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It looks like there are only a minority of Americans who are interested with the upcoming iPhone, if we’re to look into the March survey conducted by ChangeWave on 3,600 respondents.
Results of the survey showed that only 14% of the respondents are waiting for the release of the new iPhone, while another 11% indicated that they are interested with any form of 3G compatibility. Clearly, those numbers don’t speak of the majority of the respondents. Interestingly, 24% of those who were surveyed indicated that they might not quickly grab the new iPhone once it gets officially released. These respondents identified as “waiting for cost to do down” as the major reason why they are not keen on getting the new iPhone.
In addition, some 21% of the respondents who are currently iPhone users pointed out that AT&T’s EDGE network is too slow and the new iPhone’s high speed 3G capability might be hampered down by AT&T’s network. Likewise, another 17% of respondents said that AT&T’s contract is unreasonable, as compared to buying an unlocked iPhone which is not yet part of Apple’s plan with the new iPhone.
With the media hype that the new iPhone is getting, one can’t help but wonder whether the iPhone is really a hit among mobile consumers or only to a selected few tech-savvy American mobile phone users?
Via [Macnn]
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Are you nuts? Let me get this straight: 14 out of every 100 people want to get a product that TECHNICALLY DOES NOT EXIST BECAUSE IT IS A SECRET and we see this as a lack of enthusiasm? Let’s step back and consider for a moment that not everybody in this survey is a tech blog reader. The fact that so many people in the general public want a device that not only has not been marketed, but is technically a secret, is an amazing show of support, not a lack of being keen!
on May 21, 2008 at 11:21 PM - LINK