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Google's Nexus One, a Steal At $49 Unlocked?

gjt writes "I initially posted a piece ragging on the Nexus One. But then a commenter pointed out a problem with my initial logic, and after doing some math I concluded that the $529 unlocked/unsubsidized Google Nexus One gPhone is much cheaper than it appears to be. In fact it's only $49 over two years — and that's unlocked! Google likes to say that the Nexus One represents 'Our new approach to buying a mobile phone.' But it actually seems as though T-Mobile deserves most of the credit by providing a $20/month discount to customers who purchase an unsubsidized phone, a fact that didn't seem to get much attention when T-Mobile created the plan last October."

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  1. Different math by BitZtream · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear poster,

    Your math is unlike my math. I have concluded that your math sounds like something a statistician would produce to justify something completely ass backwards.

    Sincerely,
    John Q Public

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  2. Re:Oh god by codepunk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like we are married to the same woman.

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  3. Re:Oh god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But it's 20% OFF!!!

  4. Re:Oh god by bshensky · · Score: 5, Funny

    So am I. That cheating whore.

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  5. Re:Oh god by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 2, Funny

    :O Check your email, we're doing this. I'll call some VC people, you call cell providers and see if we can get a bulk discount. We're going to make millions!

  6. Re:Oh god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Married men understand the principal better.

    To be fair, though, bachelors understand the interest better.

  7. "...T-Mobile deserves most of the credit..." by John+Hasler · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not possible. T-Mobile is a cellphone company and therefor irredeemably evil. They cannot possibly deserve any credit for anything. I'm sure someone will explain how it is all really a plot to deprive you of your inalienable human right to unlimited free downloads and uncapped infinite bandwidth.

    The RIAA is behind it. Mark my words.

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  8. Re:Oh god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There are plenty of women on Slashdot. Just don't look below the butthole where the dangling scrotum lies, and you'll be allright. You're not a fag if you didn't know.

    But I like browsing at -1!

  9. Re:Oh god by Lucky75 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, 3 people on /. are married?

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  10. Re:Oh god by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 5, Funny

    Think of a wife as an PCIx16 slot. You give it resources, it makes things look pretty, takes care of a lot of ridiculous details that you wouldn't otherwise care that much about, and occasionally overheats and gets bitchy about your configuration.

    Some really high-end cards allow you to spawn whole new processes, and that's worth the price of the upgrade.

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  11. Re:Oh god by adolf · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is the new, improved, Slashdot 2.0: Now SFW, and certified to be wholesome by honest and genuine Care Bears.

  12. Re:Oh god by CrashandDie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Married men understand the principal better.

    Indeed, that's why I've stopped asking my wife to come to parent-teacher conferences.

  13. Re:Oh god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Austria? Basement? You're not being held there against your will are you?