8GB iPhone in China much cheaper!

Quite a surprise, the price of the 8 gigabyte model of Apple's iPhone dropped a whopping 125 dollars since the last time we asked! Back in December we were running around in that big electronics store at the Hong Kong plaza and back then the price was almost 650 dollars. Now the 16 GB version is available for 690 dollar and thus the 8 GB version dropped down to 530 dollars.

That's quite a jump for just three months. The iPhones I'm talking about are unlocked and running the newest version, 1.1.4 if I'm not mistaken. One of the sellers said though, that 'within 6 months you will be able to buy legal iPhones from China Mobile'. I wonder if he is just kidding around or if he really has inside information. As far is I know, Apple is in negotiations with China Mobile but wants too much?

Well, let's see how things are in September 2008, when the 32 GB iPhone or even 64 GB iPhone is available...