06-09-2008, 04:20 PM
Well, early adopters always pay for the privilege...
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06-09-2008, 04:26 PM
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:Well, early adopters always pay for the privilege... That's one hell of a privilege premium.
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06-09-2008, 04:39 PM
according to the apple fanbois on engadget, the whole point of owning an iPhone is to show off that you can afford it.....
06-09-2008, 04:40 PM
Evan Wrote:the whole point of owning an iPhone is to show off that you can afford it..... Thats not much of a point. I'd think most high school kids with a part time job could scrape together $400.
06-09-2008, 04:44 PM
I agree.
Everyone knows that the whole point of buying an iPhone is .RJ Wrote:desire for cool factor 
06-09-2008, 04:46 PM
Its the trendy thing to do :dunno:
06-09-2008, 04:50 PM
i'm getting an iphone because...
1) i already carry an mp3 player with me just about everywhere 2) i was going to purchase a digital camera to take with me everywhere 3) i was going to purchase gps soon 4) the internet anywhere is pretty f'ing handy so by buying an iphone, i'm saving a considerable amount of money 
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06-09-2008, 05:28 PM
I think at a $200 price point, they'll sell like hotcakes. HOT. CAKES. There's no reason not to anymore. What are their drawbacks? Are there features that the iPhone is lacking?
The ones I can think of are MMS (but email is better imo) and video recording (99% sure third party app will take care of this).
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06-09-2008, 05:46 PM
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:There's no reason not to anymore. AT&T.
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06-09-2008, 06:27 PM
asteele2 Wrote:After having Verizon for years (and loving it), I've found AT&T's coverage to be just as good - I don't know that I've ever not had coverage. Similar dropped call rate (very low with both), etc - I have no regrets except below.JackoliciousLegs Wrote:There's no reason not to anymore. The one huge selling point of Verizon is that it works in the Metro - I just didn't know I'd be living in the city when I switched. Anyone want a 1st gen EDGE iPhone on July 12th?
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06-09-2008, 07:05 PM
Beej Wrote:The one huge selling point of Verizon is that it works in the Metro - I just didn't know I'd be living in the city when I switched. one *big* reason i like verizon wireless is because a lot of people that i call during the peak hours of the day are also verizon wireless customers and thus do not tap into my monthly limit - so i can run a cheap, low-limit plan if Verizon offered the iPhone i'd be all over it for $199
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06-09-2008, 08:17 PM
Well, yeah, in DC it's tough. In SF, att has the BART exclusively.
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06-09-2008, 08:25 PM
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:There's no reason not to anymore. What are their drawbacks? Are there features that the iPhone is lacking? A hard keyboard. That's actually my #1 complaint after using one for a bit. Well there's that and the fact that I'm a certified apple hater. 
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06-10-2008, 02:21 AM
Bah... I actually like the soft keyboard better. I got super fast on it. It just took some getting used to.
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06-10-2008, 08:52 AM
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:Bah... I actually like the soft keyboard better. I got super fast on it. It just took some getting used to. You asked. It's actually a deal breaker for a lot of people.I've also never seen anyone carry an iphone in their pocket and not take it out when they sit down. I guess I wouldn't see it if they didn't take it out but a lot of people seem to. Is that attention whoring or is it because it's too big?
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth 
06-10-2008, 08:55 AM
so..... at $200, they can't be making much $ on it. I guess AT&T gives a % back to Apple for service? Or are they going to flood the market, then dump AT&T and whore it out to other providers for more of a share? Start their own service? I just wonder what they're up to....
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06-10-2008, 08:55 AM
Apoc Wrote:Is that attention whoring Yes. That and everyone around here seems to be unable to function without a phone permanently attached to their head or sending a text message.
06-10-2008, 09:00 AM
BLINGMW Wrote:so..... at $200, they can't be making much $ on it. I guess AT&T gives a % back to Apple for service? Or are they going to flood the market, then dump AT&T and whore it out to other providers for more of a share? Start their own service? I just wonder what they're up to.... I don't know what the reciprocal agreement is, but I know that hey want to sell 10 million phones this year... whatever their margin is, times a lot of phone is still a lot of money
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06-10-2008, 09:16 AM
.RJ Wrote:Apoc Wrote:Is that attention whoring how else are they gonna plan their vacation to OBX?
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06-10-2008, 09:17 AM
Just searching real quick, I find a lot of stories on the previous model's profit margin, over 50%!
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244961,00.html">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244961,00.html</a><!-- m --> But it still cost them ~$280. Others claim as low as $250. So maybe they've cut out another $50 from their costs and they're making nothing? I can't imagine they got it down much more than that.
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