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Originally Posted by mlin
The original iPhone was $600.00 and a lot of people were pissed when they dropped the price to $400. Remember the woman who tried to file a lawsuit against Apple because she paid so much at launch and they immediately dropped the price shortly thereafter?
Here is an old article from Gizmodo talking about the original price drop...
http://gizmodo.com/296705/8gb-iphone...gb-iphone-gone |
Yes, I remember this. It was only 2 months after the original release. And the 4GB was lowered to $299, with refurbs being sold for $99.
Apple also gave a $100 credit to everyone who paid the old price:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle2398965.ece
So they didn't exactly pay that full original price. It's more like a delayed rebate (2 months is about what Sprint takes anyway to send a rebate).
So they totally undercut the PPC-6700, which at the time was selling for $450 with a new contract, $629 full retail:
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/Sprint-PPC-6700.htm
And Sprint required a data plan of $25, and text messaging cost even more on top of that. And this is Sprint we're talking about, Verizon was even more ($45 for data at the time with text messaging costing even more).
So that is exactly what I am saying here- the iPhone came in with commercials every 10 minutes, significantly cheaper than Windows Mobile phones, and cheaper plans.