iPhone breaks stereotypes and budgets for $1000
By Triston McIntyre
Though we aren’t much for rumors, the recent outburst of iPhone “discussion” has been so lively it follows as sensible that we continue to raise the points the general public feels are important: if you didn’t think the iPhone was expensive enough at near $600, what do you think about $899 or $999 for sans-contract iPhones?
Frankly you probably feel the same way as us; there is quite an extensive list of Apple products I’d much rather have for $1000. Apple TV, a cinema display, an iMac, a Mac Mini…the list continues.
I think the general public consensus with the initial price drop of $600 was that many consumers would be willing to pay a good deal of money once contract discounts were applied…though it is a little late for April fools, I bet very few of you were thinking the $600 price tag was after the contractual discount.
The range of prices represented in the cell phone market wouldn’t make a $900 dollar price tag pre-contract too out of the question; what with thousands of dollars being spent on diamond-encrusted normal phones, and chic Nokia phones costing much more than they’re worth, $900 or $1000 isn’t too unreasonable.
Or is it? A recent survey demonstrated that many users feel that even $600 is too much for a cell phone. It could only follow those same people might object to a slight price jacking of, oh…$300 or $400.
I must admit; I was considering my own purchase of the iPhone for T-Mobile when it became available, but I’m not due for an upgrade for over a year and a half; Ebay isn’t particularly forgiving in the pricing sense for new hot cell phones, so I suppose at $900 or $1000, I can forget an upgrade-less upgrade to the iPhone.
If this rumor is true, would you be willing to spend near $1000 for the Apple iPhone? Is it really worth that? Think of all the Papa John’s $1000 could get you, after all…
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I’d pay $2k for this thing. You’re talking about cutting edge stuff… multipoint, motion detection, etc etc… in a device the size of a phone whenever laptops, desktops, or tablets haven’t even offered these advances yet. Heck yeah I’m excited. And heck yes, I will pay the high geek-fee to have it the day it ships.
May 7th, 2007
This article is absurd. People have done cost breakdowns on the components in the iPhone, and they think that Apple and AT&T are making a profit on the handset, which is sold without a contract. There are even rumors that the iPhone might have discounted monthly service compared to other phones, because they don’t have to cover taking a loss on the handset.
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I’ll stick with my video-shooting, copy & paste allowing, open-access filesystem (at least via the memory card), homemade ringtone tolerating, free music file over 3G downloading, Opera browser using, autofocus 3 megapixel + flash, jacket-breast-pocket-friendly, real-button possessing (hello no-looking touch dialling), decent battery life (also easily replacable), cheap universal accessory compatible, good call quality, MMS-happy… etc etc etc… Sony Ericcson.
What came free with a pretty good-value minutes, texts, and “unmetered” internet (with a few Gb/month allowance) 12 month call plan.
Someone was saying about the iPhone being techno-fantastical and futuristic? I refer you to my previous list.
I’m slightly jealous of the “Photoswap” app (which is a nice diversion in the pub for a quarter hour), can’t argue that the interface is very well made, and google maps works better on it than on mine (though mine still works - and though it’s not GPS, which itself only seemed to be accurate to about 100m when we tested it, it does still have the “my location” feature that can tell me which end of town I’m in/which side of the mountain my party’s got lost on)……………. and it does have 8gb of flash built in (that’s got to be worth, ooh, $25 OEM these days?)…. everything else, not so much.