AT&amp;T slashes price of iPhone 3GS to $49

Tomorrow the US$99.00 iPhone 3GS will be half that. That's the word from the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets. It's not a big surprise. AT&T will likely lose iPhone exclusivity any time now, and they want to lock customers in to 2-year contracts before that happens. It's also not the first sale on the 3GS, as Radio Shack recently had a similar promotion.

Apple still lists the 3GS at $99.00 on its own website. The 3GS would make for a good starter smartphone for many people, but lacks FaceTime, the retina display, HD video recording and HDR for stills.

Even without those features, the 3GS is an excellent phone, and if you live in an area with good AT&T service, it's an attractive deal. The offer is through AT&T retail stores and online.

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Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870441510457606…

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Terry Jackson

not as good as the Best Buy Dec. 9th deal, but just as good
( that deal was FREE 3gs phones w/2yr contract).

May pick up one extra phone for that price.

January 06 2011 at 11:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

LGgeek

If ATT wants to keep iPhone customers they need to change the price of their data plans otherwise they just have a limited time captive audience .
I pay for a whole bunch of voice rollover minutes i will never use.

As soon as iPhone will be available on another carrier I;m moving even if it means I have to buy abother iPhone to be on that carrier.

January 06 2011 at 11:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Kris

Price is important, sure...but now that all data plans are tiered, I think there'd be a competitive edge for the return of unlimited data.

January 06 2011 at 11:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply