Re: iPhone sales rather poor - FT report

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> see http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2787f00-c...0779fd2ac.html
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> I'm actually surprised Apple didn't do much worse in the UK.
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> The 02 tariff is really sucky.
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> And Apple's behaviour on 9 Novemeber 2007 was embarrassing - Apple
> staff whooping out loud at customers (cringing - dying inside) with
> news cameras filming them.
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> Apple are going to have to drop their prices. And lots of early
> adopters will be very upset.

They will probably have to up the specification AND drop the overall cost of
the deal.

As it stands several previously available phones are far more advanced than
the iPhone, and although the headline price is OK the tie in with O2 is very
expensive!

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> No 3G. No Windows Mobile. No Keyboard. Lame

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:23:09 +0000, R. Mark Clayton wrote
(in article <h7KdnT91saD-hQvanZ2dnUVZ8uudnZ2d@bt.com>):

> As it stands several previously available phones are far more advanced than
> the iPhone, and although the headline price is OK the tie in with O2 is very
> expensive!

It's not about how advanced it is or isn't. The iPhone is a joy to use
due to the software. Plus it can be enhanced via software update.

Ian
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In message 0001HW.C3BBCC040010EFF2B01AD9AF@news.gradwell.net,
Ian Robinson <junk@canicula.invalid> Proclaimed from the tallest tower:

> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:23:09 +0000, R. Mark Clayton wrote
> (in article <h7KdnT91saD-hQvanZ2dnUVZ8uudnZ2d@bt.com>):
>
>> As it stands several previously available phones are far more
>> advanced than the iPhone, and although the headline price is OK the
>> tie in with O2 is very expensive!
>
> It's not about how advanced it is or isn't. The iPhone is a joy to use
> due to the software. Plus it can be enhanced via software update.
>
> Ian

Arguments about functionality notwothstanding, I think most people accept
that the iPhone has a superb user interface <ducks>. I thought it was very
slick and intuitive to use when I tried one out a few months ago.
The biggest problem AFAIC is the fact that you are forced into a rip-off
tariff with a single network provider if you want to get one (legally).

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Regards,
Chris.
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In message fn56tn$m2f$1@pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk,
Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Proclaimed from the tallest tower:

> In article <kKCdnc2BPKH5gAvanZ2dnUVZ8tqinZ2d@bt.com>,
> ChrisM <chris_mayersblue@suedeyahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The biggest problem AFAIC is the fact that you are forced into a
>> rip-off tariff with a single network provider if you want to get one
>> (legally).
>
> What's illegal about unlocking it?
>
> -- Richard
>> wq

Don't know, I've never looked into it, maybe it's not illegal to unlock it
and use on a different network, but I understood that if you did this, you
would not only lose some of the unique functionality, but would also run the
risk of not being able to update the firmware without stuffing it up fairly
terminally...(?)
Like I said, it's not something I've looked into very hard, maybe I
missunderstood somewhere along the line...

All the above only applies to the UK by the way, I have a slight idea about
the situation here, but NO idea whatsoever about the US.
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Regards,
Chris.
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