iPhone a Great success.
In article <4741c262$0$79918$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, SMS Ģ
§ <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
> > At 18 Nov 2007 16:24:15 -0800 SMS 斯蒂文• 夏 wrote:
> >
> >> In any case, never buy the first version of a product, I'm sure
> >> the second rev of the iPhone will add 3G, voice-dialing, and GPS
> >> functionality, in order to compete against products like the AT&T
> >> Tilt (HTC 8925). But the HTC 8925, while much more capable, is
> >> also a lot more expensive,
> >
> > It's $299 w/2-year contract, but $549 without.
>
> I saw an ad last week for $249 with contract. But that's the thing, a
> lot of us don't want to be on AT&T contracts, because the AT&T coverage
> isn't so great.
Sure it is -- it's fantastic! I never lose a call, never lose signal.
(See, you can't make broad claims on things that are either subjective
or really varying from region to region!)
> This is why the massive effort to unlock the iPhone
> happened, and also why sales were less than expectations forcing a price
> cut.
I don't think it was a 'massive' effort so much as a _publicized_ one.
Lots of people were writing about it, almost entirely online. Look back
at the players, you'll see it looks like quite a small effort, it just
happened to be for a well-discussed item.
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