Poll: Are you going to try to buy an iPhone on June 29th?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: Are you going to try to buy an iPhone on June 29th? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=542)

[szark]

I voted Yes, but it's really "Maybe". I haven't decided yet.

I'm going to be one of those people who needs to look at it first, and holds up the line for everyone else. :p

[bluebomberman]

All I got to say is: Damn contracts. :mad:

[kcroy]

I must be on the cutting-room floor....

[siurpeeman]

i'll go to an apple store that night. if they have them and the line isn't terribly long, then i'll get one. otherwise, i'll order it online.

[DMann]

All I got to say is: Damn contracts. :mad:

Hopefully, AT&T will offer an incentive for switching over to them. I'll be dropping my T-Mobile contract for roll-over minutes nevertheless....

[samh004]

Woohoo, I don't have to worry about waiting in line... but only because it's not coming out where I am for a while :(

[GrueHunter]

I'm in for one! It's exciting to see how many apps are already out there. onyouriphone.com (http://www.onyouriphone.com/) looks like a good place to start.

I hope the iPhone lives up to the hype!

[bluebomberman]

Hopefully, AT&T will offer an incentive for switching over to them.

I don't think AT&T will do anything extraordinary like that to boost demand for the first phone people are willing to camp out for...

[zeppo93008]

I am not going to buy this iPhone. For 8GB, $600 plus obligated to a two-year phone contract. I don't think so. Wait till the 2nd or 3rd Gen iPhone. For 80GB iPod, it only cost $340 at Costco. Kind of Wished that Apple would improve the cost factor and the amount of memory on the hard drive. How many songs and videos can I put on the iPhone plus the operating system and any potential additional software provided by the 3rd party. Not much space with the 8GB iPhone. :-(

[Furgster]

some people think that apple will surprise us with more memory right before, i doubt it though

[donlphi]

I am not going to buy this iPhone. For 8GB, $600 plus obligated to a two-year phone contract. I don't think so. Wait till the 2nd or 3rd Gen iPhone. For 80GB iPod, it only cost $340 at Costco. Kind of Wished that Apple would improve the cost factor and the amount of memory on the hard drive. How many songs and videos can I put on the iPhone plus the operating system and any potential additional software provided by the 3rd party. Not much space with the 8GB iPhone. :-(

Great! More for the rest of us... :D

I still think they are going to have a way for us to access our iTUNES catalog remotely... maybe not today... maybe not tomorrow... maybe not on the 29th, but eventually. I just don't see them increasing the HD capacity anytime soon.:(

[SilvorX]

Atleast in the US it maxes out to a 2 year contract, we have 3 year contracts here in Canada.. most carriers have adopted 3 years as the norm, plus it's tough to find a plan that is 1-2 year, let alone a month-to-month. Some carriers charge up to $720 CDN just for cancelling a single line (depending how long you've been with them for)

[ISMPlus]

I think we're going to wait for another two years... not sure. I need a smart/PDA phone badly and I don't think the iPhone would be a good choice for my purposes for now. Unless we get a wonderful surprise very soon, we won't buy it till it has more biz functionality.

[darwen]

Hopefully there will be enough....

[montex]

I've been waiting for the iPhone since it was announced in January. My only fear is that they will be sold out by the time I get to the front of the line. I'm even considering giving up a days' pay to camp out at the Apple store in order to guarantee I'll be making iPhone-calls on the weekend.

[DoFoT9]

well i would if i could!!! but i cant :mad: :(

[wrldwzrd89]

I'm interested but ineligible due to contract issues, so no.

[Squonk]

Most likely no for me. I just cannot justify the cost of the phone + data plan. Well, I'll wait and see the immediate feedback from y'all. Enjoy it!!!! :D

[~Shard~]

I'm outside the US, so no, but even if I were in the States I'd still hold off and let the early adopters iron out some of the inevitable kinks for me. :p ;) Plus, I don't have a cell phone at all, so I wouldn't be in a huge rush. That being said, I could definitely see myself purchasing an iPhone sometime in the future. :cool:

[DrMoray]

I'd love to have one on day 1, but let's see what the production issues are and what the plans cost.

Currently work is paying for my mobile phone.

[~Shard~]

I'd love to have one on day 1, but let's see what the production issues are and what the plans cost.

Currently work is paying for my mobile phone.

Yeah, if work was paying for it I'd be all over one regardless! :D ;)

[nbs2]

Everything is coming down to employment issues. If I have an offer that will let me spare $600, then yes. If not - oh well, I can wait.

[shamino]

I like what I've seen so far, but I haven't seen enough.

Apple has said nothing about several standard phone features I must have (like voice dialing), and several pundits who claim to have actually used it are denying the existence of those features.

If the pundits are wrong, and the iPhone has all of my mandatory features, I'll be very interested to get one and switch carriers when my Verizon contract expires in February. If the features I need are absent, then I'll wait until they release a version that has them. But either way, I definitely won't be buying on June 29th.

