The devil's in the details...

Once the euphoria of purchasing your new Iphone3G has subsided, reality tends to make an unannounced visit and settle in with both your wallet and bank account ... AT&T recently revealed it's structured payment plan for the new Apple Iphones set to be available in stores next Friday. Apparently, the cheap Iphone prices of $199 (8gb) and $299 (16gb) models will be subsidized by AT&T themselves (hence the lower prices)... while the non-contractually obligated Iphones will be selling at a somewhat heftier (deterrent?) price of $599 and $699 respectively... Monthly price plans will range from $70 a month for 450 minutes, to $130 a month for unlimited voice calling. The kicker in all this though is that text messaging is now priced separately. So that's up to $20 a month extra were you to go with unlimited text messaging plans. Ouch ...

Almost makes me wish a new version of the Itouch would be coming down the pipeline sometime soon... but what can you do ? Check out the AT&T pricing structures here for the new Iphones (US models) coming out next week.