SMS ???. ? wrote:
> CozmicDebris wrote:
>
>> But doesn't the Palm have a tone of features (even in the Verizon
>> world) that the iPhone does not?
>>
>> GPS
>> Voice Dialing
>> 3g
>> PUSH mail sync
>>
>> Just to name a few.
>
> Yes, but the biggest reason Verizon can charge more, both for handsets
> and for service, is because their network is so much better. Look at
> the latest Consumer Reports, and look at _every_ other independent
> survey of carriers, and look at the bogus "fewer dropped calls"
> advertising campaign that Cingular got in trouble for.
>
> Remember, Apple approached Verizon with the iPhone before they
> approached Cingular, for a very good reason. Verizon wasn't willing to
> do the revenue sharing arrangement that Apple wanted, but Cingular was
> desperate enough to agree to it.
>
>
Very well put. Said another way, you get what you pay for.

Asking the OP a rhetorical question, how can any vendor's pricing policy be
"out of touch with reality" if they're selling their product? Unfortunately,
what questions like these usually imply, imho, is that "I'd like to have
that more than the other but I'd rather pay less for it." In other words, I
want my cake and eat it too.