The Palm Pre costs $1,250 less than the iPhone or Droid over 2 years

Posted on 29 October 2009, at 5:37 pm, by Mark Chinsky

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.

Billshrink.com just did an analysis comparing the iPhone 3GS on AT&T, the Palm Pre on Sprint, and Motorola Droid on Verizon.

If you are looking at an unlimited voice and data plan, you will spend $1,250 less over two years. There are still substantial savings even with more limited plans. The phones, on paper, have fairly similar specifications and capabilities and in terms of Network quality, speed, coverage ranking I would say Verizon, Sprint, AT&T in that order.

It makes it all the more painful why Sprint had such bad results as discussed earlier today. Sprint really is one of the best valued carriers at the moment.

See the full article HERE:

comparison

Tags | Android Devices, Apple iPhone, AT&T, Palm Devices, Sprint / Nextel, Verizon

3 Comments For This Post

Michael Anderson Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 7:33 am
I have to admit that I find those things useless … they could do the HTC Touch Pro 2 (AT&T) vs. HTC Touch Pro 2 (Verizon) vs. HTC Touch Pro 2 (Sprint) vs. HTC Touch Pro 2 (TMobile) and get a wider variety in pricing …
Carly Z Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 8:27 am
These are interesting but somewhat inaccurate. I would love it if BillShrink would also let you input any corp discounts, etc to get a better grasp on monthly plans.

Incidentally, when I plugged in my usage, it told me T-Mobile would save me ~$1,000, Sprint ~$500, Verizon ~$100, and inexplicably AT&T would run me an EXTRA $240. Huh?
doogald Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 9:16 am
I make very few voice calls anymore, and almost all of them are to family on the same plan anyway. I do not need unlimited voice at all, or even 900 minutes a month.

Part of Sprint’s problem, I think, is that they had absolutely atrocious customer service for quite some time, so lots of customers dropped them and will never go back.