They already did... its was called the Iphone 3g... when they went from the SLOWER 2g to the FASTER 3g... they upped the price $10. Can you dispute that?
They UPPED the price whether you were in a 3G are or NOT.
This is a poor argument because the circumstances are incorrect and not all the information is being presented. iPhone users did not pay more for the "extra speed boost" with 3G, they paid more because the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G followed different price models.
In 2007, AT&T charged $30 per month for unlimited data services, 3G or not, for all their mobile phones at the time.
The iPhone, however, was released through a special profit-sharing agreement with Apple. The device was not subsidized, but in exchange, Apple was given a percentage of the monthly wireless subscription cost. The agreement provided for a wireless service bundle that was unique to the iPhone. It was called the iPhone package and was an all-or-nothing bundle of minutes, 200 text messages, and unlimited data services.
Now, if you compared the iPhone package to the standard AT&T services, users got 200 text messages free and umlimited data services for $10 less. In other words, if you had a blackberry at the time with identical service, you'd have paid $5 more per month for text messaging and $10 more per month for unlimited data. The discounted rates for comparable service comes from the special un-subsidized profit-sharing agreement with Apple.
When the 3G was launched, all of that went out the window because it followed the same subsidized model as every other phone on AT&T's network.
The price for iPhone data was not increased by $10 per month for 3G speeds, it was increased because the special profit-sharing handset model was discontinued. At that point, the cost for unlimited data for the iPhone matched the standard data package for any phone on AT&T, which was and has been $30 per month (3G or not).
