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Marcus Yam (Blog) - June 29, 2007 8:28 AM
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Apple to give free 8GB iPhone to all full-time employees

Every job has its perks, but the perk from Jobs for Apple employees will soon be making many outsiders green with envy. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at a company town hall meeting that all full-time employees, and part-time employees with the company for at least a year, will receive a free 8GB iPhone, reports Think Secret.

While the phone launches today, Apple employees will have to wait until the rabid consumer demand is satisfied. The free iPhones will not be delivered until late July. According to Apple’s last annual report, the company employs 17,787 full-time workers.

Getting a $600 phone for free is a sweet pick-up, though it is unclear if the deal comes with any strings attached. Consumers looking to own an iPhone will have to sign up for a two-year rate plan at a minimum of $59.99 a month – plus other fees – tagging on over $1,400 in additional charges over the cost of the hardware itself. Apple employees have not yet been informed on what service contract requirements, if any, must be tied to their free iPhones.

Think Secret also reports that Apple will offer its extended two-year “AppleCare” warranty service for the iPhone for $69. The AppleCare plan for iPhone will not be available in time for launch, but owners may opt for the extra coverage any time while the iPhone is still under its original warranty.

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i fail to see the point
By Gul Westfale on 6/29/2007 8:49:53 AM , Rating: 1
if you work at apple you just got a free phone, good for you.

i don't see the point of this device though: if you are a mobile professional then surely you have a PDA-like device or a small laptop, and most other people have an ipod, or better yet, a hacked PSP.

the disadvantage of cramming more functionality into a phone is obviously that if you actually use all that stuff (especially teh media playback), then battery life will suffer. and if you conserve power by not using that stuff (so that you can actually make phonecalls) then why pay for a movie/musicplayer/PDA?

i'm sticking with my simple, "no-camera or other crap but great battery life" phone, and my PSP.




RE: i fail to see the point
By Griswold on 6/29/2007 8:57:56 AM , Rating: 3
Funny reasoning. I too stick to my SE K800i though, that lasts roughly one week with heavy mp3/radio use, lots of web browsing and randomly taking pictures with its pretty good 3MP camera - oh yes, I do make alot of phone calls with it too.

The more fucntions the better.


RE: i fail to see the point
By gradoman on 6/29/2007 9:16:05 AM , Rating: 1
And the Apple iPod Video has issues with the battery life.

Although today's the day the iPhone's launched, and that's what we're talking about, but have you used either device? How could you say he has funny reasoning? From my experience, the iPod Video has issues staying alive when viewing pictures, with the brightness up slightly, while listening to music.

I haven't read reviews -- I will as soon as I finish this, but hopefully the battery life on the phone is better than that.

More functions used = less up time. Your didn't mention if you could view video on that phone of yours or if you browse through pictures while listening to music; it's not even an Apple product that you're talking about.


RE: i fail to see the point
By TomZ on 6/29/2007 2:48:14 PM , Rating: 2
These issues are put in the iPhone on purpose, so that Jobs can make a PR announcement in a few weeks announcing a new firmware update that "greatly enhances the iPhone experience for customers" and therefore sounds like a hero.

(I'm being sarcastic, I think.)


RE: i fail to see the point
By Komrade Chaos on 6/30/2007 1:37:01 AM , Rating: 2
I too rely on my K800i for most of my daily uses.
At the time I thought $400 was too much for a phone, but compared to the iPhone it's a bargain, plus I can use it with any gsm carrier.


RE: i fail to see the point
By hiscross on 6/29/2007 9:01:46 AM , Rating: 5
Many people don't understand the point of great engineering. That is why companies like Microsoft make billions.


RE: i fail to see the point
By TomZ on 6/29/2007 2:53:37 PM , Rating: 5
The story with the iPhone is not about great engineering, it's about great marketing. The early reviews indicate the engineering is only just "so-so," but of course the early product demand is incredibly strong.

You have to figure 99% of the people plunking down cash for this thing over the next week have never had a demo or an opportunity to evaluate it themselves, nor have read a single review. They don't know if it works well or not, and they probably don't care. Now that's what I call great marketing!


RE: i fail to see the point
By Oregonian2 on 6/29/2007 5:22:09 PM , Rating: 2
Someone here the other day claimed that it didn't allow music ringtones. I haven't looked to see if the claim was true, but if it is, the iPhone would be an idiot Savant.


