Apple killing 4GB iPhone, $299 while supplies last
By Paul Miller 
posted September 5th 2007 3:20PM
posted September 5th 2007 3:20PM
posted September 5th 2007 3:20PM
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Time to go sell on eBay...
Ok...so the apple store crashes my firefox as well as IE. WTF?
its because the site is getting raped!
I just checked on ebay, this puppy is still selling for well over 5 hundred dollars with bids. Shame.
Link to store:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=BC784DCD&nplm=MA501LL/A
still aint low enough
It still costs too much, plus I only have 1 GB of music. What would I do with the other 3 GBs.
Video?
I would buy it in a heartbeat if I hadn't just bought a $275 phone a couple of months ago. It's a shame, but thats life I guess.
Only 1 gig of music. Come on man. What do you only like one band? I have over 30 gigs of music and if you have anything lossless then it's even less room for music since the files are larger.
I mean my 8 year old daughter has trouble deciding which albums to keep on her 2 gig player.
Anyway... I guess the marketing isn't for you.
And what's with apple hating on their early adopters like this. This is why Apple was forgotten so many years ago by all but the extream fans. Who wants a company that craps on your recent purchases so soon. If I owned an iPhone I would be sending it back and buying a new one. But I don;t want one so....
Lots of luck fan boys.
i agree not low enough.
the 8gb refurb. is $349
ill give an ipod shuffle for it
Tell Apple your story on how you got fucked in the ass by the price drop! They want to hear from you!
http://www.apple.com/iphone/share/
Is this only at AT&T stores? The Apple online store is only showing 8GB for $399.
The 2Gb iPhone is $299 while supplies last. They are being discontinued.
2GB? don't you mean 4? Yeah I was wondering that too, where can we get these $299 iPhones?
Do a search. It's not on the iPhone page, but if you search for 4GB iPhone, it will come up. $299. At least until they get rid of all their old stock.
I hope that means the 4gb will be 199 as a refurb.
NOOO! Two weeks ago I bought a 4gb iPhone! I saved my money throughout the summer to buy this thing and now I could get it $200 cheaper or one with twice as much storage for $100 cheaper!
Martin, welcome to the Apple product cycle of death. You can rest assured that in a few months, all the new products that were announced today will drop in price and who knows? Maybe they'll have new products sooner than you think.
My banged-up Razr sez: mwuah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...
Don't forget that ATT has a 30 day $$ back on all phones and plans. You can exercise your options!
next time time it better. either buy it immediately or save your money for the next change. you can't save money for 6 months when every 6 months the industry changes.
Three things are going through my head:
1. Holy crap, going to apple store up the street immediately after work
2. Only 50$ difference? Instant gratification can wait.
3. WTF you still shouldn't be spending 300$, you nutbag!
The fight shall no doubt continue.
Looks like Apple has stopped selling the Hi-Fi as well. Anyone been to a store to see if that is on sale? Can't find it in the apple store.
This is my last apple product!!!! I have been an avid mac fan for years... I bought the iPhone 4 gig and signed up with AT&T. I cant even get service in my neighborhood... It drops calls all of the time. And now its $200 cheaper. Now theres and ipod with wireless capabilities and no AT&T to pay monthly. I am cancelling my AT&T account and selling my iphone in ebay... Apple has lost me with this.
Your only complaint appears to be with AT&T. Apple has "lost you" because they are continually updating their products and bringing prices down? So what are you going to do, only buy products from a company that removes features and raises the prices with each revision?
@ Lane
It would be nice if companies didn't sell their products with a 200% profit margin.
Jay -
Theres a way to make sure companies don't sell their products with a 200% profit margin: Don't buy their overpriced products. Vote with your wallet and don't be a sheep.
You were perfectly willing to spend $600 to be one of the 1st to get an iphone, its not Apple's fault you're stupid.
People who chastised Apple for an overpriced phone with half the features and double the price of a smart phone were called haters a few months ago. We told you so.
@tcc3
I was defending the person who did buy the phone and complained about Apple, but thanks for assuming I bought an iPhone. All your points are valid, I'm just glad they don't apply to me because I didn't buy one.
