8GB iPhone Price Drop, 4GB iPhone Discontinued

[kellen]

Just got done at the Lynnwood Washington store and they refunded the difference for the new price and the price i paid on release day 2 months ago. They said their manager told them to do it. Worked for oth of my phones, just brought the receipt.

I am grateful.

 

[woland8816]

No need to panic -- in you bought in the past 14 days

Apple Store on 5th Avenue in NYC says that an adjustment will be made if you bring the receipt. My wife got me an iPhone as a present on Friday, and so we'll be getting $200 back. That's all the company can realistically do.

 

[bousozoku]

Mod note: I can't be certain but I'd expect you people to have better vocabulary and post with sense rather than cursing and insulting other people. It would be a good time to check your next post before you submit it.

 

[faustfire]

bought an iphone the day it came out for $599... I had to sacrifice and save as much as I could on my small salary to afford such a luxury item. I managed to save $100 a month for 6 months. So far I love the device but then....

today you dropped the price of my luxury item to $399...essentially making it a mass market item and robbing me of $200 and the luxury of owning one in the process.

To most $200 isn't much but to me its two of my monthly bills. its food for 2 months. its 1/4 of my monthly mortgage. Its a month of going out on the weekends. To some $200 isn't much but to me its everything. Living paycheck to paycheck on a graphic designers salary.

I will continue to buy apple products because I love them but next time I will be much less likely to be an early adopter.


Signed,
Michael *******
Still loving apple though feeling slightly robbed

Oh no, now you might be like everyone else using a mass market item, the perception of luxury you needed to have about your phone is gone.

You should have bought it because you wanted it, not to make some kind of elitist statement to the people around you.

 

[jsnyd05]

Oh, okay I stand corrected...

...Oh wait, so they DO now? I stand proudly correct again...

...er, yes you are. They have done this, you're (possibly) right they didn't before, but past performance is not an indication of future performance YMMV. Apple usd to make pretty reliable computers too, but that's another issue.


Aww that's too bad, I kinda like you. You make me feel good about myself 'cause I know that I'm not the dumbest person in the room


I also agree that the iPhone launch in europe is pretty 'meh', europe produces proper smartphones like the Nokia E90 so I'm not really bovvered by a souped up iPod.

A Nokia phone doesn't even deserve to be in the same sentence as an iPhone.

And i seriously doubt that all of us who bought iPhone's the first day are the dumbest people in the room. Just because we got screwed doesn't make us dumb.

You didn't even have the option to use an iPhone.

 

[freediverdude]

To all the people who did purchase the iphone at the previous higher prices, I'd like to offer some words of comfort, and hopefully bring some perspective as well.

Think of it this way- during the last two months, you were probably the first and maybe only person on your block to have these gadgets. From what I've heard, a lot of people were even purposely low key when talking or using one, because people would inevitably come up and want to see it and touch it the moment they saw it. It was like celebrity status for a while. Think of how you felt, having it and knowing that so many people wanted one. This was probably THE most hyped and desired gadget in history, which makes this a special case, something to tell your grandchildren that you had one of the very first iphones.

I would have gladly paid the $600 if I had had the money the last two months, but I was saving up for one. So looking back at the last two months, and how special this whole thing was, with the media circus surrounding it, and the whole experience of getting one of the first iphones and learning about it with the other new adopters, wasn't that worth a couple hundred bucks? This may not happen again for a long time- it might be decades before another breakthrough device like this emerges. All I'm asking is, just consider all that carefully to yourself, before you do something hasty, like stomping into the Apple store in a rage.

 

[greenstork]

No, but I'd wait at least 9 weeks after another new Apple product announcement before I buy.

Then they've still retained you as a customer, why should they care about compensating you for this price drop, it's not as if you're going to stop giving them money.

 

[mpw]

...This was a BS move by Apple...

Business Savvy?

...As for me, if I don't get a nice credit or a free exchange for an 8gb iPhone, let's just say that Apple software won't cost me a penny. Burn me and I'll burn you right back...

