Tinman wrote:
> SMS wrote:
>> Tinman wrote:
>>> SMS wrote:
>>>> With iPhone sales lagging,
>>> What planet do you live on?
>> You need to keep up.
>>
>> Here's some of many, many stories about what's going on:
>
> For every one of those I can find 100 that say the iPhone is doing just
> fine--and definitely inline with Apple's goal to sell 10 million by the end
> of this year. Sorry.

I doubt it. Plus of course Apple's stated goal is immaterial, company's
set "goals" all the time, and they're unrelated to what's actually going
on in the marketplace. All the experts agree that the iPhone is in a
sales slump, only the reasons given for the slump sometimes differ. Some
blame the recession, some claim that it's due to the cost (in the
non-U.S. markets anyway), some claim that potential buyers are waiting
for the 3G model, some claim that it's the lack of features such as
voice dialing. A few weeks ago, a UK article blamed rumors of an
upcoming 16GB model (which turned out to be true) for the slump in the
UK. In reality, it's a combination of factors, though "I'll wait for the
3G model" is what I hear the most in my own circle of colleagues and
friends.