subject: Apple Iphone Deals Stabilizing At Last [print this page] When the original Apple iPhone 2G was released about three years back, most users in the UK mobile phone market place found it well beond thir capacity. So much so that there was fear in some quarters in the initial stagest the the Apple iPhone deals possibly may not sell as many units as would be desirable of a futuristic phone deive like it. All the same, Apple did not budge and stuck to the prevailing price range that was selling the new Apple iPhone 2G for anything from 450 to 500. But somehow, things stabilized with more and more potentail users finally deciding to go for this wonderful, wonderful phone device that clearly belonge to the future.
This trend continued with Apple sticking with this kind of pricing and not ageeing to the vociferous from various quarters that Apple lower the prices of the Apple iPhone 3G as well as the later version Apple iPhone 3G S at least somehow. By then, new smartphone handsets from HTC, Samsung and Nokia had flooded the market place threatenign Apple's number one status. These smartphones were found to be equally equipped and able performers like the Apple iPhones. And what is more, were selling at prices that made Apple prices look exorbitant and not entirely justifiable.
The network service carrers finally had their say when in June, 2010, the fourth generation Apple iPhone 4 was launched. O2, the leading network service provider managed to convince Apple that it had to do something about the very high prices. Apple finally relented and the result is that now the new Apple iPhone 4 16GB for instance is being given away for free iunder a low priced contract plans from the network carriers.