RE: i fail to see the point
By TomZ on 6/29/2007 5:48:55 PM , Rating: 5
There are a dozen missing features like that, features that people would have expected. Jobs will add them in later, and be trumpeted as a hero for doing so.

Reality distortion field is a term coined by Bud Tribble at Apple Computer Inc. in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs' charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Mac project. Later the term has also been used to refer to perceptions of keynote observers and devoted users of Apple computers and products.

In essence, RDF is the idea that Steve Jobs is able to convince people to believe almost anything with a mix of charm, charisma, exaggeration, and marketing. RDF is said to distort an audience's sense of proportion or scale. Small advances are applauded as breakthroughs. Interesting developments become turning points, or huge leaps forward. RDF focuses less on outright deception and more on warping the powers of judgment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Distortion_Fi...


RE: i fail to see the point
By spluurfg on 6/30/2007 6:25:04 PM , Rating: 2
I think I have to give them more credit than that. I think some solid engineering and concepts go into the iPhone... not that I am deluded into thinking that Apple developed the touchscreen technology themselves (they simply are no longer afraid to license technologies from other firms -- read cover story of Economist I think three weeks ago). The iPhone does have a higher resolution display than most, and it is a great way of bringing a smartphone (though it doesn't have 3rd party apps) to popularity in America. Finally people will stop thinking that RAZR phones are so damn cool -- I think it does set a new standard for build quality and design, and I think people will start to demand more from their phones and the industry will follow suit.

I'm still getting a Nokia N95 or E61i though...


RE: i fail to see the point
By Locutus465 on 7/1/2007 1:35:06 AM , Rating: 2
Your average PPC phone is more useful and flexable than an iPhone... It's not just 3rd party apps, it's lack of 3G, lack of custom musical ring tones list goes on and on and on....


RE: i fail to see the point
By spluurfg on 7/1/2007 3:35:01 AM , Rating: 4
True, but I know loads of people who bought 3g smartphones just because they wanted the latest gadget, then never installed an application or used their high speed data network. The average smartphone is still far more than the average user needs, and still often more capable than the network is attached to.

The iPhone forces people to buy a package with internet -- so that newbies will actually use it on their phone. It also gives them features that the average consumer will want, like an intuitive interface and a music player they're used to. It also sounds like it'll have a good battery life.

It's not just about the technology alone -- though the iPhone has a decent share of it -- but also marketing direction and understanding consumers. Make no mistake, the iPhone is a consumer electronic device. Not a business device. This is where it can fill a gap that many smartphones and less-than-smart feature phones leave empty.


RE: i fail to see the point
By UsernameX on 7/2/2007 12:15:42 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
You have to figure 99% of the people plunking down cash for this thing over the next week have never had a demo or an opportunity to evaluate it themselves, nor have read a single review. They don't know if it works well or not, and they probably don't care. Now that's what I call great marketing!


The reason a lot of people are "plunking down" their cash for this thing is because of their history with the ipod. Tell me that wasn't great engineering...


RE: i fail to see the point
By EarthsDM on 6/29/07, Rating: -1
RE: i fail to see the point
By Gul Westfale on 6/29/2007 9:28:01 AM , Rating: 2
thank you mr. spelling nazi. :)

my keyboard is either too slow or my fingers are too fast.


RE: i fail to see the point
By EarthsDM on 6/29/2007 9:44:36 AM , Rating: 1
Gul,

You're welcome! :D I didn't mean to 'nazi' your grammar, just introduce you to the wonderful work that is teh favorite of mine. By the way, I respectfully disagree with your assessment of the iPhone. I'm looking for unity, ease, and elegance; the iPhone has all three. The reviews of the iPhone that I've read so far say that while it's not perfect, it is likely the best cellphone. That said, simplicity often turns out to be the better virtue in tech, so your views are not unfounded.

-EarthsDM

P.S.

Did a friendly debate just happen on the internet? Someone should stop us, quick!


RE: i fail to see the point
By mxzrider2 on 6/29/2007 9:08:52 PM , Rating: 2
too bad its 2.5g. what a joke. i was hoping for 4g phones to get to the states quick, and this a just a relic of near failure. my opinion anyhow


RE: i fail to see the point
By Xenoterranos on 6/29/2007 10:13:27 AM , Rating: 2
From the wiki entry:

This contrasts with the use of the in English to construct mass nouns (substantives) from adjectives, as in "blessed are the meek," where the meek denotes a class of people who are meek, or perhaps teh humble.

teh lol.