[strangelogic]

Well I'm planning on getting one, but there will be no 'camping' for me.. Maybe go down to the att store around 2pm and check out the line. If they are staying open late - that implies they will have plenty of them to sell...

btw - was the 'Widgets' demo always on the web site where they show weather for multiple cities - I really liked that - hopefully one day you can customize your 'home' with your own widgets of choice... but I'm not counting on that for nw.

[EricBrian]

Not doing it because:

1. AT&T (Worst phone company every)
2. No Wifi Phone App
3. Not 3G

[Maui]

I left Cingular/AT&T a while back because their network coverage is pretty bad where I live. I'd love to get an iPhone, but I'm going to wait and see some reports before I make the decision.

[DoFoT9]

Not doing it because:

1. AT&T (Worst phone company every)
2. No Wifi Phone App
3. Not 3G

teehee AT&T doesnt exists where i live. so another company is going to have to buy the rights or whatever.

[EricNau]

No.

I don't want one ...yet. ;) (Check back in about 2 years.)

[PCMacUser]

Well according to the poll, an overwhelming 66% will not be buying the iPhone when it comes out. I think it's evidence that Apple's aggressive business approach is not faring well with the loyal community.

What might change this?

1. Offer the iPhone as a standalone product - no AT&T, and no contracts.
2. Release it globally on June 29.
3. Offer a trade-in on old phones. Apple's meant to be a green company, right? :rolleyes:

Then to make the iPhone more appealing to international customers:

1. 3G.
2. GPS.

[bondjw07]

Totally voted yes, gonna wait in line. Here is my problem, I know a guy that says he can give me a 28% discount on my monthly plan, but he works at a kiosk in the mall which i'm pretty sure isn't going have the iPhone on the 29th. Think I will be able to buy the phone in one of the stores without a plan and then walk it down to the other dude to get him to activate it? I really hope so!

[shamino]

Well according to the poll, an overwhelming 66% will not be buying the iPhone when it comes out. I think it's evidence that Apple's aggressive business approach is not faring well with the loyal community.
I think the opposite conclusion is more accurate.

Almost 25% aren't buying because they aren't physically able to. As a non-US MR reader yourself, you should realize that this is an international crowd and as such has plenty of people that can't buy an iPhone on the 29th whether they want to or not.

Of those who say they can buy the iPhone, 55% say no, and 45% say yes. It's a majority, but hardly "overwhelming". That would be within the margin of error for even the largest, most scientific poll.

Finally, the poll was very specific - it is only referring to those who want to buy ASAP - on the 29th. It doesn't count those that want to wait a month to see what the iPhone really is before they buy. It doesn't even count those that want to buy on the 30th, to avoid having to take the day off from work. All of those people - whose money is just as green - have to vote "no" on this poll.

IMO, this poll says nothing about how much MR readers want iPhones. It says that 45% of those able to buy are willing to take a day off from work to camp out in front of a store, to buy a phone that has not been seriously reviewed or tested by anybody, simply because Apple ran an attractive demo six months ago.

I'm quite shocked that there are this many people who are willing to plunk down $500+ and a two-year contract commitment in the basis of little more than a sales pitch, an incomplete feature list on Apple's web site, and wishful thinking.

[koobcamuk]

Atleast in the US it maxes out to a 2 year contract, we have 3 year contracts here in Canada.. most carriers have adopted 3 years as the norm, plus it's tough to find a plan that is 1-2 year, let alone a month-to-month. Some carriers charge up to $720 CDN just for cancelling a single line (depending how long you've been with them for)

Wow. I got mine down to 12 months again here in the UK. They can go **** themselves if they think I will sign up for 3 years. I never sign anything for that long. I think my degree was about all/Ph.D. After this, I will be living in a different country anyway, so who cares :)

I will get an unlocked one. Unless Vodafone UK get good deals going... and sell a 3G iPhone.

[JMax1]

Yes but only because I have some leftovers from my student loans from this summer :-)

[Airforce]

Yes but only because I have some leftovers from my student loans from this summer :-)

You would use a part of loan to buy a cell phone? :eek:

[JMax1]

You would use a part of loan to buy a cell phone? :eek:

haha
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Not telling for sure....

[Rocketman]

I'm quite shocked that there are this many people who are willing to plunk down $500+ and a two-year contract commitment in the basis of little more than a sales pitch, an incomplete feature list on Apple's web site, and wishful thinking.

The "Reality Distortion Field" is non-fictional. It may also be properly recharacterized as a "reality modification field" unless you do not ascribe negative connotations to the word distortion.

The power of a clear, focused, benefit driven vision is hard to capture.

Rocketman

[cjewby]

I'd love to get one... but i'm poor. :(

[nbs2]

3. Offer a trade-in on old phones. Apple's meant to be a green company, right? :rolleyes:

I couldn't see it happening at the same pace as Apple does it, but it would be interesting if carriers did offer a trade-in discount - maybe knock off 10%, up to $10 or something along those lines. I don't imagine it would hurt the bottom line so much, and I think they would get love from the hippies.

