Comments on: Apple limping toward 10m iPhone sales target? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/apple_limping_toward_10m_iphone_sales_target.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/apple_limping_toward_10m_iphone_sales_target.html/comment-page-1#comment-218364 Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:57:30 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/apple_limping_toward_10m_iphone_sales_target.html#comment-218364 First, unlock the iPhone. Second, get it 3G capable. I think those two factors are holding the iPhone back. I have looked at them and absolutely think the UI is fantastic and simplicity can't be beat. But knowing a 3G version is right around the corner make me very hesitant to buy. Then, what about the battery? What is going to happen once it moves to 3G and starts to suck down a battery that can only be recharged a limited number of times? Lastly, when will Jobs not want the phone to be a status symbol and thus drop the price so normobs can experiment with it. Just my thoughts on what is holding them back... First, unlock the iPhone. Second, get it 3G capable.

I think those two factors are holding the iPhone back. I have looked at them and absolutely think the UI is fantastic and simplicity can’t be beat. But knowing a 3G version is right around the corner make me very hesitant to buy.

Then, what about the battery? What is going to happen once it moves to 3G and starts to suck down a battery that can only be recharged a limited number of times?

Lastly, when will Jobs not want the phone to be a status symbol and thus drop the price so normobs can experiment with it. Just my thoughts on what is holding them back…

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