Could Apple sell an unlocked low-end iPhone for $200-$300 and kill off the iPod Touch? “[I]t could also be used as a phone by simply putting in a sim card . . . Apple probably also has the clout to make a data plan option, a la the 3G iPad, so that you could simply buy a months worth of data on your iPhone, without even having a voice plan.” John Gruber has some doubts:
Read Full Article »I don’t know that any U.S. carriers would be willing to offer a data-only plan, though. I know it would be popular, but the mobile carriers aren’t stupid. Down that path lies the end of their business model of selling phone time.