Cool, so when the price of Apple software goes up due to theft I can come round your place and steal you TV right?

...And it doesn't help hearing all the people with Nokia's saying HA HA.

Moohaha! I can copy and paste too

 

[slffl]

There are two people in this thread. Ones WITH and ones WITHOUT iPhones. And let me tell you, I'm $&%^$ one of the pissed iPhone owners. If I would have known (which Apple obviously knew) about this price drop, I would have saved my $400 (two phones) until now.

This is a bad move and I'm with everyone else when I say I will get my money back one way or another.

 

[mpuck972]

So how long should I wait to buy a new iPod? Based on todays happenings, I should wait until a price drop right?

 

[jjmaximum]

What's the big deal?

Cars, clothes, food, houses, and pretty much everything else goes on sale. It's part of the deal when you pay retail that at some point in the near future the same item will be cheaper. There is a certain part of the population that pays retail so they can be the first to own one. I just bought my wife a brand new 2008 VW Eos convertible at very near sticker knowing full well that I could have bought it cheaper later.

AT&T and Apple told you the price and you willingly bought it. End of story.

 

[Lancetx]

I have never seen such a negative backlash to an Apple announcement as this has been in the 4+ years that I've been visiting this site and others like it. I will honestly be quite surprised if Apple doesn't come up with something within the next few days. They're taking a real PR hit for this whether some here agree with it or not.

 

[irun5k]

I think the CNN article also alluded to this big price drop as a dent in Apple's pricing strategy. Now iPhone fanboys who waited in line for it will think twice when the next big Apple thing comes out, because it might drop in price shortly.

So Apple's glow as a "luxury" electronics maker isn't as hallowed as it used to be.

Interesting thought. If a Porche sold for $20K instead of $70K (or whatever), I wonder if it would make it less of a car to most of the population? The elite status of a Porche is partially due to quality/performance/styling/etc, and partially due to an elite price. I doubt anybody knows what the percentage is.

The $399 price is good but what is more impressive is how cheap you can get an official 4GB refurb right now. Just 2 months after inception, you can own a good as new iPhone for what- 250-300 probably? Just about nobody is priced out of an iPhone at prices like that. Maybe that brings the iPhone back down with the MacBooks and iMacs... these devices don't really command a premium (or much of one, anyway) over their Dell counterparts. Now, neither does the iPhone. Boy, that happened quick!

 

[Erik2v]

Take your money back!

I bought mine @ 600.00. Very happy with it, but feel like I got screwed today. 100$ sure... $200 NO.

I remember the lines of employees thanking and applauding as I left the store with iPhone in hand. They should have been laughing... Steve probably was. Never again.

It's time to make our money back folks. Short AAPL to the 120s. PROFIT on this arrogance. I hope STEVE likes his company stock and HOLDS onto it as I rip money from his hands.

1) Delay Leopard for iPhone... piss on Mac folks. iPhone is more important.

2) Rebate iPhone $200 to punish the folks that support it on day one.

3) My son finds he can BYPASS "Simple Finder" by typing "file://" in the address bar in Safari. Son has COMPLETE access to the ENTIRE DRIVE and INTERNET. Nice security Apple. Nice "Parental Controls". I report this to APPLE... "Thanks for your bug report". So, disconnect internet from insecure OS.

Apple seems to be grasping at straws. Their too small. It's like a 200 person restaurant with 1 cook.

I'm DONE with Apple products.

 

[stainlessliquid]

Thats one hell of a price drop, either Apple wants a piece of the mainstream phone market like the razr or they are planning on replacing it with a 3G model this fall. You dont make a $200 price drop and phase out a product after just a couple of months for ***** and giggles, there has to be a big reason.

 

[cantthinkofone]

I love all the cry babies on here

thats what you get for running out and getting the hottest new toy the day it comes out instead of waiting a few weeks or months.

 

[irun5k]

I have never seen such a negative backlash to an Apple announcement as this has been in the 4+ years that I've been visiting this site and others like it. I will honestly be quite surprised if Apple doesn't come up with something within the next few days. They're taking a real PR hit for this whether some here agree with it or not.

