IPhone at $200 • Hacker News Board

Re: IPhone at $200

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Post by jgrahamc » Sat, May 24, 2008, 11:06 AM UTC

ideas101 wrote: post #7

i think the whole lock thing is weired - cell phone should be available as any other consumer items at walmart, circuit city etc. You just go to these stores, pickup the phone and hook it up with any service provider of your choice, same as what we do with our TV, Internet etc.

Here in France we have a law that makes that happen. If you sell a product in France you can't be forced to by a service at the same time. It's one of the consumer protection laws, and for the cell phone people it means that all phones are available for direct purchase.

Re: IPhone at $200

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Post by signa11 » Sat, May 24, 2008, 4:03 PM UTC

ideas101 wrote: post #7

i think the whole lock thing is weired - cell phone should be available as any other consumer items at walmart, circuit city etc. You just go to these stores, pickup the phone and hook it up with any service provider of your choice, same as what we do with our TV, Internet etc.

in india that's exactly how it works.

Re: IPhone at $200

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Post by attack » Sat, May 24, 2008, 7:29 PM UTC

noor420 wrote: post #8

200$ will come with a 3 year contract. Still not a bad deal for people who are stuck with contracts anyways with blackberry or windows mobile.

Yes, this is probably meant to be a better fit for the spending structures of corporate customers.