RE: i fail to see the point
By Rollomite on 6/29/2007 11:50:19 AM , Rating: 2
People act like it's such a pain in the ass to plug into a charger. Gimme a break.

Rollo


RE: i fail to see the point
By gradoman on 6/29/2007 12:51:03 PM , Rating: 2
LOL DUDE!

PORTABLE!!

Not tethered. Once again, I hope it's got a decent battery.


RE: i fail to see the point
By michael2k on 6/29/2007 3:25:47 PM , Rating: 1
The point:
1) You aren't a mobile professional and want a nice "smart" phone.
2) You are a Mac user who doesn't get decent smart phone support on your Mac.
3) You really, really, like the internet in your pocket.
4) You like that the iPhone has 8 hours talk time or 24 hours play time
5) You want a widescreen video iPod
6) You hate your current phone

Evidently you aren't one of those six.


RE: i fail to see the point
By calaverasgrandes on 6/29/2007 3:40:33 PM , Rating: 2
I was just wondering if anybody remembers the Newton?

about ATT bashing. Apparently you havent noticed that they are gobbling up all the former baby bells, and a few other telco companies to boot(cingular). Somehow neither the SEC, DOJ or PUC care about this.
I for one am sick of their abysmall customer service. Or rather its not that the actual people you talk to are so bad, its that they cant do anything.


RE: i fail to see the point
By Vanilla Thunder on 6/29/2007 4:08:24 PM , Rating: 2
It's not like ATT just "gobbled up" Cingular last month. They have owned 60% of Cingular for some time. Bell South owned the other 40%. So when ATT bought Bell South, which was 12/06, they took control.

On Jan. 15, AT&T will start a multimedia campaign, which will include both companies’ logos, to mark the transition. This move was expected when AT&T took full control of 6-year-old Cingular with the approval of its $85.8 billion merger with BellSouth two weeks ago. AT&T had owned 60 percent of the wireless company and BellSouth owned 40 percent.

http://www.xchangemag.com/articles/527/71h12956215...

Vanilla


RE: i fail to see the point
By Oregonian2 on 6/29/2007 5:25:39 PM , Rating: 2
I had the impression that it was more like ATT being "bought out" (but their name being kept due to its historical value). Much in the way people seem to think that Sears bought out Kmart, when in fact it was the other way around (Kmart Holdings, Inc took the name of Sears Holdings because of the historical value of the Sears name).


RE: i fail to see the point
By Gul Westfale on 6/29/2007 10:41:03 PM , Rating: 1
hahaha, the apple nazis are rating every post that is not defiantly pro-apple down. hit a nerve?


RE: i fail to see the point
By Locutus465 on 7/1/2007 1:30:54 AM , Rating: 2
If what I hear from my friend (who works as an AT&T autherized reseller) the iPhone excludes the possiblility of third party software and lacks any sort of office compatiblity... Basically, that makes the iPhone useless for corperate/business needs (trust me, your boss doesn't *WANT* you watching video's on company time). Personally, I'm still a fan of the pocket PC... loads of 3rd party apps, compatibility with office yada yada... Oh yeah, plus it does everything the iPhone does ;)


In further news......
By marvdmartian on 6/29/2007 9:15:28 AM , Rating: 2
.....over half of the employees at Apple, upon hearing that they would receive a free iPhone, replied,

"WTF?? What makes these clowns think I'm switching over to AT&T?!?!?




RE: In further news......
By DeepBlue1975 on 6/29/2007 10:38:23 AM , Rating: 2
Do Apple's employees get the free iphone unlocked or they are forced to go with AT&T's "nice" contracts?


RE: In further news......
By Vanilla Thunder on 6/29/2007 11:22:27 AM , Rating: 2
I really don't understand the constant bashing of AT&T. I've been with them for about 6 years now. I have solid service, and their customer service has been outstanding everytime I have had to deal with them. Granted, EDGE speeds are not the best, but it's not as slow as people make it out to be. It's almost like it's cool to bash AT&T, much like the Sony and Apple bashers that populate this site.

