Apple, AT&T to drop iPhone 3GS price to $49
updated 09:15 am EST, Thu January 6, 2011
Companies likely clearing out old stock
Beginning on Friday, the US price for the iPhone 3GS will drop to $49, AT&T has announced. The option will apply at the carrier's online and retail stores, and for upgrade customers as well as new ones. Apple will also be offering the cheaper price tag, according to AT&T.
The 3GS is normally priced at $99, already $100 less than the base model of the iPhone 4. The motivation for dropping the price further is unclear. Apple and AT&T may be concerned about clearing out as much stock as possible, as the 3GS is well over a year old, and a fifth-generation iPhone should ship in the summer, preceded by a Verizon model. The companies are also facing the pressure of cheap Android- or Windows Phone 7-based smartphones matching or surpassing the 3GS' features.
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Apple, AT&T to drop iPhone 3GS price to $49.....
...To "FEND OFF" Android/Blackberry/WP7/Nokia "Threat"....
Come on macnn editors, where are the dramatic subject titles??
>>>The companies are also facing the pressure of cheap Android- or Windows Phone 7-based smartphones matching or surpassing the 3GS' features.
Cheap Android or Windows Phone 7 phones? Most of the newer Android/WP7 phones cost more than $99. And if you just need a phone for calling, why would you pay for one with all the bells and whistle's of which %98 of the features won't ever be used?? Many people just want "a phone". Not a pocket super-computer.
That's the beauty and flexibility of the Little Green Robot.
Stop making excuses for flogging off your old kit.