4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in
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> Softbank Shifts Strategy With iPhone; Prices Device Starting At $215
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn.../06/23/AR20080
> 62300476.html
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> EXCERPT
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> CEO Masayoshi Son said, "There have been users who were just attracted
> to our low price, but the main point this time is feature
> attractiveness rather than price." Son has also predicted that the
> phones will be a sell-out in Japan, which analysts and even Son
> himself have questioned.
>
> Son said he expected the first batch of iPhones to "evaporate
> instantly," and that supplies "will likely be scarce for a while."
I suspect that there will likely be riots on the sales lines. I'm sure
thought, that those on the short end of the stick will manage to live
vicariously through your many posts on the subject.
--
Scott
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