Apple has done too much gymnastics with the price already, I think they will maintain the $399 starting price.
I'm sorta half expecting/hoping that Apple really knocks it out of the park here, and adds both 3G and more storage at the same price points as before. But that would also have ramifications across their product line (starting with the iPod Touch), I think it's more likely they add 3G to the iPhone but don't change storage capacities or price.
Then in September, we see refeshes across the board, so now they can bump iPhone storage capacities. iPhone goes to 16GB and 32GB at $399 and $499, plus additional updates (faster CPU, maybe thinner body, more battery life, etc.) We also get similar updates to the Nano and Touch, the typical stuff we get every year from Apple.
It's very possible they also introduce say a 8GB iPhone model at $299 that might be inferior in other ways to the more expensive models. They have to walk a fine line between cutting price points to increase potential market size, and maintaining/growing revenue and profitability. But for sure over the long run, the starting price for the iPhone line will go down.
Whoa whoa whoa. Corect me if I am wrong in interpreting your post, but it seems to me that you said the following:
1. New iPhone in June same price more storage and 3G.
2. September comes, and we will have even better iPhones with more features and a new body maybe?
But the very first thing you said is that Apple has done too much gymnastics. If Apple were to do this, they would recieve even more boos than they did last year when they dropped the price. If early adopters of the iPhone 2 get screwed out of new features, they will be very pissed.
Please tell me I am wrong... because it seems like you wouldn't contradict yourself in such a way