I’m not sure if it is real or fake, but if it were to be real, a concept is made to clear any mistakes. So The fact that it says iPod where it should say iPhone, does not automaticly mean that it is not real ...
[quote author=“SuperDiesel”]I’m not sure if it is real or fake, but if it were to be real, a concept is made to clear any mistakes. So The fact that it says iPod where it should say iPhone, does not automaticly mean that it is not real ...
Extremely good point. Obviously as there is yet no iPhone in Germany, this wouldn’t be from a final print ad, or even a final proof. As such, it would have leaked - if it were genuine - from a design agency/pre-press house and could easily just be a draft or rough.
Oh christ.. the bullshit-o-meter just went into overdrive. Scott Mortiz is peddling his FUD again. That guy just can’t STFU. He’s always wrong, and yet he can’t stop himself. He’s on a vendetta now, that much is for sure. Its personal for him, after the barrage of abuse he got over his last bout of BS.
Witness this: “Apple so far has failed to sell out the 1 million phones it was prepared to supply in the first week of its introduction—signaling to industry experts that there was a limited demand for the “revolutionary” new device.”
Uhhh.. yeah.. there is “limited demand” for a $600 phone.. fancy that
So just because they were prepared to sell 1M in the first week, if the demand had been there (and how does this guy know they were prepared to sell 1M in the first week? Did Apple tell him? No sources are named or mentioned), its a failure not to have done so? remember, they planned on selling 10M by the end of 2008. They’re well on track to do that, considering the phone has only been launched in the US so far. Scott Moritz, as usual, twists the story to suit his lying mouth. I loath this guy with a passion.
At the same time, I don’t know that the US will see a 3G iPhone this year. Obviously, one never knows these things, but it just seems that introducing one might be seen (as the recent price cut) as a breach of the early adopters of iPhone, who are now forced (because of the 2 year contract) to wait another 18+ months to get their hands on 3G. The iPhone, because of its two year contract, is quite different from all other Apple products, which someone can sell to buy the new product. Not so easy with iPhone, so it would seem that Apple is committed to Edge in the USA at least until MacWorld.
But of course, I could easily be wrong. I never would have anticipated the price cut, either.
Joe Public doesn’t give a toss about 3G, in the same way business execs don’t give a toss that their Blackberries are almost all EDGE devices. Only the media, and geeks like us, are obsessed with 3G. Most people just want an iPhone because its the best damn CE device ever made, and bugger the 3G.
A 3G iPhone would certainly be preferable but between the iPod touch and the iPhone, the nano, and the mac, its going to be a hot hot Christmas for Apple - 3G or no 3G. Scott Moritz is living in la-la-land.
EDGE is dog slow in Europe because it was never upgraded to its full potential (just like in the US). If it ran at the full 200kb its capable of (and it can do this by a simple software upgrade to the network cell towers in most cases) then the difference between EDGE and 3G is nominal at best, especially considering that 3G never, ever, delivers the full speed experience because the carriers habitually throttle back the bandwidth.
One of Apple’s biggest mistakes in marketing the iPhone, IMO, was not emphasising sufficiently that the EDGE network is capable of 3G-like speeds. this set the stage for the initial FUD about dog-slow EDGE data speeds (even after AT&T upgraded its network). Apple should also have stated (and may still) that it would be a priority to ensure that whoever it partners with in Europe would be committed to upgrading their EDGE network to handle the full maximumbandwidth.
Sometimes Apple really does make some horrific PR clangers, but generally they get it pretty much spot on. Not in the case of this though.
Shlock horror - Merrill Lynch say that Countrywide Financial won’t earn as much this year as expected and apparently this is “hot breaking news” according to Bloomberg.
Erm… a mortgage lender is going to miss estimates? Well colour me surprised and call me Shirley.
In a beautiful display of symmetry, Thornburg Mortgage (TMA) gets an upgrade from Jefferies.
That’s the same guy that bashed Apple on July 3rd after they “missed” (as he put it) to sell 1 mio IPhones on its debut weekend. Funny, Apple never claimed they would sell 1 mio on the first weekend.
Then Scotty boy goes on rambling: “...But without a 3G iPhone to fit that story line, some investors and industry watchers are worried that the smooth-as-silk Apple operation may have hit a rough patch with its mobile phone strategy…”.
He is using pure speculations and spins them to facts. After only 2 1/2 months on the market and about 1 Mio phones sold in this competitive market, I hardly would say that “Apple hit a rough patch”. This guy has to get a life!
[quote author=“johnnyvn”]Yeah, horrible article with no backup. Pure FUD.
At the same time, I don’t know that the US will see a 3G iPhone this year. Obviously, one never knows these things, but it just seems that introducing one might be seen (as the recent price cut) as a breach of the early adopters of iPhone, who are now forced (because of the 2 year contract) to wait another 18+ months to get their hands on 3G. The iPhone, because of its two year contract, is quite different from all other Apple products, which someone can sell to buy the new product. Not so easy with iPhone, so it would seem that Apple is committed to Edge in the USA at least until MacWorld.
But of course, I could easily be wrong. I never would have anticipated the price cut, either.
I wonder what makes you think that an iPhone user cannot sell their used phone (via ebay or other similar venue), buy any newer model (3G if available) and get that activated under their current AT&T contract? We know they can’t get the iPhone activated by *another* carrier, but, within their own contract, they may well be allowed to either swap the SIM card or activate a new iPhone. I think, unless there’s some direct info from either AT&T or Apple about that, we shouldn’t assume anything.
No worries… All is going to be okay: Apple signs iPhone deal with Interdigital to Supply 3G Technology.
It’s not Apple that going to be a problem, It’s the F*ckin USA economy… I have difficulties following whats going on in the US about taxes and credits?
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