As far as I can see the cheapest Android smartphone you can buy on amazon.de costs €155. (It’s said LG Optimus in pink [0].) That still doesn’t make the $30 comment any less stupid but also shows that a phone with no contract and Android can be had for less than a third of the price of an iPhone without contract. (A 8GB iPhone 3GS costs €519 in the German Apple Store.)

[0] http://www.amazon.de/LG-GT540-Smartphone-Touchscreen-Megapix...