good Vibes Karma service (I send "good vibes" your way monthly; phone services not included) at $50/month. Cancelling the service incurs an $800 early termination fee. If that's a $1 phone to you, can you direct me to any friends and family who think the same way? I feel I may be selling a lot of $1 iPhones.
- jmillikin 14y agoYour service is worthless, but the service that comes with an iPhone is required for the phone to operate.
- biot 14y agoThe point you're missing is that the paid service is subsidizing the $200 price, much like my useless Good Vibes service subsidizes the $1 price. As both AT&T and Sprint indicate on their websites, the straight-up purchase price is $649.99 for an iPhone 5: http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/apple/iphone/5-16gb-black.html http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/apple/iphone/5-16gb... http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/shop/phone_details.jsp?prodId=dvc6580001prd&deviceSKUId=65800057 http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/shop/phone_details.jsp?prodI... If you don't want to pay the straight-up price, you can subsidize it with a minimum voice and data monthly plan. Then it becomes a bundled package. You cannot separate the phone from the bundle and say that the bundled price is the straight-up price. For Sprint, their minimum plan (advertised online) is $79.99 a month. So for 2 years, that's a bundle price of $2119.75 for the iPhone 5 and service. If you don't want the bundle price, your only option is to pay $649.99 for the iPhone 5. Also note that cell phone service is not a requirement. You can use the iPhone as a WiFi iPod and get an inactive SIM so that you can use the phone for 911 calls, to which the carriers must complete all calls even if you have no service.