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The iPhone of Poverty – How AT&T and Apple Plan to Pillage Your Pocket

June 10, 2008 by in Random with 6 Comments

It seems that Apple and AT&T are working their hardest to make the iPhone the next Trojan horse. They are pushing that the iPhone is faster and cheaper… This has to be the biggest bait and switch I have ever seen and executives at both companies need to hang their heads in shame as they pick the pockets of willing (dare I say foolish) next gen iPhone adopters.

But Dan, you ask, The iPhone is almost a quarter of the price as the first gen iPhone can can it be more?

Easy, the money grubbing soul suckers at the privacy invading data void know as AT&T are increasing the prices on the back end.

It is no secret that the iPhone 3G will have a $10 monthly bump in data pricing, but now those included text messages are getting the boot too! This is confirmed in an interview Om Malik had with AT&T Mobility chief Ralph de la Vega.

OM: Has there been a change in the cost of data plans?
RDLV: The data plans are different on the 3G iPhone versus the 2G iPhone. Consumers will pay $30 a month every month, while enterprises will pay $45 a month. This is what you pay us on other PDA devices such as Blackberry Curve. The SMS messages are not bundled anymore, and you pay for what you want. Again the prices are based on what you buy.

This is blatant extortion of a loyal user base and is a shameful business practice and hope all iPhone adopters will think twice come July 11. Simply shameful!

Huge props to Kevin at JKontheRun for spotting this!

Think I’m off base? Sound off!


  • http://www.chrischaeffer.com chriSchaeffer

    Wow. That is 3 times the price that current iPhone users are currently paying isn’t it?

    Thanks for the heads up. That could very well be a deal breaker if anyone is thinking so switching to AT&T.

    AND the 3G doesn’t have the ability to switch the 3G feature on or off. It is on auto between 3G and wifi. So you are stuck with it.

  • annon

    Dont you date complain, have you seen what us Canadians have to pay for net? Let alone when the iphone finally comes to Canada, how much we will have to pay to use the fanct new features.
    N95 is where its at, F the iphone.

  • http://www.petehindle.com/ Pete

    All mobile phone plans are rip-offs, when you consider that you are paying exhorbitant rates for a service they have already built. That’s why their are so many mobile phone shops and adverts – all designed to fleece the customer.

  • http://mykalcave.com Myke Cave

    “…hope all iPhone adopters will think twice come June 11. ”

    July 11. Not June.

  • http://www.uneasysilence.com ClaMs

    As Steve Jobs said in the Keynote “So if you’re in Malta and you feel like buying an iPhone 3G, you’ll find one there”… :D

    My point is that with 70 countries officially joining the iPhone market, there’s bound to be one place where one will be able to easily get his hands on a cheap iPhone with little ties.

    Frankly, here in Malta the operators do not work in the same way your AT&T seems to do. It’s all about prepaid accounts here so I can’t see the iPhone being introduced any other way locally.

  • Chowder

    I agree with you Dan…can’t believe Steve is allowing it…I say this because this reflects badly on his company too. One of the major reasons he did not go with Verizon when the iPhone was pitched to them…he would not have much…if any say on the marketing / plan prices of the iPhone. Makes me wonder if he knows / knew about this…if yes…then Ralph wouldn’t be the only person I would aim my anger at.

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