3G iPhone to be Discounted???

ech0 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 10:37 AM

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When the 3G iPhone is introduced this summer, AT&T, the exclusive U.S. iPhone sales partner with Apple, will cut the price by as much as $200, according to a person familiar with the strategy.

AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone, bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two versions of the new iPhone, an 8-gigabyte-memory and a 16-gigabyte-memory model with price tags widely expected to be $399 and $499.

The new iPhone is expected to be released on the one-year anniversary of the original iPhone debut June 27 or thereabouts. A few weeks prior to that launch, Apple is planning to stop supplies of the older model iPhone, according to the source. This will help clear out inventory and stir up demand for the new device. It will also attempt to avoid the public relations pratfall Apple made when it cut the price of the iPhone without warning last year. To soothe the ire among people who bought the iPhone just before the sudden markdown, Apple issued store credits.

A few details about the new iPhone have also been confirmed by the source. The new iPhone will be 2.5 mm thinner than the 11.7 mm original. The iPhone will also have a GPS chip for navigation and other location-based services.

Well, this would defiantly bring in tons of more buyers for the iPhone, and defiantly make many more pissed for paying ~$400 for there 1st gen.

LiNk

BuddhistSoldier · #2 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 10:50 AM

Bring On The Iphone Already!

DominiKing · #3 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 11:07 AM

200 bucks isn't bad, but I dunno if I want a new contract again

Dopefish · #4 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 01:16 PM

I'll sign a 2 year contract for $200 off the phone.

Craig · #5 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 02:51 PM

I really hate all of these stories... they always contradict one another. Some of them say the new phone is a bit bigger due to the GPS chip and new battery, while this one says the opposite.

Good news about the subsidies though. That goes to show you that ATT had its reservations about how well the iPhone was going to do in Gen 1.

VincentVega · #6 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 02:53 PM

$199??

what's the cheapest monthly plan you can get? I'm now interested

Flow · #7 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by VincentVega

$199??

what's the cheapest monthly plan you can get? I'm now interested

I may have to jump on this deal too. I want to keep my current plan. How much is it to add the data package?

Craig · #8 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 03:42 PM

its currently $20 per month

VincentVega · #9 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 03:56 PM

I don't need a 75$ phone bill, lol.

check out my brick phone!

Craig · #10 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 04:53 PM

I wish I only had a 75 phone bill. Should be called a pwn bill