iPhone 3G: Thou Shalt Covet
by John Paczkowski
Posted on June 30, 2008 at 2:23 PM PT
The long-anticipated 3G version of Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone is still well over a week away from market, but already its promise of speedier data services, rich mobile-application platform and drastically lower retail price is driving early adopters mad with desire.
Indeed, a new survey of 3,600 RBC Technology Adoption Panel members showed that 56% of those planning to purchase a smart phone in the next 3 months will buy an iPhone 3G. That’s more than double the 23% that plans to buy a BlackBerry. And it’s nearly 19 times the number that plans to buy a device from the much-diminished Palm. This sort of pent-up demand is unprecedented, notes RBC analyst Mike Abramsky, who expects Apple to ship 14 million iPhones in 2008 and 24 million in 2009.
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Comments
Smartphone users which long experience in Palm Treo will have hard time to swith to iphone 3G, as all the programms, bought in the past for the treo will be useless.
Posted by peter eigler at July 1st, 2008 at 4:35 am