jbelkin

The iPhone: Apple's First Flop

First all, people pay the same for a two year contract now for a phone costing $49 so the only question is whether you would pay $499 or $599 for a phone - you might not want to or can't afford to - that's fine but can you honestly all your purchasing decisions are reflected in the general population? I've spent $600 on a dinner, in college, I'm sure that was my entire budget for dinners so what's $600 for a phone I can use for 2 years, it all depends on what you make and whether you're interested. And when you define mass market, what exactly do you mean, there are some 220 million phones in the US, are you saying anything less than 70 million is a failure or that unlike other phone manufacturers, the iphone is full price only? So, even 1 million by $600 is a pretty huge number? You really have to get over that just because you can't afford something or don't want it, no one else will.