Android = iPhone?

From this side of the ocean, the way people think about mobile phone prices in the US seems very unusual.

With the launch of the first Android phone imminent, I read tons of articles like this quoting that the expected price tag is $199, "in line with what Apple's charging". The same article does not spend a word mentioning how much an iPhone customer pays during the first 2 years, or speculating what it would take for an Android phone customer.

Please, wake up. $199 does not matter. $60 each month for 2 years does.