“Here’s one reality about the new iPhone that Apple fans might not be so excited about: It might be the priciest iPhone yet,” Harry Bradford reports for The Huffington Post.
“Back in April, Jeffries analyst Peter Misek said Apple was negotiating with carriers to increase the price of the iPhone 6 by $100 compared to the 5s, which starts at $199 with contract,” Bradford reports. “Meanwhile, TechRadar says the new phone could cost more than $800 without a contract. That’s double what the original iPhone cost in 2007, when it wasn’t subsidized by two-year contracts. The 5S starts at $649 without contract.”
“Since the iPhone 3G was unveiled in 2008, new versions of Apple’s smartphone have started at $199 with a contract… (The iPhone 5C is an exception. The cheaper model was unveiled at $99 with contract last September),” Bradford reports. “So a jump to $299 would be pretty shocking.”
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