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The great iPhone pink elephant
By chris dalby | November 9, 2007
Regretably, the general feeling I have from the online community is that there is pretty much no buzz about the iPhone release in the UK today.
I put a question out on twitter, asking if anyone was standing in a queue at an Apple or O2 shop, or any reports on sightings of queue lengths. The general feedback, is that there were more staff than customers at these stores.
O2 and Apple forgot an important factor in the UK market. Paying a huge amount of money for the handset and monthly contract is never going to work. If I am moving my mobile phone business to a new operator, I want a handset and all the goodies. My monthly spend is worth alot from a subscription point of view. You should be paying me to move over not the other way round.
While I love the iPhone, I love the iPod Touch far better. But then it begs the question, will I use it when I have my HTC touch with unlimited web n walk, plus wireless? Probably not. That is why I have bought neither at this point. Let alone the fact that the iPhone does not give you enterprise grade mobile email and communications. It’s a great toy, but I’m not sure it wil have much fun in the UK market.
Topics: Mobile, Tech Watch |