Vanilla


RE: In further news......
By h0kiez on 6/29/2007 1:43:42 PM , Rating: 2
Edge is really bad.

From the NY Times iPhone review:

"The New York Times’s home page takes 55 seconds to appear; Amazon.com, 100 seconds; Yahoo. two minutes. You almost ache for a dial-up modem."

I've used Cingular myself about a year ago and used Edge, and more often than not, I'd just wait and find out something later because if I had to click 4 or 5 times to get to what I needed, you're talking 10+ minutes.

Nonetheless...relax about the AT&T bashing. People hate Tel-Co's and they hate their cable TV provider...it's just a fact of life, and not specific to AT&T.


RE: In further news......
By FITCamaro on 6/29/2007 1:45:50 PM , Rating: 2
I didn't hate Time Warner as my cable and internet provider. They were good. I hate my current cable and internet provider though because they suck nuts in service, support, and price.


RE: In further news......
By Vanilla Thunder on 6/29/2007 3:27:04 PM , Rating: 3
I'm on a SE W810i, using Opera Mini, and I have NEVER waited that long for any webpage to load. Maximum 5 or so seconds for a page to load. If there is any truth in these statements, I would assume it has more to do with Safari than the EDGE network itself. As far as your personal experience, that was then, this is now. It has improved substantially, and maybe you just neededed a handset upgrade. And as far as the bashing, it's not a fact of life. It's a bunch of naysayers looking for a new "bashing bandwagon" to jump on.

Vanilla


RE: In further news......
By Oregonian2 on 6/29/2007 5:27:00 PM , Rating: 2
Can't one put a T-mobile SIM card into the iPhone and have it work (at least for the talking part)?


RE: In further news......
By Dactyl on 6/30/2007 6:14:36 PM , Rating: 2
Are Apple's employees really stupid enough to submit to a single carrier who can listen in on their calls on behalf of their notoriously creepy boss?

I would recommend all Apple employees to get a different phone, with a different carrier, for all calls that they wouldn't want The Steve listening in on.


Contracts
By therealnickdanger on 6/29/2007 9:13:40 AM , Rating: 2
Will Apple also pay for the cancelled AT&T contracts after the employees realize AT&T's data plans suck worse than a Mexican donkey show?




RE: Contracts
By Gul Westfale on 6/29/2007 9:29:44 AM , Rating: 2
well of course not. it's like giving educational software away for free, because they know that the school is then forced to buy upgrades only from them...


RE: Contracts
By Vanilla Thunder on 6/29/2007 11:16:49 AM , Rating: 2
Well if you would have done your research, you would know that all of the iPhone plans being offered by AT&T include unlimited internet access. It bassically comes out to $20 for unlimited access. That's a damn good rate if you ask me. I'd take it in a minute.

Vanilla


RE: Contracts
By masher2 (blog) on 6/29/2007 11:24:55 AM , Rating: 1
> "All of the iPhone plans being offered by AT&T include unlimited internet access. It bassically comes out to $20 for unlimited access. That's a damn good rate if you ask me."

Yep. The switch is going to save me money, even after you add in the cost of the phone itself.


RE: Contracts
By therealnickdanger on 6/29/2007 1:59:25 PM , Rating: 2
I get unlimited EVDO through Sprint for $10. It's farkin' fast.

EVDO > EDGE
$10 < $20


RE: Contracts
By therealnickdanger on 6/29/2007 2:03:10 PM , Rating: 2
Unlimited, slow access. I already did know that. My point was that AT&T's EDGE service is painfully slow. Youtube integration is great, but I can watch 6 videos in the time it will take an AT&T iPhone users to watch 1. My data service is half the price.


And All I Got Was A Crappy Pen
By kelmon on 6/29/2007 10:26:58 AM , Rating: 3
It's funny that all the comments so far have been mostly iPhone-bashing and have completely missed the point. How many people here work for a company where it gives you something of such value as an iPhone? Not only is the device worth a reasonable amount of cash but it's also (like it or not) the hottest product at the moment and, most likely, this year. After 5 years with my present company all I got was pen & pencil set from the "gift" catalogue that must have been worth all of around £10 and that stopped working surprisingly quickly. While I have no doubt that my company is tighter than a Scotsman (no offence to those north of the border, mind), how many people here have received company gifts of the same value or higher than an iPhone?

