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39. JeffdaBeat posted on 08 Aug 2010, 22:13 0 0
One of my buddies that works for Verizon actually brought up a really good point. Why would you wait until after the busiest buying seasons in the nation to release a phone. January in retail is notorious for slow sales. If most folks are already in contract or have renewed by then, why would Apple put out a new iPhone in January?
43. jherz6 posted on 09 Aug 2010, 01:25 0 0
Your comment makes a lot of sense, however who cares if they do or not . Not I.
47. Trudat (unregistered) posted on 09 Aug 2010, 04:09 0 0
You just answered your own question. If January's generally slow why not put out an Iconic device. After this article however any customers thinking of going droid will probably opt to wait till Jan for there new device upgrade...I know I am.
48. joguto (unregistered) posted on 09 Aug 2010, 04:28 0 0
Exactly the point. Vz will have killer sales in the holiday season and then begin the new year with this. Don't get me wrong, I'm a droid guy all the way, but I know a lot, a lot, a lot of people that wants to switch as soo. As soon as vz gets this phone.
49. The Dude (unregistered) posted on 09 Aug 2010, 06:54 0 0
Because Apple is in contract with AT&T. You have to wait until the terms of a contract expire or risk heavy penalties. AT&T knows the contract is ending soon and knows Apple is going to release the iPhone on other carriers, that's why they were offering anybody a one-time upgrade (with 2-year agreement) up to 6 months early this year.
2. THEOG posted on 08 Aug 2010, 12:11 0 0
Think its a little to late apple. Android is out. I wouldn't say taking over but you guys could have had a lot better market share if you wouldn't have waiting so long. Or signed contracts with att so long. That left the window open.
40. JeffdaBeat posted on 08 Aug 2010, 22:16 0 0
Thing is, you have to stop thinking like a nerd and think like a consumer. To the average consumer, Android is just an iPhone wannabe...of course that isn't reality. There are millions of people in Verizon that would put down their Android phone in a heartbeat for an iPhone. I do think you are right about folks moving from AT&T though...Now that they are in a $325 ETF contract, I think AT&T will stall folks from leaving so quickly. I think there is a reason why they made everyone eligible for an upgrade in 2010 able to get the iPhone 4.
44. jherz6 posted on 09 Aug 2010, 01:31 0 0
Jeff iphone wannabe? I hardly think so. The androids do something the iphone has trouble doing, work properly.Just face facts the iphone is not the device it used to be. Even on applefacts.com they admitted that the iphone 4 was playing catchup to the droid and it didnt make it.
50. remixfa posted on 09 Aug 2010, 08:09 0 0
jherz.. his point was that to "non informed" consumers, the iphone is the greatest thing since buttered bread and anything else including android is just a wanna be. He even said, of course it isnt actually true. U should read the whole comment before posting a reply.. iphone is for people that wanna be trendy and are not tech savy. android is for people that are more tech savy and want customization and raw power and features.
59. JeffdaBeat posted on 09 Aug 2010, 11:17 0 0
Jherz6...you are still thinking like a tech nerd. I am not saying the iPhone is the end all be all. The consumer does! I've always said that is the reason why the iPhone has sold better than any Android phone out there because the iPhone is marketed to consumers and Android is marketed towards nerds. We care about the processor and screen resolution. We care that we can unlock and customize it. Consumers don't give two shits about that because most of the time, they don't even know how to get their email to work or their phone to stop freezing. To a consumer, the iPhone is the best phone on the market. But I think any of us who have worked in retail in general know that the average consumer are idiots. I swear Android fanboys are ridiculous. I bring up a very valid argument as to why you see the iPhone doing well and even that gets buried. Read my entire post and think about it before you bury what I said and offer a reply that has NOTHING to do with what I said.
60. easytochris posted on 09 Aug 2010, 12:58 0 0
i would have to whole heartedly agree. i am an android user for the past year since the mytouch launched and it's a great phone because i can root it and have so many customization options. however i went from the iphone 2g to android, and i currently own an ipad. apple makes a great product that is very simple to use for the majority of consumers that want to have a smartphone, but dont want to have to take the time to learn the ins and outs. This is why the majority of iPhone users have not jailbroken their iphones, only the small percentage of tech savvy people that go to cell phone blogs. For the same reasons we hate apple for locking down their products and making it a pain to customize, the majority of consumers look at it as "there's not much i can do to screw this up" since there isnt much allowed for you to do to screw it up. also i'm not saying that i will switch to an iphone, but with the options that cydia provides to jailbroken ios devices, most things you can get from android, you can now get from iphone. you can tether, you can trick your phone into thinking that the 3g connection is wifi so you are able to run apps you wouldnt normally be able to, with ios4 you can multitask, and there is a 1ghz processor. i hate being a part of the android community sometimes because i swear so many of you guys dont give apple the credit the genuinely deserve.
62. networkdood posted on 09 Aug 2010, 13:35 0 0
Good point on eligibilty, except AT&T has been doing that since Year 2.
64. jherz6 posted on 09 Aug 2010, 14:00 0 0
Remix, so what is your opinion? As a informed consumer as you prefess to be, do you think the droid x is an iphone wanna be? And your right I was a little quick to respond. But Im not sure if I agree, because even with all the different devices out there with the different platforms, such as iphone os, BB, windows based, and the android based smartphones even the average consumer that isnt as tech savy as you or I, and with the high etf's are doing a bit more reseach before buying a device.
66. jherz6 posted on 09 Aug 2010, 14:31 0 0
Hey Jeff, no need to be rude, or call people names. No need for profanity. Did I hit a nerve? Your right I was a bit quick to respond that I should have read your post mor completely. But the day of buying something blindly because of the brandname are all but over. I work in retail, and have for ten years. Our customers are more interested in which item is going to be the best for there needs and get the most bang for there buck, no matter the brandname. If someone goes into a store and wants to buy a blackberry lets say, and has a paticular model in mind has more than likely done there research before they got there. The average consumers arent the mindless idiots you seem to think they are, and we as the well informed sales people it is our job to help our customers make a well informed choice. The androids are just the flavor of the month, just like the iphones were when they first came out, or the blackberry. So fanboys as you call them are just people who are excited about the new boy on the block. Dont forget without our customers we wouldnt have jobs in retail. ftw
67. Sellcell posted on 09 Aug 2010, 14:40 0 0
Average consumer says, "Do you have the EVO?" My response, "No, sorry it's out of stock right now. What do you like about the EVO or why you interested in it?" Their response, "Because I hear it's like the iphone..." Seriously, the average consumer compares every phone out there to the iphone.
68. fishpower187 posted on 09 Aug 2010, 17:15 0 0
+1. @Jeff. I get what you're saying here man. These jokers appearantly didnt take the time to read your statement, saw the words "iphone wannabe" and started foaming at the mouth.
69. JeffdaBeat posted on 09 Aug 2010, 17:18 0 0
Sorry...I didn't know saying "gives two shits" offended you. Struck a nerve? I am more annoyed by these boards because just like you, folks get so worked up over this Apple Good war that they stop reading posts. They skim the first few sentences and then make a comment all while burying completely valid comments, points and discussions. I'm sorry, but customers are idiots. That's why folks in retail like you and I have jobs. If they weren't idiots then they wouldn't need us to answer their questions or tell them the handset that best suits what they need. And like EasytoChris said, one of reasons the iPhone is actually great is because it can't easily be messed up by a consumer. I even tell people, play around with it because there is nothing you can do to hurt the phone. I get that Verizon knows they need a different marketing strategy than Apple and so they went the tech root. But that scares the average consumers that are still even slow to text.
