Class Action Lawsuit Over iPhone Exclusivity Certified
You guys are going to regret getting your wish.
T-Mobiles feeble network does the iPhone no justice, and because T-Mobile customers always complain how expensive everyone else is, I doubt very seriously they would pay the $599 or $699 price either.
Verizon will have the iPhone 4 in January, let's see if it will be unlocked so people could take it to the Sprint Network.
Please explain to me, in what bizzaro world, does a JANUARY launch of a device that will sell MILLIONS of phones make sense?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2010-06-30-iph ... »
CNET
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20009198-266.html »
When you have an existing interest in a product, it doesn't matter when you make it available, people will buy. Isn't that right around Income Tax refund check time? Android is nice but it still is not an iPhone. The Chrysler 300 is nice, but it still is not a Bentley Phantom.
Let me ask you this: In what season do most retail outlets make a MAJORITY of their income?
Christmas.
What month is AFTER christmas? January.
So again, why would a company release a product AFTER their largest selling season cannibalizing their holiday sales at best, at worst dealing with potentially MILLIONS in lost revenue from people returning/exchanging. not to mention all the idiots calling up customer service to explain how they deserve a "free" iphone.
The iphone WILL sell well no matter when it is launched, but no company, especially one as large as verizon, is going to launch it in the month where it would do the LARGEST amount of harm to their bottom line.
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I work in the cell phone market know and people are cashing in there income check off of there last W2. Also the 5 year contract that AT&T has with Apple expires next year not this year before Christmas. So Verizon is suppose to wait months to sell a product that they can sell right away with little to no effort. By launching in January they can cash in on the iPhone 4 before the new iPhone releases in June/July. Yes they could wait till June/July for the new iPhone, but Verizon wants every customer they can get. So make a splash in January and another splash in June/July. And January they have less competition.
Most of the people who would jump ship for the iphone have done so already, so holding out for another few months to make a bigger splash would cost them a LOT less than a january release would.
and blackfriday to christmas is HUGE for the cellphone industry, especially be...
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So you think that when the PS3 and Xbox 360 sold out in the 1st few days during Christmas, sales stopped in January.
Verizon is a Service Provider not a Cell Phone Manufacturer, they make there money off of providin...
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Does not work in this reality.
Oh, and the Blackberry Bold launched in NOVEMBER, not January. Notice that November is before Christmas. (the original bold launched in october) Google searching is your friend. So again, name one phone that launched in January that was a runaway success in January.
And business sales are not what we're talking about. Yes, it is important, but releasing an iphone in january would HURT consumer sales, which is still an overwhelming majority of their business. again, the cost has to be less than the gains and you've provided no evidence to prove that it is. On top of that, Verizon's phone launches
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Verizon, ATT, even Sprint and Tmobile posted stronger q4's than they did other quarters.
Cellphone sales are spread out more over the year, but EVERY cellphone rep I've talked to agrees that January sucks for cellphone sales.
I hope Verizon does get the iPhone soon. I won't have to cancel my girls contract!
GeekBro said:
Android is nice but it still is not an iPhone. The Chrysler 300 is nice, but it still is not a Bentley Phantom.
There's no such thing as a Bentley Phantom. It really helps you look credible when your examples actually exist.
However, I agree that Android is now on par if not surpassed the iphone in shear power, functionality and attractive aspects.
Better or worse is irrelevant. Its marketing.
The accessories/integration exist because it was the first smartphone marketed at consumers/teens instead of businesses, not because of some innate "benefit" of the platform that makes these things easier to produce. The UI was created for typical consumers, and typical consumers buy a lot of crap (crap being quantity not quality here). As android adoption picks up, more importantly as other OS's come to power (so there isn't just one consumer OS) these accessories WILL support a broader range of devices, or risk locking out a huge potential market.
Games are the same way. The games exist because of the ipod TOUCH, not because of the phone per say. again. It's simple market share. Because the iOS was on ...
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-ThechWorld Observer
Auto manufacturers believe in a simple universal approach. I have installed plenty of car equipment, you are doing well to have an aux input to allow you to plug in your external music device. Since the iPod, iTouch and iPhone are using the same interface that has been available for years, it was easy for them to integrate into there systems. By having a standard, it is easy for others to produce products ...
