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Originally Posted by p-slim
I knew the 1st iphones were more expensive. I remember when everyone started complaining about the price drop and how the new iphone was going to be cheaper then the previous one. Like i was saying apple was able to drop their price because of how many units they are able to sell. In the beginning iphone was over $300 with a new contract, now you can get them for 199 with contract. i know they have 2 different versions now but there was a huge price drop on the iphone.
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Again- when that iPhone was $200 with a new contract, the cheapest Windows Mobile phone was the PPC-6700 which was almost $500 on a new contract (and $630 full retail, if I remember correctly).
And, again, the data package for Windows Mobile phones was something like $30 on Sprint, and $45 on Verizon and AT&T. But the iPhone data plan was only $20 and included text messaging too.
Apple selling phones had nothing to do with the lower price. They were making money form iTunes and the app store, and then raised the price of the iPhone data package. That's why they lowered the price.