“The surveys are in and iPhone customer satisfaction scores are higher than we’ve ever seen for any Apple product,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in the press release. “We’ve clearly got a breakthrough product and we want to make it affordable for even more customers as we enter this holiday season.”
The 8GB iPhone is available immediately for $399 in the US through Apple’s retail and online stores and AT&T retail stores. The iPhone 4GB model will be sold while supplies last.
MacDailyNews Take: 8GB iPhone early adoption price = US$200.
No Beatles = disappointment for me. There is nothing there of use to me except the iTunes store on my iPhone. Do I get a $200 rebate?
I was so ready to buy a lot of Beatles albums tonight. I still want the remastered Sgt. Peppers.
Ripped.
Off.
Sure, I would have liked to save $200, but it’s not really that big of a deal.. I’m still happy I’ve had my iPhone since day one!
Really looking forward to the update too
Glad I waited. First?
ouch……
Beatles? I guess to each their own, but they are so over-rated in my opinion. I can think of maybe 3 songs that are okay.
I think Steve forgot to mention my $200 credit at the Apple Store.
weird decision.
the current line of products makes no sense.
why buy the iPod touch, without a hard drive, and not that much cheaper than the iPhone ?
why reduce the price of the iPhone by $200 ? that is really a bad sign.
i guess new iPhones are on their way, a 16GB model, maybe one with GPS ?
Of course I knew that the price would eventually come down. I would have been more upset if a 16gig iPhone came out.
$200 won’t make or break me.
I am surprised there was no Beatles announcement but honesylt, I have the CD’s I wanted already ripped years ago.
I like the ability to buy from my iPhone ( a bit miffed they dropped the price $200!).
What I really wanted was HD movie rentals! Oh well…the NEXT announcement I suppose.
4 GB—discontinued…
8GB—price cut…
16GB—just around the corner?
I wonder how long it will be before the 16GB version is released.
“why buy the iPod touch, without a hard drive, and not that much cheaper than the iPhone ?’
Have you somehow missed the hundreds of discussions about how people want an iPhone minus the phone? Well now they got it.
Most of iPhones features without the contract and AT&T;.
The price for the iPhone itself pales anyway in relation to the cost of the two-year contract with AT&T;.
200 USD give or take – you’ve got to have deep pockets one way or the other.
InTheShelter:
Unless you are of a certain age, I can (maybe) understand why you feel this way. To us 50somethings, there is still magic in those grooves (bytes)!!!!!
50 is the new 30!!!!