Comments on: iPhone… Cheaper Than The Sum Of Its Parts http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: danc http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-559 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:54:02 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-559 sorry … FOR only a few dollars.

]]> By: danc http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-558 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:52:40 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-558 nacho

Great example of the point I was trying to make. And the especially great thing about the iPhone is that it is, in my opinion, better at the specific functions that each of those other devices performed. And that doesn’t even take the upcoming additional functionality that June will bring.

ain’t ebay the best!?!? As someone who frequently upgrades his devices I am a huge fan of the “online garage sale” site.

I sold both my 8gb iphone and a 4 gb iPod nano for a good price so few only a few dollars i got double the capacity, a brand new warranty and a brand new battery. Not a bad deal.

]]> By: nacho http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-555 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:41:01 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-555 I figured this out right after I bought my iphone. I bought a 16GB version for $499. I then sold my used Nokia 770 for $220. I sold my 8GB 3G ipod nano, my old cell phone (a crappy old slvr) and my “bonus” phone* on craigslist for $350. I ended up making about $70 on the deal by trading in things that I already owned but didn’t use. I realize not everyone has unused other devices laying around to trade for iphones, but in my situation I get 100 times more use out of my iphone than I ever did from the other items combined.

*Bonus phone = the free phone I got from an AT&T store for signing a 2 year contract with them 10 minutes after I bought my iphone, but 10 minutes before I activated it.

]]> By: danc http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-553 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:15:04 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-553 Ragart- personally that quickly produced space-fighter game that was shown at the SDK presentation looked GREAT to me.
To a large degree this only holds if you WANT all four devices. If you ONLY want a smartphone it is a pretty expensive way to go. If you ONLY want an iPod, $499 for 16gb is outrageous. If you ONLY want a portable gaming device $499 is super high. If you want a MID, the Nokia N810 is a lot cheaper (but you need to also buy SD cards for it). If, however, you want any two of the four it becomes a lot more reasonable.

Mike- you are correct BUT most other AT&T phones give you a steep discount as part of the contract subsidy.

]]> By: mike http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-551 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:45:39 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-551 Cell phones are almost always sold cheaper than their cost.. hence the contracts 🙂

]]> By: Ragart http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-548 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:37:02 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/15/iphone-cheaper-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/#comment-548 That’s assuming they can do a decent job with the iPhone games. I’ve really been unimpressed with non-console mobile gaming so far, but I would LOVE to be pleasantly surprised by 3rd party devs.

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