Comments on: WIN: Early Adopters Always Pay

By: Ken Montville

Ken Montville — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:36:14 +0000

Cutting through the smoke and mirrors of wireless bills is a daunting task. I have a Motorola Q with Verizon Wireless which I got when it first came out because I was tired of the bad signal with Nextel/Sprint and spotty service for my Blackberry sych with my Outlook e-mail, etc. and I wanted NEW!

So, I didn’t think much of the two-year contract since everybody wants to lock you in for two years (which is where the $1,848 comes from) but my plan for 700 anytime minutes and unlimited data (with my wife’s “emergency” usage plan at $9.95/month) comes to $129.00/month (give or take a couple of cents) or $3,096 for my Moto Q with Verizon.

To put some icing on the cake, my original Moto Q died shortly before the warranty expired and they gave be a brand spanking refurbished phone which works like, er, not too good.

Long story short, the iPhone looks like a bargain in comparison and if it’s faster and AT&T has decent signal coverage I’ll be at the iPhone store as soon as my Verizin Wireless contract runs out.

I have a friend who was an early adopter of the iPhone and it looks way cool.

By: Jadin

Jadin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:01:49 +0000

The two most obvious reasons NOT to be an early adopter, as you clearly point out, are price and glitches. Thank goodness someone out there doesn’t mind the hassles and extra $! For the bragging rights, they get to be the guinea pigs

By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal

Ron@TheWisdomJournal — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:58:40 +0000

When it comes to technology, why be a consumer pioneer?

By: Lau

Lau — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:09:05 +0000

Great sum up Jim.

I walked through a mall the other morning on my way to work – it cuts my walk to the office. There were looooonnnnng lines in front of the Apple and AT&T stores. It hit me when I saw it: the iPhone 3G was coming out. After shaking my head and laughing inside, my only thought was: “Don’t you people ever learn????” I guess not!

By: Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:41:29 +0000

Great post! You’ve perfectly described why my husband and I are not early adopters. Example: PS3. My husband’s friend got a 20 gig PS3 fro $700 when it first came out. Our 80 gig PS3 is much better, and we paid $499 — and got a rebate of $50 (total outlay, $449).

Plus, if you wait a little longer, you get later versions with fewer bugs.