Regardless of what you write here about the iPhone, I seriously doubt that anyone would reject it if given to them. Frankly I can't wait for the device to arrive in Europe where, blessedly, we don't have these stupid cellular contracts that the US seems to have - 1 year is a standard contract and you get a subsidised phone to boot.




RE: And All I Got Was A Crappy Pen
By Aerius on 6/29/2007 5:42:24 PM , Rating: 3
I find it funnier how gullible people get suckered by Apple marketing and don't even realize it. Do the math, 17,000 employees x $600 each is approximately $10 million - and that's assuming it takes Apple $600 to make them (which it doesn't) and that employees wouldn't be able to get them at discounted employee rates anyway (which they would). That's not even counting the kickback that Apple gets back from AT&T for getting people hooked up to their horrible system.

What can you buy for a couple million in marketing? Not a lot. This way news outlets such as this one write articles about them and gullible people think that Apple is so great for being so selfless and treating their staff so well. In fact, Apple just treats them as pawns in their marketing ploys. If Apple really treated their employees so well and gave them proper benefits/flexibility instead of a hyped up product once every 3 years maybe they would be on Fortune's top employers list. Funny how many tech giants such as Google (#1), Yahoo (#44), Microsoft (#50), Adobe (#31), etc are all on there and can still manage to do it without giving 'stuff' to their employees.

For the record my bonus checks are many times $600. Not that it matters. As I mentioned, most of your extra compensation is through benefits and work/life balance, not some gimmick that happens once a couple years.


RE: And All I Got Was A Crappy Pen
By TomZ on 6/29/2007 5:52:16 PM , Rating: 3
Good point, and I'd much rather have a cash bonus than to have my boss decide what cell phone I'd "prefer" to use.

But I'll admit, if I worked at Apple, I'd probably be geeked about the iPhone, and so I'd welcome the (taxable) "gift."

PR/marketing - that's all it is.


RE: And All I Got Was A Crappy Pen
By kelmon on 6/30/2007 4:56:38 AM , Rating: 2
Marketing spin or not I'm just lamenting how tight my company is with gifts to its employees, even those that have been there for many years. I don't doubt that this is probably a once-in-a-lifetime event for Apple employees but still, work with Apple for a year and get a $600 device is not too shabby. As I said, a pen and pencil set for 5-years graft isn't much of a return...


No doubt
By DeepBlue1975 on 6/29/2007 11:10:15 AM , Rating: 1
The iphone will be a "bestseller" among cell phones.
Ipod was and is a great seller, in spite of being more expensive than comparable devices and not always better.

The iphone will be a record seller, in spite of being more expensive than most phones, because those who buy it are not so interested in the smart phone capability or on functionality more than they are on the flashy design, the interesting UI, the big screen and stuff like that.

We sometimes forget that tech enterprises mean business first than anything else. Yet I found myself on this fault very often, bashing technical short comes and forgetting what consumer tech is all about in the first place: making big money out of real needs or by fabricating new objects of desire.
In so many times and different ways technology is used to fill a personal void first than practical needs that if I try to be as sensate as I can, I end up questioning myself what the hell I am critiquing.

Sorry if my post makes no sense at all, it's just a personal opinion.




RE: No doubt
By michael2k on 6/29/2007 5:02:35 PM , Rating: 1
You said, "Ipod was and is a great seller, in spite of being more expensive than comparable devices and not always better."

In 2001, when it was first released, it was definitely more expensive... can you name a comparable device? I don't think any existed. The flash players in 2001, of similar size and usability, were only 32mb and 64mb. The HDD players in 2001, of similar capacity, were hobbled by USB1 and were 4x bigger and twice as heavy.


RE: No doubt
By mcnabney on 6/30/2007 1:59:40 AM , Rating: 2
My Creative MuVo would beg to differ.

And it still works with decent battery life, unlike the first two generations of iPods. It is more square, but about the same volume. And remember, it wasn't until 2005 that iPods became the huge hit that we all know now.


RE: No doubt
By michael2k on 6/30/2007 12:54:46 PM , Rating: 2
Your MuVo would beg to differ in what way?
1) It was around in 2001?
2) It had the same form factor?
3) It had the same ease of use?
4) It was similarly dense?

Or do you mean that your MuVo was cheaper and better than comparable iPods at the time when the iPod was released?

