Who is Ready for MACWORLD?

[Kaido]

Ooh they're talking about pricing now...

 

[dartworth]

10:44am - We've been pushing the state of the art in every facet of this design. We've got the multi-touch screen, miniaturization, OS X in a mobile device, precision enclosures, three advanced sensors, desktop class applications, and the widescreen video iPod. We filed for over 200 patents for all the inventions in iPhone and we intend to protect them."

"We've advanced the state of the art in every aspect of design. It's the ultimate digital device. So what should we price it at?"



wait for it...

 

[dartworth]

10:46am - "Our most popular iPod is $199 -- what's a smartphone cost? Somewhere around $299 with a two year contract."

He's combined the two for a $499 for the combo-- "What should we charge for the iPhone? We should charge more for this stuff!... "

 

[cheezy321]

Just announce the damn price!

 

[daniel1113]

4gb - $499
8gb - $599

 

[mzkhadir]

299 with a 2 yr contract

 

[herkulease]

500 for 4 gig model, 600 for 8 gig model.

avaliable in june.

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
$499

With a 2 year contract?

 

[cheezy321]

Not too shabby for 500. I think i just might get myself one for my b-day (June 20th)

 

[Kaido]

10:47 am 4GB model - $499
10:47 am 8GB model - $599
10:47 am available: shipping in June

:Q

 

[dartworth]

So how much more than $499 should we price it? We thought long and hard about it... it does so much stuff..." He's stalling for the drama. Enough Steve!

"What should we price it at? For a 4GB model we're pricing it at $499 -- no premium whatsoever.

"We're going to have an 8GB model for just $599."

 

[Kaido]

Cingular is the exclusive partner

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Kaido
10:47 am 4GB model - $499
10:47 am 8GB model - $599
10:47 am available: shipping in June

:Q

damn vaporware!

Originally posted by: Kaido
Cingular is the exclusive partner

double damn, wonder how hard it'll be to unlock this thing?

 

[RichardE]

I'm buying one, wonder if they will be taking pre-orders

 

[cheezy321]

they just said cingular is the exclusive partner in the US.....

Does that mean it wont work on t-mobile network?

 

[CombatChuk]

So could you buy an unlocked one at an Apple store?

 

[dartworth]

10:48am - "When's it going to be available? We're shipping them in June -- we're announcing it today because we have to go get FCC approval... we thought it'd be better to introduce this today rather than let the FCC introduce this.
Europe in the 4th quarter of this year, Asia in 2008. "We've chosen Cingular."

"They're going to be our exclusive partner in the US -- it's a unique partnership though. We're going to be doing innovation together. We worked on visual voicemail, the first fruit of this collaboration. We'll be selling iPhone through our own stores and Cingular stores."

10:49am - "It's my pleasure to introduce the CEO of Cingular, Stan Sigman." Why hello Stanny boy.

 

[RichardE]

awww I wonder if it will be available in Canada *tear*

 

[Kaido]

I'm glad they aren't releasing it until June, gives me time to save up lol

 

[aphex]

hope they have em available for pre-order

 

[ElFenix]

i guess visual voicemail wouldn't work properly otherwise

 

[dartworth]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0230.jpg

 

[Kaido]

Says you can purchase it at Apple or Cingular stores.

 

[ElFenix]

does cingular have it's own stock or is it just part of T?

 

[w3stfa11]

Apple stock. Up 5.28 (6.18%)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=AAPL&t=1d