Wednesday, June 27, 2007
The Cost That Keeps on Costing
They [ATT/Apple offerings] start at $60 a month, though, and climb to $100 for 1,350 monthly minutes of calling. That means that if you get the $600 model and choose the top minutes package, you're going to shell out more than $3000 over the course of the required two-year contract. I'm guessing that there'll be a bunch of extra "features" that you can buy, like ring tones, wallpaper, games, etc. Oh, and you'll still have to pay $36 for activation.
I've mentioned before how the stuff of today wants you to keep paying instead of buying something. Here's a perfect example. And what is really irritating, is that after all the fees and heads up costs, you still get squeezed for an additional $36 to turn the damn thing on. And I can't begin to imagine just how many extra taxes, fees and other nickel and dime items will be listed on the bill.
