$199 iPhone? Sure, with a 2-year contract
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:49 pm
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/09/19 ... -contract/

All you Apple fans, go now, run, run, like the good little sheep you are. Line up at your Apple Temples and give the turtle-necked one your new donation to his fruit powered glorious collection plate. Hurry.
How can they sell the iPhone 3G so low? You have to sign a 2-year contract.
SAN ANTONIO, June 9, 2008 — AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced it will be the exclusive U.S. provider of the new iPhone 3G, details of which were outlined earlier today at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Under the terms of a new agreement with Apple, AT&T remains the exclusive U.S. carrier of the new iPhone, which will be available beginning July 11 at a starting price of $199 with a two-year contract.

All you Apple fans, go now, run, run, like the good little sheep you are. Line up at your Apple Temples and give the turtle-necked one your new donation to his fruit powered glorious collection plate. Hurry.