More Than Three Quarters of Cell Phone Users Don't Want an IPhone
Apple Isn't Worried
Since being announced at the recent MacWorld convention this winter, the iPhone has enjoyed publicity to the degree that only an Apple product could get. Tech review websites hail it as the device that will take cell phones to the next level, finally combining the cell phone and the mp3 player, a sword-in-the-stone like task that no one has yet pulled off. At the same time, it will add mobile internet capabilities to the phone, something only available to a select few currently. To some, it comes as a surprise that everyone will not be clamoring to get their hands on an iPhone.
Upon looking at the price, however, we get an idea as to why this new gadget might not catch on. At $500 for the basic model, the iPhone is more expensive than a cell phone and an mp3 player put together. Throw in mobile internet service, and you have a package that could cost you a hundred bucks a month. Something of a turn off, it would seem.
Apple seems to be planning great things for this next product. The iPod served the company well, but its age seems to be coming to an end. Although it sold millions and millions of units, becoming a cultural icon in the process, the iPod seems to be reaching the end of its life. Everyone who wants one seems to have one, and there are only so many new directions Apple can go. For the iPod's successor, Apple needed something equally bold and new, and seems to have found it. By combining the phone and mp3 player, and doing a good job of it, Apple will have created a product that no one else has really managed to duplicate. Throw on a little of the old Apple style, buy out all the advertising space in subway system across the world, and voila! The next iPod. It will be interesting to see whether people will be willing to pay the price and make the iPhone live up to its father.
Sources:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/05/01/iphonesurvey/index.php?lsrc=mwrss
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Post a CommentPerhaps it's because there are 24+ tangible iPhone drawbacks that we've found so far. Anyone know of any more?
See the list of 24+ iPhone Drawbacks: http://www.essistme.com/2007/06/27/20-real-downsides-of-apple-iphone/
The iPhone is actually a step backwards to 2001 with its technology. Sure it has some cute features, but cute doesn't make anything useful in daily life. Expect sales for the iPhone to drop somewhat drastically. It's not worth more than other phones - unless you didn't really want a phone to start with. I wouldn't want it at any price. It's just not worth what it offers.
I'm not interested in one either.
I would never get an iPhone, it's too expensive and I hear it won't sync with any Windows stuff, which puts me out of luck. I have a cherry chocolate right now which is an mp3 player and a phone and I'm more than happy with it. iPhone sounds like a flop waiting to happen.