Price cut in 4S on 5 release?

waterford1988

Hi,
I'm hoping to join the iPhone club but I want to buy a 4S as opposed to a 5 due to financial reasons. ( still a student)
Does anyone know is it apples style to cut the price of the previous model on release of a new one?
I'm hoping to buy at end of august but I wonder should I hold on until release of the 5?

Thanks for all replies

guil

When the 4s was released so was an 8 gb iphone 4 for €499

TBi

guil wrote: »

When the 4s was released so was an 8 gb iphone 4 for €499

I'd be surprised if they didn't offer the 16GB model for this price. However this is apple and they like to upsell so unless the 5 comes out with base 32GB you'll be right!

naasrd

There'll be a good few for sale on adverse.ie when it comes out as owners sell theirs to upgrade. At the moment the 2nd hand iPhone 4 averages around 320 for a 16g, be interesting to see what the 4s averages at when they hit adverts en masse.

waterford1988

Thnks lads,
By the sounds of it I should def hold on until the five Is released so!

waterford1988

Thnks lads,
By the sounds of it I should def hold on until the five Is released so!

Kenno90

I tell you , i'll be very disappointed if the base model still has 16GB. They've been running that configuration for years now

Hogzy

Kenno90 wrote: »

I tell you , i'll be very disappointed if the base model still has 16GB. They've been running that configuration for years now

Apple have every reason to push the lower capacity iPhones. They will do anything to try and encourage people to move to their iCloud eco system and be forever locked into Apple.

TBi

Hogzy wrote: »

Apple have every reason to push the lower capacity iPhones. They will do anything to try and encourage people to move to their iCloud eco system and be forever locked into Apple.

Not even just this, a lot of people never use the memory in the phone. All they do is take pictures and a few videos. I know lots of people who don't even put music on their iPhone. I'd be surprised if the base wasn't 16GB but i'd be happy if their was a '5' 8GB but the '5' 16GB cost the same as the old 4S 8GB.

Kenno90

But paying that much for a smart and only getting 16GB is not good enough for 2012/13 the Samsung s3 can have up to 128 GB (including the dropbox account)

Now thats progress

Hogzy

Kenno90 wrote: »

But paying that much for a smart and only getting 16GB is not good enough for 2012/13 the Samsung s3 can have up to 128 GB (including the dropbox account)

Now thats progress

The majority of iPhone sales are through a contract basis. Obviously the phone companies dont mind apple charging the prices for the phones because their customers are happy to foot the bill.

TBi

Kenno90 wrote: »

But paying that much for a smart and only getting 16GB is not good enough for 2012/13 the Samsung s3 can have up to 128 GB (including the dropbox account)

Now thats progress

Progress? Paying for memory you don't need or want? My point was that they should charge less for 8Gb, while offering 16GB at last years 8GB price.

Some people don't want 16Gb and would rather pay less. I like having the option of high memory phones (i always get 32GB) but my better half wouldn't even fill an 8GB so why should i pay extra for memory that isn't needed?

ablelocks

retailers and apple themselves have started to discount iphone 4 & 4s in the USA, so the same is likely to happen here.