iGamerz – XGE

If you saw the new iPhone announcement today during WWDC you probably thought “Gee, I can’t wait to get one”. Well, don’t get to excited just yet. I used the pre-order tool from Apple to determine how it would cost me to upgrade.  Here is how much a new iPhone 3G$ will cost me…

This phone is going to have the slowest conversion rate ever!   I don’t care how great they are I am not paying $599 for one.

I am sure people signing up for a new AT&T plan will be able to get these at the price point mentioned during WWDC; $199 for 16GB.  Even if I pay full price I am not going to get MMS Messaging or tethering.  We still have to wait for those and when AT&T is ready to allow tethering I am sure we will all have to pay more money for that functionality.

Last year was a better deal.  If you had the original iPhone you could upgrade.  Apple and AT&T would sell more iPhone 3G$ with the same deal.  I would be fine extending my AT&T contract for another two years this way.  I understand that people who purchased the original iPhone paid a premium to get their hands on new technology, I was one of them.  Then a year later I upgraded.  The new iPhone is nice and does have some updated features but I no longer feel that this is new tech that should have a new tech premium attached to it.  Early adopters always pay a premium…

My 2 cents…