> "iPhone News" wrote:
> AT&T is planning to put some extra shine on the even sleeker new Apple
> iPhone.
>
> When the 3G iPhone is introduced this summer, AT&T, the exclusive U.S.
> iPhone sales partner with Apple, will cut the price by as much as $200,
> according to a person familiar with the strategy.
>
> AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone,
> bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year
> contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two versions of
> the new iPhone, an 8-gigabyte-memory and a 16-gigabyte-memory model with
> price tags widely expected to be $399 and $499.
>
> AT&T and Apple declined to comment.

That's because Nokia must be laughing their butts off.

I can already tell you what's in the next generation of iPhone already:

1. Built-in proprietary battery that requires you to send to Apple to get
fixed, but it is outdated by then.
2. Built-in RAM so you do not get the capability of using your own mini-SD
cards to increase same (or change MP3 files).
3. Overpriced for what it isn't (a decent phone).
4. Lack of many options already available in other phones (ergo, their
dismal overseas units vs. HTC, Nokia, whomever).
5. Dismal lack of software - although they supply an SDK kit, their
simpletons cannot use it nor want to.
6. Dumbed down Wi-Fi GPS that requires phone or Wi-Fi signal to get a
server-based map.
7. Some upgrade that requires a price drop in a few months to a newer model.

But their lemmings will follow....just like when they said "No one else will
ever have a Touch-Screen." Yeah. Right. LOL!

B~