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8GB iPhone Price Drop, 4GB iPhone Discontinued
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We paid the price of being early adopters. It was a good, 2 month long f*ck - and worth the $200 premium
2 months you say???
It's actually one month and a few days. The iPhone came out on the 29th July.
This had got to be the biggest and fastest price drop in history.
Bingo, I paid $600 for my iPhone and I think it's great. I love surfing the internet from the comfort of just about anywhere, checking email, easy texting, you name it. Never having used a full featured phone before, it's like a whole new world, and worth every penny as far as I'm concerned. Would I have liked to have paid $200 less? Sure, but that's nobody's fault but mine.
Bzzzzt, wrong answer
It's funny to hear about lawsuits because Apple dropped the price! I'm amazed that even in sue happy America anyone would pursue such a thing.
If Apple has only sold 750.000 iPhones so far and expects to sell over 10 million by the end of next year, only 7.5% will potentially be unhappy. Of that number, probably only half are seriously disgruntled. Just like they were about all the minor issues that accompanies any Rev A product.
I never feel sorry for early adopters. Their greed to be the first inevitably overtakes their common sense.
What this price drop means is that Apple is serious about taking on the smart phone market across the world. The high price would have turned off a lot of EU consumers. In this field, marketshare is everything. Way to go Appple!!!!
To all of you that ask if you are happy with the iphone I say this; it matters NOT. Sure there is a price for early adoption, I can accept this. However, NEVER have I ever seen such a drastic price cut in such a short time at RETAIL. I'm not talking $3k PS3's on ebay, I'm talking ANYTHING at retail being price slashed 33% in 70 days OF INITIAL PRODUCT RELEASE. Someone PLEASE show me otherwise. Ok, you can't I know. Stop trying to justify how Apple raped us all who bought, they did. The main reason why I am upset is that the price of the iphone should have been $399 ALL ALONG. If they can do it now, they could have done it then.
Note that in the quarter end conference call in July, Apple CFO predicted much lower margins for this (Sept'07) quarter, so they had probably already planned these price cuts...
read the rest of my post... there was a bit of sarcasm in there that you may have missed... and actually, i bought it because my PPC 6700 died about 2 days before the iPhone release... so i cancelled my sprint family plan, paid the $714.00 bill ( 2x200 early termination, and the rest fees and monthly service) then went out and bought an iPhone for 600.00 and bought the wife a new phone on ATT service as well...
so no i am not really that concerned about the price drop... although it would have been nice to chuck that 200$ savings at the horrendous bill that sprint threw at me... (funny thing is i was only under contract with one phone, but they still charged me for 2... bastages).
So anyway, read the rest of my post... i even stated that i will probably waste more money on the next model that comes out and give this one to the wife...
maybe i need to start using sarcasm tags...
Here's a couple of reasonable arguments... Did they plan this in advance and "tax" the most loyal customers? I can't really imagine, Apple is not populated with idiots, they had to know this would happen. I suspect what Apple sees here is a real opportunity to get a significant chunk of this market. Sales were high at what was a pretty substantial up front price point (although as nagromme has been pointing out, overall ownership costs made them a very good deal). They saw this, costs are undoubtedly going down, so they moved. Probably a smart move overall after all this blows over.....
Now I feel cheated, and ripped off
HI,
On June 29th, I waited in line and bought an 8 GB iphone. I'm a students and saved for months in order to buy the iphone ($600). Today, I just discovered that only two months later the iphone is $200 cheaper. Now I feel cheated, and ripped off. Apple should give us some form of compensation like a $200 rebate / refund or store credit.
I'm hoping that Apple will listen instead of taking advantage of their most loyal customers.
Eric
HI,
On June 29th, I waited in line and bought an 8 GB iphone. I'm a students and saved for months in order to buy the iphone ($600). Today, I just discovered that only two months later the iphone is $200 cheaper. Now I feel cheated, and ripped off. Apple should give us some form of compensation like a $200 rebate / refund or store credit.
I'm hoping that Apple will listen instead of taking advantage of their most loyal customers.
Eric
Note that in the quarter end conference call in July, Apple CFO predicted much lower margins for this (Sept'07) quarter, so they had probably already planned these price cuts...
I am sure Apple wants iPhone to reach critical mass before "lookalikes" from Nokia, Samsung, LG, etc. show up.
Anything Else?
Ok, I think we have all beat the dead horse. So go sign that petition, call Apple customer service and complain, stop buying Apple products from now on, or grin and bear it.
Those are the options, yelling back and forth on here does not get your 200.00 back.
Ya, it sucks...I would be mad two, but I didn't buy one, until tonite! lol.
So I'm happy as a clam, so everyone who paid 600.00 going to be mad at me because I waited and am going to get one now for 400.00? It's not my fault they dropped the price, but I'm glad the did.
