Vincent at MYiPhone posts that CNBC analyst Jim Cramer is saying Cingular/ATT “will sidestep subsidization of the Apple iPhone by giving away lengthy service contracts,” and that “he believes the strategy will help drive new subscribers to the Cingular while maintaining requests from Apple not to discount the cost of the $499 and $599 iPhones.”
Would you be tempted to buy an Apple iPhone with a two-year contract if you got free service for 18 months? I’ve gotta admit it sounds mighty tempting to me; I voted yes. You can take the poll, here.
It will be interesting to see if Rogers in Canada follows suit with any sweet deals…
I started Gear Diary on September 30, 2006, and my goal was that this not be an easily labeled site. We all have gear that we use daily – some of it electronic and some of it organic. I think it is fascinating to explore the equipment that makes our lives easier, more entertaining, more productive, and more manageable. My hope is that Gear Diary visitors will find this site to be a comfortable and friendly place to discuss interesting topics – and not only those that are tech related, as well as a location to discover various types of gear – whatever that term may end up implying – that they never knew existed. My specialty is in-depth reviews written in a layman’s terms, because everyone can understand technology, sometimes it just takes a little translating. +Judie Stanford
I have six more months before I care or don’t care about the iPhone, but what I do care about right now is JUDIE’S BACK! Yeah, I was one of those who couldn’t get to her site or RSS or anything till today. I don’t know if geography has anything to do with it, or what. I read your explanation and heard what was going on, but I’m just glad the drought is over. I can live without a newspaper, the evening news, and even SOME gadgets, but getting a parser error message everyday instead of JUDIE is a real drag. Welcome back. “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid….”
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Hughes
OMG! Thank you!!! Glad you are back, too!
http://www.geardiary.com Mitchell Oke
Now if thats true I can certainly see them moving units.
ctmagnus
“Launch date and pricing for Canada are not yet available”
Being a Rogers user, I would guess “sometime after the apocalypse” and “if the initial layout doesn’t kill ‘em, the data pricing will.”
And, fortunately, I had to do without for only about eight hours or so.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Hughes
“I had to do without for only about eight hours or so.”
Lucky you! I am still traumatized by the experience.
http://palmdiscovery.net maceyr
I hope I never have to deal with that ’cause I’m not sure what I can or will do.
I am also a Rogers user, but someone who absolutely HATES any kind of contract so if I hear “contract”, I won’t bite regardless of what incentives are there because there’s always some unexpected variable that forces me to break the contract and I pay for it. So, I voted NO.
Curious whether it will be called iPhone in Canada or just the Apple iPod Phone or whatever else with all the problems and trademark names all over the world.
Besides, there’s not enough in the iPhone to convince me anyway although I do agree it’s very cool and really hope that this will force all the players to get back to on their butts with innovating products again.
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