Still eyeballs deep into boxes, light fixures and bubble wrap, I checked the page that Mobistar (the belgian cell phone provider that won the exclusive deal with Apple) sent me.. Finally, some details on getting the iphone. I wasn't expecting low prices like The Netherlands (1 euro for the phone on a 2 year plan, 45 euros per month) or the UK (free iphone for a 1.5 year plan, 45 pounds sterling a month). Knowing the belgian market, I was assuming something closer to the announced $199 ceiling (or ever 199 euros).
After reading the announcement page, I wasn't all that eager anymore to get one. It seems that Mobistar is planning on selling these phones for 525 euros for the 8 gig and 615 euros for the 16 gig version. Serious WTF??!?!?!?!?!. Their plan seems equally retarted: 30 euros for 3 hours voice or 300 text messages + 200 meg data. 45 euros for 6 hours voice or 600 text messages + 500 meg data. 60 euros for 9 hours of voice or 900 text messages + 1 gig dara.
I really hope they realize that they're definitly not going to sell like hotcakes. If I had known, I would have bought a hacked first gen for 250 euros ($399) and used it without GPS :)
