iPhone Envy

Monday, August 13, 2007

There were lots of iPhones at C4 this past weekend. I’d guess that 70% of the developers attending the conference brought an iPhone. Not me.

I want one. A lot. But I don’t use a cell phone that much, and the idea of having to pay $60/month for service, in addition to the $600 to get the phone, really puts me off. Once you add taxes, that’s around $1,400 for the first year. Not cheap. I can buy a lot of other cool toys with that money.

I do have a cell phone now, but it’s unlocked, so I purchased a prepaid card for it. This way I’m paying closer to $25/month (including taxes). So to be fair, the real first-year cost of an iPhone to me would be about $1,100. Still not chump-change.

However, I can’t claim to have the best resolve when it comes to spending money on cool toys. I’m sure that if I were to go to an Apple Store and play with an iPhone, I’d leave with one. So I haven’t been to an Apple Store since the iPhone was released. And although I was surrounded by iPhones at C4, I never asked anyone if I could try theirs. That would be too risky.

I’d love to write an application for the iPhone. You can hack something now, though I wouldn’t want to try to market an iPhone hack. But as soon as Apple delivers an iPhone SDK, I’m sure I’ll get an iPhone.

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