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Originally Posted by kutulu
I'm an unapologetic Apple hater. Most of my hatred comes from the fact that their stuff is horribly overpriced and the rest is their marketing (it bugs the hell out of me).
I do think that the price comparison isn't that fair. The service plan is overpriced by about $10-$20. Activation is about $20-$40 across the board so that is wash. The only difference is the initial cost of the device and although $500-$600 is a lot for a phone, it is not that much more than similar phones.
I think their biggest problem is that the corporate world is more likely to buy their workers phones that synch with Outlook. That and the fact that 8 GB is way undersized for the HDD.
Also, I hate exclusive deals but it adds to the snotty apple culture.
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Well, the storage is quite phenomenal if you're comparing the iPhone to other phones. There are only about 2 or 3 on the market that I can think of, and arent half as capable as the iPhone in other areas. 8gig harddrive phones from nokia or samsung run about $800 or more. Yea you can get large SD cards, but most phones these days go with microSD, and microSD cards that large generally arent available.
If you compare the iPhone to dedicated mp3 players with actual hard drives and not flash memory, then yea, the 8 gig storage is very meager, but I dont really think its a fair comparison.