Comments on: Will the iPhone Bomb? http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/08/will-the-iphone-bomb/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:44:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mark Evans - Hey, We’re Talking Tech http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/08/will-the-iphone-bomb/#comment-5581 Mark Evans - Hey, We’re Talking Tech Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:33:09 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/08/will-the-iphone-bomb/#comment-5581 [...] 29. Kevin’s excited and thinks it will be a smash-hit. I’m somewhat more pragmatic (see my post earlier today). More out of obligation than anything else, we also talked about the $30-billion private-equity [...] [...] 29. Kevin’s excited and thinks it will be a smash-hit. I’m somewhat more pragmatic (see my post earlier today). More out of obligation than anything else, we also talked about the $30-billion private-equity [...]

]]> By: Joseph http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/08/will-the-iphone-bomb/#comment-5580 Joseph Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:57:07 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/08/will-the-iphone-bomb/#comment-5580 Not sure that the iPhone will bomb. The cost is certainly bringing it to a different consumer category than the iPod. The service exclusivity was a well-known hitch from the time the iPhone was first publicly announced, and one that will probably be the biggest barrier to adoption. As far as the screen knock discussed on CrunchGear, it will probably use the same shiny, hard and scratch resistant plastic used on tablets. I haven't heard any discussion around the stock battery, but I hope they don't make the same mistake they did with the iPod battery replacement (or lack thereof) which required you sending your entire iPod back to Apple. If the 1st generation iPhone comes with the same requirement, I can't even see a 2nd generation correction winning back the corporate audience, and the road warrior who can't be without his iPhone for more than a day, let alone waiting a week or two for it to return from Apple. Not sure that the iPhone will bomb. The cost is certainly bringing it to a different consumer category than the iPod. The service exclusivity was a well-known hitch from the time the iPhone was first publicly announced, and one that will probably be the biggest barrier to adoption.

As far as the screen knock discussed on CrunchGear, it will probably use the same shiny, hard and scratch resistant plastic used on tablets. I haven’t heard any discussion around the stock battery, but I hope they don’t make the same mistake they did with the iPod battery replacement (or lack thereof) which required you sending your entire iPod back to Apple. If the 1st generation iPhone comes with the same requirement, I can’t even see a 2nd generation correction winning back the corporate audience, and the road warrior who can’t be without his iPhone for more than a day, let alone waiting a week or two for it to return from Apple.

]]> By: Magnus http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/08/will-the-iphone-bomb/#comment-5578 Magnus Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:44:17 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/08/will-the-iphone-bomb/#comment-5578 It is going to sell like wild fire to start, all the "Mac-ees" are foaming at the mouth already. Even my geek friends are dying to get thier grubby paws on it. I'll keep my Blackbery 8800 thank you very much, with it's stable OS, perfect funtionality and slick looks. It is going to sell like wild fire to start, all the “Mac-ees” are foaming at the mouth already. Even my geek friends are dying to get thier grubby paws on it.

I’ll keep my Blackbery 8800 thank you very much, with it’s stable OS, perfect funtionality and slick looks.

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