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There is no reason for Apple not to sell a $99 iPhone is there?

Whats the new price?

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Airforcekid

Airforcekid

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:apple:Other than it losing a little bit of a status boost it would kill off the smart phone market even china fakes cant compete with that price! Only blackberry would survive in that market. 256MB of memory is more than enough for the average user 4 is a ton! I cant see a reason Apple wouldn't make such a great move. Any thoughts why they wouldn't?:apple:
 
right now there is competition for the iphone

if there was a $99 dollar IPhone, there would be NO competition
 
I think its brilliant. Good for Apple bad for all the others.
 
From people I know it woudnt make any difference if they dropped the price

Its the missing features stopping people getting an iphone, not the cost, so if they reduced like this it would be apple/carriers losing out
 
Not to mention that, once you consider all the revenue generated by the iPhone contract, Apple makes far more than the $99 selling price.

I think it would be a bit silly in the US. Yeah, you can buy the phone for $99, but then the monthly contract costs nearly as much? :eek:
 
Demosthenes X said:
Not to mention that, once you consider all the revenue generated by the iPhone contract, Apple makes far more than the $99 selling price.

I think it would be a bit silly in the US. Yeah, you can buy the phone for $99, but then the monthly contract costs nearly as much? :eek:
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haha seriously. $99 phone and a minimum of a $70 a month bill.
 
I don't see how this would increase sales? If you can afford $2000+ on the iPhone and contract, then what is $100 to anyone? I can get a free iPhone here depending on which contract I sign.

I'd rather have a more expensive phone with more features. Apple- make an iPhone Pro.
 
Nermal said:
And that raises a new point. Presumably the $99 upfront fee would only be in the US, as opposed to countries like UK and NZ where you can use prepay.
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In New Zealand you can not use the iPhone on pre-pay (you may be able to if it was unlocked, I’m not sure)

You can get it on a 2 year iPhone plan at a subsidized rate, or buy it out-right and use on any non-pre-pay plan with out being tied to a 2 year contract.
 
They don't seem to have a problem selling them at $199, so why would lower the price on your product. There are very few people that will be swayed by $100 discount, if you can't afford that $100 you most likely can't afford the service for the phone.
 
Of course there's a reason. Apple's got tons of MBAs running spreadsheets and financial models. The iPhone price is optimized to maximize overall short and long term revenues.


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Airforcekid said:
:apple:Other than it losing a little bit of a status boost it would kill off the smart phone market even china fakes cant compete with that price! Only blackberry would survive in that market. 256MB of memory is more than enough for the average user 4 is a ton! I cant see a reason Apple wouldn't make such a great move. Any thoughts why they wouldn't?:apple:
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640K is enough for anyone.

See where assuming about other peoples data needs gets you?
 
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