Canadiens1131
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I'm interested to see how users use the AT&T data service (slow+shitty) vs. the built-in Wifi.
Sloane Peterson said:
You work in it? What do you mean? Ok well, don't buy it then. Who says you have to? If you don't want anything you don't have to buy it, but tons of other people will, so it won't matter. I just know it's like any other novelty item, especially from Apple. They sell like no other.
oh lies, I love discussing with you, so, forLiesje said:
1) it's way too expensive and 2) not to many people are keen on switching providers, especially to AT&T. Like she said, it's way out of reach to a large segment of the public, plus the other segment that's not switching phone service just for a fad. I do not think this is the same as iPods because 1) those are way cheaper, 2) they don't affect your phone service and 3) I think a LOT more people care about music and media than music, media AND communications (I'm thinking of the hundreds of little kids I know that have iPods....why would they ever get an iPhone?)
fca780 said:Apple's goal for the iPhone is 1% market share in the cell phone market
Sloane Peterson said:not too many normal people need such amenities on a phone.
unico said:then you drunkdial him and the next day you have to break his heart.
fca780 said:
oh lies, I love discussing with you, so, for
#1: explain why is it too expensive? Is a smart cell phone (2 contract w/Blackberry=$299) plus an iPod (most sold, the nano, $199) plus other stuff the iPhone only have, and it comes with the dock and that stereo headset (it's far better than the one that comes with iPods, though it looks like the same) and I'm sure more is going to be added with the software updates Apple has promised.
WildHoneyAlways said:
Regarding the blackberry v iphone issue: The iphone is too expensive compared to the blackberry. I know many people with a blackberry. One guy bought the blackberry himself, the rest are "work" phones. I simply don't see companies, besides apple of course, shelling out $500-600 for a phone. The iphone was made for a different market than the blackberry, it seems.
martha said:
There is another solution to this situation; it really isn't the phone's fault.
unico said:
I wasn't blaming the phone.
elevated_u2_fan said:
I always do...
Liesje said:
Why not buy an iPhone? Um, it's $500 plus $60/mo, that's why not.
Liesje said:
Yep. My employer (which is a college) provides the higher ups with Blackberries or Trios or something similar. They'd laugh in our faces if people were asking for iPhones and being serious.
anitram said:Of course if your business is providing phones, I can't imagine that very many would actually provide iPhones. I think you're right that a lot of them would probably look at you like you've grown a second head.
Always been this way with iPods. Much like the iPods, I'm sure there's an alternate way to change the battery yourself involving a very thin putty knife and some careful prying.Butterscotch said:Did you see on the news people are finding out that you can't change, or even take the battery out yourself? You have to mail it back to them and pay $79 plus shipping fees. What a sneaky trick. I'm glad I didn't buy one.
anitram said:I imagine they'll make a nano version of it
Apple may introduce a model of its iPhone this year that is 50 percent cheaper than the handsets that went on sale in the U.S. last month, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Kevin Chang said.
The new model, based on Apple's thin iPod Nano, may cost less than $300, Chang said today by telephone from Taipei, citing a patent Apple filed in the U.S. and components suppliers he declined to identify. Apple began sales of two iPhone models priced at $499 and $599 on June 29.