It has of course been the big story all week. To sum up most of the response, I think it's fair to say that expectations were high and that Apple still blew them away.
Everyone weighing in but the two best analyses I've seen are by Robert Cringely, as to why Apple went with iPhone despite Cisco's claim, and GigaOm, who noted the significance behind Apple dropping "Computer" from its name.
Many also questioned why Apple announced iPhone 6 months before it ships. One reason not mentions is so that customers would have plenty of notice to plan to switch to Cingular when their existing cellphone contracts on other carriers expire. If they had shipped it upon release, the high price tag + the early termination charges would have probably discouraged many potential customers resulting in what would have perceived to have been a low sales number. Now that consumers have 6 months notice (and save up for it), many more will do so once it ships.
Do u see any competitors taking advantage of this early notice by anychance?
Posted by: Venkk | January 12, 2007 at 01:38 PM