Ahead of the much-anticipated release of Apple’s upcoming 3G-enabled iPhone, German telecoms giant T-Mobile has torn a massive 300 Euros from the price of the current first-generation model, pulling it down to a mere 99 Euros.
T-Mobile slashes a massive 300 Euros from the price of the Apple iPhone. Credit: Apple.
The offer, posted on the T-Mobile Web site at the tail end of last week, states that the German market will be able to snap up the EDGE-enabled 8GB iPhone for 99 Euros between April 07 and June 30, 2008. That 99 Euro price is accompanied by a mandatory two-year contract priced at a further 89 Euros per month.
The price drop will arrive as great news for those prospective iPhone bargain hunters happy to miss out on the speed boost of 3G in order to secure a vastly reduced unit, although the current 16GB iPhone is not included in the offer and will remain at its 499 Euro price point.
However, it’s more than likely that those holding out on purchasing an iPhone will be doing so because the current data transfer reliance on EDGE is considerably less favourable when compared to the speedy 3G network.
Already having left its mark on the mobile phone arena since its launch at the end of June, 2007, the innovative iPhone and its touch-screen technology and online/multimedia capabilities has seen Apple and its trend-leading ethos quickly elbow its way into the consciousness of consumers.
In terms of current performance related to total iPhone sales, California-based Apple Inc. expects to have sold more than 10 million units (EDGE and 3G combined) by the close of the year, while industry analysts claim that around 8 million 3G models will have been manufactured by the close of Q3, 2008.
T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom has said that it around 70,000 units of the iPhone have found their way into the hands of mobile phone consumers since the smartphone launched in Germany in November of 2007.
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