Comments on: Steve Jobs’ Open Letter and Why Rumor Sites Exist http://normalkid.com/2007/09/07/steve-jobs-open-letter-and-why-rumor-sites-exist/ macrumors.com and the web Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: johnmeister http://normalkid.com/2007/09/07/steve-jobs-open-letter-and-why-rumor-sites-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-1705 johnmeister Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:20:05 +0000 http://normalkid.com/2007/09/07/steve-jobs-open-letter-and-why-rumor-sites-exist/#comment-1705 Even if people saw the price drop coming, there would have been complaints. Apple rarely drops a price for a SUCCESSFUL product 10 weeks after its premiere. The last time it did it was for Aperture. They issue a store credit there as well. Look at apple's pricing history, it is typically 6 months to a year before a product update, in terms of pricing and specs. The iPhone price change was in less that half that time. Even if people saw the price drop coming, there would have been complaints. Apple rarely drops a price for a SUCCESSFUL product 10 weeks after its premiere. The last time it did it was for Aperture. They issue a store credit there as well.

Look at apple’s pricing history, it is typically 6 months to a year before a product update, in terms of pricing and specs. The iPhone price change was in less that half that time.

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