iPhone 3G at $99 – How Long Will it Last?
Yesterday, Apple announced the iPhone 3GS. It looks exactly the same as the iPhone 3G, but the guts have been overhauled to make it twice as fast in nearly all respects. Interestingly, Apple is keeping the original iPhone 3G around at the $99 price. Pundits are saying that this is a huge move by Apple to attack the low end of the market. Is it really? If you check Apple’s website, you need to dig around to find the product page for the original iPhone 3G. It’s not very prominently featured. I believe they are just selling this until they run out inventory or until a couple manufacturing contracts expire. Once the inventory dries up, perhaps after the holiday season, I’m guessing the only option will be an iPhone 3G S until WWDC 2010. Apple doesn’t want to play in the $99 space any longer than they need to. What do you think? Am I right or wrong? Leave a comment!
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I think you may be right there, it didn’t occur to me that that would be the case, but it sounds plausible. Still, we could be wrong.
Maybe, but its a smart move from apple by taking it down to $99..Did they do the same with iPhone 1st gen when iPhone 3g came out??
@Jonathan
Nope – You couldn’t get an iPhone in the weeks leading up to the iPhone 3G release. They were sold out everywhere and once the stock was gone, they never made any more…