[Maui]

I couldn't see it happening at the same pace as Apple does it, but it would be interesting if carriers did offer a trade-in discount - maybe knock off 10%, up to $10 or something along those lines. I don't imagine it would hurt the bottom line so much, and I think they would get love from the hippies.

I wouldn't hold your breath over discounts anytime soon, unless demand is much lower than it appears to be. They will milk the $500 & $600 buyers for as long as they will last.

It will be interesting to see how reality matches the hype. I suspect a lot of people who fully intend to stand in line for 24 hours just won't think it is that important when the time comes.

[nbs2]

I wouldn't hold your breath over discounts anytime soon, unless demand is much lower than it appears to be. They will milk the $500 & $600 buyers for as long as they will last.

i'm not thinking discounts on the iPhone - I'm thinking across the line discounts. It would encourage people to "doante" or recycle their phones instead of just tossing them. You have a point though - with the hype on new products, even if a recycling plan was implemented, I could see the plan not being valid on "all phones released in the last 30 days" or some such thing.

[shamino]

i'm not thinking discounts on the iPhone - I'm thinking across the line discounts. It would encourage people to "doante" or recycle their phones instead of just tossing them.
I don't know how universal it is, but at the Verizon stores near me (Washington DC metro area), they will take your old unwanted phones. Working ones will be given to charitable groups that can use them, with the rest getting used as spare parts, sent to the manufacturer to be refurbished, or recycled.

There is no discount/payment for using this service, however.

[Dippo]

Most of the iPhone app developers that I have talked to, aren't planning to but an iPhone.

I will buy one, but I am really concerned that AT&T is going to screw us all with the data plan and 2 year contract!:mad:

[nbs2]

I don't know how universal it is, but at the Verizon stores near me (Washington DC metro area), they will take your old unwanted phones. Working ones will be given to charitable groups that can use them, with the rest getting used as spare parts, sent to the manufacturer to be refurbished, or recycled.

There is no discount/payment for using this service, however.

Which is why I think a lot of people don't bother - nothing in it for them. With the ones that don't work and are sent back for refurbishing (I didn't know they did that), I'd be even less likely to do it for free - the company is going to sell a refurb and I get squat? Not if I have something to do about it...

[shamino]

Which is why I think a lot of people don't bother - nothing in it for them. With the ones that don't work and are sent back for refurbishing (I didn't know they did that), I'd be even less likely to do it for free - the company is going to sell a refurb and I get squat? Not if I have something to do about it...
The way I see it is that it's either going to get landfilled or sit on a shelf gathering dust anyway. I won't spend money to donate an old phone, but if they're making it easy to drop one off (especially one that doesn't work, meaning I'll never have it re-activated,) I don't see why not.

Of course, if the phone is in good condition and reasonably modern, you could also sell it on eBay. Even if it's locked, there are probably enough other people using the same carrier that may want to buy and activate it if the price is right.

[yukon0013]

Probably not.. need to save more money.:(

[Smoke19]

I'm going to have to get it next friday because that's when I get paid again and I need a little bit more money :)

[XboxEvolved]

Well according to the poll, an overwhelming 66% will not be buying the iPhone when it comes out. I think it's evidence that Apple's aggressive business approach is not faring well with the loyal community.

What might change this?

1. Offer the iPhone as a standalone product - no AT&T, and no contracts.
2. Release it globally on June 29.
3. Offer a trade-in on old phones. Apple's meant to be a green company, right? :rolleyes:

Then to make the iPhone more appealing to international customers:

1. 3G.
2. GPS.


Here is the thing, your points don't really matter. I live in a very middle-America town in Kentucky, and I drove by the AT&T store about an hour after the phone launched, and there were still at least 30 people outside in line. I could only imagine how many people were at the store up the road in Cincinnati.

The iPhone believe it or not, is a pretty good deal relatively speaking, especially when the hot trends from a few years ago (Razr) were $500 brand new. That is of course without a contract, but with a contract it was normally about $200-300 still. Keep in mind that the Razr at first, and for the most part is still just an average phone, its just really nice looking.

Also it isn't that it isn't appealing to the Apple faithful, it's just that this is a different story than most Apple products, where you need to commit at least $1000 for the first year to even use the product. Well that, and a little thing called credit lines, and money.

Also I like AT&T network, it isn't as bad as people make it out to be, I use Sprint right now, used to be on Cingular, and will eventually go back on when I do get an iPhone. You have to understand that most networks out there can't realistically accomplish what the iPhone needs to work the way it does. Maybe in a 2-3 years when these companies do then you will see them on other networks.

As for the GPS, 3G stuff, nothing is perfect and that is really stuff that will probably come out later, and I really don't understand why most people care. It's not like were swimming in GPS, 3G capable phones at this point.