IPhone3Gs encounter two Tiger

The old iPhone, new iPhone price change core, this is Apple's pass to eat.

However, these two road on Tiger are low-end intelligent machines and multi-function mobile phones, Apple wants to beat out a bit, it must be the only channel.

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8 June, AT & T started the sale of the old iPhone, $ 99, 2-year contract, it seems that Apple is to fly into common people home.

Especially for those who want to buy Smart machine beginners start with iPhone definitely is a good choice. According to Yankee Group, the latest statistics, in February, the 500 respondents, 41% want to buy other intelligent machines, are used for the sale of ordinary mobile phone. Communications expert ChetanSharma believes that Apple this price reduction will be an additional 10% of users.

The price, is a clever idea.

NPD Group industry analysts believe that successful RossRubin help Apple killed in $ low-end intelligent machine market. Avian insurance analyst MattThornton believes, like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and AsiaPac, low-end intelligent machine veteran, this time in trouble.

According to NPD's statistics, the first quarter of 2009, the average price of intelligent machines from a year ago to $ 204, fell to $ 155.

Therefore, in order to follow the iPhone name, intelligent machine manufacturers are ready to cut $ 50 lower profit margins, grab chant! operators were also have adjusted the user of the terms of the contract, to respond AT & T of perks.

Low in addition to the downtown area, Apple's new iPhone 3Gs also awaited.

It features high speed data processing, will let users surf the Web faster than past increased twice. Moreover, iPhone3Gs also improved the legacy of many disadvantages, enhanced battery time, also adds video recording function. RBC Capital Markets analyst MikeAbramsky forecast, autumn 2010, Apple's global handset market share will reach 2.4%, to know the 2008 this figure only 1.1%, thus new iPhone3Gs market potential is still quite large.

However, the CEO of Rubicon consulting MichaelMace believes that this iPhone functionality upgrades is not greater than a touch screen of the iPhone generation era, as well as enhanced version with 3G GPS of the iPhone 2 g, the new machine of explosive force is not enough.

This is an era of change.

Therefore, iPhone rivals are sabre-rattling, operators are also ready to give a note AT & T black tiger took heart. Then came the PalmPre SprintNextel force is the flagship of the G1, T-Mobile, as well as Verizon and Sprint who launched the BlackBerry, the three goals only one – the iPhone.

In addition, Apple also has sizeable affluence.

Many loyal fans because of dissatisfaction with the expensive upgrade iPhone have fled. Because the old users to trade-in must longer took money, probably new machine prices of 20%, approximately 200 dollars. In order to pursue fair, fans have been raised to 11400 signature, supported upgrade without money.

Although Neiwaijiaokun, but Apple and AT & T think ourselves can settle.

AT & T brewing to iPhone with more attractive packages for home and business users. 19 June, in official shipment iPhone3Gs, AT & T will consider publishing the flexible pricing set meal plan.

Today, the cost of an iPhone is approximately US $ 1680, including two years of network protocols.

It is expected that the next two years, iPhone3Gs will price reduction of US $ 240, and global iPhone sales will increase 25% accordingly. Today, Apple already had 21 million iPhone users, it's a powerful base sufficient to support AT & T become intelligent machine operators Overlord, the number of users and other operators of 2 times.

IPhone users to have thrown AT & T, VerizonWireless and SprintNextel can only eat humble pie, although the latter are making a new push for the PalmPre, but want to kill the iPhone into the low-end market, disadvantages also melee is quite obvious.

99 dollar seems to have become a PK unemployed. As Apple's second opponent VerizonWireless is limping. It is better to T-Mobile days too, because G1 users and does not conflict with the iPhone, also on the front to avoid the trouble about the dog fight.