Comments on: True cost of the iPhone http://damieng.com/blog/2007/01/10/true-cost-of-the-iphone?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=true-cost-of-the-iphone A .NET developer in Redmond Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lee Wallace http://damieng.com/blog/2007/01/10/true-cost-of-the-iphone#comment-1783 Lee Wallace Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:00:23 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2007/01/10/true-cost-of-the-iphone.aspx#comment-1783 > Nice try Apple but I'll wait for the 2G iPhone<br /><br />Er, Don't you mean 3G iPhone ?<br /><br />Lee > Nice try Apple but I’ll wait for the 2G iPhone

Er, Don’t you mean 3G iPhone ?

Lee

]]> By: Damien Guard http://damieng.com/blog/2007/01/10/true-cost-of-the-iphone#comment-1782 Damien Guard Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:01:07 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2007/01/10/true-cost-of-the-iphone.aspx#comment-1782 I think number portability in Europe is still quite far off.<br /><br />You're right with it making a great non-phone device however and perhaps Apple will replace the 5G iPod with a just that.<br /><br />The only thing I can see stopping that is that if Apple are making a huge profit on the iPhone (probably a $10 a month kickback from Cingular per device giving them another $240 per unit) then they might not want to go for smaller margins again.<br /><br />[)amien I think number portability in Europe is still quite far off.

You’re right with it making a great non-phone device however and perhaps Apple will replace the 5G iPod with a just that.

The only thing I can see stopping that is that if Apple are making a huge profit on the iPhone (probably a $10 a month kickback from Cingular per device giving them another $240 per unit) then they might not want to go for smaller margins again.

[)amien

]]> By: Mike Perry http://damieng.com/blog/2007/01/10/true-cost-of-the-iphone#comment-1781 Mike Perry Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:48:16 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2007/01/10/true-cost-of-the-iphone.aspx#comment-1781 I don't know about Europe, but number portability works well here in the US. I moved across Seattle and kept my number. I switched from wired to cellular and kept the number. I'm sure that, if I could afford the iPhone, Cingular would be happy to let me keep the same number yet again.<br /><br />I'm wondering if Apple doesn't have a cellularless version waiting. As a music and video player, the iPhone seems marvelous. And Internet browsing would still be there even it were WiFi only. It'd let users check their email anyplace they can find a WiFi hotspot. The added space could be used for a higher capacity battery. I don’t know about Europe, but number portability works well here in the US. I moved across Seattle and kept my number. I switched from wired to cellular and kept the number. I’m sure that, if I could afford the iPhone, Cingular would be happy to let me keep the same number yet again.

I’m wondering if Apple doesn’t have a cellularless version waiting. As a music and video player, the iPhone seems marvelous. And Internet browsing would still be there even it were WiFi only. It’d let users check their email anyplace they can find a WiFi hotspot. The added space could be used for a higher capacity battery.

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