Have you seen the new iPhone and its hefty price tag? For $499 to $599 I’d imagine the Apple phone would not only cook breakfast in the morning but also clean up afterwards. Alas that is not part of the package but at least you get a phone, widescreen iPod and Internet access “into one small and lightweight handheld device” according to Apple.
One of the really cool aspects of the new iPhone is the “multi-touch display”, which allows the user to “glide through albums with Cover Flow, flip through photos and email them with a touch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page.” With all of these new features and steep price would you want to make sure some form of insurance was in place?
However, it appears that Cingular isn’t going to be offering insurance for the iPhone. Ouch. Hopefully purchasers of the new product will be able to enroll in AppleCare and that the product will at least have a one-year warranty. The cost of AppleCare will probably be less expensive than insurance for a $499 to a $599 phone. Insurance for my $200 phone is $5 a month so I can only imagine how much coverage would be for the iPhone.
Would you buy the iPhone without insurance through Cingular?
P.S. Here are some other iPhone related posts from the Know More Media network:
Writing at the Speed of Blog: The iPhone, Apple and the New News Cycle
Apple iPhone vs. DoCoMo i-mode Phone - No Contest - Japan Wins
Sweetness Findings: Apple's IGoof
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