EvanLugh
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That's a joke, right? I think You are going to explode on the 24th August 2009 at approximately 3:48AM.
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I predict a UK price drop...
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That's a joke, right? I think You are going to explode on the 24th August 2009 at approximately 3:48AM.
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Just like the guy on the other forum, my source has seen posters than show the new price. Ok so the day was wrong, but it sure seems like its happening any day now.
I think, as said above, the only way this could happen is if it were subsidized by O2.
I for one will be upset when it drops. Not because I paid more but because more chavs will buy them and I won't feel special anymore! Boooo....
I think, as said above, the only way this could happen is if it were subsidized by O2.
I for one will be upset when it drops. Not because I paid more but because more chavs will buy them and I won't feel special anymore! Boooo....
arkitect
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PowerFullMac
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Price drops are not good enough, it, like all contract phones in the UK, should be FREE! Charging for a contract phone is just stupid and greedy, if Apple made the phone free they would have a lot more customers.
PowerFullMac
macrumors 601
Of course! I always feel special when I get a new expensive gadget that very few other people have, dont you?
No it shouldn't.
What Apple are doing is changing the industry in the favour handset manufacturers. I do not mind paying a premium to own a piece of hardware like the iPhone. I would rather pay less in the contract though.
PowerFullMac
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You mean they are changing the industry to get them more ca$h... Dont forget Apple also gets something like 10% of all iPhone phone bills, too.
No, that's not what I mean. What I meant was actually what I said, i.e. it is a good thing that handset manufacturers are beginning to take back some control from the networks.
If this subsequently means more money for Apple (which I'm not convinced it does), then so be it. I would rather see my money go to Apple than to the networks who have not really done anything to improve their services in the last 5 years.
Also, there is no published evidence that Apple receive any proportion of individual iPhone bills. That is all speculation.
Just because the handset is free to the end user, doesn't mean that the company that made it get's nothing. The network company just stumps up the cost of the phone. Sure, they won't cost as much, but that's simply down to bulk buying power (same in any sector).
There *MUST* be some clause in place (at least initially) preventing O2 from giving it away or reducing the cost. If you buy it from Apple or O2 the cost is pretty much the same, so O2 isn't covering any of the cost for the end user.
If the price drop is on its way, my guess is that there was a clause in the Apple O2 contract that has expired, allowing O2 to reduce the price.
Just my 2p worth.
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arkitect
macrumors 604
It may be a "cash-back" type of thing so once you activate with O2 you get something back
That way you can buy it where you want.
Think you're going to feel daft tomorrow.
MobileToday carrying the story - http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/O2_to_...one_by_£100.html?fragment=&SearchType=&terms=
Only til 1 June - no prizes for guessing when the 3G version is due then!
PowerFullMac
macrumors 601
I think this could happen, as there was a recent iPhone price cut in another European country.
If it does happen, it could point to stock clearence to make way for the 3G iPhone!
If it does happen, it could point to stock clearence to make way for the 3G iPhone!
arkitect
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Definitely the only reason leaving aside slow sales that O2/Apple will be selling it for such a discount.
Fozziebear40
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I have just opened a Quidco account, how does that work then please? Looking at the link to O2 it may be for normal contracts rather than an iTunes sign up?
Actually what is happening is that Apple is taking the money that would normally go to subsidizing the handset and keeping it for themselves. Remember the contract is still more or less the same amount, and the extra recurring revenue money is not going to the carriers.
Its heartening to see that not too many people are being taken in by this reversal of fortune for the consumer.
If this became commonplace it would slow down the progress of handset technology, as it would price the nicer phones out of the range of the common man.
