"Carl" <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
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> RBM wrote:
>> "SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
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>>> 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. :-)
>

Point well taken. But if you heard the mutants that they interviewed in
NY... God help us if they are the majority
>