The real cost unlocked, in the US:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC603LL/A?mco=MjI4NTM2NTM">http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC603LL/A?mco=MjI4NTM2NTM</a></div><div><br></div><div>16GB 649$ (excluding tax and shipping)</div>

<div>32GB 749$ (excluding tax and shipping)</div><div><br></div><div>Incidentally I wonder how much the 8GB iPhone 4 rumoured to be coming soon will cost.</div><div><br></div><div>The dual core android phones (HTC Sensation, Galaxy SII) cost ~ 550 - 650$<br clear="all">

<div dir="ltr">--<br><font color="#990000">Josiah Mugambi </font></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Josiah Mugambi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jmugambi@gmail.com">jmugambi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

James, you left out critical info:<div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:21px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><ul style="margin-top:13px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:35px">


<li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">24 Month Package/Contract (<strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Postpaid only</strong>): <strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Kes. 5,000.00 one-time deposit and Kes, 5,000.00 monthly</strong> which includes with 9 hours of talk time, 300 SMS and 300MB of data (the cost of voice is Kes. 2.00 on-net and Kes. 4.00 off-net. SMS is billed at Kes. 1.00 on-net and Kes. 2.00 off-net. Data is billed at Kes. 7.00 per MB)</li>


<li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">The contract duration for the iPhone 4 is 24 months, if a customer exits before the end of the contract, the customer will be required to pay the total cost of the device and the service fees for the remaining contract duration</li>


</ul></span><div><div dir="ltr">TCO (Total Cost of Ownershio) is not 30500/- for the iPhone 4G 16GB</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">--<br><font color="#888888"><font color="#990000">Josiah Mugambi </font></font></div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM, James Nzomo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kazikubwa@gmail.com" target="_blank">kazikubwa@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


<div><div><div style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:arial"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">&quot;I bet if more people could afford the iphone, it would be less hated on.&quot;</span></div>




</div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">

<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:arial"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:&#39;arial narrow&#39;, sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><i>--- A lister oblivious of the fact that there are more expensive phones to hate on</i></span></div>




</div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div>Lol. apple fanboys have now been pushed back from technological advantage argument down to arguing about affordability<div>




<br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">From <a href="http://www.moseskemibaro.com/2010/10/17/orange-kenyas-pricing-and-packages-for-the-apple-iphone-4/" target="_blank">http://www.moseskemibaro.com/2010/10/17/orange-kenyas-pricing-and-packages-for-the-apple-iphone-4/</a></span></div>




<div><ul style="margin-top:13px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:35px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:21px">




<li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Apple iPhone 4 16GB: <strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Kes. 30,499.00</strong></span></li>




<li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Apple iPhone 4 32GB: <strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Kes. 39,999.00</strong></span></li>




</ul></div><div>Considering the avarage price of a top notch smartphone in Kenya....30k? and you dare claim we are hating because of price?</div><div><font><font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br>




</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Surely bwana....According to your theory, if it was about price there are more android phones to hate on..starting with the galaxies.</span></font></div>




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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></span></font></div></font></font><div><font><font><font color="#006600" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Good judgement comes from Experience.</b></span></font></font></font><div>




<font face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font color="#cc0000">Most Experience comes from Bad Judgement</font><font color="#006600"><br></font></b></span></font><div><div><font><font><font><div>




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True, true!!!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Gichingiri Kuria <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gmail@gichingiri.com" target="_blank">gmail@gichingiri.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>




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I bet if more people could afford the iphone, it would be less hated on.<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>2011/8/24 Haggai Nyang <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:haggai.nyang@gmail.com" target="_blank">haggai.nyang@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>







</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Copy-pasting has never been a problem on android phones...even for STK apps
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