Steve Jobs: Free iPhones for Apple Employees

Conner36 · 04:11 PM

do i need to explain

steve jobs just announced that apple employees get a free iphone by the end of july!

my dad who works on [edit] just IMed me!

noahc93 · Jun 28, 2007, 02:53 PM

darn them all.

Conner36 · Jun 28, 2007, 02:54 PM

he still has to pay the plan

Le Big Mac · Jun 28, 2007, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by noahc93

darn them all.

But they still have to pay those outrageous data rates! And for phone service! For two years! They could buy a macbook for that!

lu0s3r322 · Jun 28, 2007, 02:55 PM

wheres your source?

elfin buddy · Jun 28, 2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by lu0s3r322

wheres your source?

He said it was his dad.

Steve1496 · Jun 28, 2007, 02:56 PM

Probably fake, but is this from the Apple Town Hall meeting today?

lu0s3r322 · Jun 28, 2007, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elfin buddy

He said it was his dad.

thats reliable.

neven · Jun 28, 2007, 02:57 PM

Wow. That's a pretty sweet deal. I'm sure Apple Retail is excluded, though.

Conner36 · Jun 28, 2007, 02:59 PM

just wait if will be announced some where formally

Doozy · Jun 28, 2007, 02:59 PM

Cool, Any other news from your Dad.

Conner36 · 04:13 PM

just like apple employees got both shuffle versions

can it get any cool/maddening!

Captnroger · Jun 28, 2007, 03:11 PM

confirmed. A friend of mine is a sales rep for apple educational, it's true everyone gets a 8gb model.

fishkorp · Jun 28, 2007, 03:12 PM

it's not "everyone." it's all full time employees who have been with Apple at least a year.

....from what i read.

LeeTom · Jun 28, 2007, 03:12 PM

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0706freeiphone.html

Turkish · Jun 28, 2007, 03:13 PM

The units cost Apple at least $250.00 a piece and Apple has more than 70,000 employees.

No way.

Edit -

OK Full-Time and Part time over a year. Believeable.

Doble Edit - Crap I'm wrong on so many levels...

LeeTom · Jun 28, 2007, 03:14 PM

17,787 full-time employees.

Peace · Jun 28, 2007, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turkish

The units cost Apple at least $250.00 a piece and Apple has more than 70,000 employees.

No way.

I was a ADC Dev kit guy.When the first Intel iMac came out all Dev kit people got a free iMac.

This seems believable.

Maui · Jun 28, 2007, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turkish

The units cost Apple at least $250.00 a piece and Apple has more than 70,000 employees.

No way.

Edit -

OK Full-Time and Part time over a year. Believeable.

"Full Time Employees: 17,787"

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AAPL

kevinwiz · Jun 28, 2007, 03:19 PM

the ATT employees are going to be pissed

lu0s3r322 · Jun 28, 2007, 03:19 PM

http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...n-the-pipeline

plumbingandtech · Jun 28, 2007, 03:23 PM

Ha!

I posted that yesterday but some people said I was nuts.

MacRumors · Jun 28, 2007, 03:24 PM

According to ThinkSecret, Steve Jobs held a company-wide town hall today and announced that Apple employees will get free 8GB iPhones this July. This applies to all full-time Apple employees as well as part time employees who have been with Apple for more than 1 year

Quote:

The phones are expected to be delivered to employees by the end of July, after initial consumer demand has subsided. According to Yahoo! Finance, Apple has 17,787 full-time employees.

Meanwhile, ThinkSecret suggests that Apple has about 3 million iPhones manufactured and will be releasing about 1 million of them into the channel this week in an effort "to avoid perceived major shortages."

oscuh · Jun 28, 2007, 03:25 PM

*hacks into Apple database and adds information to payroll files*

explodingboy · Jun 28, 2007, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Captnroger

confirmed. A friend of mine is a sales rep for apple educational, it's true everyone gets a 8gb model.

Has anyone noticed any recent reviews of the iPhone where the reviewer used a 4GB model? From what I've noticed, they've all been 8GB. And now they're giving Apple employees the higher-end model as well. Is it typical Apple behavior to give out the high-end models, or can I go back to dreaming that they'll increase the capacity before launch?

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Conner36 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2006	just like apple employees got both shuffle versions can it get any cool/maddening! Last edited by Rower_CPU : Jun 28, 2007 at 04:13 PM. Reason: post merge

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noahc93 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2007	darn them all.

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Conner36 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2006	he still has to pay the plan

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neven macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Portland, OR	Wow. That's a pretty sweet deal. I'm sure Apple Retail is excluded, though.

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Captnroger macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2002	confirmed. A friend of mine is a sales rep for apple educational, it's true everyone gets a 8gb model.

Jun 28, 2007, 03:12 PM	#14
fishkorp macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2006	it's not "everyone." it's all full time employees who have been with Apple at least a year. ....from what i read.

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LeeTom macrumors Demi-God Join Date: May 2004	http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0706freeiphone.html __________________ iPhone 3GS <- iPhone 3G <- iPhone 8GB MacBook Pro 2.5 <- PowerBook G4 1.67 <- PowerBook G4 1.25 <- iMac G3/400 <- Mac LC <- Mac Plus

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Turkish macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2007	The units cost Apple at least $250.00 a piece and Apple has more than 70,000 employees. No way. Edit - OK Full-Time and Part time over a year. Believeable. Doble Edit - Crap I'm wrong on so many levels...

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LeeTom macrumors Demi-God Join Date: May 2004	17,787 full-time employees. __________________ iPhone 3GS <- iPhone 3G <- iPhone 8GB MacBook Pro 2.5 <- PowerBook G4 1.67 <- PowerBook G4 1.25 <- iMac G3/400 <- Mac LC <- Mac Plus

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kevinwiz macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: socal	the ATT employees are going to be pissed

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plumbingandtech macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2007	Ha! I posted that yesterday but some people said I was nuts.

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