iPhone 3G cost of ownership
AT&T (US of A)
- Phone Price : $ 199
- Cheapest Voice Plan : $ 39 for 450 minutes (x24)
- Data Plan : $ 30 (unlimited data) (x24)
- SMS Included : 0
- SMS Plan : $ 5 for 200 (x24)
=> $1975 = € 1260
Data via gizmodo
Mobistar (Belgium)
- Phone Price : € 525
- Cheapest Subscription* : € 30 (for 180 minutes) x24
- Data Plan : Included in subscription (200 MB)
- SMS Included: It’s 180 minutes or 300 SMS-messages
=>€ 1245
(If you’re curious, the € 45 => € 1605, the € 60 => € 1965)
Data via mobistar
T-Mobile (Netherlands)
- Phone Price : € 79.95
- Cheapest Subscription : € 29.95 (for 150 minutes) x24
- Data Plan : Included in subscription (Unlimited Data)
- SMS Included: 150 SMS-messages
- Set up costs: € 26.25
=>€ 825
Data via T-Mobile
Mobile Viking
- Phone Price : € 525
- Subscription : € 15 (for 60 minutes) x24
- Data Plan : Fair Use (1GB data (at the moment EDGE))
- SMS Included: 1000 sms free
=>€ 885
Data via Mobile Viking
Conclusion
Mobistar is cheaper but you don’t get as much voice and not nearly as much data ( unlimited / 200 MB = unlimited).I’ll update this post as soon as I’ve got some data from the other providers T-Mobile added, it’s an amazingly good deal
update 1: questions or rebuttals @ twitter.com/junkiesxl
update 2: (via @iphonicbe) added Mobile Viking (which is a strong contender)