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2007-09-06 , 20:17
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Originally Posted by thomasdawes View Post
I know I am off topic, but I don't want to start a new thread on this... For anyone that hastily bought an iphone prior to the price drop, Apple announced that they will be giving $100.00 credit to the early adopters. Considering I'm one of the putzes that falls into that category, I am quite impressed. Yes, I still did pay more for the device, but Apple being a company for profit, they did not have to offer anything. This is a decent olive branch.

Sorry to get off topic.
Decent olive branch? You do know people have ripped apart the iPhone and done a parts pricing on them and found out that Apple is charging an unsubsidized price more than DOUBLE of what it cost to make them, right?
The only reason the price is dropping on the iPhone is due to Apple recouping their R&D and initial manufacturing costs in the first batch of sucke-um-early adopters.
Apple is basically telling you "Thanks, sucker, we made our mint off you here's a Benjamin. Now go spend it on some more of our products."