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The Verizon iPhone Is Too Late - Dan Lyons
- 8ig8 16y agoRelated, Gruber's rebuttal: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2102659 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2102659
- dave1619 16y ago“Android is a global phenomenon,” he says. “The big deal is, Android is free software, and handsets that can run it are getting super-cheap. So we are going to see a massive shift from 'dumb phones' to 'smart phones' around the world this year, and iPhone will not be the big beneficiary of that trend.” Hmmm, not sure how you can argue against that. Unless Apple comes out with a cheaper version iPhone.
- dmfdmf 16y agoI think there is a huge pent up demand for the iphone on Verizon. People have been putting off getting a smartphone until it was available on Verizon not ATT. Moreover, by the end of this year how many people are going to be at the end of their Android contract and want to jump to the iphone? How many bought the Android as a stopgap till they could get the iphone on Verizon? Quite a few I think. Also its not just the technology that is driving this -- there is a huge "cool" (i.e. social status signal) factor that is associated with the iphone and more generally with Apple that is easy to underestimated.