Friday Poll: What would get you to buy a T-Mobile G1?
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Unless you've been living in a cave (and as comedian Jon Stewart recently pointed out, that might be the safest real estate investment around these days), you probably noticed that a little phone called the T-Mobile G1 made its debut this week.
Now that you've had a chance to glimpse the first phone powered by Google's Android software, would you plunk down for a G1? And if so, what would be the main factor motivating you to become a G1 owner?
Leslie Katz, senior editor of CNET's Crave, covers gadgets, games, and most other digital distractions. As a co-host of the CNET News Daily Podcast, she sometimes tries to channel Terry Gross. E-mail Leslie. 
"If it was offered by another provider"
BUT, in terms of space I much prefer the G1. You can get a SansDisk 8GB micro SD (Class 2) for $23.25 on Amazon.com. That's not much of a difference.
But that's not the real breaking point in terms of price; it's the plans! The iPhone's plan are ridiculous compared to the $35 unlimited data plan on T-Mobile.
Wired found the iPhone to be at least $380 more expensive (based on the basic plan and a two-year contract.), but they admit it wasn't an apples to apples comparison. For example, the basic voice plan for the G1 had more minutes and unlimited texts, while the iPhone obviously had less minutes and it cost an extra $20 for texts and an extra $10 for the premium data plan.
It is ridiculous, but I think you got it backwords. The iPhone is over-priced.
(Of course, I mean the iPhone's plan and not the iPhone itself.)
Put that in the poll please...
- Easy syncing with Outlook
- Greater memory
- Stereo Bluetooth
- Fast internet access
- by tysone22 September 30, 2008 6:05 PM PDT
- I would buy it if it was on At&t
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