Apple drops official U.S. iPhone 3GS 8GB price to $49

16 years ago

“Apple has quietly dropped the price of its entry-level 8GB iPhone 3GS to $49 with a new two-year contract with AT&T, matching the new low price that last week was offered exclusively by the carrier,” Sam Oliver reports for AppleInsider.

“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.”