Posted on 06/30/2008 11:26:54 AM PDT by Swordmaker
More good news for Apple (AAPL) ahead of the 3G iPhone launch, scheduled for next Friday, July 11. Consumers have "unprecedented" demand for Apple's phone, according to new data from RBC's Technology Adoption Panel. From RBC analyst Mike Abramsky's note:
Good news for Apple and its rivals: 10.5% of panelists intend to buy a smartphone -- any smartphone -- up from 7%-8% average over the last few years. That's a bigger addressable market for Apple and RIM, Microsoft, etc.
Verizon (and Bell Atlantic before them) were customers of mine for years. I once was involved in a negotiation with them, and I know why Apple told them to pound sand. Verizon demands that EVERYTHING they provide their customer have their own logo very prominently displayed. Look at all their phones, you can barely tell the manufacturer - most people think Verizon makes the phone. I can't even image an iPhone with a big Verizon logo on it, but I guarantee you that beyond the terms of any contract, that was a central reason the deal wasn't done with Verizon. Now, nearly every person I know is just waiting for their contracts to expire so that they can jump ship...
I had a verizon AND a sprint... I dumped Verizon for the 1.0 iPhone. I keep sprint as the back up for areas where I dont get good att. Verizon was flat out shortsighted and stupid.
Really? Pent up demand?
I didn’t realize that there were that many single guys who lived with 3 cats out there.
I've got Panther, Tiger, and Leopard... but I'm not single.
Thought this teardown might interest you -
http://live.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/iPhone3G
“We were all expecting a bigger battery, and I can’t verify this, but this page references the part number on the battery and lists a capacity of 1150 mAh, not the 1400 mAh in the original.”
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