In <45a4fb1f$0$69039$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> SMS wrote:
>
> The reaction to the iPhone by people they interviewed was almost
> always the same. Very cool, too expensive, and they wouldn't buy one
> for $500 or $600. If the price comes down to $300-400, then Apple
> will have a winner.

That is exactly the same comment many people, including reviewers, made
when the iPod first came out. "Very cool, too expensive." And the same
thing will probably happen this time around: it's so cool that people
will buy them at the high price, and Apple won't be able to keep up with
the initial demand. In a couple of years the 3rd generation iPhone with
32GB of flash, WiMax, and a second camera pointing the correct way for
video calling, will still cost U$600, but the iPhone Classic will be
available for half that.

A year later Microsoft will introduce the Zune Phone. No one will notice.

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