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What Will Come of the iPhone Now That There is an iPod Touch?

Posted September 6, 2007 11:00 AM by Jovan Washington
Categories: Announcements News 

I think Apple has really done it this time. Not only has it upset thousands of customers by dropping the price in the iPhone, they have released a product that consumers who otherwise might have purchased an iPhone, now have the option of purchasing an iPod Touch instead.

The only thing missing is a GSM network. Many consumers bought iPhones anyway because no alternative existed…until yesterday. The cool features that are found on the iPhone are now being offered on something cheaper with bigger memory, so what do you think might happen to iPhone sales? Who knows, but it doesn’t look to promising.

The more I look at yesterday’s product announcements the more risk I see. Perhaps I am just being pessimistic though. I am pretty sure Apple is going to crank out some pretty awesome iPhones soon to help the knockdown from the new iPod Touch. Only time will tell.

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  1. I bought a iPhone (4GB) today.  In line in front of me was a Guy buying 9 of them.  The Apple employee who handled both of us commented that a guy who bought one yesterday with the new price (before it was announced apparently) then calle dall his friends.  He eneded up buying 20 more.

    Anyone who purchased a iPhone in the last 2 weeks should be able to get $200 back.  (Or just return it and buy a new one).  A guy I work with was able to do just that (bought and credit back from AT&T store).

    Does anyone else think the original Nano is better?

    Posted by Me on September 6, 2007 12:54 PM

  2. Does Apple really lose if it sells one product over another?  I’m guessing that the share AT&T gets offsets the difference in profit between selling the iPhone versus the new iPod Touch, and as you suggested, I’m sure a 3G, 16 or 32GB, GPS-enabled iPhone is on the way. smile  Just the same, I wouldn’t mind getting a $200 rebate on my iDay purchase. wink

    Posted by Royalty Free Music on September 6, 2007 12:58 PM

  3. I give it less than 12 months before the iPhone will be discontinued! You can’t ignore the red flags.

    It seems like Apple is trying to get out of the Cell Phone business.  They no longer make the 4gig iPhone, they’re trying to get rid of all their 8gig iPhones by lowering the price $200, and they sold the iPhone patents to Nokia, and Nokia doesn’t want to have anything to do with OSX.

    Posted by Your Mom! on September 6, 2007 5:32 PM

  4. What total hogwash! “Your Mom”

    Posted by Royalty Free Music on September 6, 2007 6:23 PM

  5. “Your Mom”, you’ve got it wrong.

    I manage an AT&T retail location, and yesterday was our busiest sales day since June 29. In fact, I think we activated more lines yesterday than we did that day.

    Fence-sitters who’d been in to look at the iPhone numerous times over the last two months finally took the plunge.

    People who’d bought the iPhone over the past two weeks turned their $200 refund into payment on second iPhones.

    I think it was very clever marketing on Apple’s part, and planned from the get-go.

    Hey, guess what?
    Two months after launch, suddenly everyone’s talking about the iPhone again!

    Posted by ivan on September 6, 2007 7:53 PM

  6. Hoggwash!

    http://www.gadgetstown.com/nokia_purchased_apples_iphone_trademark#comment-289

    Posted by Your Mom! on September 10, 2007 6:23 PM

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