RBM wrote:
> "SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
> news:xdOdk.5897$vn7.213@flpi147.ffdc.sbc.com...
>> RBM wrote:
>>> Today, Apple released the new iphone, and being in NY I heard
>>> interviews with some of those "fans" that had been waiting on line
>>> for days. I think I understand now, why Apple doesn't have a larger
>>> slice of the cell phone business. I think the best word to describe
>>> their "fans" is lunatics. These folks even make Oxford sound normal
>>> (lol). I'm sure many people simply don't want to be associated with
>>> the kind of nut cases that are iphone fans, regardless of how good
>>> the product may be
>>
>> I know several normal people with iPhones. The lunatics are who you
>> see on TV, but they aren't a large percentage of the users.
>
> I'm sure you are correct, but it sure seems like the lunatics are the
> most vocal, which is typical. It's like they want to be the face of
> Apple products, which can't be an asset to sales
>
No offense, but why are you sure he's correct? Are you patronizing him? How
does he know that the lunatics aren't the large percentage of the users?
Does he know all the users? Or do the several people he knows reflect all
the users?

I'm just busting chops. Ignore me. I have nothing else to do right this
minute. :-)