What If Apple Made A Cell Phone And No One Cared?

PreacherTom writes "Prudential Equity Group analyst Jesse Tortora penned a note saying that Apple is readying a music phone — and a separate, combination video and music phone. He expects Apple to introduce the devices in January at Macworld, a conference for Mac enthusiasts where the company typically debuts new products. At least one of the phones will offer Wi-Fi connectivity and both will become available in the March quarter of 2007 ... but will anyone care?"

Comments

Re:Yes.

[Anonymous Coward]

Next you will play with my balls while I assure you that I will buy you a MacBook

Why pay the Apple premium?

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple products do not appeal to the masses because Apple sells its products at a premium. The current Apple x86 computer is mostly a standard x86 PC. Why pay a premium for an Apple computer when you can buy an equivalent Dell system for less money?

Along the same lines, why buy an Apple cell phone when you can buy a Nokia phone for less money? Do you like burning money? Are you Bill Gates?

You mean...

[pupstah]

WHEN apple releases a phone and no one cares after the initial rush of standard fanboys

Re:Kevin Costner knows that answer

[Overly Critical Guy]

Hell, yeah, then we'll get the small torrent of anti-establishment anti-hipsters who will think of themselves as really, really indendent for rejecting a popular device that is "inferior" and "overpriced" and "doesn't play OGG." Same old crap from them while everyone else simply enjoys something that's fun to use and functions quite nicely.

just bought a sandisk today

[PopeRatzo]

I lost my mp3 player earier in the week when it fell out of my pocket as I rode my bike home from work, and I stopped on the way home to buy a new one.

Let's see... how much is that new iPod Nano? And HOW MUCH is that 8gig Sansa player with the customer-removable battery? Jeezus, this is an easy choice, and I saved about 50 bucks. I won't have to freak out if it gets a few scratches on it, but wait..this screen doesn't scratch. I'll be able to go home and download the latest Beck album via bittorrent and save another 12 bucks.

But I am kind of mad that Sansa doesn't have those cool billboards with the sillhouette of a 20-something being, well, cool. They better get on the ball if they want all the douchebags to get in line.