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Oh I don't know, maybe because they want to sell more phones than the competitors that also have 16GB phones priced at $199? :rolleyes:

Apple has never priced any of their products based on the competitor's price, and I don't think they are going to start here, although I would certainly love that.

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Totally, truly unlimited data deals are the only reasonable future...

We moved away from reasonable some time ago...
 
I'm going for (all subsidised):

iPhone 3GS 8GB $0
iPhone 4S 8GB $99
iPhone 5 16 GB $199
iPhone 5 32GB $299
iPhone 5 64GB $399

Think 3GS may stay as an ultra cheap option, though the 4 may replace it.
 
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