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**Kitdowstyhodo** · 06-09-2007, 09:42 PM

I think the register summed up the iPhone price drop the best:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09..._iphone_price/

not exactly a "con job." More than likely the price drop occured only because of the new iPod Touch. Since it uses the same lcd screen (and likely a lot of the same hardware) apple is able to buy the parts in MUCH larger quantities, thus reducing the price for consumers.

That said, I'd be very pissed if I spent $600 on an iPhone and found out I pretty much wasted $200 to own it a few weeks earlier.

06-09-2007, 09:42 PM	#60
Kitdowstyhodo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	I think the register summed up the iPhone price drop the best: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09..._iphone_price/ not exactly a "con job." More than likely the price drop occured only because of the new iPod Touch. Since it uses the same lcd screen (and likely a lot of the same hardware) apple is able to buy the parts in MUCH larger quantities, thus reducing the price for consumers. That said, I'd be very pissed if I spent $600 on an iPhone and found out I pretty much wasted $200 to own it a few weeks earlier.
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