I wonder what the difference is betwe... darn IT!

[Genevieve]

[Camaclue]

top is murican bottom is European and overpriced

[Genevieve]

And which European country has dollars?

[Ungatt Trunn II]

Camaclue, your stupidity is sometimes overwhelming. I don't care if it's "ironic" or whatever, it's simply overwhelming.

[Krowdon]

And which European country has dollars?

[Camaclue]

I speculated that because A$ could mean American dollars and it goes day/month, not month/day
European countries usually do day/month

[Shadow]

Lucy is aussie, so I am guessing A$ means Australian dollars.

[Krowdon]

Wow. That's a huge difference if that's Australian dollars

[Genevieve]

Yeah, that was kinda the point.

[Krowdon]

Can you order one from America and have it shipped?

[Camaclue]

prawsibly

[Holby]

We have talked about this before!

The $799 here is an outright price, while the US one attaches to a carrier. You can't just buy an unlocked, good to go, planless iphone for $199.

[windhound]

US unsubsidized prices for iPhone 5 (unverified, but seems legit)
$649 for 16 gb iPhone 5
$749 for 32 gb model
$849 for 64 gb model

So...  799 Australian dollars = 834.7952 US dollars
Given the 'From' is the 16gb model, still a near $200 aussie penalty.  
Probably some extra tech to make sure they work upsidedown and all

And why you should still buy the unsubsidized phone in the US:

"For $30 a month, T-Mobile offers a prepaid "unlimited" data & text plan with 100 minutes voice. That's all I'd need.

Right now on AT&T I am paying $100 a month for unlimited data & text and 400 minutes voice.

i5, 64 gb contract price $399
24 months * $100 per month = $2400
Total cost $2799

i5, 64 gb no contract price $849
24 months * $30 per month = $720
Total cost $1569

Difference = $1230

So if I don't talk much, and even if there are some taxes on the TMobile prepaid, it would still be far cheaper to buy the phone outright than to contract with AT&T."
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r27517205-iPhone-5-price-without-contract

Straighttalk on AT&T and has an 'unlimited' prepaid plan for $45/mo.  I've read that they actually cap it around 2gb/mo data and some reasonable amount of talk so its not really unlimited, but compared to $100/mo...

That said, prepaid dumbphone ftw ($40 every three months, ish)