$200 iPhone? HAH HAH HAH!
No doubt there are several people whining and crying that they spent something like $600 and camped in front of iStores or whatever they’re called just to see apple knock the price down by 2/3. All I can say is you fucking deserve it. Anyone who is such a slave to fashion, such a trendsucking whore that they would pay gigantic premiums to be the first to do this or that deserves to be screwed over, repeatedly and for the benefit of the rest of us.
Now, it’s good we have these suckers because we need guinea pigs to discover the myriad flaws in electronics and software and we need people willing to help recoup R&D costs by blowing their whole month’s paycheck. BUT, these suckers should accept their lot in life as suckers instead of trying to have their cake and eat it too. See, this is what’s wrong with society. Nobody knows that every last thing is an equation, and nobody has the mathematical sense to understand that every equation must be balanced or it is wrong. And anyone who wants to spend bargain basement prices but get top of the line products on their release day is threatening to seriously unbalance that equation. And then Apple are a bunch of assholes for LISTENING to those douchebags. You’re fucking up capitalism!
I myself am a proud bargain whore. I buy things used, I buy overstock, use coupons, wait till something is outclassed by the next big thing so long as it satisfies my requirements. Hell, I waited about a year to get Vista, and as much for XP, and maybe twice as much for Windows 95 back in the day. People who want status symbols and the prestige of being the first to own this or that deserve to be screwed over, and any company that doesn’t screw them over is screwing SOCIETY over.