Comments on: CEOh-Snap! Ballmer Says iPhone/Capacitive Touch Too Expensive! (That’ll be $800 for the Xperia Please!)

By: Money

Money — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:06:35 +0000

Well i’m going to be payig approx 1,500 for this 3g in australia.

By: Jeo

Jeo — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:59:25 +0000

Microsoft is so last century and Balmer is Chief Idiot Officer.

By: Harrylin

Harrylin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:45:01 +0000

Even though I loved windows mobile so much. But now, iPhone really make me switch, and never wanna go back unless there is capacitive screen.

By: Harrylin

Harrylin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:39:18 +0000

iPhone cost 550 dollars here unlocked and unsubsidised from vodafone nz while windows mobile phone normally cost over 600 or 700. Microsoft is getting more and more stupid now. Still no capacitive screen on windows 6.5 or 7? He should go to he’ll.

By: Dyvim

Dyvim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:04:57 +0000

@12 meant to say $599 unsubsidized. Late … lack of sleep…

By: Dyvim

Dyvim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:58:49 +0000

Of course the Experia has a much nicer (if resistive) screen than the iPhone. And the iPhone in the U.S. costs $499 unsubsidized but still locked to AT&T whereas the Experia is unlocked. But yeah, WinMo phones (and PDAs) have always been expensive IMO and I think the iPhone is fairly priced for what you get (esp. when the original was $399 for 8GB in late 2007).

By: cardfan

cardfan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:17:15 +0000

Not much to add here. You got him by the &(*..lol

By: phonezzz

phonezzz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:23:28 +0000

Ballmer’s comment about the price was a little ridiculous as the iPhone is definitely not more expensive than any other phone on the market. I love my iPhone to death, but I think it may come close when you add up all the additional charges over the course of a year. But for the actual phone, definitely not more expensive.

Here’s a video a found about the battle between the Palm Pre and the iPhone.

http://www.newsy.com/videos/smarterphonewars/

By: frog

frog — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:30:38 +0000

To be fair the iPhone was $499, subsidized, when he made that comment?

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:35:48 +0000

@Rene:

That's all good and well, if you had said that in your article, but what said was "claims Apple is “driving cost” on the $199 iPhone?" and ""That’ll be $800 for the Xperia Please!"

As I said, his statement was BS, but you were disingenuous in your own statements.