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If I remember correctly, iPhone came out when most featured phone is either free with a contract or less than 50 bucks.

• dzhiurgis 11y ago
  You can get everything for free with contracts. High end smartphones of the time were about 20-30% off iPhone retail price. Either way, comparison with smartphones is totally irrelevant.
• kw71 11y ago
  And you don't "own" it if it's carrier locked (wait out your contract)