On 1/26/10 12:07 PM, Michael S. Hart wrote:
What is the cost???
Belgian stores carry the 16 GB 3GS model for about 575 Euro. (http://www.phonehouse.be) Here in the Netherlands you'll pay about a 100 Euro more than that for parallel-imported sim-lock free ones. I These are all prices for phones without any plan whatsoever. f you are willing to chain yourself to a multiple year plan of about 20-30 Euro per month, you'll pay nothing. BTW, mobile operators are obliged to unlock your SIM upon request after our contract has expired, or in the case of prepaid phones, after twelve months. Now to the market share: iPhone marketshare is about 20-30%: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wider-distribution-lifting-iphone-sales-in-... Mobile Safari's share in worldwide web traffic among mobile browsers is about 30% (which is the leading position): http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/06/opera-bests-iphones-mobile-browser... Some reports put the share in web use for the iPhone even at the 40% of the total mobile web use. That is what I call actually putting the web in the pockets of the masses. On to cell-phone heaven that you think Europe is (I'm there, so I can judge it). Nokia has thoroughly dropped the ball when it comes to smartphones. They still make fine normal phones, their smartphones are deeply annoying to use for anything else than just making phone calls. It has to be said though, the iPhone is a very poor phone. It is a great mobile internet device. Regards, Walter