http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/ Engadget Comments for Apple cuts 8GB iPhone price to $399 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
You know, you sound like the stereotypical wife/girlfriend. Instead of focusing on the fact that you're still spending $400 on a phone, you're instead acting like, "Well, we were going to buy it anyway. And you should be happy! I bought it **ON SALE**!" So, why shouldn't he bitch? It's still $400 for a PHONE!

Oh, wait... You didn't happen to buy one yet, did you? That would explain a lot.]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Unsubsidized smartphones (with wifi, music playback capabilities, and high storage) costs more than $700. Subsidized smartphones can cost up to $500 - so $400 for an unsubsidized phone is pretty good!]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
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We can go round and round with cost/value benefits of various types of technology all we want and still not come to an amicable agreement. However, the simple fact of the matter is that all technology starts out to be expensive, and those who absolutely MUST HAVE the newest technology are the ones who end up paying the most. (And don't you dare deny that a lot of the iPhone purchases were little more than ego trips to have the newest Apple gadget.)

In this case, Steve Jobs dropped the price a lot earlier and steeper than expected. That's true. But the simple fact is that if you absolutely, positively COULD NOT WAIT to buy an iPhone or any new technology, this is the kind of thing that is inevitable. Those who bought it can feel short-changed all they want, but the simple fact is that this is what happens when you feel some primal urge to be on the bleeding edge.

An AMD CPU that I recently bought dropped $160 in price no more than four weeks after I bought it. I didn't go bitching about how I just "lost" $160. This is what happens with technology. As much as I hate using this cliché, it's appropriate: deal with it. Things like this just go with the territory.]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
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Sony got like 4 stories rolled in to one post, but Crapple gets all 5 breaking news slots? I call BS. As a bonus, they get another 3 of the Featured Stories. ]]>Sep 5th 2007 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/]]>Sep 5th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/

Steve really f*cked a lot of people in the ass today:


*0.99 ringtone service for songs bought on iTunes.
*iPhone price decrease on the 8GB model
*iPod touch off course which is nothing but a phone-less iPod coming at 299 dollars without an over expensive contract!!!!


iPhone owners must be really pissed at the moment.

What Steve Jobs want to say: I'm Rick James Bitch!!!
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Return Policy

AT&T provides a 30 day return and exchange period for devices (phones, accessories, PDAs and other wireless communications instruments). One exchange of a device is allowed per wireless service activation or upgrade, and one exchange of an accessory per purchase.


The 30 day period begins on the date the equipment is purchased from a retail store/agent or the date the equipment was shipped.
AT&T must receive the returned equipment within the 30 day period.

All devices and accessories must be returned to the original point of sale. Customers purchasing via att.com should send returns to the AT&T warehouse...
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Wait ... let me get this straight. You want Apple to give you money back because you were unwilling to wait until the eventual price drop? So, you want Apple to give you a refund because you were impatient? Uh huh. Right.]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/iphone-faqs.jsp
Return Policy
Q. Do you have a special return policy for iPhones?
A. Yes. Apple branded equipment is covered by a 14-day return policy and must be returned to the original point of purchase. If the Apple branded equipment is returned unopened and in the original shrink wrapping, it will be refunded back to the original payment method. Opened Apple branded equipment that is returned within 14 days will be subject to a 10% open box restocking fee. All products must be packed in their original, unmarked packaging including any accessories and manuals that shipped with the product.
]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/THAT'S NOT FUNNY!

Ah, no, sorry, you got it right, that is funny! way to put up with all the bugs and waiting for it to be cracked rather than waiting for the price job and it to be properly opened up and decent apps become available. I will now be ordering one off ebay after this price break has filtered through ready to crack for use in the UK.]]>Sep 5th 2007 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
iPod Touch fails, IMO... And so does the new color palette... I don't know, I just don't dig the new iPods as much as I dug the second generation Nano.
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WHAT THE FUCK?!]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
Who are you pissed at: Apple for bringing the inevitable price drop sooner and deeper than was expected, or yourself for not being able to wait until the inevitable price drop to purchase one?

Technology prices drop. That's not an "if"; that's a "when". You know damned well that early adopters have always and will always be the ones to get hit the hardest at any price drop, yet you bought an iPhone anyway. So why exactly are you angry for buying an iPhone when you were fully aware that its price would eventually drop?]]>Sep 5th 2007 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/

"I might shoot myself in the face"


let us know how that goes.]]>Sep 5th 2007 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
Steve Jobs to you: F*ck you early adopters!

Cha-CHING!!


LMAO!]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
Either people are too stupid for their own good or basic market dynamics are lost on them, early adopters pay a premium, some early adopters will get shafted because they bought close to a price drop, early adopters also pave the way so people will enjoy a better/cheaper product later on.

For them it wasn't assrape, they enjoyed owning the product early.

Is this too hard to understand?]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
True, however none of those other price drops happened TWO MONTHS after the initial product launch.]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Man if that thing wasn't the size of a brick, and if it didn't have such a shitty interface, and if it didn't have completely crippled wifi...I'd so buy one!






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The thing is that I highly doubt Jobs sat in his office with a list of early adopters screaming "You get $200 assrape FTW!"

Remember, you recognize the pioneers from the arrows on their back, the early adopters too.

Still, doesn't change the fact that for the vast majority of owners the experience was most likely worth it.]]>Sep 5th 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
I'd rather get an iPhone over the new iPod Touch now. It has tons more features, anyway. I guess it pays to wait, eh? ;)]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
What does the iPhone have over the iPod Touch other then being a phone? ]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/
How about a camera and bluetooth.]]>Sep 5th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/apple-cuts-iphone-price-to-399/Sep 5th 2007 2:18PM