Apple screwed ya, I agree, point made, now what are you going to do about it, besides bitch and moan for 2-3 weeks on a form about it?
Ok, I think we have all beat the dead horse. So go sign that petition, call Apple customer service and complain, stop buying Apple products from now on, or grin and bear it.
Those are the options, yelling back and forth on here does not get your 200.00 back.
Ya, it sucks...I would be mad two, but I didn't buy one, until tonite! lol.
So I'm happy as a clam, so everyone who paid 600.00 going to be mad at me because I waited and am going to get one now for 400.00? It's not my fault they dropped the price, but I'm glad the did.
Apple screwed ya, I agree, point made, now what are you going to do about it, besides bitch and moan for 2-3 weeks on a form about it?
Whatever. If you purchased the iPhone for $600, you'd feel kinda pissed off. Even more if you just bought it 15 days ago (I bought mines 20 days ago). Don't deny it, and there's no reason to come in here to bash others who are pissed off.
You didn't, so you're not. And you're an *******. Bravo Apple?
Apple Pricing Policy
Hey everybody - I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but the policy from Apple legal on Apple Store Pricing states,
"Should Apple reduce its price on any Apple-branded product within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of purchase, you may request a refund of the difference between the price paid and the current selling price. An original purchase receipt is required, and you must request your refund within fourteen (14) calendar days of the price reduction."
So, I guess this would apply here, right? For anyone who purchased an iPhone within the last 2 weeks.
Here's the direct link for apple's legal information: http://www.apple.com/legal/sales_policies/retail_us.html
Hey everybody - I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but the policy from Apple legal on Apple Store Pricing states,
"Should Apple reduce its price on any Apple-branded product within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of purchase, you may request a refund of the difference between the price paid and the current selling price. An original purchase receipt is required, and you must request your refund within fourteen (14) calendar days of the price reduction."
So, I guess this would apply here, right? For anyone who purchased an iPhone within the last 2 weeks.
Here's the direct link for apple's legal information: http://www.apple.com/legal/sales_policies/retail_us.html
I can't believe people want to file a lawsuit against Apple for a price decrease. Are you kidding me?
To the whiners: You are the ones who decided to be early adopters in the mobile phone market which moves even faster than the computer market. You are the one who agreed to pay $600 for the iPhone because obviously you felt it was worth that price. Instead of taking responsibility for your actions and choices, you want to sue someone else. That's pretty weak in my opinion.
To the whiners: You are the ones who decided to be early adopters in the mobile phone market which moves even faster than the computer market. You are the one who agreed to pay $600 for the iPhone because obviously you felt it was worth that price. Instead of taking responsibility for your actions and choices, you want to sue someone else. That's pretty weak in my opinion.
Well, that's the thing. It's not about what's right or what you've seen in the past, it's about what Apple thought they could get away with while maximizing their profit and alienating the fewest number of people.
While the fallout is a lot of pissed off fanboys, these are also, historically, their strongest and most loyal customers... that is, those customers least likely to completely walk away and stop buying Apple products.
They decided that the fallout cutting the price was acceptably bad, and that they wouldn't lose too many loyal customers and likely gain many more as a result -- all while earning a pretty healthy margin these past couple months. It's just shrewd business, it has nothing to with how customers feel, only about what they buy or will buy in the future.
Even though I'm am still feeling a bit burned by Apple, I do have to say this is friggin' hilarious!
JUST ORDERED MY 4GB iPHONE IN THE CLEARANCE STORE!!!!!!
WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Apple!!!
Can't wait to see what the cellphone industry % point is next month! iPhone will probably be up to 5% with the vast majority being 4GB model owners.
WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Apple!!!
Can't wait to see what the cellphone industry % point is next month! iPhone will probably be up to 5% with the vast majority being 4GB model owners.
It would be nice if apple drops a itunes card in our stocking but having said that....
It's called life kid. Get to know it.
Don't let the Powers That Be hear you had $600 left to blow on a phone--they'll raise tuition rates again.
i hear ya man but there's a lot of insulting going on these days anyway....as many care to point out, i was one of those dumb early adopters after all.
all i want is some damn nice update to ease my pain....is that too much to ask?! I'm sure i'll get it 2 months from now, but I don't think it's right for a friggin ipod to have flash capabilities while my $600, umm, sorry, $400 dollar iphone does not.
I don't see a negative side in this article. All I see is someone just talking out his butt. I mean, maybe Apple didn't sell as many as they wanted and maybe they did. Maybe then just want to sell even more and this was planned since January. He has no idea. The new 4 gig nano is only 149. Does that mean the previous 4 gig nano wasn't selling well at 199? I know it's not the same but who knows why Apple decided to drop the price.