The i-phone
The new apple iphone seems to be the stir up in New York City as it prepares to make its premiere debut. The new phone looks like its a big hit as any new technological device is when it first comes out. Question being is it to much for apple? I mean thinking about it, the phone has everything that would cause sales on ipods and other apple software and devices to decrease. The phone just might have to much stuff in it. Apple designed the phone to give the user everything they would ever need in the palm of there hand but I think it might cause ipod sales to decrease a little and maybe even cause the ipod price to drop overall. Since there is Mp3 capability on the phone people might feel like why buy an ipod when i can get a phone and have it built in to it. The iphone is surely a new break through in phone technology but is it to much in your hand?
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Adam, have you checked the prices of iPods on Ebay? Have their prices started to fall as a result of the introduction of the iPhone?
The price of the iPhone is currently high and considered a luxury item by most people. Like any new technology, the price will drop over time and the older models (iPods) will become obsolete. CNN reported that within five hours of the first sale of the iPhone in New York, for approximately $600, it was selling on e-bay for $1,300. As long as supply is dramatically lower than demand, I think it is safe to say the iPod will remain a good buy.
i agree with what penny said. this is still a luxury item, and it will be for probably at least another year or so.
I have looked at prices on Ebay and they seem to be at the norm for now. I also am starting to agree with what penny said about the i-phone being a luxury item and for now having no effect on other apple product sales.
[This comment is by Chunzi.]
Just like Sony is not professional on making microwaves, iPod is not a professional maker of phone neither. Even though there are so many new technologies within this small box, after all these stuff within iPod can’t replace the professional phone producers such as Motorola and Nokia. Apple is good at making computers and ipods, but it’s not good at making a professional phone or any else electronic products. So if a company is being out of its professional specialized field, then “outrage products” they make must be not as good as those professional companies which are professional producers within the field that iphone wants to replace. For example, sony is not a professional company of making computer, it’s a professional company of making speakers and DVDs. The same thing applied to apple company. So maybe it’s a little bit too much of a iphone in your hand, but those functions such as camera or phone technology would not work as good as Motorola and Nokia. Those new functions within iPhone are just of entertainment. If you need a effective thing for your important millions of dollars business meeting, then I suggest that you really should have a “real” phone!
I also agree that the price of iPods will in time hit a point where it will settle, but i don't think that the iPod will ever go obsolete. It is said that the cell phone is on track to sell 1 million by the end of September. A statement in the USA Today article
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/earnings/2007-07-25-apple_N.htm?csp=34
states that the number of iPods sent out last quarter is up from last year. They knew about the i-Phone, yet they still sent out 9.8 million iPods. So i don't plan to see iPod sales dropping much because of the i-Phone. I would even be willing to say that the majority of i-Phone buyers already have iPods and will continue to use them till they break.
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