Comments on: Apple: Wham, Bam, Thank You Fanboi

By: Steve Wozniak: My Life on the D List … | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:43:29 +0000

[...] co-founder Steve Wozniak is as peeved as anyone about the iPhone’s recent price cut–more so because he’s apparently purchased upward of 20 of them for friends (friends [...]

By: I’d Like to Buy 5/6ths of an Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset, Please. | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:52:25 +0000

[...] in the Apple Store, but it will likely go a long way in showing the company’s goodwill toward peeved early adopters who paid $599 for the iPhone only to see its price drop to $399 a few months [...]

By: Jobs: ‘My Master Plan Is Going Exactly According to My Master Plan.’ | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:01:33 +0000

[...] addition to a torrent of complaints from early adopters, the iPhone’s $200 price cut appears to have spiked sales of the device. Piper Jaffray [...]

By: 1 Million Down, 9 Million to Go | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:21:29 +0000

[...] who dumped their Apple shares last Thursday believing the iPhone’s jarring $200 price cut to be a sign that it was falling short of market expectations must be choking on their cornflakes [...]

By: mark rovner

mark rovner — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:28:44 +0000

its not the money that represents a betrayal in my judgment — its the choice of AT&T as the provider. Its the worst service, with appalling customer service. Maybe AT&T offered a better deal than Verizon, but the marginal beneift in dollars in Steve-o’s pocket will be more than outweighed in brand diminution for Apple.

Full admission: I ordered the ipod Touch the day it came out, so maybe I am just another Apple-holic. But at least i get to keep my Verizon phone and flip off ATT!

By: Alan Sanders

Alan Sanders — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:56:35 +0000

All over the internet, people are whining about Apple’s “betrayal” of their loyal customers. Get a life, boys and girls! Anyone who buys cutting-edge technology expecting a price guarantee should have his head examined.

The first consumer DVD players, for example, cost $1000. Within a year, the price had fallen to what? $300? A year after that you could pick one up at your local video store for fifty bucks.

The point is that, with a brand-new product like iPhone, you’re paying for the priviledge of being the first kid on your block to own the very latest supremely cool gizmo. If your joy of ownership is going to be spoiled by a sudden price cut or a “new, improved” model, you should have waited at least a year before buying an iPhone.

Come to think of it, you should have waited forever and never bought an iPhone at all because there will always be price cuts and new models to make you feel suckered all over again. You might want to consider a nice used Walkman. I hear that Sony hasn’t made any changes to that model in quite some time.

By: Apple to Offer iPhone Credit | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:18:55 +0000

[...] Apple’s decided to offer ornery iPhone early adopters a $100 store credit to make amends for the bad feelings inspired by yesterday’s price cut. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the decision in a letter to iPhone [...]

By: Hal Summers

Hal Summers — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:58:09 +0000

It’s not the money but the sense of betrayal. Apple easily could have dropped the price BEFORE the launch and created an incredible amount of goodwill instead of the anger and animosity they have created with this stupid move.

You don’t screw your best customers should be the motto of every American business and if you ask most iPhone buyers how many Apple products they own most will say several. Personally, I have fifteen. But it will be a long time before number sixteen moves in.

And to all those friends and family member to whom I have effusively promoted and praised Apple, I’m sorry. I thought Apple really did think different. I was lied to.