[Monkii]

I bought mine at full price at Telus dealer. Best Buy refused to sell without even a contract, sucks big time. I find the price perfectly fine for the phone as is. By no mean this is a cheap phone, we are talking about flagship level PDA phone. In comparison to GSM-only version, price is actually a bit cheaper too.
I upgraded from Diamond which I got through a contract 1 year ago, so I'm not qualified for cheaper upgrade options.

Then again, I find the cost of the phone is fair, aside from the missing graphic issue. But then, so far I don't find it that much of a problem yet, as overall UI speed is significant improvement over Diamond, and battery life is twice as good. (note that Telus' Diamond was already equiped with the higher capacity battery)