Apple phone is expected to cost $600. Cingular (at&t) won't be allowed to discount it. The cost to manufacture an 8 Gbyte iPhone is estimated to be about $280. As iTunes exists to sell iPods, so now mobile service exists to sell iPhones. True, as Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO points out, iPhone doesn't have a keypad, so text entry might be a bit of a chore. Still, this device is going to get lots of attention, and sales, from professionals, engineers and other people who just think it is the coolest phone on the market.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
50% Margins on iPhone?
Apple phone is expected to cost $600. Cingular (at&t) won't be allowed to discount it. The cost to manufacture an 8 Gbyte iPhone is estimated to be about $280. As iTunes exists to sell iPods, so now mobile service exists to sell iPhones. True, as Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO points out, iPhone doesn't have a keypad, so text entry might be a bit of a chore. Still, this device is going to get lots of attention, and sales, from professionals, engineers and other people who just think it is the coolest phone on the market.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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