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So basically what you're doing is agreeing with me, but you can't do that, so you reword stuff.
All modern android devices have the same charging ports, only certain devices (older HTC phones) use the older standard (that was also used by WINMO and blackberry). Infact, Blackberry, WINMO, Palm, and Android devices all use the same basic connectors, apple is the ONLY one that insists on proprietary connec...
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The point is, is that Apple continues to become ONE of the players in the consumer OS department, not the only player, accessory companies will try and make their products hit as many people as possible.
Yes, apple is trying to actively block this, but they can only do so for so long.
Ford, GM, Toyota, Nissan, and others would not be implementing iPod/iTouch/iPhone integration into there vehicles if Apple changed there interface every year. It would cost way to much money to retool an assembly line for a product they don't sell. Because Apple is consistent with there interface they are able to implement the interface in there assembly line knowing that the same interface will be there year...
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Wires ARE archaic for MEDIA PLAYBACK. What in the world does this have to do with Chargers?
If apple changed their wired plugs every year, chevy, BMW, etc could all develop wireless players (wifi, bluetooth, etc) instead, or just make it so the plug in wire could be swapped as it changed. The car playback tech developed the way it was because apple was the key player at the time, NOT because it was the only "standard."
And even if a car company DID make a plug for Micro USB devices, it would fit EVERY new android, WINMO, Palm, and Nokia device on the market. Again, apple is the only hold out of the the TRUE charging standard.
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This same connector allows me to do so many different things that no other device can do. Android falls inline with every other device out there, Apple has made a special niche for themselves that has separated them from everyone else. I thought similarly to you until I purchased my 1st iPhone this year. I build computers and have had just about every PDA. Until you take the time, about 2 weeks or more, to truly explore all the iPhone can do, you will never truly understand.
I understand BOTH operating systems, you clearly don't. The ONLY advantage the ipod has over other systems is the stupidly easy itunes sync, but that's also it's greatest disadvantage because of how it locks a consumer into their ecosystem, which is great for them, not for the consumer.
And just because apple does it that way doesn't make it the best or "superior." Locki...
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I actually did this. While the phone was a milestone in operability, I grew tired of being behind the curve in terms what everyone else was enjoying.
IPhone users are so intrigued with the elite status symbol it has brought to their lifestyle, that they have completely ignored the fact that Android users are employing more lucrative returns in terms of freedom,choices and the everyday practices of their lifestyles.
It would be very wise not to preach about what the iPhone can do when in fact, Android can accomplish the same mission while not being tied to a proprietary leash of dictatorship.
John B
For short range communications, basically anything less then 100 feet, wireless transmissions are more effective then any cabled system in existence. The only thing a cellphone/ipod/iPhone/stereo/laptop does that can be accomplished more effectively by using an actual cord is recharging the battery. Until you get into the realm of super super high video and audio streaming, cables just aren't needed for short range transmissions anymore.
It took them so long to add it because high capacity media storage (mp3 players and phones) are still a pretty new market, and up until very recently, it was all about the radio, mixed tapes, and CD's.
(admittedly, ALL iPhones have a headphone jack, but the point remains that most Android devices are all pretty capable of being used with accessories.)
still think wireless will be the future.
Menno said:
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still think wireless will be the future.
I think so too!
GeekBro said:...
[...]A majority of the accessories that work on an iPod, work on a iTouch/iPhone. Being in retail a manufacturer has to produce merchandise hoping that it will sell, with Apple the car charger they made 3 YEARS ago is still being sold and used today, they do not have to spend more money to re-"create" a new product.
Auto manufacturers believe in a simple universal approach ("No relevant, this is Phonescoop not Autoscoop" TW-O). I have installed plenty of car equipment("again, not relevant" TW-O)[...]. Since the iPod, iTouch and iPhone are using the same interface that has been available for YEARS, it was easy for them to integrate into there systems. [...]
[..."blah, blah, blah" TW-O] There is no con
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🤤 their not high end though... just luxury materials(leather, diamonds and the like)
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