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...so other carriers are giving them away, in preparation for the next iPhone hardware refresh, yet the best AT&T can do is sell no-contract phones for ridiculously high prices. Brilliant thinking.

Mar 20, 09 - 03:49 pm Comment from: cptnkirk

Here goes this stupid speculation about an iPhone 'nano' again. I don't believe Apple will product or sell a less feature-rich device than the current one. They will perhaps make an iPhone with seriously better specs but the current phone will remain on the product list at a reduced price while the new model will launch at the current pricing model. They done this many times. Apple always seems to find a way to give more for the same money. They never cheapen their offerings; they just make better ones.

Mar 20, 09 - 03:51 pm Comment from: Macintosher

It's still ridiculously expensive as a contract. If you think about it, PAYG offers better value for most users as all PAYG iPhones in the UK come with free net and email for a year... or am I mistaken?

i don't think they want to "clear" them out, doesn't sound right. but I think they are coming out with a new iphone per the following specs which were released before the iphone 3.0 software event took place

http://www.derekunderwood.com/general-computer/details-regarding-new-iphone-and-ipod-touch/

iPhone = overpriced crap

blaaah...

Mar 20, 09 - 04:30 pm Comment from: mike_in_helsinki

@ Scheinstein

You sound like a cry baby sheep. wahhhh, wahhhh, it cost to much, I cant afford it, wahhhhh.

Carry your ass over and buy a motorola piece of shit.

Mar 20, 09 - 04:39 pm Comment from: Predrag

mike in helsinki:

Thats 'arse'; not 'ass' (presumably, Sheinstein is in the UK, since the article is about iPhone in the UK).

whats the going rate for a 1st gen 8gb these days ?

>> Apple always seems to find a way to give more for the same money.

Except when they removed firewire from the Macbook (AND made it a few hundred dollars more expensive in Australia).

The Iphone 3G unlike the original Iphone has indeed been very popular in the UK, but even after the new price drops is still quite expensive compared to rivals, the UK consumer unlike the US is used to heavily subsidised phones on usually a 12 month contract, in many cases the phone is actually free. I love the Iphone but I have a Sony Ericsson C905 on the 3 network (carrier) which i got for free and I only pay £20 a month. It was impossible in my case to justify the extra expense in addition I get more free texts and minutes than I would on an 02 Iphone tariff, 02 are relying on the cool factor to sell what are essentially overpriced contracts compared to the rest of the UK market.

I do see this working itself out over time, I would also like to add additional reasons I couldn't justify the Iphone were the poor camera, I am very very happy with the C905 cybershot and use it as my main camera now as a result and the lack of MMS which as a heavy camera user I need and use a lot. Infact cameras on mobiles in Europe generally are heavily used compared to the US but then our market has been ahead for a number of years.

The new Iphone software gives me a lot to think about when I next upgrade (next Nov) as MMS is coming and no doubt the new Iphone will have the camera I desire, as Apple seems to be addressing the obvious oversights that have been criticised. Now only if 02 will sort the pricing!

I, too am giving away FREE iPhones!

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