Comments on: Did Apple mess up by offering an 8GB 3G iPhone or is it all part of the plan? http://boardingarea.com/blogs/traveltechtalk/2008/07/14/did-apple-mess-up-by-offering-an-8gb-3g-iphone-or-is-it-all-part-of-the-plan/ A Travel/Technology weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:01:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tivoboy http://boardingarea.com/blogs/traveltechtalk/2008/07/14/did-apple-mess-up-by-offering-an-8gb-3g-iphone-or-is-it-all-part-of-the-plan/#comment-3382 tivoboy Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:33 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/traveltechtalk/?p=1486#comment-3382 totally with ya on this, I think they just needed to have a unit out there for 199$, but most people buying in this range (and at this pricing level for ATT) are just FINE with paying 100$ more to get 100% more storage. Kindof of dumb from a product standpoint, smart from a marketing and product placement standpoint but silly when it is so tranparent to the end user. Remember, in places like Europe and Asia, the phone is actually CHEAPER than the 199$ that we are paying here. Some places it is actually FREE! totally with ya on this, I think they just needed to have a unit out there for 199$, but most people buying in this range (and at this pricing level for ATT) are just FINE with paying 100$ more to get 100% more storage. Kindof of dumb from a product standpoint, smart from a marketing and product placement standpoint but silly when it is so tranparent to the end user.

Remember, in places like Europe and Asia, the phone is actually CHEAPER than the 199$ that we are paying here. Some places it is actually FREE!

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