Apple Legend Woz Blasts iPhone Price Drop

Stony Stevenson writes "Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak Saturday blasted Steve Jobs' decision to drop the price of the iPhone by $200 just two months after the product was launched. Said Woz: 'Everyone expects technology to drop in price. The first adopters always pay a premium. I am one of them. I am used to that. But that one was too soon, too harsh ... A lot of people from Apple, even a lot of people that worked on the Apple Lisa and Macintosh computers in the beginning now work at Google. The thinking over at Google is very much like early Apple days. The fact that they give people time off to work on their own ideas is exactly matches some of the things that made Apple great. I wish Apple did that.'" We just discussed the price drop last night.

Comments

"A fool and his money are soon parted"

[Colin Smith]

The first adopters always pay a premium. I am one of them. I am used to that. But that one was too soon, too harsh ... "Too soon, too harsh"? Oh, poor babies... Get real. First adopters are idiots who'll pay to show they can afford the latest and greatest gadgets. Businesses are perfectly aware of this and quite rightly take fool advantage of them.

Boo hoo

[massysett]

Woz bought TWENTY iPhones? So he spent twelve thousand ($12,000!!) on phones as gifts, and now he is complaining that the price has dropped $200 and he can't get his instant refund? I knew the price drop would spark complaining, but a rich guy who spent twelve thousand dollars on phones is complaining? I don't feel sorry for anybody who willingly paid $600 for a frilly gadget, but a rich man buying twenty phones inspires the LEAST sympathy.