Comments on: Apple still weighing low-cost iPhone, says report

By: Jim Savage

Jim Savage — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:40:43 +0000

You get what you pay for with an iPhone?? Job’s attention to detail?? What world do you live in? Did you drink too much of the Apple Kool-aid? Do you remember the iPhone 4? It never even made it into consumer reports as a decent phone. If Jobs had any kind of attention to detail he would have saw the problems with the antennae but instead he tell everyone that they are holding their phones wrong. Now the iPhone 5 is released and the thing gets scratched up if you look at it at the wrong angle and removing Google Maps was a stroke of genius, right? Don’t make me laugh. In fact I laugh when I see you iSheep buying you used phones that Apple has convinced you are actually worth something.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:28:33 +0000

If Apple has to sell a cheaper phone, I think that’s the way to go.

By: PRETHOUGHT

PRETHOUGHT — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:34:51 +0000

You’re nuts. You get what you pay for. I have a Nexus 7 broken screen after two weeks. The construction quality and the components make a big difference in price. Corning Fit vs Gorrila Glass. Get on youtube

Check the resale value of both devices I got $294 for my iPhone 4S 32GB when I moved up to iPhone 5. I got nothing for my Evo

iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Drop Test

iPad mini vs Nexus 7 – Drop Test!

But with Steve Jobs dead and no one as anal retentive with attention to detail and focus Apple is on the way down.

You can’t keep making variations of what you’ve already done and keep expecting people to buy.

By: realjjj

realjjj — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:58:43 +0000

“between mid-October and the end of November, older iPhones, both the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, represented a higher proportion of device sales from carriers than the brand-new iPhone 5, by a margin of 57 percent to 40 percent.”
Not sure where you got this from ,can’t find that in anything Kantar made public, is it in any way accurate, is it worldwide or US, those numbers are rather odd.

By: Jim Savage

Jim Savage — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:49:49 +0000

Here is a crazy idea. Why not just drop the prices for the phones that they already make? Samsung and other companies make phone with superior tech, specs, and OS and they don’t charge the inflated prices of a phone that might have been competitive 2 years ago.

By: Fred Stein

Fred Stein — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:25:44 +0000

I think they will do it. Strong advantages:
1) Selling Apps, iCloud after market.
2) Apple can negotiate cost reductions on old components.
3) Increased clout with emerging mkt Mobile Service providers.
4) Get Wall Street comfortable with lower margins, competition from Android.
5) Gateway to iPad sales in emerging markets.