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lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>when you look at the iPhone with all its
amazing features for less than $500.00 it just doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>t make sense.
Am I the only one that thinks this?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Remember that the service providers such as
AT&T, Cingular, Sprint, Verizon and so forth, subsidize the cost of the
phones because they make it up over the course of the contract. Hence the reason
that some phones that have an initial cost when sold with a 1 year contract
may be free initially with a 2 year contract. Even some VoIP phones and
ATA's are done this way but only through service providers. Take the
subsidies away and that iPhone is pretty pricey.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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