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WSJ: Less Expensive iPhone Could Come as Soon as This Year
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That's ridiculous - that would be an upgrade and not be cheaper. Do you have any idea how much a flux capacitor costs to mass produce?
Just ask the other MacRumors posters. When the Apple vs Android debate comes up, the No. 1 argument is 'Android is cheaper because it has cheap plastic,' which is, in every sense of the word, idiotic.
I would hope and expect the larger but lower cost iPhone (maxi-cheap) is released exclusively in China, India, Brazil, and Italy. Italy does not allow postpaid contracts and China does not have an established credit system, not that that's a bad thing. . . .
Sole compute and communication device for these folks.
Sole compute and communication device for these folks.
You know what you could do to keep your so-called "elite" status? Hire your own programmers, hardware designers, etc. and have a custom phone built for you!
So Apple to you, is like say a Saks fifth Ave product affordable to a select few.
Damn you Steve Jobs! How dare you design something that instead of changing ONLY a few peoples lives, changes the world!
You're not elite if you think Porsche and Apple are status symbols.
Time to show how baller you are, and step up to Bugatti for your transportation needs.
Too late. Once I found out that a nouveau-riche commoner like Simon Cowell had purchased a Bugatti Veyron, I knew that its days as a status symbol were over. I gave mine away and bought a platinum-plated Lamborghini de' Medici V12. You unwashed plebes won't have heard of it, because I had it commissioned, and it's the only one in existence.
As for Apple products, I still deign to use them, only because they're less gauche than the competition.
Now if you'll excuse me, there's a snifter of 140-year-old Hardy Perfection cognac waiting for me in my study.
Its further down on the home page:
Apple Launching Larger, Low-Cost iPhone for Emerging Markets Late This Year?
The iphone 4 8GB should be $399 off contract and unlocked. There. Problem solved. They can also continue to release the 3GS for $299. They can still make plenty of profit on both of those devices at those price points. It will also allow everyone to own an iphone if they so choose.
3GS - $299
4 - $399
4s - $549
5 - $699
3GS - $299
4 - $399
4s - $549
5 - $699
Was a mix of plastic and metal.
The entire bottom portion of the phone was plastic.
A 3GS for $300? An 8GB iPhone 4 for $400? Seriously?
There's a fine line between charging a premium for a solid product and gouging a bunch of suckers with more money than sense.
I know that.
I was just responding to the statement that this article backs up that the earlier story might be true.
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lets hope so....
I never get the hate for plastic, If its done right then it can be a fantastic material.
He's above all the worthless, no-account mortals in the meeting, of course.
Or, he's actually the one who *called* the meeting, and what he had to say put everyone to sleep, so he whipped out his iPhone and finally got their attention.
I'm fully aware of the construction, I did have two of them.
Were they or were they not "plastic"?
