What I am wondering is how this will effect iPod pricing. The 8GB iPhone is now $100 dollars less than the equivalent iPod touch and $50 less than the 80GB iPod classic. Could we see massive price-cuts across the whole product line? If so, I think it would be $40 for the iPod shuffle, $80 and $120 for the 4GB and 8GB iPod nano, $150 and $200 for the 80GB and 160GB iPod classic, and $180, $250 and $350 for the 8GB, 16GB and 32GB iPod touch.

AT&T is the one eating the additional cost for the iPhone though, and they’ve already announced that they will be posting a loss for the next year and a half because of it. So I don’t think Apple will be dropping the prices across the board.

What I am wondering is how this will effect iPod pricing. The 8GB iPhone is now $100 dollars less than the equivalent iPod touch and $50 less than the 80GB iPod classic. Could we see massive price-cuts across the whole product line? If so, I think it would be $40 for the iPod shuffle, $80 and $120 for the 4GB and 8GB iPod nano, $150 and $200 for the 80GB and 160GB iPod classic, and $180, $250 and $350 for the 8GB, 16GB and 32GB iPod touch.

I can’t say I’m not surprised, with the cheaper pricing, really surprised actually. I think I’m seeing the bigger picture, Jobs wants to make the Iphone the most popular phone in the country, maybe elsewhere also. This way more people buy the ever before, and the more $$$ apple will make. ahhh….but it will suck when everyone has an Iphone….o well

I think with the App Store they also see a big opportunity to make money, especially since they’re taking 30% of the sales.

That’s kinda what I’m thinking as well. When someone finds out that we have an iPhone they naturally want to see what it can do. But if it becomes more mainstream it will just become like the iPod where everyone already knows what it does since they own one. Although I believe the more popular it gets the better it will get, especially in terms of the apps. After all, if the iPods never became popular would there even be an iPhone? Good things can lead to even better things.

@Mark: Buy the iPhone and jailbrake it. You don´t need AT&T to use it.

The only problem people are going to run into is that Apple is now requiring everybody to activate the phones in-store. Obviously this is to help prevent people from purchasing them just to unlock and use with a different carrier.

I did see one site, and I don’t remember where, compare this new iPhone 3G to the Motorola Razr. Eventually it lost its appeal, particularly when it came down in price, and then it wasn’t such a hot commodity.

@Mark: Buy the iPhone and jailbrake it. You don´t need AT&T to use it.

You mean unlock it. Jailbreaking just opens it up for 3rd party apps like Installer. Unlocking and jailbreaking are independent of each other by the way.

It’s funny, when I was “watching” the liveblog on Engadget, and they showed off Band, I laughed because Band is currently available (has been for awhile now) for jailbroken phones and iPods. It’s a pretty fun app too, but now it will work with the official SDK.