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Apple had to give a price drop merely two months after it went on sale.

I speak as someone whose first iPhone was a 3G, but I think it's possible that the price drop was part of the plan all along. It was be a smart price segmentation move: get everyone who's unbearably keen to pay a whole lot, then move on to people who are bit less unbearably keen at a slightly lower price.



That wouldn't explain the store credit they gave to the people who paid the original price.


(facepalm) Good point.




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