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Article #529Re: Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 - Not recommended
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:34
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:34
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In article <CF5%n.28295$f_3.7189@newsfe17.iad>, John Slade <hhitman86@pacbell.net> wrote: > Yea and I bet a lot of those people regret the purchase. if they do, they can return it and get a full refund. > Apple sales tend to taper off after the people who camp out at > stores buy the initial stock. Also most of the iPhone 4 > purchases are people upgrading from their older iPhones. Some > report said it was over 70% of iPhone 4 purchases were by people > who owned previous iPhones. So I can see how Android can > overtake them in a year or two given the gains by Android in the > previous year. according to what i read, 77% of people waiting in line at apple stores were upgrading, which is not that surprising since at&t knocked 6 months off the contract. however, there are no numbers for the people who bought them online or overseas, so that number is a bit misleading. > >> With the multiple problems with the iPhone 4, > >> they will never catch up with The Blackberry and Android based > >> phones will overtake them in a relatively short time. > > > > blackberry is faltering. android probably will overtake apple in unit > > sales but so what? > > Great argument "but so what"... Priceless. market share isn't everything. you snipped the part where i said that the smartphone market is big enough for more than just one option. competition is good, it makes for better products.
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