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."

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[Anonymous Coward]

better than zonk!!!

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

[Anonymous Coward]

...you make enough money to buy gadgetry. We get it already.

Ahhh, but his post also says a lot about him. He was using Newtons back in the day, which means his daddy made enough money to buy gadgets for him, too...

Re:I'm getting one

[GuyverDH]

Do you willingly bend yourself over the barrel? Or do they actually have to tie you down with the reigns? Or perhaps both, as you like being tied up with the reigns...

I will NEVER buy an Apple product. Period. Why? Because they don't allow competition. Period.

Every time Apple has ever allowed a competitor to make a compatible product, their sales figures slump, as the clones outsell the *real* thing.

Why is this? Apple doesn't know how to price their products.

They've all been overpriced, underpowered, poorly designed crap.

Macintosh? Black and white crap.
iMac? Candy crap.
Macbook? Porta crap.
iPod? Crap on a string, that doesn't allow you to control your media, your way.
iPhone? TM Stealing crap that you hold to your face - why you'd want to hold that much crap up to your face, I'll never know.

Do I personally despise Apple? yes.

Re:In other news

[The One and Only]

I would compare your mom to a Cadillac Escalade. She's big and costs way too much money for what she's worth.

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:Your personal attack is way off-base

[CRCulver]

The fact that a poster is consistent about making an argument you disagree with does not make it spam

If you check his posting history, you'll find that accusations of spam have followed him for months now from all kinds of posters here.

The fact that you're willing to say that someone shouldn't discuss things simply because you don't approve of his expertise says more about you than it does about him.

Yes, it says that I recognize that people talking out of their ass isn't a nice thing.

You seem to be letting your emotions and disagreement with the poster get in the way of your ability to reason, at least in this case.

Slashdot isn't a place for "reasoning" about economics. That's for trained economists in appropriate academic settings. For someone with a UID slightly lower than mine, you strangely don't seem to recognize what /. is for here.

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

[Anonymous Coward]

Isn't it ironic how his name is dada?

"Dada I want a Newton"

"Dada I want a new computer"

Etc.. Etc.. What a pathetic loser.

Re:I'm getting one

[GuyverDH]

Hrmmm.... Steadily employed for the past 21 years, still riding the wave at the leading edge of technology here. What's your status you fucking punk?

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:I'm getting one

[GuyverDH]

LOL - jealous? Muah-haha-haha-haha...

Karma to burn you insignificant little twirp...

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.

Re:I'm getting one

[GuyverDH]

Yup - that's right - I'm trolling...

That's what happens when you wake up pissed off at the world. You find the first little piss ant to take you on and start flaming away...

Oh what fun it is to troll, in a flame resistant suit.