I have to agree on the analogy critique. Yours is ok, but not great. A beamer is highend automobile worth $30K-$100K brand new. Not the same as a $99 cell phone. And I wouldnt exactly call some of these phones "highend" . Just because a phone has a qwerty keyboard, doesnt mean its highend.

This issue for me is "what is a high end phone?" Phones like the 8360 have nice features, but no where near the EnV touch or rogue, yet the all three phones require additional fees. I think verizon made their list a little to expansive when they started charging.

To use a similar analogy to your original one...Its like being forced to put premium in a honda civic. Its just not necessary.