Comments on: On Sale: The iPhone (well, in Europe, at least) http://gigaom.com/2008/04/16/on-sale-the-iphone-well-in-europe-anyway/ The Business of Technology Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: LOTD for April 17 « Link Collection http://gigaom.com/2008/04/16/on-sale-the-iphone-well-in-europe-anyway/#comment-871644 LOTD for April 17 « Link Collection Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:35:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12172#comment-871644 <p>[...] Drastic price cuts for the iPhone in Europe appear to show that the demand for the iPhone isn’t that high in Europe: http://gigaom.com/2008/04/16/on-sale-the-iphone-well-in-europe-anyway/ [...]</p> [...] Drastic price cuts for the iPhone in Europe appear to show that the demand for the iPhone isn’t that high in Europe: (link) [...]

]]> By: VTFootballGrad http://gigaom.com/2008/04/16/on-sale-the-iphone-well-in-europe-anyway/#comment-871544 VTFootballGrad Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:40:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12172#comment-871544 <p>Well I hope that we can get our iPhones cheaper in the US sooner or later. Maybe by that time they will have self destructing text messages, like the self-destructing IM service bigstring provides.</p> Well I hope that we can get our iPhones cheaper in the US sooner or later. Maybe by that time they will have self destructing text messages, like the self-destructing IM service bigstring provides.

]]> By: Greg Glockner http://gigaom.com/2008/04/16/on-sale-the-iphone-well-in-europe-anyway/#comment-871471 Greg Glockner Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:22:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12172#comment-871471 <p>So an 8GB iPhone is now £169, or about $330. Factor in the subscription cost, and it doesn't seem that much different than the US prices.</p> So an 8GB iPhone is now £169, or about $330. Factor in the subscription cost, and it doesn’t seem that much different than the US prices.

]]> By: Sebastian Moser http://gigaom.com/2008/04/16/on-sale-the-iphone-well-in-europe-anyway/#comment-871460 Sebastian Moser Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:16:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12172#comment-871460 <p>Apple thinks the European market works like the US-American - it doesn't. Apple hasn't nearly the same brand power than in the US, and Europeans are used to open and cheap mobile networks.</p> <p>400 Euros for an iPhone? Most people get their mobile phones for free as part of an already cheap mobile plan.</p> <p>40 Euros per month for 1000 free minutes and no free SMS? You can get 4000 free minutes for 20 Euros per month.</p> <p>(Add to that, that in my country, the iPhone is sold by the worst mobile network.)</p> <p>Apple isn't the first company that tries to get this market "against the rules", but so far, all of them failed and ultimatively, Apple will fail, too. (At least they won't possibly be able to replicate their US success.)</p> Apple thinks the European market works like the US-American - it doesn’t. Apple hasn’t nearly the same brand power than in the US, and Europeans are used to open and cheap mobile networks.

400 Euros for an iPhone? Most people get their mobile phones for free as part of an already cheap mobile plan.

40 Euros per month for 1000 free minutes and no free SMS? You can get 4000 free minutes for 20 Euros per month.

(Add to that, that in my country, the iPhone is sold by the worst mobile network.)

Apple isn’t the first company that tries to get this market “against the rules”, but so far, all of them failed and ultimatively, Apple will fail, too. (At least they won’t possibly be able to replicate their US success.)

]]> By: pat phelan http://gigaom.com/2008/04/16/on-sale-the-iphone-well-in-europe-anyway/#comment-871457 pat phelan Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:51:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12172#comment-871457 <p>They are not giving them away everywhere in Europe Irina http://patphelan.net/o2-rubs-salt-in-the-wounds-of-irish-consumer-with-paddy-tax-version-2/</p> They are not giving them away everywhere in Europe Irina
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