"You can't buy a full-priced phone in any US store"<p>Actually, I always buy full-priced phones in US stores. In reverse chronological order:<p>- Motorola Droid purchased in a Verizon store for $579
- G1 purchased in a T-Mobile store for $499
- HTC Shadow purchased in a T-Mobile store for $449
- Sidekick (forget which one) purchased in a T-Mobile store for about $500<p>Every carrier lets you buy an unsubsidized phone. It's really not hard. It's just that Americans don't do it, for some reason.