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CrunchGear: Analyst says Apple could drop iPhone price to $99 and still make 42.3% profit margin
Boing Boing Gadgets: iPhone 3G could go as low as $99
Gizmodo: iPhone Could Hit $99, Analyst Says [Apple]
I4U News: iPhone 3G could sell as low as $99 and T-Mobile G1 gets rolledback at Wal-mart
Celularis: Steve Jobs de Apple: “El iPhone 3G ya vende más que BlackBerry”
Analyst says Apple could drop iPhone price to $99 and still make 42.3% profit margin
CrunchGear —
... if it only cost $99 subsidized? It could make choosing other smartphone-like devices a lot tougher for most consumers. Analyst Charlie Wolf of Needham Research thinks that Apple would be able to lower the subsidized price of the 8GB iPhone 3G to $99 and still make a not-too-shabby 42.3% profit margin, according to Electronista. ...
iPhone 3G could go as low as $99
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... But from a mere financial perspective, the iPhone's success over the past year — especially if you push all their iPhone sales into the quarter in which they sold, as opposed to spacing the subsidy fee over a two year period — has rapidly reinvented Apple as primarily a phone company: the iPhone is generating massive amounts of bank. Apple can afford to drop the price more to get it in more customer's hands, and I imagine they will. Its happened before, after all.
iPhone could hit $99 [Electronista]
iPhone Could Hit $99, Analyst Says [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... Seriously I don't know what kind of pills the Wolfs and Munsters of this world pop in with their morning cereal, but I want a year supply. In the inmortal words of our very own Matt Buchanan: "These guys are talking out their rectums". [Electronista] ...
iPhone 3G could sell as low as $99 and T-Mobile G1 gets rolledback at Wal-mart
I4U News —
... News iPhone 3G could sell as low as $99 and T-Mobile G1 gets rolledback at Wal-mart The smartphone battle will still get a lot more interesting for us consumers on the pricing side of things. Analyst Charlie Wolf of Needham Research says that Apple can afford to drop the iPhone 3G price to $99 if necessary. Via Electronista . Given the high prices RIM keeps on their new ...
Steve Jobs de Apple: “El iPhone 3G ya vende más que BlackBerry”
Celularis —
... , pero no dejó todo en lo subjetivo y remarcó algunas palabras interesantes: “No hay garantía de que las ventas se sostengan a lo largo del tiempo“, “quién sabe como serán los resultados futuros, dada la desaceleración económica que hay en todo el mundo“. No dijo nada sobre lo que informó Electronista por el análisis de un experto: “A un precio de 100 dólares el iPhone 3G de 8GB podría duplicar o triplicar las ventas“! ¿Será así? ¿Estamos ante las puertas de un descuento ...
Analyst Says Apple "Could" Sell $99 iPhone
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... 3G? Two. That's it. And remember, I have the kind of gadget-honed eyes that can spot the difference between a first and second generation iPod Touch from 50 yards.
The persistent desire from analysts for Apple to drop its prices and gain market share, whether it be iPhones or Macs, is inexplicable. One look will tell you that Apple doesn't compete in the low margin, high-turnover game. It keeps its prices reasonable and still sells a ton.
iPhone could hit $99, rule smartphones [Electronista]
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Bajaría 40% la producción de iPhone en el último trimestre de 2008
Celularis —
... los voceros de Apple no contestaron a estos análisis de mercado, que no hace falta que aparezca Ross Rubin de NPD Group para entender que sería algo “dramático” para la compañía de Jobs.
Para continuar incrementando las ventas, Apple sigue trabajando en incorporar países en donde el iPhone este disponible (quieren llegar a 70 antes de fin de año frente a los 55 de la actualidad). Ya habíamos comentado que desde el electronista especulaban que “con un precio cercano a los 100 ...
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