brainless

so you compare a 12 month plan to a 24 month plan and are surprised that the latter is more expensive??? AMAZING !!!

added to the fact that you compared a limited call plan to an unlimited call plan also..... LOL

just in case you cant work it out fully on your own, 647 x 2 = 1294

And for an extra 196 over the 2 years you can have unlimited calls and texts.

and in case you are still having problems, no the phone DOES NOT cost 1490. The phone PLUS all the calls and texts over 2 years cost 1490.

now get daddy to pat you on the head and sign your notebook to say its all your own work.

Re: Locked to O2

You can get your O2 iPhone unlocked... free for contract holders after 12 months, £15 for PAYG at any time.

WTF?

You need to learn a little about the mobile phone market.

All phones are subsidised when sold by a network. Unlocked phones are available but cost the earth simply because they are just that - unlocked, so the purchaser cannot be tied to a network. This is also py PAYG phones are older/simpler models, or the current models at a high, high price - because there is little or no reason for the network to subsidise the phone. Most can be unlocked within 15 minutes, after all.

Is the iPhone any more expensive than other phones of equivalent functionity? Yes. THis is simply down to Apple's pricing policy. The phone costs less than $200 to make but the networks are paying quite a subsidy - for example AT&T pays a $450 subsidy per phone on a monthly contract phone.

If the networks could charge less, they would - because the phone is a crowd-puller. However if you are paying $750 per phone and selling then on at $300, you've got to charge $450 over the contract life just to get the subsidy back.

And that, my friends, is why the iPhone will not drop in price significantly, until Apple chooses to drop their wholesale price. Hell, over, freezing..