News - Apple iPhone 4 pre-orders top 600,000 in a single day

[Unique]

As if any amount of money would sit long enough in my account to gather interest

realistically you'd have to calculate how much money you are paying sooner rather than later and calculate it on an accrual basis over the period. interest rates might be low right now so if you had no debts then based on those rates the interest may be low, but if the interest rates increase it would be higher

but if you were buying the phone outright on credit, or you had credit elsewhere that you could have reduced by organising your cashflow differently, the interest is typically higher on credit right now, so could be on average 8% to 10% for the period, thus paying £400 more would cost you £32 to £40 in interest

in real terms if you are not so financially well off and you have debts, it would likely cost you more to pay upfront and then simplicity or PAYG

i think most people are aware that PAYG of any kind means you pay more and get less value, whether it's mobile phones or fuel bills, but the same can apply to sim free purchase

this is pretty simple maths for the numerically minded

[Purple]

Not being funny but you sound quite stupid with that comment. Your anti apple and dislike their marketing tactics and dislike their openness, but will buy they new iphone.

What, once an opinion is formed it can never be changed no matter what happens? One must be rigid and unyielding?

Or is your objection more to do with the polarised opinions expressed in the post? It was an attempt at balance in my post so as to avoid getting a Fan Boy Flaming. I was just pointing out that I am normally not an Apple fan but they have made a good device and now I'm going to get one. Right after I stop wishing I hadn't expressed my opinion.

I could have made the post this:
"The new iPhone 4 looks brilliant, I'm getting one."

But we all know the exact response to that which is Shut up fan boy, I hate fan boys, I wish fan boys would die. So I attempted to point out to those who are haters that I in fact occupy the middle ground on the opinion normally.


edit: btw sorry for reviving the thread but I was called stupid

[mikerr]

I've never been a fan of apple, but have ended up with all their products:

Mac Mini / MacBook Pro 13" / iPhone 3GS / iPad

so they must be doing something right

[Purple]

You receive an F in Apple Hating