Because if you wait a year, of course it'll be better. It's like comparing a 2005 iPod photo with a 2006 Microsoft Zune. Technology waits for no man.


RE: No doubt
By DeepBlue1975 on 7/3/2007 8:19:00 AM , Rating: 2
I didn't say when it started to be a big seller, just that it has been so from previous versions and still keeps on selling like hotcakes.
Look how many iPhones have been sold on these first days since it was released, and it becomes clear that it was born to be really easy selling, I bet it is quite more so than most other phones in the same price range.


RE: No doubt
By Oregonian2 on 6/29/2007 5:29:19 PM , Rating: 2
To be a record setter, it'll have to sell a LOT more than their 10 million goal for next year. Over a billion cell phones are sold yearly and I think the Motorola RAZR's sold in the hundreds of millions sort of scale.


One problem
By FITCamaro on 6/29/2007 10:13:03 AM , Rating: 2
What if you don't want AT&Ts crappy service? But hey, at least there will be a flood of iPhones on Ebay from those employees who don't want it.

It's nice that they're giving something away (but then with the prices they charge for their crap, they can afford to) but with a cell phone, theres a lot more to it than just the phone.




RE: One problem
By Moishe on 6/29/2007 12:21:02 PM , Rating: 2
If I was an apple employee I'd be torn... I don't WANT an iphone... on the other hand, I do want a free gift from my employer and to turn down something free almost feels wrong. But it's not like like they're getting $600, you're really getting the value of the phone (which is far less). If it's required to be tied into a phone plan by you alone, the "gift" is almost useless. If you can sell it, it's at least slightly better.

Apple gets an immediate huge boost in iphone "sales".
AT&T gets a huge number of automatic signups (because most of those Apple employees WILL sign up for the phone plan.)


RE: One problem
By michael2k on 6/29/2007 3:29:18 PM , Rating: 2
I hear Apple gets a discount rate plan from Cingular as a corporate partner.

Which means a significant number of Apple employees already have Cingular plans... and the iPhone being free means, at the least, they only have to get an unlimited data plan.


RE: One problem
By Oregonian2 on 6/29/2007 5:31:25 PM , Rating: 2
Keep in mind that the $600 value of the phone shows up on the employee's W2 next year as taxable income.


This is not the first time !
By crystal clear on 6/29/2007 11:09:02 AM , Rating: 3
This is not the first time Apple has givenfree product

to its employees; in early 2005, the company rewarded all

employees with a free 1GB iPod shuffle.




RE: This is not the first time !
By theslug on 6/30/2007 5:57:07 PM , Rating: 2
Maybe I missed it, but where was it claimed that this was the first time?


Better than I thought
By togaman5000 on 6/29/2007 8:44:32 AM , Rating: 2
Despite all the details that leaked out over the past few months that pointed to the iPhone being somewhat of a failure, launch- and capability- wise, it seems that Apple is actually going to do an alright job.

In the reviews, many complained about the slow speeds of the network. I'm not sure if DT has an article up on it, but AT&T customers are starting to see 200kbps+ speeds on the EDGE network across the country, which will make browsing that much better.




RE: Better than I thought
By mcnabney on 6/30/2007 2:10:03 AM , Rating: 2
There are deliberately placed rumours, but no - EDGE is limited to about 200 kilobits burst and about 124-150 kilobits sustained. That is a limit of the technology. The upload is limited to about 48-64 kilobits.

In comparison.

Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint have deployed EVDO rev A which downloads at a peak of 3.1 megabits and uploads at up to 1.8 megabits. That beats most DSL and some Cable.

The iPhone is clearly a brilliant device that made it to market about 18 months late. That is why HSDPA is not inside. If you go to Asia or Europe you will see devices just like the iPhone, but with 3G, that haven't made it here yet because the American wireless market is a couple years behind. I know that Verizon, and more than likely Sprint, will have devices very similar to the iPhone out in the next two quarters that will have all the features, run on the faster network, and cost, at most, half as much.

Remember, how much fun will 2G tech be in 2009?
Remember, the two year contract that requires the data package, even if you swap in a regular phone.


Woz
By TomZ on 6/29/2007 6:21:33 PM , Rating: 2
Too bad Woz is not an Apple employee any more. Sounds like he planned to queue up to wait for an iPhone with everyone else.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-iphone29jun2...




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