Unicom iPhone 4 optimal package selector

On September 25, the Unicom version of the iPhone 4 will officially go on sale. However, Unicom has a total of 9 packages, each of which requires you to pay 5880 yuan at a time, which is 881 yuan more than the bare machine price of 4999 yuan. This is really dazzling, difficult to choose, there is no good.

Presumably many friends are like me, Zhang Liang and others, eager to know, in the end is the bare machine the most cost-effective, or pick a package can cost the least and benefit the most?

Take a look at the official chart below to get an idea of the price and price of each package. Then, I will take the 16GB version of the iPhone 4 as an analysis object and talk about two calculation methods.

Calculation method 1

According to this table, I originally calculated that the 126 package was the most cost-effective. The calculation is --

126 yuan/month x 24 months + 3600 yuan purchase price = 6624 yuan

Yes, regardless of how much money Unicom will return you each month, you will pay 126 yuan per month. That way, $126 is about my current monthly bill, which means I'm making the same calls as before, not incurring a charge I can't use, and getting an iPhone 4 for just $3,600.

Using this calculation method, you will find that the 286 package is only 10 yuan more per month than the 126 package

286 yuan/month x 24 months + 0 yuan purchase price = 6864 yuan

However, although the average monthly increase is only 10 yuan, the voice calls included have changed from 320 minutes to 900 minutes, and the data traffic has also changed from 450MB [...]