Yeah I read all these developments...

It is smart to get rid of the old stock for such price. Furthermore, this isn't a new scheme. Happens all the time. I saw this happening with Nokia N9x devices too. Problem was there, that new device wasn't always better.

One thing which gives me a bad feeling in my tummy is that the price difference is the number of GB the device has. WTF. As if that differentiates quality? What if it just had a (micro)SD slot? It isn't 8 GB of memory though. It is 8 GB flash. In that regard I much better prefer Nokia N97 (and Nokia in general) approach.