$1936 (US)

Centrenetworks calculates the true cost of an iPhone:

• $640 Phone - $599 plus tax (~8%)
• $60/mo Voice Plan - cheapest plan with unlimited nights and weekends
• $40/mo MEdia Max 3000 Bundle - includes 3000 texts and unlimited MediaNet which I assume will work as the browse function on the iPhone
• $8/mo Fees - lovely fees

What else could you buy for this amount?

• 387 Starbucks grande drinks
• 2,129 McDonalds hamburgers
• 968 rides on the NYC Subway
• A round-trip ticket to Japan from the USA
• A new LCD 42" tv with enough money left over to buy all 5 seasons of 24 on DVD
• A Mac Powerbook
• 20% of a monthly ad on TechCrunch

It would be a lot cheaper to buy yourself one of these cardboard phone covers. Everyone would be fooled, Yeah, right.