And because having one was so expensive-- NT $ 70-80,000 for a phone, and as much as NT $ 100,000 in total once you added in setup fees, a deposit and connection costs--people used to say, "You want to know how many cellular phones there are in Taiwan? Count the number of Mercedes Benz."
而由於話機與通話費昂貴，一支手機七、八萬，加上設定費、保證金與每個月的基本費，辦一支行動電話將近要十萬塊，就曾有人笑話一句：「要想知道行動電話的數目，算算街上跑的賓士車數目就知道了。」