There is NO WAY this is going to happen- Steve said on stage that this was their holiday lineup. After the whole $200 price drop thing there is no way they are going to screw people over w/ updates before the holidays. NO WAY!
No, the average consumer won't know the difference between EDGE and 3G. What they will know are the reviews they have read about the connection speed of the iPhone being slow and reading they should wait until faster units become available.
However, with regards to GPS, I think the vast majority of cell phone users are familiar with GPS.
I don't know much about Edge and 3G but browsing was kinda slow at the Apple store. To me, it wasn't worth the $599 or $399. I was thinking maybe if it was faster...
With respect to GPS, anyone watching an action movie with gadgets knows what GPS is.
I thought I was buying a used one, but apparently it is a new 4GB for $299 from applestore.com. (Refurbished products are located at the Applestore on the left side towards the bottom of the page.)Since it is discontinued and to offer I guess the same discount as the 8GB it is reduced as well. I assume you MIGHT be able to get a rebate for the refurbished, I would contact Apple.
To verify the new price for the 4GB, I called a local Applestore, they said they have new ones for $299 but were sold out.
I was trying to find better deals on EBay, but people are still buying new 4GB for upwards of $300 to $365!
Are these people morons or living in a cave in Afghanistan????????????
There is NO WAY this is going to happen- Steve said on stage that this was their holiday lineup. After the whole $200 price drop thing there is no way they are going to screw people over w/ updates before the holidays. NO WAY!
I think is very reasonable to expect a 16gig iPhone in the next couple of months. I would not be surprised at all. Unless there is a shortage of Flash.
As for the the Touch, I think the line up still the same in terms of storage until MWSF or beyond that.
I thought I was buying a used one, but apparently it is a new 4GB for $299 from applestore.com. (Refurbished products are located at the Applestore on the left side towards the bottom of the page.)Since it is discontinued and to offer I guess the same discount as the 8GB it is reduced as well. I assume you MIGHT be able to get a rebate for the refurbished, I would contact Apple.
To verify the new price for the 4GB, I called a local Applestore, they said they have new ones for $299 but were sold out.
I was trying to find better deals on EBay, but people are still buying new 4GB for upwards of $300 to $365!
Are these people morons or living in a cave in Afghanistan????????????
Being the poor college student I am...I saw this and took advantage of it. I have an iPod but it's an old U2 iPod that has been acting up and my phone is having charging problems. This was a steal in my opinion and I am very happy I was able to hold off on one until now.
Do you think a 4GB iPhone is worth $299? I thought it being an iPhone alone with all of its features made that a good buy.
I'm glad they dropped the price, I know from stories prior to launch they were making a huge profit per unit. Even still more power to them, I still would have been willing to buy one at the old price if they were doing more to work on the issues.
It's a great phone, don't get me wrong, I still lust after it. but come on a smart phone? It doesn't have voice dialing and A2DP, I can find those features on many free with contract "dumb" phones. It doesn't have adequate support for corporate mail. It has a browser that gives you the real internet on your phone, except sites are having to code iPhone specific copies of their content because the real internet on your phone isn't. It's IE3 all over again. Really though, the sad thing is all of those and most of the other popular complaints people have are all software and their hasn't been a fix for them nor a roadmap from Apple when fixes can be expected. Sure, there are some hardware things I'd like to see the iPhone have like GPS mainly, and 3g minorly, but really when I boil it down, I haven't bought this phone I lust after because it doesn't have hands-free voice dialing. The rest I could sit patiently and wait for an update I can only wish will come. It's just that one petty thing, and it doesn't really matter if the iPhone is $599 or $99.
I sincerely hope Apple really ramps up the patches and fix some of it's glaring issues. Never mind the impact on Christmas sales, they have non-domestic launches to think about. We Americans are conditioned to happily accept obviously flawed products and services from the cell phone industry. I don't think folks in some other major markets will be as blindly forgiving as we are.
