AT&T has halved the price of the older Apple iPhone 3GS phone ahead of the widely-expected loss of exclusive iPhone carriage rights to Verizon this year.
The new price of $49, around half the current price of $99, kicks in tomorrow, Friday, January 7. It is available to new and existing customers and requires a two-year wireless-service contract of at least $39.99 a month, plus $15 data plan.
"Combined with our new, lower monthly data plans beginning at just $15 a month, this new price brings even more value to one of the most popular devices in our leading lineup of smartphones," said David Christopher, chief marketing officer of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. "We're very excited for more people to experience iPhone on the nation's fastest mobile broadband network."
Last June, AT&T replaced its popular $30 unlimited data plan with metered plans that cap at 2GB.
Yesterday at CES, AT&T also announced it was speeding up its 4G LTE deployment to complement AT&T's existing HSPA+ network, which runs at 4G speeds according to the ITU's new definition of 4G technology.
