8GB iPhones are $599. There is no official statement regarding the number of 8gb iPhones, but Apple last week informed the media that they had sold 270,000 iPhones within the first 30 hours of sales.Lately I've been reading how the iPhone is not that great or it's too expensive, yada yada yada. My question is this, how many 8gb phones are there on the market today and at what price are they?
8GB iPhones are $599. There is no official statement regarding the number of 8gb iPhones, but Apple last week informed the media that they had sold 270,000 iPhones within the first 30 hours of sales.
I should have asked how many other companies ( Samsung, Nokia, Palm ) make an 8gb phone and how much do they cost?
Apple has only stated a goal of 10 million units sold by the end of 2008. That 500K number you are quoting came from uninformed analysts and best guesses.They were projected to sell half a million on release day. The 270 number was generally seen as dissapointing and Apple's stock took a minor poop because of it. They did managed to win back that loss by posting profits.
There are murmurs that sales of the iPhone have dropped significantly since the release, leaving some to wonder if the iPhone is simply too 'gimicky' for regular folk. Given the limited functionality of the iPhone at the moment, I am inclined to agree. True smart phone effianatos are passing on the iPhone in favor of universal functionality handsets like the Treo 750 and the Symbian powered Nokia smartphones.
Although there is no sanctioned 'standard' feature set, there are a few features that I think many die-hard smart phone users would agree are key:Apple has only stated a goal of 10 million units sold by the end of 2008. That 500K number you are quoting came from uninformed analysts and best guesses.
What is a "universal functionality" handset?
They were actually projected to sell 500,000 by the end of the first weekend - we only have sales data for the first day and a half (Fri night through Saturday).They were projected to sell half a million on release day. The 270 number was generally seen as dissapointing and Apple's stock took a minor poop because of it. They did managed to win back that loss by posting profits.
There are murmurs that sales of the iPhone have dropped significantly since the release, leaving some to wonder if the iPhone is simply too 'gimicky' for regular folk. Given the limited functionality of the iPhone at the moment, I am inclined to agree. True smart phone effianatos are passing on the iPhone in favor of universal functionality handsets like the Treo 750 and the Symbian powered Nokia smartphones.
I agree with your list, except the SD requirement. There really has never been a phone that has had 8gb worth of storage. Only now are the 8gb cards coming down to a reasonable price. I think that is plenty of storage for media, not in office documents. You must consider that the iPhone is a consumer device and not a businesss device.Although there is no sanctioned 'standard' feature set, there are a few features that I think many die-hard smart phone users would agree.
- Fully transitive Email functionality
- Thrird party application support
- SD memory support
- full qwerty keyboard
- Internet connectivity
- speaker phone
- multiband support
I'm working while typing, so I probaby missed a few.
I would go on to say that providing even a semi-open system is a key requirement for a successful smart phone.
Why stop at 8GB? Many other devices have "infinite" storage. I.e. you can swap in/out as many SD cards as you wantMy question is this, how many 8gb phones are there on the market today and at what price are they?