Comments on: T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G to Launch for $199.99

By: cesar

cesar — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:29:31 +0000

hi i have a question and need help please….i have a 2 year contract and in november ill reach my first year..so i wud like to kno if i get any kind of discount wit onli one year of my 2 year contract.

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:03:43 +0000

You know, because my contract is not up, they want to charge me $399 for the mytouch. It is cheaper to cancel my contract with them than to purchase this phone. Oh so tempting.

By: juan

juan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:06:33 +0000

i went from my blackberry pearl 8120, to the G1. OMG biggest mistake ever. the G1 is a great phone and whatever, i really admit that, but it was too bulky for me. also the battery life was terrible. i had to charge my phone 3 TIMES a day. the data plan costs too much also. i wish it would cost less like it was 2 years ago. i had to go exchange this phone for the shadow 2, which is slightly better, but not as better as my old blackberry.i hope that this phone is better, i heard it was, but then again. i will get the 3rd or 4th generation depending which is better….

By: tarien

tarien — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:32:46 +0000

I’m eligible for a phone upgrade on T-Mobile right now & the Myphone 3G would be $199.99 for me. I believe you need to have gone 2 years from your last phone upgrade or start of contract, before you get the upgrade price same as of a new service.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:35:58 +0000

I just went to the website and wanted to see how much it would cost to upgrade my phone. I just got a G1 last october/november and it said the cost to upgrade with a 2 year contract would be 399. wtf? and the cost to upgrade with out a contract would be 499! I thought I could get it for 199 if I got the 2 year contract????

By: twrock

twrock — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:46:52 +0000

@chuksy,
No doubt. I don’t live in the US and I don’t buy phones that require huge monthly contracts. I’m not fooled by the “list price” of the phone when that phone is tied to a contract. But it seems the vast majority of people haven’t even considered that the cost of the phone INCLUDES the overall cost of ownership for the length of the contract. That’s my whole point.

There is no point in saying the the MyTouch costs more than the iPhone because you can “buy” the iPhone for $99 and the MyTouch for $199. But just look at this original article and the majority of replies. Seems that the majority of people haven’t even considered the real cost of these phones (the TCO). There seems to be no consideration of how much people are going to pay over the life of that contract.

The “initial price” before you add the contract is MEANINGLESS for comparison purposes. You have to look at the whole thing.

Bah, enough trying to convince people they are being duped. It’s not worth my energy. :-)

By: chuksy

chuksy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:16:44 +0000

@ twrock,

I can assure you i’ve been using the G1 on pay as u go,and its way cheaper for me in the long run than if i got it on contract. Try it and u’ll never go back to contract.You just have to shop around.They make you believe its cheaper on contract,but its not.

By: itswulfy

itswulfy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:13:10 +0000

Yea i just logged onto my tmobile account to check the specs out. Granted i am almost a year into my contract, and they wanted 499.99 for a 1year and 499.99 for a 2year contract. Personally i dont see you that phone is worth 500 i just cant fathom it. But I will settle with my g1 until the hero comes out and find a way to get that one on the cheap.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:02:19 +0000

Well, I was going to by one as a gift, but it’s not worth $200. I’ll wait until it drops to $99.

By: twrock

twrock — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:32:58 +0000

So I’m back already. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/palms-pre-already-wins-the-wallet-wars/

Now I don’t know if there is any consideration of the initial phone cost in that analysis (I doubt it). But, for instance, if the monthly contract cost for the MyTouch was also $15 lower than the iPhone, over the two year contract, you’d pay $360 more for the iPhone. $360 minus the $100 higher initial cost, means you’d save $260 by buying the MyTouch.

So isn’t it a rip-off that the iPhone costs $260 more than the MyTouch?!!! ;-)

By: twrock

twrock — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:11:11 +0000

So T-Mo wants $200 for the MyTouch and ATT wants $100 for the iPhone. So what? You still don’t know how much those phones are really going to cost you. The “initial” cost for the phone is fairly meaningless. Now if someone would tell us how much you are going to pay over the life of the phone by including the contract you are required to sign up for when you plunk down your “initial” payment, that might give you a clue as to which is the better deal. It’s all “apples” and oranges until you calculate the total cost of ownership. (Or do people really not understand that there really is no free lunch; your are going to pay for the real value of that phone one way or another.)

By: chuksy

chuksy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:23:25 +0000

I can’t believe an android phone is more expensive than the iphone. I thought it should be the other way round. This phone carriers are beginning to piss me off.They are not paying google for the OS so what the f**k are they doing making us pay that much for something that should be free on contract.

I think i’ll go for and unlocked phone instead.

By: Arno

Arno — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:30:35 +0000

No way in the universe for me to buy this. It is exactly the same as my G1 but no qwerty keys and slimmer. That is merely not worth $200. Sorry, I like tmobile, been with them for about 6 yrs, but there is no way I’m falling for this. If they want to sell they have to offer something special – if the phone is nothing much better at least the price has to be. Besides, everyone who says the iPhone is cheaper is right to expect people to prefer a better product for less money. Don’t get me wrong, I love my android phone and I believe in its potential, yet I cannot look straight in your eye and tell you that it is better than the apple thing.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:15:58 +0000

I currently own a G1 and would love to get a MyTouch. But there isn’t enough of an upgrade for me to shell out 200 bucks. I’ll wait till I get my 3.5″ screen. There should be a healthy selection of 3.5″ android phones by next summer with decent battery life.

By: ediddy

ediddy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:05:33 +0000

Its not $199 for an upgrade. There only giving a $100 discount for upgrade. I cant upgrade my G1 for mytouch 3g for $199. LAME. what a rip