I Got an iPhone
You may remember my previous post about why I didn’t get an iPhone. Even though I tried to come up with lot’s of reasons why I didn’t need one, the fact was that I really really wanted one. I just couldn’t justify the expense, which for me would have included:
- $200 to cancel my contract with T-Mobile
- $399 for a white 16 gig iPhone 3G
- $30 extra per month on my cell phone bill over two years ($720)
- Plus, my wife and both sides of the family are on T-Mobile so I’m sure that I would have exceeded my minutes on even the cheapest AT&T plan, whereas those same calls are free with T-Mobile.
- There’s another little detail that is hard to quantify. I share a family plan with my 14 year old sister and if i would have cancelled my contract with T-mobile, she would have been without a phone.
My total estimated iPhone upgrade expense: $1,349. Ouch.
A friend of mine upgraded to the iPhone 3G and gifted me his iPhone Classic. The phone is in perfect working condition and he had a protective cover on the phone since the day he got it. I jailbroke the phone, added a data plan to my T-Mobile plan, and now I have an iPhone without the restrictions of a contract with AT&T.
My actual iPhone upgrade expense: $480, or $20/month for the added data plan over two years. Now that’s what I’m talking about! With savings like that, it’s easy to see why the first generation iPhones are selling for upward of $500 on eBay.
To the person who gave me the phone, thank you so much!
3 Responses to “I Got an iPhone”
By David Lay on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
I’m loving mine so far… and my bill went down seven bucks a month!!
By Bags on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
Way to conform! I was waiting for someone else to jump on the ‘Jesus Phone’ bandwagon.
By Hilary on Sep 12, 2008 | Reply
Cool phone Jon, thanks for giving your old phone to Jer. He absolutely loves it! Also, thanks for the props.