Thread: Apple May Be Releasing a $99 iPhone 3GS Soon

Quote: Originally Posted by RobbM Of course, what does "stripped down" mean? That's my term, not Apple's. So far, "stripped down" only seems to mean an iPhone 3GS with 8 GB of storage, not 16 GB or 32 GB. -

So far, storage isn't a problem for me. Granted, I'm getting close to the top of my 8 gig, but that's largely because of the 3+ hr movie I have on there and a pretty long audiobook. If getting 8 gig instead of 16 saves me $100, then the "stripped down" version is very appealing. Of course, if my current storage state and the fact that I've had this model since 2007 is any indication of the future, I probably...

After the device price gets below a certain point, its all about the services and the strength of the platform to enable people to continue to be high revenue drivers. I wonder if this is a signal of the natural effect of the iTunes platform - though I wouldn't have suspected it so fast with the cellular component of the iPhone - moreso than a sign of Apple wanting to do a deeper job of entrenching their platform to people making...