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In comparison to other phones on similar subscription plans $199 is quite a
steal.
That never ending list of specs! I'm no appleguy but I gotta hand it to 3G.

Rahul J

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Kalle Happonen <kalle.happonen@iki.fi>
wrote:

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> Hello,
> I won't coment on the techical specs, but the pricing is in no way
> comparable. The iPhone v2 might be 199$, but that's with a 2 year AT&T
> subscription. If you want a real comparison of the real device price, at
> least double the iPhone price. There was some country where Apple had to
> sell the original iPhone separately too because of the law (france?
> gremany?), and then it was priced 799=80 or thereabouts iirc. So to
> compare the actual phone price, I think iPhone is even more expensive.
>
> Cheers,
> Kalle
>
> Ron K. Jeffries wrote:
> >
> > [I trust this will not initiate a flame war.] Please?
> >
> > iPhone v2 announced today. I'd like to understand
> > on a hardware basis ONLY (I grok the value of
> > free and open source) how does
> > the entry level 9 iPhone with 4GB
> > compare with Freerunner GTA02.
> >
> > where I get lost is how much RAM iPhone
> > has vs Freerunner. I realize I can buy
> > high capacity microSD flash card to match
> > iPhone flash capacity
> >
> > are these assertions correct?
> >
> > Apple has:
> >
> > -- 3G data [much faster than Freeruner's GPRS]
> > -- faster processor
> > -- larger physical screen size (but about the same dpi?)
> > -- 2 megapixel camera
> > -- proximity sensor (knows when held to face, can dim screen)
> >
> > the two smart phones are aprox equal on
> > -- wi-fi
> > -- accelerometer
> > -- bluetooth
> >
> > Ron K. Jeffries
> > http://www.retaggr.com/Card/RonKJeffries
> >
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In comparison to other phones on similar subscription plans $199 is quite a=
 steal. <br>That never ending list of specs! I&#39;m no appleguy but I gott=
a hand it to 3G.<br><br>Rahul J<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, J=
un 10, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Kalle Happonen &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:kalle.happonen=
@iki.fi">kalle.happonen@iki.fi</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello,<br>
I won&#39;t coment on the techical specs, but the pricing is in no way<br>
comparable. The iPhone v2 might be 199$, but that&#39;s with a 2 year AT&am=
p;T<br>
subscription. If you want a real comparison of the real device price, at<br=
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>
least double the iPhone price. There was some country where Apple had to<br=
quoted text
>
sell the original iPhone separately too because of the law (france?<br>
gremany?), and then it was priced 799=80 or thereabouts iirc. So to<br>
compare the actual phone price, I think iPhone is even more expensive.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<font color=3D"#888888">Kalle<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class=3D"Wj3C7c"><br>
Ron K. Jeffries wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; [I trust this will not initiate a flame war.] Please?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; iPhone v2 announced today. I&#39;d like to understand<br>
&gt; on a hardware basis ONLY (I grok the value of<br>
&gt; free and open source) how does<br>
&gt; the entry level $199 iPhone with 4GB<br>
&gt; compare with Freerunner GTA02.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; where I get lost is how much RAM iPhone<br>
&gt; has vs Freerunner. I realize I can buy<br>
&gt; high capacity microSD flash card to match<br>
&gt; iPhone flash capacity<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; are these assertions correct?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Apple has:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; -- 3G data [much faster than Freeruner&#39;s GPRS]<br>
&gt; -- faster processor<br>
&gt; -- larger physical screen size (but about the same dpi?)<br>
&gt; -- 2 megapixel camera<br>
&gt; -- proximity sensor (knows when held to face, can dim screen)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; the two smart phones are aprox equal on<br>
&gt; -- wi-fi<br>
&gt; -- accelerometer<br>
&gt; -- bluetooth<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Ron K. Jeffries<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://www.retaggr.com/Card/RonKJeffries" target=3D"_blank"=
quoted text
>http://www.retaggr.com/Card/RonKJeffries</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
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