“Back in January, I raked Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer over the coals for announcing in a TV interview that the iPhone was “the most expensive phone in the world.” His own HTC Windows Mobile phones are $900,” Daniel Eran writes for RoughlyDrafted.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laughs at Apple iPhone back in January on CNBC:
“Of course, he compared the $500 iPhone to the simple Motorola Q, which was on sale for $99. What he didn’t say was that the Q was only offered at that price when users signed up for an $80/month contract over two years, a $1920 commitment,” Eran writes.
“With the new plans announced by Apple and AT&T, that has changed. The minimum plan with unlimited data is $59, or $1416 over two years. That makes the iPhone over a hundred dollars less than Verizon’s limp Motorola Q,” Eran writes.
Much more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mike in Helsinki” for the heads up.]
Take that, monkey-boy! You fahking lame-a$$ dip-sh1t dumb-fuk. Go throw some chairs you freak. Go do what you are good at you Frankenstein impersonator. Dweeb. What a great CEO: Catheterized Elephant Organ.
Well, what’s new? Does anybody ever think Balmy is telling the truth anyway?
just another tool in the collection of k-mart tools
ballmer don’t sound so stupid in that interview.
So how does that Motorola $80 plan compare to the iPhone’s $59 plan? Just curious..
@Goliath
It’s $21 more expensive
Comments from the trolls in the other thread(s) about the pricing plan being anything but a good deal???
Anyone?
Bueller?
Surely this man isn’t as ridiculous as he sounds, and acts. Well, maybe he is.
What happens when The Steve introduces the iPhone with iSight built in for Christmas? All together now: “Meet George Jetson, Jane his wife …”
And the chairs just keep on flying.
To further Tremor’s Ferris Beuller theme…
Ballmer must be using…. something d…o…o economics, anyone?
VOODOO economics
My Sprint Treo with data service runs on average $70-80/month and that is for only 300 minutes. And do not get me started on the lame web browsing experience, lack of memory, inability to sync with my iTunes library, crappy Mac software, etc., etc., etc.
I want an iPhone.
Spark:
[$1920 + $99] – [$1419 + $499] > $100
Goliath, it provides unlimited data (unlike the Q’s plan), and I believe the Q has a few more voice minutes (like 450 to 550 or so.) A. K. A., the Q is a ripoff.
@Spark
Well, that much is evident… However, my question was how the PLAN compared, not the price.
Does anyone know what sort of quantity limit the Apple stores will be placing on iPhone purchases?
No, sorry–the Q’s plan doesn’t even offer more minutes
Ballmer should be asked about this at every possibile moment available to ask this next month.
I am sure that is not accurate, any one else agree
I got the Moto Q last year for $99 through work. Of course that requires you to get the “unlimited” data plan for $39.99 per month on top of the voice plan we already had. This got me to $80 per month for 450 minutes. The plan may be similar, albeit $21 per month more, but the phone is where the difference is. The Q sucks! I’m on my second one, and it still will turn off on it’s own. I thought it was the keyboard, but I use the lock now. I wish I could get an iPhone, even at the increased monthly rate.
Ballmer is the stereotype of what European executives think American CEOs are like: Aggresive neanderthals. When Paine Weber (a U.S. stockbroker company) was taken over by UBS (a Swiss company), the first thing they did was look for “intelligence” in the company and moved them into leadership positions. They got rid of all the cowboys.
Last year I started to buy my train tickets from my mobile. Duh. Occasionally I send friends who can’t find the restaurant or whatever I’m in the GPS location – and they just run “fastest route”. Not sure what item your gf meant ? – just call her and make her watch through your mobile cam. Still, these are things rather primitive compared to Tokyo cellusers: need a location? just hold your cell infront of those small pixels on the closest billboard or any flyer – data transfer done; maps and everything you might need. Looking at the iPhone feels much the same as when I watch Windows from an OSX perspective: bling bling. Oh and now some 12yr old genius goes “yeah but Apple is all about simplicity…”. Wake up.
Greg L;
Balmer is not, nor will he ever be, a “cowboy”.
He is a MonkeyBoy, and that’s something far, far worse.
I was making a joke, y’all.
“Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!”
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/buckaroo/buckaroo2.wav
Mr. Ballmer sucks in so many ways, this is just another. Don’t get me wrong though, long may he reign! I really want to see that crash and burn, flameout scenario someone once eloquently describe here a while back
Uh… what was I going to say? Oh yeah, Go Apple!
Ballmer is such a disingenuous schmuck that he could probably eat sh*t with a smile.