Apple to Offer Low-Priced iPhone Alongside Next-Generation Device in August?

You all probably don’t believe any of these circulating rumors anymore, and I don’t blame you. After all, there are a whole plethora of them floating around, of which one or none materialize. But onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.bgr.com/2011/07/18/apple-to-launch-low-priced-iphone-for-350-iphone-4s5-end-of-summer/');" target="_blank" href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/07/18/apple-to-launch-low-priced-iphone-for-350-iphone-4s5-end-of-summer/">Boy Genius Reports urges you to believe this one from “an incredibly solid source” stating that Apple will offer a low-priced iPhone alongside the next-generation 4S/5 come this August.

The interesting part about this new rumor, which was written about today, is that the low-priced device could in fact be the 3GS selling for $350. So why would a current owner of the iPhone 4 decide to downgrade? Come August, Apple would announce the new addition in their lineup (the iPhone 5 or 4S) along with the new option to purchase the 3GS without a contract.

What could this mean for Apple and for potential buyers? For Apple, anyways, they have opened up their own smartphone market to offers buyers a choice of three different iPhones. Yes folks, three different iPhones. Given that Apple will be offering the 3GS, they will probably also still keep the iPhone 4 in production. That means that there will be low, middle and high price-point options available for customers. The iPhone 4 and next-generation would of course be sold with contracts as well.

Seems Apple is determined to stay in the lead in the race of smartphone-producing companies. What do you think? Would you upgrade to the next-generation device or instead downgrade for the perk of not having an additional contract?

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