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Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

Name — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:06 -0000

Apple iPhone 1.0 - No Cut,copy and paste, not a very SMART phone then.

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

narf — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:46:04 -0000

uh, don't you mean Android 2.0? I want my Android 2.0 SDK!

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

Anthony Ha — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:19:48 -0000

"Apple loyalty is a strong factor, but AT&T hate is almost as strong. Even if a phone is only 90% what the iPhone is, there may be a lot of people willing to make the switch."

Agreed.

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

JoshUng — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:18:19 -0000

Trying to catch up with the iPhone from two years ago? So that means they're removing MMS working off a crappy EDGE network?

Really, the iPhone may be great and all, but it's not all that different between variations. If a phone gets the multitouch down, along with the ease of use, pretty much the only thing that would truly separate the phones would be the apps. And while I don't see any of these phones getting 85,000 anytime soon, open sourcing could be a subsitute for many.

Apple loyalty is a strong factor, but AT&T hate is almost as strong. Even if a phone is only 90% what the iPhone is, there may be a lot of people willing to make the switch.

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

efrty — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:46:20 -0000

“I think they’re trying to catch up with the first iPhone that we released two years ago, and we’ve long since moved beyond that,” he said.

I laughed hard at this, it's more the other way around. Apple is 2 years behind on hardware, and it's software is starting to age too. There's little that iPhone has to offer over Android 1.6

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

Name — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:01:31 -0000

Gimme my Google Voice App or I'm dropping the iPhone like a hot potato just as soon as my contract is up.

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

Anthony Ha — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:07:59 -0000

"I think they’re trying to catch up with the first iPhone that we released two years ago," == "scoffs at"

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

youngluck — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:55:01 -0000

This is the Gem of the meeting:

Gene Munster – Piper Jaffray

So when you go from exclusive to multiple carriers, you wouldn’t necessarily see change in pricing that you are charging the carrier? Is that correct?

Timothy D. Cook:

That’s correct.

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

scpanza — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:36:27 -0000

tim cook - hubris always procede downfall , iphone thrives through telcos subsidies , and he is misleading consumers, re telcos charging more , with android hot on apple's heel , telcos want to offer more choices to consumers, allocating subsidies to other phones

Re: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

Name — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:27:46 -0000

Cook didn’t offer any specific criticism != "scoffs at"