Apple’s iPhone 2.0: $199, 3G, On Sale July 11 (AAPL)
Posted by naatmad on Tuesday, 10 June, 2008
So now we know — or at least we know some of what we need to know: The new iPhone will be fast, cheap, and stocked with cool new apps. And we’ll have to wait a month to play with it.
Plenty of unknowns, some of which Dan Frommer tackles in a separate post. Understandably, Steve Jobs didn’t get into the economics of the new phone, but at first blush it looks like Apple is now embracing a different model than it tried last summer: It’s giving up premium pricing, plus a large monthly revenue stream, in exchange for a chance at mass adoption.
We also haven’t heard anything about Apple’s non-iPhone plans, but developers — who the WWDC conference is really supposed to targeting, anyway — will hear about that later today. I’m going to canvass some real-life developers and get their thoughts about what they’ve seen today, and will report back. Source Silicon Alley Insider