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Originally Posted by ken0042
It's also worth noting that most carriers have dropped the 3 year contract price of the 32 and 64 GB iPhones. They are $199 and $299. Fido is the noteable exception. So let me spin that both ways and get it over with:
Pro-iPhone users: there has never been a better time to get a new iPhone! Obviously Apple is doing well enough that they can now affort to discount the price!
Pro-Android users: One more nail in Apple's coffin. You can tell that sales haven't met expectations, and now they have slashed their prices in a desperate effort to get people to buy their phone.
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I honestly think this might have more to do with a shift in purchasing behaviours in the US market - I was reading (unrelated to iphone vs android) that pre-pay accounts are dramatically outgrowing post-pay, to the point where they are now the more common sale. So maybe the discounts reflect the carriers being anxious to keep their long-term contract customer base.