According to FORTUNE, the upcoming 3G iPhone will be discounted by AT&T to bring the price of the device down to $200.Citing a "person familiar with the strategy," AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone for customers who sign two-year contracts.
Additionally, they say the new iPhone will be 2.5mm thinner than the original and will have a built-in GPS chip for navigation and other location-based services.
The New York Times' Bits Blog sees several holes in this rumor, especially the claim that the subsidized iPhone would be offered in AT&T stores exclusively, and not Apple stores. Still, it's an inevitable part of Apple's strategy to drastically lower the iPhone's price to bring sales closer to critical mass, with or without any fabled "person" to provide the info.
[FORTUNE via Engadget Mobile]
I wish the I phone wasn't exclusive to AT&T as they would sell a lot more of them.
Will it have a Sirius receiver?
Screw the iPhone, I am trying to get a SoftBank 921SH Fullface (if I can get the right hyperchip). It's supposed to be used in Japan only, but they pretty much ALL are set up to work in Japan only...until them Chinese break the codes haha!
Either that of the Japanese version of the iPhone. It's sleeker and supposedly has a few better features.
the plan is to have the new iphone come out for all 3g providers but i'm liable for telling you that so don't tell anyone else