Wait, so people buy the iPhone not for the phone, but for the other goodies? I never knew!
An analyst at J Arnold & Associates, based in Toronto, says people buy the iPhone not as a phone, per se, but as a mobile broadband platform. Still, the same guy says RIM doesn’t really have anything to worry about re: people switching over to the iPhone in an enterprise market. RIM and BlackBerry still have a lot of business and government use cachet, while iPhone is viewed as more of a consumer device.
My plan: wait till the iPhone 3G comes out, then buy the 1st gen one for like $50 from some shady dude in Brooklyn off Craigslist. It’s foolproof.
I agree with waiting for the 3G to come out and stick with the 1st set of iPhones and simply upgrade to 2.0 through apples website. They’ll be dirt cheap.
But they won’t have that 2x web surfing power of 3G. If that’s what people use the iPhone for, I imagine that is the primary motivator for getting an iPhone. Though I considered getting a used one on craigslist, I know I won’t be happy with the old version now that I’ve seen the new.
Hi Nicholas.
I don’t know you, but thanks for citing my comment in the magazine article. Can’t seem to find another way to contact you, so here I am. Hope you come visit my blog!