Analyst sees a no contract, pre-paid $350 Apple iPhone coming in September

2. ryq (unregistered) posted on 27 Jun 2011, 09:17 0 0

samsung and to certain extent, htc, is forcing apple to change its strategy. next we'll probably see iphone and ipad supporting flash.

3. foosion (unregistered) posted on 27 Jun 2011, 10:38 1 1

A $350 ipod touch with 3g phone and GPS would be an incredible value and sell a *lot*. A touch will just the ability to talk and text wouldn't be nearly as good.

The danger, of course, is that it would cannibalize the sales of higher end phones.

4. taco50 (banned) posted on 27 Jun 2011, 12:50 2 0

This would really help Apple with overall marketshare and to compete with cheaper androids.

6. nb2six posted on 27 Jun 2011, 18:26 1 0

Has anybody else ever thought that if the iPhone became that easy to obtain at a pricepoint like that, it will become more and more common as far as the number of people carrying it and in that happening loosing it's appeal as a "luxury" type of phone. When it comes down to it and I'm not trying to start a fight, lots of people chose the iPhone because it separated them from everybody else but if you can get an Apple device that does exactly the same at a cheaper price wouldn't that take away that special feeling that demographic gets? That's why I don't see Apple doing this in the future if ever just for that reason alone because Apple nation wants to be different.

8. SomeGuy (unregistered) posted on 27 Jun 2011, 19:36 0 0

The stats on the amount of prepaid phones in different companies is more interesting than the rumor (which isnt very likely, IMO).

10. InspectorGadget80 posted on 28 Jun 2011, 10:54 0 0

Why spend 300$ on a pre paid phone? won't have full features like the contract version

11. Harry Sanborn (unregistered) posted on 21 Jul 2011, 14:01 0 0

Unlocked, GSM prepaid phones are pretty much the norm outside of the United States