Apple to sell iPhone 3G on college campuses?

Will students who have college-provided exchange accounts (or personal, non-commercial ones) be charged for the full $45/mo "enterprise data plan"?

(crosses fingers...)

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I would love to finally have iPhones at my campus store (I work at it). Unfortunately I cant imagine them actually getting it rolled out to many schools quickly, apple's business side is notoriously slow, and rarely has a clue whats going on within its own departments. I think that they're most likely going to get to some stores on time, but most campuses will probably have to wait a while before they can start doing iphones.

Heck, my campus doesn't even have 3G, however, the entire campus is WiFi, so that really doesn't matter. The one thing I would like to see is the ability to get my school email on my iPhone, I hate those damned web interfaces.

If they're going to do this, then they should already know $70/ month is not going to work for most college students.

Another case of blog-generated-expectation-inflation. 18 million was NEVER a goal of Apple, but a number thrown out by some stock analyst who's probably a legend in his own mind. Apple's stated goal has, and continues to be, TEN million by the end of the year .

What 18 million? The one that CLSA Emerging Markets analyst Jenny Lai imagined only an hour after the keynote, with little to no time for any "analysis?"

Please. Just stick with the facts. Apple's stated goal was 10 million. Stop spreading false numbers that will only set up ridiculous expectations and create stock volatility and general pandemonium.

I'm just not impressed. The pricing for the iPhone stinks. Sure, the hardware price has been lowered, but they're gouging us for $70 a month in bills, for two years. I can't see ANY scenario where I would need $70 worth of phone service in an given month.

They've completely ignored the average consumer here. They're going straight for the crackberry addicts, day traders, businesspeople, and frequent talkers. The rest of us can only gaze in confusion and wish for an iPod/mobile phone combination that costs half as much to own over a two-year period.

I don't even spend $70 a month on my 6MB DSL + landline phone. Why would I spend that on a mobile?

Apple needs to work out something for the rest of its customers. I'd gladly pay an extra $300 for the iPhone if I could use any service plan I want, without hassle or guff from Apple.

Until then, it's plain old iPod + my el cheapo Virgin Mobile Cyclops ($50 for the phone plus $15 every 90 days).

Yeah. iPhone is cool, but it's clearly not for average consumers. It's for phone power-users.

Would there be any benefit to buying an iPhone on campus, as opposed to walking off campus to an AT&T store to buy an iPhone?

This is the case at my school.

come on University of Michigan!