How can you benefit from falling iPhone prices?
One of the most popular rumors right now is the iPhone price drop. While it seems like the most recent downturn is due to Apple wanting to ditch the older, slower iPhones, this has still made the iPhone a device that's affordable for almost everyone looking for a smartphone. When evaluating, also look at the service plan. This phone, even at $ 99, is not for the person who is in debt.
However, there seems to be a slight problem. AT&T has said that its network is being overwhelmed by the amount of bandwidth that iPhone customers use. This announcement was made before the iPhone price drop occurred, so why are we all in the store next year as AT&T works to improve its network capacity? Will the network slow down? I am one of those people who has seen a difference in the last few months.
For all of you who currently have an iPhone 3G, I wouldn't go without buying the 3GS. Here's why: (from mac.com)
"While dozens of operators around the world have put the flavor of HSPA's 7.2 Mbps in the field, AT&T is still in the planning stages. The company has a loosely set schedule. The company said a few days before it was The iPhone 3G S announced that 7.2 HSPA would begin appearing on cell towers "later this year." However, the full AT&T 3G network update will not be completed until sometime in 2011. "
Therefore, the new faster version of the iPhone won't be usable on the AT&T network for quite some time, so buying the latest and greatest gadget won't give you much better performance anyway. If you're new to the iPhone, spend the $ 99 for the previous model, since you don't get much more in terms of speed. http://powerbite.co.za/
The falling price of the iPhone offers an excellent opportunity for anyone who has wanted to have this phone to pay for it now, provided the data plan is affordable. Secondly, if you are a current iPhone customer and are looking to upgrade to 3GS, don't bother now. By the time AT&T updates its cell phone towers, the next model may be out.
As a tech addict, I know how much they'll want to run out of some and buy the newest device. You will almost always find that the newest technology is released before the infrastructure is in place to support it, so you are paying higher prices for technology that is not yet mainstream. Do you remember the Blue Ray album? Or Window Vista?
New technology is almost always riddled with bugs, and since R&D costs have to be recovered, it is quite costly. The money wise person would be well served to wait until the price drops and then buy. Let the other people pay the development costs.