Talk about QED.

iPhone 5 pricing will be the same or lower than iPhone 4.

That welcome rumor , although it's not based on much more than wishful thinking.

This rumorwish notes that the iPhone 4 prices were $199 or $299, depending on storage capacity, subsidized by the carrier (and $499 and $599 for the unsubsidized models).

"We think it's likely then, given Apple's recent efforts to keep prices lower, that the iPhone 5 will be the same price on release as the iPhone 4 was (although it has recently been cut)," according to OSM. "In fact Apple could surprise us further by making prices at least $50 cheaper."