Good point. Regardless of those who think the complaints are invalid, you can't disagree with the fact that there is a PR hit here. That won't go away regardless of what you think about it and you won't change the minds of those complaining.

Also remember all the hype leading up to this phone. It was unreal. So of course the feelings run deep for some. Right or wrong, those are the facts, and this thread speaks for itself.

 

[dpcontardi]

So how long should I wait to buy a new iPod? Based on todays happenings, I should wait until a price drop right?

How badly do you want it?

 

[Compile 'em all]

Guys, you're all insane. I can't believe this backlash. Has no one ever heard "good things come to those who wait" or "patience is a virtue"? Even the most obsessed and loyal Apple fanboy knows not to buy a brand new Apple product immediately. You wait! Duh!

I bought the iPhone 6 days ago. That is only 2 months after its release. And today, only 6 days after the purchase it is 30% cheaper.

 

[greenstork]

I have never seen such a negative backlash to an Apple announcement as this has been in the 4+ years that I've been visiting this site and others like it. I will honestly be quite surprised if Apple doesn't come up with something within the next few days. They're taking a real PR hit for this whether some here agree with it or not.

They've made one of the most hyped technology products of the past year more affordable, and the marketplace is far far from saturated with iPhone owners -- a PR hit (homerun) indeed.

 

[Ino]

I could see them doing this if they felt like they were going to lose a lot of loyal customers but the question is, are you going to stop buying Apple products as a result of this price cut? If not, then I'd say don't hold your breath for any special treatment.

Well, I'm not expecting anything, but I'm just saying it'd be nice. I'm not one to threaten never buying again, especially when I'm well aware that I'll likely still buy Apple products in the future.

They have an opportunity to make a considerate gesture here - and that gesture is theirs to make, with or without threats of losing loyal customers. My original comment was more meant along the lines of building upon relationships, as opposed to avoid losing them.

 

[slffl]

I love all the cry babies on here

thats what you get for running out and getting the hottest new toy the day it comes out instead of waiting a few weeks or months.

Yeah because everything else Apple sells drop 40% in a few months right? Idiot.

What if you went and bought a 15" Powerbook somewhere, new, and it was 40% the next day? I take it you would be jumping for joy?

 

[Lazernet]

Even if Apple offers something to those of us early adopters (I myself stood in line for hours on that June day...), they probably won't do anything for those who bought them from the AT&T stores (myself included)... its like the whole iPod + HP crap all over again.

A refund? Yes, lets all dream... lets talk reality -- those who purchased within the first 2 months -- give us free applecare on the phone. We are betatesters after all, so help us out with some "potentially free" perks of applecare coverage ;-)...

- Eric

 

[artalliance]

I bought mine @ 600.00. Very happy with it, but feel like I got screwed today. 100$ sure... $200 NO.

I remember the lines of employees thanking and applauding as I left the store with iPhone in hand. They should have been laughing... Steve probably was. Never again.

It's time to make our money back folks. Short AAPL to the 120s. PROFIT on this arrogance. I hope STEVE likes his company stock and HOLDS onto it as I rip money from his hands.

1) Delay Leopard for iPhone... piss on Mac folks. iPhone is more important.

2) Rebate iPhone $200 to punish the folks that support it on day one.

3) My son finds he can BYPASS "Simple Finder" by typing "file://" in the address bar in Safari. Son has COMPLETE access to the ENTIRE DRIVE and INTERNET. Nice security Apple. Nice "Parental Controls". I report this to APPLE... "Thanks for your bug report". So, disconnect internet from insecure OS.

Apple seems to be grasping at straws. Their too small. It's like a 200 person restaurant with 1 cook.

I'm DONE with Apple products.

Wow, that is some inconsistent rambling...

 

[mpuck972]

I' waiting for this to hit Drudge. Once that happens, there won't be anywhere to hide from the bad P.R. no matter which side of this issue you are on. Anyone else submitting the story to his site?