Comments on: 3G iPhone Coming June, But Is It Enough For Europe?

By: Asam Bashir

Asam Bashir — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:26:38 +0000

Think they’ll double the storage to 32GB, and iPod Touch will go to 64GB (it needs an advantage over iPhone and people replacing older iPods will want comparable storage to start replacing 4/5G video iPods etc) - all depends on what kind of deals Apple is getting with it’s Flash suppliers. Should see 128GB SSD offered with MacBook Air and new Santa Rosa Penryn 2 MacBook Pro machines…

By: simon

simon — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:12:18 +0000

Just goes to show that it’s the price that’s holding back iPhone sales.

It’s interesting that it looks like they’re only trying to clear their stocks of the 8GB model. I guess that means: the 8GB version will be phased out when the 3G version is released; that the 16GB version will stay but will have a price cut; and that 3G version will have a price premium over the 16GB version.

I wonder if Apple (mistakenly) believes that 3G alone will be enough to justify a price premium, or if they’ll double the storage to 32GB too.

By: Asam Bashir

Asam Bashir — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:40:44 +0000

http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/21/uk.iphones.sell.out/

Even me mum gone out and got one for her self since it’s so easy to use.

Personally waiting for 3G one…

By: gctwnl

gctwnl — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:33:32 +0000

For me, I wait until it is available in The Netherland (=has 3G) and I’ll buy one.

I just want to leave the complete usability horror that my current smartphone is (Windows Mobile) behind.

Yes, other phones seem to have the features, but my ipaq has web browsing and it is unusable. So, I have the feature on paper, but not in reality. And besides, the iPhone is also an iPod. It is a good value proposition, though I agree if it costs $400 it should not cost €400.

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:13:09 +0000

Will 3G be enough to sway Europeans to buy the iPhone? Probably not. They’re going to want more, lots more. A 3.2 MP camera, dual-cameras, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, replaceable battery, a cheaper price. No matter what the iPhone offers them in features, they’ll just claim it’s too expensive for the features offered and they can get any cellphone with the same features as the iPhone at half the price.

Let’s face it, if they don’t think the iPhone is worth it for it’s ease of use then they’re not going to buy it, period.

By: robert ronson

robert ronson — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:28:19 +0000

You’ve got it spot on. Lock in and expense won’t wash in Europe. Europeans tend to pay as they go. Apple must have looked at the worst carriers possible when they awarded the contracts.

By: Asam Bashir

Asam Bashir — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:18:57 +0000

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/26/apples_patent_for_an_lcd_display_that_also_takes_photos_video.html

By: Asam Bashir

Asam Bashir — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:17:52 +0000

PS we expect stereo bluetooth in addition to 3G capability - We may also see CCD enabled OLED touch surface that can also capture, thus screen acting as camera, an elegant solution to needed front camera for 3G model. Apple has the hardware part ready as evidenced by its IP, it was recruiting specifically for a software engineer to make the interface. Unless there is some fundamental issue with implementation of this technology, we have no doubt it will begin to be rolled out on the Apple eco-system.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9059-invention-apples-allseeing-screen.html

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060007222%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060007222&RS=DN/20060007222

By: Asam Bashir

Asam Bashir — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:10:35 +0000

As Apple has shown with it software development roadmap, it is capable of listening and refining it’s ideas, pricing and models can also change. First generation iPod models where also expensive, but as the market developed it has produced different models suiting wider price points. This is a tried and tested method, Apple is on schedule and looking at the mid-term we have confidence in 100 million iPhones by 2010.

Regarding the price differential between US and EU markets, this is something Apple alone isn’t guilty of, and are issues being dealt with through the EU. The recent pressure by the EU on Apple has resulted in lower prices for the UK iTunes store, though this was slightly complicated by UK record industry interests. In the current economic climate, Apple, as other US companies, will need to rethink how they price products for the EU.

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