RUMOR: Apple stops shipping iPhone 3G 8GB model

Monday, May 24, 2010 3:51 pm6 Comments

“We’ve heard that Apple has stopped shipping iPhone 3G 8GB units to AT&T stores and orders are not being placed for the device,” The Boy Genius reports.

The Boy Genius wonders, “Could this mean we might see the iPhone 3GS drop to $99 and make way for a new model… or disappear altogether?”

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Bill D.” for the heads up.]

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6 Comments

emmayche

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 3:55 pm

Hmmmm. It can’t do everything that iPhone OS 4 can do.

It’s underpowered.

It’s an older model.

Is it really surprising that it’s being quietly discontinued?

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Yup

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 3:56 pm

To be expected.

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KingMel

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 4:26 pm

Backfilling the $99 slot in the lineup with the iPhone 3GS at the release of the iPhone 4G makes sense to me. It is consistent with Apple’s approach in the past.

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Jersey_Trader

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 5:12 pm

They have to drop the 8GB sizes. Apple already stated that the new iPhone OS does not fit in the 3G 8GB iPhone.

The lesson here is to always buy up in RAM of new devices. I am sure someone could make a USB memory stick to attach to the older 8GB 3G iPhones.

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justme2

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 5:16 pm

Makes sense if you need 3GS minimum to take advantage of most of iPhone OS 4.0; 8GB is a decent entry level model though so I hope they keep that.

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ApplePi

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 9:20 pm

Apple is making a killing. I’m sure they can make the 16gb the new entry level model.

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