what price point will it be at in the UK?
I'd say price points. I hope they have learnt their lesson of putting the price up too high, though they may well do the same, cream off the 3G fanatics, then price drop for Back to school / Christmas.
what price point will it be at in the UK?
I'm not sure why people aren't noticing this trend. When Apple says something will ship in a certain month or year, they usually mean they'll do it at the last possible minute. When they say Time Capsule ships in February, they ship them on the 29th. When they say iPhone arrives in June, it comes right at the end of the month. When they say 3G iPhone in 2008 they definitely, 100% do not mean that it will be out before people get the best reason to buy the first generation yet.
Think about it, why on earth would Apple release a new iPhone when the old iPhone is just about to get a crapload of new functionality which will drive sales through the roof?
I'm not sure why people aren't noticing this trend. When Apple says something will ship in a certain month or year, they usually mean they'll do it at the last possible minute.
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When they say 3G iPhone in 2008 they definitely, 100% do not mean that it will be out before people get the best reason to buy the first generation yet.
Think about it, why on earth would Apple release a new iPhone when the old iPhone is just about to get a crapload of new functionality which will drive sales through the roof?
I'm not sure why people aren't noticing this trend. When Apple says something will ship in a certain month or year, they usually mean they'll do it at the last possible minute. When they say Time Capsule ships in February, they ship them on the 29th. When they say iPhone arrives in June, it comes right at the end of the month. When they say 3G iPhone in 2008 they definitely, 100% do not mean that it will be out before people get the best reason to buy the first generation yet.
Think about it, why on earth would Apple release a new iPhone when the old iPhone is just about to get a crapload of new functionality which will drive sales through the roof?
It's not like they're losing money by not having 3G compatibility and release in some foreign markets right now. An extra 5 or 6 months wait in those territories won't drive consumers away. They'll still be there in November.
And to those saying "Apple will get us a 3G iPhone the moment it is physically possible," you are kidding yourselves.
Apple could have given us a 3G iPhone on June 29, 2007.
Apple wouldn't DARE announce a 3G iPhone for the future in June. Talk about cannibalizing sales...
I'm not saying that they're just sitting on completed hardware. I'm saying they haven't put an incredible amount of effort into getting 3G in the iPhone yet like a lot of you are assuming. It won't be hard for them to just pop a 3G chip in the iPhone and ship it when the time comes.
My bet is an announcement mid-August to early September (around the time of the iPod Touch announcement) with a release in November.
If they had a 3G iPhone ready - and announced it, and then a user buys the 3G iPhone instead of the most recent one, how is that "cannabilising sales"? Apple has the sale. Can you explain what you mean by cannabilising in this context?
Does Apple have anything to gain in waiting for other handset manufacturers to catch up? Wouldn't they want to keep that multi-year lead ahead of other handset producers?
Why then?
http://www.appleinsider.com/article..._of_apples_iphone_eventually_going_intel.html
Moorestown is the chip for a future iPhone, but the telling quote is this:
last fall as executives for the chipmaker flaunted an unnamed Moorestown processor, describing it as the "chip the iPhone would have wanted."
Heck, when will I have my iPhone! (canada....)
Good grief. Saying that doesn't mean the iPhone will use that chip. Their comment is as meaningless as the other pictures in that PowerPoint slide. Ever make one of those for business? I've made hundreds. You grab whatever pictures look cool on the page.
And look closer. They say the chip is good for "Premium Smartphones", and then they show the iPhone as just a "Smartphone".
1) Edit:
As understood previously - Intel's behind in the game, but things hot up in 2009.
http://www.appleinsider.com/article..._of_apples_iphone_eventually_going_intel.html
Moorestown is the chip for a future iPhone, but the telling quote is this:
last fall as executives for the chipmaker flaunted an unnamed Moorestown processor, describing it as the "chip the iPhone would have wanted."
So that's the chip Apple would have wanted in 2007, available in 2009.
(The future = bottom of x axis in the picture, hence Smartphone being big market and in the future, in 2nd gen "Moorestown/Future"...)
If Apple was working on iPhone 2 years before we all seriously considered it, why wouldn't Apple build and test the phone on every network and on every service, including 3G? I'm sure they tried all the chips and found what they found. And more than likely they even had (or did it themselves) someone build them a custom 3G chip and test it until it met their specs.
All they have to do is pull the trigger and start manufacturing in bulk.
i don't understand what 3G is
Let's think about this. If Apple was working on iPhone 2 years before we all seriously considered it, why wouldn't Apple build and test the phone on every network and on every service, including 3G?
So I tried loading up CNN. After waiting and watching the iPhone try to load for 4 minutes, the phone went dark. Never did load the front page to CNN. Hey, there's a bookmark here for Yahoo, let's try that! 4 minutes later, dark phone - never did get to Yahoo. Tried to load eWeek...took a little nap...woke up to the same result. Called over a sales guy, told him my experience, he suggested we back out of Safari and try something on YouTube. Okay, let's load a list of today's most viewed...salesman goes "that's way too much for an EDGE connection" - turns out he was right about that. Salesman calls more senior sales guy over, who looks at demo phone and tells us we should turn the WiFi back on. When I mention web surfing with EDGE, he tells me to stick to phone calls when there's no WiFi. Youch! I thanked both sales reps for their time and suggested they call me when the 3G model comes out...NO SALE!!!
IMHO no one will see iPhone 2 until October.
June comes around and has release of new 2.0 software, bolsters and renews current iPhone to empty current inventories of remaining 8gig and 16gig iPhones.
iPhone 2 released 3-4 months later to take advantage of marketing strategies and empty inventory of old model to increase the chance to reach predicted sales of 10m units. If they release software update 2.0 & iPhone 2 at the same time, they risk the chance of not reaching the sales goal. If they spread it out over two different release opportunities, they increase the odds of reaching the goal. Released in time for holiday shopping and Oct is also the start of the Fiscal Year (marketing/sales).
This is my prediction and opinion.
t0mat0 said:IMHO no one will see iPhone 2 until October.
June comes around and has release of new 2.0 software, bolsters and renews current iPhone to empty current inventories of remaining 8gig and 16gig iPhones.
iPhone 2 released 3-4 months later to take advantage of marketing strategies and empty inventory of old model to increase the chance to reach predicted sales of 10m units. If they release software update 2.0 & iPhone 2 at the same time, they risk the chance of not reaching the sales goal. If they spread it out over two different release opportunities, they increase the odds of reaching the goal. Released in time for holiday shopping and Oct is also the start of the Fiscal Year (marketing/sales).
This is my prediction and opinion.
Is the SDK enough of a "landmark event. In more ways than one" ?
I'd imagine Apple wouldn't want to announce iPhone in new markets too close to the upgrade to a 3G iPhone.
So.... thoughts?