ok quick question... I just bought the 8gb iphone on monday. I kind of want to return it for the 16gb but I don't really want to spend the extra hundred. Can I return my 8gb and by the 16gb if the price drops? Basically, how long is my return policy??
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$100 Price Drop on iPhone and iPod Touch?
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Not for those of us who just purchased an iPod touch before MacWorld and have to pay $20 to use the apps that it should have come with in the first place. Now, I get screwed out of a possible $100 price reduction. YIPPEE!
- Jay
Not trolling. Long time lurker, just haven't posted much. I don't take issue with the depreciation of value. I take issue with the depreciation of value AND the additional $20 I had to spend to have my iPod touch have additional applications. Make sense? That's my complaint.
- Jay
"ok quick question... I just bought the 8gb iphone on monday. I kind of want to return it for the 16gb but I don't really want to spend the extra hundred. Can I return my 8gb and by the 16gb if the price drops? Basically, how long is my return policy??"
I literally bought my iPhone 48 hours ago - and if this does happen, you can bet I'll be at my AT&T store before the employees. Expecially if there's a return policy for it or a price gifting type of thing. No difference to me. Same phone, except with more space I'll probably never use.
Oh, and no Frisco, Windows Mobile is horrible. The only other phone I would EVER even consider is that rumored Google device. When Windows is as seamless as Mac on any front, get back to me. Until that day, keep on squirting your music.
I literally bought my iPhone 48 hours ago - and if this does happen, you can bet I'll be at my AT&T store before the employees. Expecially if there's a return policy for it or a price gifting type of thing. No difference to me. Same phone, except with more space I'll probably never use.
Oh, and no Frisco, Windows Mobile is horrible. The only other phone I would EVER even consider is that rumored Google device. When Windows is as seamless as Mac on any front, get back to me. Until that day, keep on squirting your music.
i would be in that group of people. i didn't pay the 20$ i had mine jailbroken, but thats not the point. no bitching from me. this happens, get over it
People that complain about price drops with electronics need to be slapped.
Seriously, do they want things to be expensive forever? People complain that Apple stuff is too pricey and when they drop the price...people complain??!!
Amazing.
Seriously, do they want things to be expensive forever? People complain that Apple stuff is too pricey and when they drop the price...people complain??!!
Amazing.
You had to pay $20 because the iPod isn't accounted for like the iPhone and AppleTV. If you don't know what I'm talking about, do some research. And you didn't HAVE to pay for anything. You CHOSE to pay for it. You wanted the software, correct?
Also, what electronics (or cell phone) do you know that stays the same price forever? Price drops happen all the time. Do you complain when Wal-mart puts bread on sale the day after you went shopping? Not trying to be rude, just honest.
jay is right
dude, he's right. i know it's painful when you just got something and then something better comes along. that's why you should follow me on this one: i own NO APPLE PRODUCTS but damn, when the 3G 32gB comes along, i'm hitchin on big time.
it's just that my girlfriend re-did her verizon contract right after they released the stupid iphone. talk about painful, now i will have to pay the 175$ termination fee.
You had to pay $20 because the iPod isn't accounted for like the iPhone and AppleTV. If you don't know what I'm talking about, do some research. And you didn't HAVE to pay for anything. You CHOSE to pay for it. You wanted the software, correct?
Also, what electronics (or cell phone) do you know that stays the same price forever? Price drops happen all the time. Do you complain when Wal-mart puts bread on sale the day after you went shopping? Not trying to be rude, just honest.
dude, he's right. i know it's painful when you just got something and then something better comes along. that's why you should follow me on this one: i own NO APPLE PRODUCTS but damn, when the 3G 32gB comes along, i'm hitchin on big time.
it's just that my girlfriend re-did her verizon contract right after they released the stupid iphone. talk about painful, now i will have to pay the 175$ termination fee.
Rumor is for two months actually..
And anyone receiving such a rumor should be well aware the unlikeliness that Apple would do something like this after last year's debacle. So I'm thinking maybe this makes their source that much more reliable??
just thinking positive
*glances back to what I said earlier*
I am so smart, I am so smart - s-m-r-t I mean s-m-a-r-t.
You have 14 days return policy from the date you purchased the iPhone. If you opened the box and try to return the phone within those 14 days, then Apple will charge you a 10% restocking fee, i.e. $40 for the 8GB.
So if you want to swap the 8GB version with the 16GB version and you've opened the box already, you will end up paying $140 instead of $100 for the upgrade.
At least this time around there would be a precedent for a price drop like this. The $200 drop on the iPhone last September came totally from left field as Apple had never done anything like that before so quickly after a new product launch. So it definitely wouldn't shock me at all if this rumored drop happens, but I severely doubt it'll be before April or May though.
you could be right on the price drop, but i honestly don't think they are going to give people money back like they did with the iphone. i would be nice, but i don't think they would do that..*glances back to what I said earlier*
I am so smart, I am so smart - s-m-r-t I mean s-m-a-r-t.
Not gonna happen until June, unless sales lag far behind projections across the board. If early adopters complain en masse (a la Sep 2007), there may be a $50 'go away' check for them (good toward a purchase of a 3G iPhone). Again, only if price drops before June.
doubt it. the stock has been on a downslide for a while. apple likes to stick to their guns and they won't release anything until the date they wanted to (or later) begin with
Again? How many times is Apple going to drop prices and discontinue models? It is getting kind of ridiculous. I understood the first one for iPhone in order to help sales, but I don't see the point of dropping the 8GB model. Right now if I didn't already have an iPhone I wouldn't buy one after hearing this rumor. Not only will those who just bought a 16GB be pissed off by a price drop, but who knows if the 16GB will even be around in a few months. However, the price drop and the discontinuing of the 8GB would allow for the possibility of a $399 16GB w/EDGE and $499 16GB with 3G.