icp1
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Re: Much more palatable
said by Matt  :$200 is a much more palatable price and more in line with what the general populace is willing to pay I bet. The iPhone is not worth $399 or $499, no phone is. Clearly some people felt it was considering how many have been sold... |
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Luker3
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Blacksburg, VA | Well, some of them didn't think it was because a few months later they complained that the price went down after they got it, and then demanded a $100 refund.
Makes me was to just smack all of those people in the face. |
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tiger72
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said by icp1 :said by Matt :$200 is a much more palatable price and more in line with what the general populace is willing to pay I bet. The iPhone is not worth $399 or $499, no phone is. Clearly some people felt it was considering how many have been sold... some. But apparently not enough if ATT is willing to subsidize these phones.
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Matt
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said by icp1 :said by Matt :$200 is a much more palatable price and more in line with what the general populace is willing to pay I bet. The iPhone is not worth $399 or $499, no phone is. Clearly some people felt it was considering how many have been sold... There is a faithful contingent of Mac users who will buy anything Apple craps out, at any price. Then you have the spoiled brat kids (and some business folks) who have to have the latest, most expensive gadget to show off.
Take a look here:
»arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20···ers.html
The iPhone is doing well, but it is not doing as well as most of the Apple faithful would have you believe. 4 million total sales worldwide is very respectable, but hardly ground breaking or earth shattering. In two years the Moto Razr sold over 50 million units worldwide way back in 2006: »www.motorola.com/mediacenter/new···_6980_23 and the original Startac sold over 75 million unit worldwide during its life.
The true test will come with HSDPA, real Exchange server support, and the $200 price from AT&T. |
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