Apple cut iPhone price!

[berylrb]

yep, go figure, especially when you consider early reports were a 3rd quarter that would be stellar sells, so much for analysts predictions!

I see our point Brian, I wonder how many of the initial sales were the 8G vs 4G?

[Adama D. Brown]

How pissed are the early adopters who paid full price?

If you want to know, just stick your head out the window. The obscenities should be audible from at LEAST 2500 feet.

[Konrad Pierce]

Oh, I think much farther than that, Adama. After all, they all have phones.

[r0k]

How pissed are the early adopters who paid full price?

Pissed enough that Palm is no longer the sole target of rants

[Deslock]

LOL, yeah this is a tough pill to swallow. On the one hand I was happy to shell out $600 for the iPhone given that I've been waiting for a wifi PDA/smartphone that doesn't suck for years (the iPhone has its limitations, but frankly I was fed up with Palm's and Windows Mobile's problems).

On the other hand, while I fully expect price drops and product improvements ~6 months after buying something like this, $200 after 10 weeks is pretty rough IMO, Apple should issue a $100 credit to us early adopters for the Apple and/or iTunes stores. It'd be good PR for them and would placate most of us.

Having written all that, this was a good move and the iPod touch is a very cool handheld. The iPhone is impressive at 11 mm thick and 4.8 ounces, but the iPod touch managed to retain the iPhone's gorgeous screen and wifi while being only 8mm thick and 4.2 ounces... wow.

If having an all-in-one device wasn't important to me, I'd get one of them (but not having to carry two devices is nice, so I think the iPhone is still the way to go for most people, especially given the better price)

[berylrb]

hey deslock, just curious, what is the return policy, can't you return within what 20 days for any reason?

[Curious Cat]

There are a lot of pissed off people who bought early. I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple give all the early adopters an iTunes credit or something similar.

This article only about how unhappy people are, not a solution. Link

[SpudNYC]

Apple has a 14 day return/price policy. Within that time you can give it back or get a refund for price changes. I've read that quite a few people outside that window have gotten maney back or other settlements by being assertive. This move will surely generate a lot of iPhone sales but I think it may cause people to be far more cautious with future products but I'm sure they've thought of that too.

[berylrb]

Apple has a 14 day return/price policy. Within that time you can give it back or get a refund for price changes. I've read that quite a few people outside that window have gotten maney back or other settlements by being assertive. This move will surely generate a lot of iPhone sales but I think it may cause people to be far more cautious with future products but I'm sure they've thought of that too.

thanks Spud, dude, if Apple had only said that LOUDLY, there wouldn't be such angst as CC pointed out. sheesh ... on the other hand at least it is there for those who are tenacious enough to ask for it.

[PDA Bach]

...IMO, Apple should issue a $100 credit to us early adopters for the Apple and/or iTunes stores. It'd be good PR for them and would placate most of us.

Here you go.