Consumers Unlikely To Pay $500 for iPhone 412
narramissic writes "A survey by online market research firm Compete Inc. finds that of the 26% of those who said they're likely to buy an iPhone, only 1% said they'd pay $500 for it, while 42% said they'd likely buy the phone for $200 to $299. Sixty percent of likely iPhone buyers would be willing to make the switch to AT&T wireless to get it."
phone + computer (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Well then? (Score:4, Informative)
Yeah, you'd better run!
Inflation depends on how you measure it (Score:5, Informative)
If you consider inflation to be the value of precious metals such as gold, then sure, you can get to absurd values such as 50% (mind you, there's no such thing as absolute reference value). OTOH, if you consider consumer price indexes, it's much lower - between 5 and 10%.
The plan is for 1% (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Ridiculous survey -- the product isn't out. (Score:5, Informative)
It -is- an EDGE device. EDGE (2.75G) is pretty terrible though compared to real 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) service that Cingular offers. It's definitely in there for revision B but as Apple has stated they don't feel a need to implement it right now since most of the US isn't covered in UMTS/HSDPA service. That will change in the next 12-18 months when you can expect to see iPhone rev. B. T-Mobile is very lagged on their 3G deployment behind Cingular so your HTC is slow as balls anyway compared to Verizon's EVDO (which has very good coverage now) and Cingular's HSDPA (which is still in early deployment stages).
Re:Ridiculous survey -- the product isn't out. (Score:5, Informative)
the author is statistically challenged (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I really don get it (Score:2, Informative)
That's ok, math wasn't your best suit.
except the iPhone will be different (Score:1, Informative)
Put your UID penis away. (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Ridiculous survey -- the product isn't out. (Score:2, Informative)
3% / year X 6 years = 18%
That's very good. As a comparison, Venezuela's annual inflation rose to 18.4% last month [bloomberg.com].
JOhn
I have cingular. It works great. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Ridiculous survey -- the product isn't out. (Score:3, Informative)
Ditto and ditto.
When my contract is up I will be shopping around. ATT Wireless was one of the worst cellular providers out there, bar none - and I was stuck with their terrible service "over the hill" in Santa Cruz until I complained loud and long enough that they let me out of my contract.
And now "they" are part of Cingular. Yay. This may be what chaps me most about the iPhone; I want one and can/will pay $500.00 for it, but Cingular's service rugularly drops out/doesn't work in both metro areas I work in - a new phenomena, I might add.
OpenMoko will get my $$$ (Score:3, Informative)
This presentation isn't as flashy as Steve Jobs' but is has me way more interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRvtAAXTIlg [youtube.com]
Linux Devices has a good writeup.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2986976174.htm
The Company Web Site
http://www.openmoko.com/ [openmoko.com]
Undervalued (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Ridiculous survey -- the product isn't out. (Score:3, Informative)