Notable Quotes from Analyst iPhone Survey

by , 6:50 PM EDT, September 6th, 2005

As part of the research note to clients TMO covered earlier on Tuesday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster also released "notable quotes" that were collected during a survey of 200 people that gauged interest in an Apple-branded iPhone. Those comments ranged from "What is an iPod?" to "I would buy one in an instant," offering an interesting and across the board snap-shot of interest in such a device.

Refer to TMO's full coverage on the survey itself for more information on the overall results.

From the survey:

Notable Quotes From Our Survey Relating To Apple "iPhone" Interest.

• It would be cool!
• That would be awesome.
• What is an iPod?
• Sounds like something my son would buy.
• If it fits my needs, there would be no price I wouldn't buy it for.
• Don't know much about Apple because they don't advertise.
• I'm going to buy a PalmPilot phone in the near future. They sell for around $300 so I would pay about the same.
• Depends on what's in the phone.
• Compared to a razr, that sounds awesome.
• That sounds great.
• Wouldn't spend more than $400.
• How big is it going to be?
• That sounds cool.
• That would be really cool.
• I don't an iPod cell phone because I trash my cell phone, and I don't want to trash my iPod.
• I have no interest in listening to music on my phone.
• Sounds really cool.
• Number of songs is important.
• Have too many gadgets already.
• Has to be good.
• It would be great.
• I don't know what an iPod is.
• Since I don't use an iPod, I don't want an iPod phone.
• I'm not into computers and music.
• An iPod phone would be really popular.
• It's what Apple needs to do and I bet a lot of people would buy them.
• I don't like to have too many gadgets in one.
• I wouldn't buy one unless it was $200 and size was small.
• Largely depends on size.
• I already have both, a cell phone and an iPod, but if I didn't have both, I would buy it.
• I would never buy anything from Apple.
• Heck yea, I'll buy it. I really like the idea.
• After my current cell phone contract expires, I would consider it.
• Heck yea I would.
• I'd buy one for $200-$300 and turn around and sell it for $500.
• I would buy one in an instant.
• I don't have an iPod because there is no way I can get the songs onto the iPod since I don't have a computer.
• How big is it? I don't want anything monstrous.
• What if I lose my cell phone? I will lose my iPod and my cell phone including my songs and my numbers. I don't want to take that risk.
• Are they going to do that?!
• If I already own an iPod and a cell phone, why would I want one more of each?

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