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The $99 iPhone
The Apple Core — ... Needham Research’s Charlie Wolf thinks that Apple could drop the price of an 8GB iPhone to $99 and crush the competition. Except for “niche” smartphone manufacturers, like RIM, that is. Any such price drops would be potentially devastating to competitors in the market, according to Wolf. The analyst believes that a $100 cut in the iPhone 3G’s advertised price could “double or triple” projected sales and quickly overtake most other smartphones on the market…

Orange France rumored to sell iPhone for 99€
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — ... November 13th, and would make the devices significantly cheaper than the US market offerings. Presumably the prices represent the two-year contract prices, dropping from the current 150€ and 200€ tags for the 8GB and 16GB phones, respectively. If the rumor is true, it is unclear whether the change comes as the result of Apple lowering equipment cost, Orange restructuring its subsidies, or a combination of both. Charlie Wolf, an analyst from Needham Research recently considered the possibility of a $100 iPhone in the US. Apple would need to drop its gross margin on each sale ...