Apple iPhone 3G S 32GB Sim Free - £999.99!!

Janesy B · 22 Jun 2009 at 15:02

I've just spotted the Apple iPhone 3G S 32GB Sim Free for a touch under a grand, does this not strike anyone as ever so slightly mental?

The HTC Touch Pro is under £500 Sim Free and is more or less on par with the iPhone.

Shocking value for money :/

Janesy B · 22 Jun 2009 at 16:26

£470 for the privilege of having a Sim-Free phone. Madness

Janesy B · 23 Jun 2009 at 09:26

Well obviously you are not getting something exactly the same, I'm just saying that it has the same feature set and is half the price out of a contract. You seriously can't tell me that iPhone OS is worth a few hundred pounds extra? It's just a fashion accessory and many other phones can do the same job or even better.

Janesy B · 23 Jun 2009 at 10:27

I've just noticed that it's dropped to £899.99 at a very well respected etailer.

What has my phone got to do with it? I refuse to pay an extortionate amount of money for a whole list features I'll never use. I got my W995 free on a £17.50 a month contract with unlimited data so ho hum. Rather than than paying £35 a month for 18 months and still having to pay £184.98 or £274.23. I have an iPod and my phone does everything I want it to do including MSN, web browsing, music which is arguable better quality than the iPhone and to me sounds a little richer than my iPod. Not bad for free

Janesy B · 23 Jun 2009 at 10:44

I find it hilarious that you just rip into my phone despite never using it yourself, doesn't that reek of hypocrisy? Yes, I have used an iPhone and I wasn't overly impressed, yes you can have apps but unless you jailbreak the thing, apple have you by the nuts. As for wishing I could own one, I can EASILY afford one many times over, but I'd rather spend the money on other things. I didn't even rip into it, I said it offered poor value against it's other competitors which is a well known weak point and you can only counter it with "LOL Sony Ericsson" despite my crap phone having a much better camera...

My phone: Nothing + £17.50 x 18 = £315
iPhone 3Gs on a similar contract to mine: £275 + £35 x 18 = £905

Not really worth the extra £590 for me in my eyes and considering the HTC and other rivals work out a lot less, I can't see how you can say the iPhone isn't shocking value for money.

As for the apps you can get with the iPhone, it usually boils down to a lot of rubbish with a very small amount of useful apps.

Janesy B · 23 Jun 2009 at 11:08

Why the need to reduce it to pathetic personal insults and jump on to the OMG Fox bandwagon like many many other idiots on this forum? How am I acting better than everyone else, do you have some kind of inferiority complex? I was stating that it is overpriced, didn't really **** it off and certainly didn't call it a fashion accessory so don't talk rubbish. I just posted this because I thought it was a bit mental that some people will be paying neigh on a grand for an iPhone when something similar can be had for nearly half the cost sim free, is that not a fair point?

Janesy B · 23 Jun 2009 at 11:23

Neodite said:
Well done on your post edit that you DID call it a fasion accessory.

And i dont think you understand, the iPhone CAN be had at half that cost sim free, that is just one person, come on now, not that hard to understand is it....

And have you wonderd WHY so many people are jumping on the Janesy is a wannabe fox bandwagon, could it maybe be oh i dunno, that you act just like him? accept more of a prat?

Sorry but what edit?

Feel free to look at both my edits:

Neodite said:
It's not which phone is better, it's the fact this fool thinks a grand is the price for an unlocked iphone, haha

Is that proof enough? I can guarantee people will pay that. I know you can pay less but it is on a great number of retailers sites at about that price. Blanked out the competitor name

Frank Butcher said:
At a grand outright it is too expensive. But that isn't what it costs if you purchase it normally. Where is the personal insults apart from you calling me an idiot? Its just a tired and very boring topic of debate.

I didn't insult you, I called neodite an idiot for jumping on a bandwagon, calling me a fool, accusing me of being holier than thou, a pale kid and a prat.

Reducing it to personal insults is just poor, shoot me down in flames if you wish but at least make a point without easing in some insult for no good reason.