“The price change came quietly, without an announcement from Apple, just a few days after AT&T revealed it had reduced the price of the iPhone 3GS as well,” Oliver reports. “The current-generation iPhone 4 models still carry the same price with a two-year AT&T contract. The 16GB model sells for $199, while the high-end 32GB model has a price of $299.”
Oliver reports, “AT&T’s chief rival, Verizon, is widely expected to announce on Tuesday that it will carry a CDMA version of the iPhone in just a matter of weeks… If Verizon’s deal is only for the iPhone 4, the $49 iPhone 3GS could remain an AT&T exclusive.”
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why would anyone want a 3gs, with all the extras that iphone 4 has?
Has anyone else seen all the articles Proclaiming the iPhone 4 for Verizon on tuesday.?????? Talk about jumping on the band wagon before it even gets to town…..
Apple …. bla.. bla… bla… iPhone ….. verizon…. day before it MIGHT be announced. 🙁 Sad, just sad.
Just a thought,
en
en, dude, you go off the meds?
That doesn’t make sense (at least to me)
WTF did you mean, AT&T dropping the price of the old model before Verizon gets the iP4?
That dosen’t seem sad it seems like a tactical move on AT&T’s part. They have a similar model as well as an alternative to offer (at much a lower price than Verizon does)
Will Verizon also offer a discount ($15/month) data plan? If not a $50 iphone (albeit a lessor model) combined with only a $15 up-charge for data, for an existing conventional/ feature phone would be a compelling alternative.
I don’t get how that is sad? (and I think AT&T announced that last week BTW)
@ Uncle Fester’s Cousin,
What you smokin’ dude?
For my $, the 4 isn’t that big of a deal. Since getting an iPad, I mostly use the iPhone as a – gasp – phone.
3GS is just so oldschool now.
Isnt it cheaper to just stop 3GS production all together?
I bet the 8gb 3GS is the highest margin iPhone for ATT
Al,
a Montecristo double corona same as always, you?
I am not much of a marketeer but I think it makes perfect sense. Having something you competitors don’t us always an advantage.
Let me Elaborate a bit since you seem confused…
For a family upgrading to smart-phones (from “feature” phones) the hit of say, 4 or 5 iPhone 4’s at $200/phone and an additional $30+ (data up-charge) monthly for every phone is substantial.
Cutting that to $50/phone and $15/month would seem like a no brainer to many families (even if the phone were a step down, like the 3Gs)
I think that move by AT&T is very clever and not “sad” at all (I was serious I had/have no idea what EN was talking about, sad for whom? AT&T, Apple?….. Verizon????)
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who knows how much money is iphone 3gs in usa. No contract!!