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

Hypocrisy, anyone?

[Pojut]

...rather than integrating everything into a smooth GUI. Apple's interface alone will sell millions, and people will pay the price.

So wait, let me get this straight. Microsoft releases an OS that many people say looks too candy and toy like (XP). Apple releases (pictures of) a phone whose interface is just as candy and toylike (albiet a bit more colorful), and people drool over it. Fanboys. You do realize that Apple is just as greedy as Microsoft is, yes? The only difference is Microsoft KNOWS that they are and don't give a shit, whereas Apple tries to make you think otherwise (which their insanely annoying but quite successful marketing somehow accomplishes) So step up to the plate, critics. Either you like things looking plasticy and like toys or you don't. Which is it?

Re:I'm getting one

[GuyverDH]

"Winning awards for design" - design for what? Their interface was stolen from Creative. There are only so many ways you can wrap shitty plastic around something and have it function. Do you really think an Apple employee designed any of their products? I'd be willing to bet that a good majority of the design work has been farmed out to other *more talented* people, only to be reviewed and the ones that catch the eye of upper management are chosen.

This really makes me wonder about who was in charge when the iMac came out.... panzies...

Re:Ridiculous survey -- the product isn't out.

[0xdeadbeef]

Because it was priced competitively with other mp3 players with high storage, and the only one with a "culture" around it generated by marketing before most people even knew what "mp3" was. There is no such vacuum in the mobile phone market.

Oh, wait, I forgot, you can use two fingers to resize images. Interface matters. People care so much about novelty.

It's going to be a hoot reading all the stories from people who broke their iPhones because they dropped it due to its clunky two-handed operation. Or complaining about the constant finger grease, and the near impossibility of blind dialing.

If they bring the cost down, it will be popular, if only for its distinguishing feature: PMP functionality. Not for being a phone.