Comments on: 100 Million iPhones Later: What’s Next?

By: Riptya

Riptya — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:34:57 +0000

except that highend iPhones cost the same as highend Android phones

except that iPads cost the same as Android tablets

Apple can no longer use pricing as an excuse for failing marketshare.

By: gpo

gpo — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:13:50 +0000

Two more things about why apple is so successful at the moment. One is there are tons of people mainly kids walking around with ipod touches. They know how to use it. So if you were a kid who turned 18 or 19 and either through parents or own money could afford a smartphone and had been using an ipod touch for a couple of years what phone are you going to go get? You probably would get a iphone because you know how to use it and you have all your music setup that way. It is the craddle to grave mentality of marketing. As your customer base gets older have another product of yours to buy.

Second is the first to market. It is real simple right now. I took an informal survey of people around me and asked them if they knew about the ipad. Basically everyone did. Then I asked them to name another tablet. Almost no one could name it by brand and model. That is huge.

This site is mainly for people worrying about specs, connections and whatnot. The majority of people who will use a tablet pc will surf, email and play games and watch videos. They won’t even get into all the detail that many on this site worry about. Plus if you have a touch or iphone picking up an ipad and using it is simple. That is the key to technology is having something people can and will use. Sure it can be dumbed down for people around here, but that is not the majority.

I got my wife an ipad in August. Here is why she loves it. Battery life. Move it around the house with ease. Simple user interface. It meets her needs for surfing and email. Plus it is not bulky like a laptop.

By: winniwanna

winniwanna — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:13:11 +0000

It is when you get it with Straight talk’s unlimited plan $45. Even Net10 unlimited is cheaper $50. There’s plenty of options that works out cheaper. Prepaid alone is cheaper. Already there’s plenty of unlocked iPhone running on MVNO’s – which is a pretty basic indication that the market is there already.

By: ant

ant — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:56:48 +0000

The iphone is about the user experience, not just design but how it’s going to work, for everyone. If the end result of all that innovation is a single product then thats fine with me. The others have diluted their product so much that its indifferent with each handset. Open yes but certainly not consistent.

Apple’s quality control might be rooted in their ‘closed’ eco system but it certainly protects the integrity of their product. Remember, the ipod evolved but the iphone hit the ground running. Releasing an iphone ‘lite’ would be dumbing it down.

Look at the figures but bear in mind that it’s a single unit against a catalogue of competition and yet it still stands it’s ground. Considering Apple’s success, they could own the industry by flooding it with a range of models. Clearly they intend to gain market share via QUALITY not quantity, are we really complaining about that?

Look, we’re talking about making the iphone more accessible and that means more affordable, a lesser model is not the way to go. Apple needs to cut costs and reduce the price and the way Mr Jobs is strategically buying up companies that may not be far off.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:16:45 +0000

Wow the author failed miserably. The announcement has already been made that they sold their 100 millionth iPhone, they said it during the unveiling of the iPad 2 lol

FAIL

By: Me

Me — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:12:59 +0000

uh yeah it is your subsidization is about $10-$15 a month
so a $200 iphone is really about $440-$560 a

why the unsubsidized phone is just $100
how is that not ‘much cheaper’

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:04:08 +0000

This is the type of article you get from a business analyst who doesn’t understand anything about the market. This article is as idiotic as a comparison of BMW to Chevy cars. Sure, BMW could destroy it’s brand in order to compete with Chevy on volume. But that’s not even a fair idiotic comparison because you are comparing a sold product from Apple to something Google is giving away for free. Brilliant.

By: Rikamaru

Rikamaru — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:49:33 +0000

oh my, while the article is technically on-point be prepared to be flamed hard. I’m surprised Om would let you post something “non-Apple friendly”..

honestly I think Apples main concern now is HP & MS. nobody is going to catch Android, race for #1 in the smartphone market is over. it’s 2nd – 4th thats going to be interesting.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:10:55 +0000

A $100 (unsubsidized) Android phone isn’t much cheaper than an iPhone when you consider the associated data plan still costs $60-$100 per month.