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Free iPhones Almost Everywhere, Except the US

Free iPhones Almost Everywhere, Except the US

Much fuss has been made in the last day about the Japanese iPhone, now available free. It might be true that the Japanese hate the iPhone, but this news is being treated as some kind of big deal.

In fact, a cheap iPhone seems to be a US obsession. A Google search for $99 iPhone brings 3,260,000 results. But the fact is, the $99 iPhone is already here, along with the free iPhone — you just have to look outside North America to get it. I whipped up the table above to show just how widespread is the free handset. These are the countries I have lived in, but there are plenty more.

Sure, you have to pick a hefty contract to get the handset for nothing, but the US already sucked that one in last year with the debut of the iPhone 3G and its carrier subsidies. Quit whining, already.

[Thanks: http://blog.wired.com]

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