“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.]