Consumers Unlikely To Pay $500 for iPhone

narramissic writes "A survey by online market research firm Compete Inc. finds that of the 26% of those who said they're likely to buy an iPhone, only 1% said they'd pay $500 for it, while 42% said they'd likely buy the phone for $200 to $299. Sixty percent of likely iPhone buyers would be willing to make the switch to AT&T wireless to get it."

Comments

Re:Your personal attack is way off-base

[DavidinAla]

I was trying to give you credit for just letting your emotions get in the way of your ability to reason, but I see I've overestimated you. You're clearly a bigot who doesn't think other people are entitled to certain beliefs which you don't approve of. You're so blind with hatred for this guy and his views that you can't see that his economic arguments are relevant to what he's saying in this case. And in case nobody has mentioned this before, you're not the arbiter of what is acceptable to discuss in a Slashdot thread.

David

Re:I'm getting one

[Pojut]

You know, Hitler was fairly popular amongst Nazi's...

I'm not trolling, my point is that just because something is popular does not mean that it instantly becomes good.

Apple does sell crap products. Come on. Making plastic shiny doesn't suddenly make a product ten times better. Yesyesyes, I know I am just one person, but I absolutely despise the way the iPod looks, controls, and feels. Being used as a music player, I see absolutely NOTHING and I mean NOTHING that the iPod offers that you can't get elsewhere for cheaper and better. Not to mention the idea of controlling my music player with a mutilated nipple is a little...well, unsettling.

As far as Macs go, the only thing I could see as being a good reason to get one is for the operating system. The systems themselves (again, in my opinion) are hairy-ass ugly, and frankly FEEL cheap (ditto for the iPod.) Every time I put my hand on that whole-click mouse, I feel I am going to break it. Yes I know you can swap it out, I'm talking about the Apple mouse specifically though.

I've said it many times, and I will say it again: Apple is EXACTLY as bad as Microsoft in terms of being power hungry and money hungry...they are just better at getting you to ignore that fact.

Funny. People have no problem supporting money-vampyres as long as they provide a colorful interface. At least with windows (or linux, for that matter) I can customize my box to the absolute full extent and install it on any system I damn well please, as opposed to having to buy Apple's forced hardware.

To sum it up in one short sentence:

Putting sugar on shit doesn't make it anything other than shit.

Re:Hypocrisy, anyone?

[Pojut]

Fuck the fanboys. You know they modded me down? Because they were either

A. Too chickenshit to respond properly

or

B. Know that I am right and can't think of something to respond with that won't sound as stupid as this response.

Re:Hypocrisy, anyone?

[Pojut]

Microsoft thought if it draped its turd in blue and green it could pass it off as an intuitive interface.

You mean just like how Apple thought if it draped it's turd in shiny plastic it could pass it off as a worthwhile MP3 player?

See what I did right there? It's called an opinion...and like an asshole, everyone has one.

I actually prefer the XP interface over both Linux AND OSX. And no noob accusations, I've had a massive computer hobby since back when the TRS-80 was considered bleeding edge.

Re:I'm getting one

[GuyverDH]

let's see - Karma - Excellent - nope - I guess they do respect me around here.

The only problem that I see is that you don't seem to like me BASHING the 2nd worst (technology company) that I hate.

#1 Microsoft - For making shit, shit, shit and calling it "The greatest thing we've ever done."
#2 Apple Corp - For making crap, crap, crap and calling it "The greatest thing we've ever done."
#3 Macrovision - for starting the whole DRM mess in the first place and calling it "The best thing for the consumer ever."