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Originally Posted by meeera
I'm not quite sure why people are referring to the Kindle's 3G as "free" - you pay seventy or eighty dollars for it, and usage is extremely limited (buying books/cloud books/Wikipedia/is there anything else?). If I ever feel the urge to buy a book on the go - and I haven't yet - I can just tether to my phone's 3G.
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Granted, it's 60 Euros difference for the 3G version.
But, at least in Germany, the cheapest flatrate for my own SIM would be 10 Euros per month respectively 1 Euro per day.
Most users will have their readers for maybe 2 years.
If one uses the 3G option somewhat frequently, be it for buying books while on the road or for checking Wikipedia or whatever, Kindle's 3G option is the cheapest you can get.
But let me phrase it differently:
It's not about being free or not. It's about having the option (you're free to choose) for 3G and not having to worry about your own SIM.
To me, that's an enormous bonus. As long as they offer it, I always will go for the 3G version.