That's awesome that they dropped the price! although i will have to agree with Thelonius. I think that there are a lot of convenient features that they have left out! Hence why I am still debating whether to purchase one or not!
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I hope so my friend!
There is NO WAY this is going to happen- Steve said on stage that this was their holiday lineup. After the whole $200 price drop thing there is no way they are going to screw people over w/ updates before the holidays. NO WAY!
No, the average consumer won't know the difference between EDGE and 3G. What they will know are the reviews they have read about the connection speed of the iPhone being slow and reading they should wait until faster units become available.
However, with regards to GPS, I think the vast majority of cell phone users are familiar with GPS.
I don't know much about Edge and 3G but browsing was kinda slow at the Apple store. To me, it wasn't worth the $599 or $399. I was thinking maybe if it was faster...
With respect to GPS, anyone watching an action movie with gadgets knows what GPS is.
To verify the new price for the 4GB, I called a local Applestore, they said they have new ones for $299 but were sold out.
I was trying to find better deals on EBay, but people are still buying new 4GB for upwards of $300 to $365!
Are these people morons or living in a cave in Afghanistan????????????
There is NO WAY this is going to happen- Steve said on stage that this was their holiday lineup. After the whole $200 price drop thing there is no way they are going to screw people over w/ updates before the holidays. NO WAY!
I think is very reasonable to expect a 16gig iPhone in the next couple of months. I would not be surprised at all. Unless there is a shortage of Flash.
As for the the Touch, I think the line up still the same in terms of storage until MWSF or beyond that.
I thought I was buying a used one, but apparently it is a new 4GB for $299 from applestore.com. (Refurbished products are located at the Applestore on the left side towards the bottom of the page.)Since it is discontinued and to offer I guess the same discount as the 8GB it is reduced as well. I assume you MIGHT be able to get a rebate for the refurbished, I would contact Apple.
To verify the new price for the 4GB, I called a local Applestore, they said they have new ones for $299 but were sold out.
I was trying to find better deals on EBay, but people are still buying new 4GB for upwards of $300 to $365!
Are these people morons or living in a cave in Afghanistan????????????
Being the poor college student I am...I saw this and took advantage of it. I have an iPod but it's an old U2 iPod that has been acting up and my phone is having charging problems. This was a steal in my opinion and I am very happy I was able to hold off on one until now.
Do you think a 4GB iPhone is worth $299? I thought it being an iPhone alone with all of its features made that a good buy.
I'm glad they dropped the price, I know from stories prior to launch they were making a huge profit per unit. Even still more power to them, I still would have been willing to buy one at the old price if they were doing more to work on the issues.
It's a great phone, don't get me wrong, I still lust after it. but come on a smart phone? It doesn't have voice dialing and A2DP, I can find those features on many free with contract "dumb" phones. It doesn't have adequate support for corporate mail. It has a browser that gives you the real internet on your phone, except sites are having to code iPhone specific copies of their content because the real internet on your phone isn't. It's IE3 all over again. Really though, the sad thing is all of those and most of the other popular complaints people have are all software and their hasn't been a fix for them nor a roadmap from Apple when fixes can be expected. Sure, there are some hardware things I'd like to see the iPhone have like GPS mainly, and 3g minorly, but really when I boil it down, I haven't bought this phone I lust after because it doesn't have hands-free voice dialing. The rest I could sit patiently and wait for an update I can only wish will come. It's just that one petty thing, and it doesn't really matter if the iPhone is $599 or $99.
I sincerely hope Apple really ramps up the patches and fix some of it's glaring issues. Never mind the impact on Christmas sales, they have non-domestic launches to think about. We Americans are conditioned to happily accept obviously flawed products and services from the cell phone industry. I don't think folks in some other major markets will be as blindly forgiving as we are.
That's awesome that they dropped the price! although i will have to agree with Thelonius. I think that there are a lot of convenient features that they have left out! Hence why I am still debating whether to purchase one or not!
Did anyone catch the Simpsons last night? "Attention shoppers, iPhones now available for 20 cents."
Yeah, that was a good one.