Comments on: Another look at why Apple lowered the iPhone price by such a drastic amount

By: Pranav

Pranav — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:09:52 +0000

Hello there, quite an interesting post. I have subscribed to the feed if I get a response from you. :p

By: wayne thompson

wayne thompson — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:06:16 +0000

When this happen I added to some comments on email that the 3g would happen after the turn of the year and this was done to empty stock. I do not need 3g but you can see the handwriting on the wall..

By: eas

eas — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:08:49 +0000

There is no reason to think that 3G is already in the phone.

I think Apple will put a serious dent in iPhone sales if they don’t release a 3G phone in the US at about the same time they release it in Europe. The last thing they want, after cutting prices so dramatically, is to have Mossberg, Pogue, and everyone else advising people not to buy 2.5G iPhones as Christmas gifts because it is inevitable that they’ll be replaced by 3G phones by Valentines day.

It is quite possible though that they sell the 3G phone at a premium though, perhaps the 16GB phone will also be 3G and be priced at $499.

By: TQuila

TQuila — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:03:51 +0000

Do you think that the 3G version (due out soon in europe) will come out at a higher price than the current US (2.5G) version?

Personally, I think much may depend on whether the 3G is already in the phone (to be unlocked by a firmware update). In retrospect, it has been prudent to release the US version on the 2.5G network to gain the broadest sales impact.