Study: Consumers Balking at iPhone's Price
Consumers aren’t willing to pay what Apple may ask for the iPhone, but if the price drops they’ll switch their mobile service to AT&T in order to get it, according to results of a survey.
Among the 26% of respondents who said they’re likely to buy an iPhone, only 1% said they'd pay $500 for it. When Apple introduced the iPhone in January, it said it would cost $500 on the low end. 42% of those who said they’re likely to buy the phone said they’d pay $200 to $299.
(Shawn's Comment: I think a lot of folks, right now, if asked in a survey, would say they wouldn't pay the price. But when it becomes available, a lot of those same people will have a strong enough "gadget lust" to open their wallets a *lot* wider than they would like to)
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Cost seems about right to me.
Dont get me wrong its a lot of freaking money and I dont even want to think about how much its going to cost in Canada. But for all that it does the price seems pretty ok to me. And I want one, bad. Here is the thing though, for me it will not replace my ipod. I use my ipod in ways that I do not use a phone, mostly my iPod just stays in my car only coming out to sync new YML shows, audiobooks and music to it. I would actually be interested in a cheaper iPhone without the 4 gigs of memory in it - I know that's not going to happen but that's ok. I am under contract to my current mobile company until spring of '08 so wont be getting my share of iPhone goodness till then - I dont want/need it enough to pay the penalty for breaking my contract.