Apple to launch $99 iPhone?

Cheaper model with cut-down capacity rumoured

Apple to launch £50 iPhone?

4 December 2008 14:22 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

It's being reported that Apple could be prepping an iPhone to launch at the arguably attractive $99 price point.

US blog The Boy Genius Report has it from a once proven source that the company is prepping a cheaper 4GB model to be sold in US chain Wal-Mart for $99 on a 2-year contract.

When Apple first launched the iPhone in the States in the summer of 2007 it offered a 4GB model, but it was fairly quickly dropped from the line-up when the 8GB version proved more popular.

If Apple wants to keep iPhone sales momentum going - especially for the lucrative Christmas period - an inexpensive model with cut-down capacity could be just what credit-crunched consumers would snap up.

BGR warns that the tip is far from a cert, but we'll keep our ear close the ground for you just in case...

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  • Keep up with the global economy - $99 is about £75 nowadays. Long gone is the 2:1 ratio and as always, if it comes to the UK, it'll be £99 plus whatever VAT is that day. Posted by Adrian, UK
  • Adrian, thanks for your comments - times move fast with the exchange rates and you've caught us out on this one. I've taken out the reference to the £50 price point.

    You're right, the exchange rate means it would be around £67 in the UK plus VAT at 15% to bring it to £77, but then by the time you take in any sales, special events or general promotion on any given day (M&S where offering 20% off today for example) you'll probably find it will cost £50 ;) if it ever did hit the high street.

    Stuart     Posted by stuartmiles, United Kingdom

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