Does anyone know if the iPhone works as just an MP3 player or email client/web browser without going through AT&T? I mean, if you go to the library and there's an open internet connection, can you access it with the iPhone wihout it having been "activated" through AT&T? Please let me know.
Yes, but it's called the iPod touch instead of the iPhone. Does exactly what you just described.
No. I read that the iTouch has no email client, and it doesn't have Bluetooth, which I want. Plus eventually maybe phone service when there's a easier unlock. That's why I was asking about the iPhone instead of the iTouch. Now does anyone else know if the "iPhone"...not the "iTouch", but the "iPhone" can do the things I've asked about... Thanks in advance.
why do you need an email client when you can use webmail.....
Because, it's more convenient and I want Bluetooth as well.
no the onlything you can do with an iphone that hasn't been activated is call 911 in the case of an emergency. unless you unlock the sim some other way.
Thank you. Now I can get back to not buying any Apple products because Archos has much better MP3 players. Thanks again.
No man, I wish it did, but it doesn't. The iPhone doesn't do jack all until you unlock it via iTunes.
Sorry, I wish it wasn't that way either.
Does iTouch have stereo bluetooth...good question. Prob not considering iPhone lacks it. Is it really that hard to incorporate it? Or is there some logic to leaving it out? Anyone know?
Actually, I believe there is a way to do what you're suggesting.
I can't remember where I read it (it may have even been on this site), but if during your iTunes activation with you iPhone, you input a false Social Security Number (something like 000-00-000), it will bounce you out of having to choose a normal monthly recurring rate plan and you can then contort things so you can activate it as a Pay-as-you-go phone. This may require buying another pre-paid AT&T cell and swapping out it's sim card with the one in the iPhone.
Then, you just let the account for you pre-paid minutes lapse and you've got an Email, Bluetoothed, iPod Touch.
Anyone else remember this hack? Maybe it's been negated by recent software updates, but it was viable for a while.
its a better deal to get the 8gb now because with ipod touch, you only have an ipod and internet. But with an unlocked iphone, you have that, plus a camera, plus a cellphone, plus downloadable games!
If you bought from the apple store, they are offering "price adjustment" if you bought within the last month. If you bought from AT&T like I did, you may be screwed - they didnt even know the price had changed when I called.
I will post more once I get through to 1-800-my apple.
hum...
Ya know... I been having this feeling that the iPhone is not going to last. It keeps reminding me too much of the Apple G4 Cube. Nice product, way overpriced, everybody wanted one, however nobody bought one!
I am not Anti-Apple in anyway and I have a G4 Cube btw. However, I do think that phone competition is just waaay to fierce and Apple will throw in the towel on the iPhone sooner than we think. Just like the G 4 cube. IMHO.
Apple will be around for awhile, however… good luck iPhone! And yes I did read the title of this article.
If "nobody bought one" equals "shipping 1 millionth iPhone in September" and "best selling smart phone in July" and "1.8% of phone sales" in your world, then it's a strange place indeed.
The #'s sounds GREAT! But just remember. I'm not the one who is slashing prices for something that sold like hotcakes for a MONTH! That doesn't sound like the company Apple that I know producing some good ole fashion, supply and demand. That sounds like REALITY settling in!
Yea Apple got a Month or 2 of sales off. So why stop sales that are so HOT? Maybe they can't hit their so call hype up target of 25 million sales!
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/26/apples-iphone-to-launch-as-cingular-exclusive/
I will give Apple credit for winning a 1 month battle, however they are not going to win the 25 million sales war.
Uhhh didn't you guys read? Apple is discontinuing the 4GB iPhone. There will be NO $199 model and that's why you are only seeing the 8GB model for $399. READ people, READ!
YOU FIRST, rubberchicken, YOU FIRST!
So they are selling an iPhone at a reasonable price, and eventually killing it off? What are they, Sony?
the 4gb model...not the 8gb...its not that hard to read
No, they've got 60% of the portable music market share and Apple probably believes it can do whatever it wants because you won't ever buy anything other than an iPod.