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One in Three Americans Wants an iPhone

news.yahoo.com — Apple's iPhone could emerge as the most successful product introduction of the 21st century, new research suggests. Lightspeed Research surveyed 39,000 people on its U.S. online panel in the days following the launch of the device on June 29-- and the research findings are staggering.

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  • silencerider151, on 10/11/2007, -12/+138"Hey would you like this fancy high-tech device instead of your crappy phone?"
    "Sure"
    (Records data as wanting an iPhone)
    "Ok, that will be $600"
    "Oh, nevermind."
  • sabotank, on 10/11/2007, -60/+155and i would be one of the two who don't
  • websterphreaky, on 10/11/2007, -21/+102Lightspeed Research is a notorious Apple "research study" whore. They'll come up with "research numbers" however Apple wants it to look like.

    One more thing, "wanting" an iphone and doling out $600 + $1900 for two years of lousy AT&T service is ANOTHER THING!
  • netferret, on 10/11/2007, -12/+711 in 3 americans thinks the sun revolves round the earth.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -14/+601 in 3 Diggers are getting seriously annoyed with iPhone stories.
    And they will not disable Apple section.
    And feel like they have been reading iPhone stories for years.
    I am begging you people. Get something other than this to front-page. Please
  • jakebechtold, on 10/11/2007, -16/+611 in 5 Americans can't get an iPhone due to AT&T's lack of service in many parts of the US - that's why I don't have one.
  • aliengoods, on 10/11/2007, -6/+48"1 in 3 Amerikans was retarded"

    You make it too easy.
  • lordtyros, on 10/11/2007, -6/+453 in 3 Americans want a million dollars.

    If wishes were fishes, etc.
  • Myonosken, on 10/11/2007, -13/+39Lol, "wanting" something isn't the same as wanting to pay for one.

    Plus the company are known Apple whores, marked as lame.
  • TheUngod, on 10/11/2007, -4/+27Hm...I mean, I want an iPhone too...but I also want a giant mansion, a few billion dollars, a solid gold telephone, and a bunch of boats...with a bunch of vietnamese people on 'em. But, I guess we don't always want to PAY for what we want.
  • Novagenesis, on 10/11/2007, -22/+37Ditto. Somehow, I think that particular poll is very biased.
    Half the people I know don't even know what an iPhone is.
    The rest hear the price and say "I'd rather a real smartphone"
  • loneraven, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16$600 isn't a lot of money? Sure, if you've got no bills to pay, it's not a lot of money. Not everyone can just get up and leave and find a better job you dumbass.

    I HIGHLY doubt you can make $600 in an hour. In fact you're probably a 13 year old prepubescent boy who has no or very little knowledge of how the world works.
  • dpcamp, on 10/11/2007, -10/+21THIS JUST IN: 1 in 2 Americans want a blowjob..


    seriously I haven't logged into digg in 6 months because I was sick of seeing iPhone stories, and logged in today and whats the first thing I see on the front page??? this crap.
  • lindajeff, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13If your low on money buy a knitted iPhone one:
    http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/07/11/knitted-apple-iphone-soft-and-wont-break-if-you-drop-it/
  • PhoneGuy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12This was an 'Online Survey' and roughly 42% of Americans have internet at home, so the headline should read 1 in 3 of the 42% of Americans that have internet access at home responded favorably to our survey which was only given to 39,000 people.

  • malekov, on 10/11/2007, -24/+34The other two of three Americans wont waste 2500 dollars for making calls...
  • FastZ, on 10/11/2007, -10/+201 in 5 Americans can't get an iPhone due to it's price - that's why I don't have one.
  • greeneyes137, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13My regular phone cost 2400 over 2 years of service. BUt it's a national plan with many upgrades and lots of minutes. the 1900 dollars dosen't mean anything. a regular 50 dollar a month plan with decent minutes is 1200 dollars. so for an extra 700... or, let me break it down.... 29 dollars a month, i'll pick up ALOT of extra features... wow...
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13nailed it!
  • dr3d, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11nice try. i'm guessing you're unemployed
  • Crimsoneer, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11Your getting massively ripped off.
  • so1omon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I would think that a job that allowed someone to sit on digg all day would be a pretty good one.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -4/+11for a phone?
  • Daedalus17, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8The Earth? No. It revolves around America.
  • MacParrot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6You really expect us to believe you have "10 or so" friends?
  • loneraven, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9just shut the hell up chickenstrip, we don't need you saying $600 isn't a lot all over the place. Don't kid yourself. Those who like to flaunt their wealth, usually have no wealth.
  • orp2000, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Um, no we haven't learned that people "lie on surveys all the time." Sometimes survey questions can be written in such a way that the data is misleading. However, for the most part, surveys are a reliable way to collect data (assuming a sufficiently large sample and sufficient integrity in the process).
  • rudy23, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9if you get the ferrari cake then you can have one and everyone else gets a piece too . . .
  • mikm, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Sadly, the median earning in America (for both salaried and wage employees, according to the Department of Labor see for yourself at http://www.bls.gov/cps/) is $671/week. $600 is still a lot for most people in America (let alone the rest of the world).

    Since you make $600 an hour, I hope that you are generous with your money.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+92 in 3 of these statistics are either made up or have a big bias. Let me guess, the 39000 Americans surveyed were surveyed as they were coming out of an Apple Store? Also, seriously, where did 39,000 people reflect what America wants? Ask 39,000 if GWB is doing a good job. Then go to a different area of the country and ask 39,000 more, and I bet you're results are different.
  • tektalk, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8Oh, so you're exempt from your own statement? Is that correct? What job do you have that makes you so much richer than the rest?
  • zezerik, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Is the Zune a phone? Your comparison is stupid.
    "The PS3 sold more units in 3 days than the Honda Accord did in a whole year..."
  • Novagenesis, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8Nope, but 1 in 3 Americans is homophobic enough to worry about that.
  • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5But they gotta PAY!
  • IEatHamburgers, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5And before anyone starts being offended, anmol2k4's swastika has nothing to do with Nazis.
  • givinupthefight, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Yeah, i believe that someone so mature to go "do NOT ***** DIGG ME DOWN MOTHER *****" makes $600 an hour. That math comes to $1,248,000 a year. You have the maturity of a 7 year old, not the ability to make 7 figures.
  • rainergamer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Please, Digg, stop with the iPhone trolling.
  • moofer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6This is where you've mis-analyzed him... His PARENTS buy him what he wants, and therefore has no appreciation for money or what it takes to earn it in the real world. Anyone who works hard for money has an appreciation and respect for people of limited means.
  • matt.rubin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I'm sorry but the best we can do is a Acura cake :D
  • lacronicus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5i think if chicks could get blowjobs, they'd want one too
  • donte, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5If it were *truly* a representative sample I'm sure damn 2 out of every 3 americans wouldn't even know what an iPhone is. Under that logic, everyone who knows what an iPhone is wants one. This is one of the poorest excuses of a survey I've ever seen.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4$600 is more than a weekly after tax paycheck for the average American. What planet are you living on?
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4you live in an american???

    wtf?
  • moofer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+51 in 3 people explain jokes that don't need any explanation.
  • Daedalus17, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Naw, one in four is retarded. There is four of us and you are retarded.
  • saleens281, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5What a great poll.

    Next up: 1 in 3 americans want a blowjob today.
  • SirBotchness, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4"Apple's iPhone could emerge as the most successful product introduction of the 21st century"

    Only 2007 and we've peaked folks, you can die now knowing nothing will be cool again.
  • hfactor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Okay, we got it, idiot. No need to post it another 7 million times: You just found 600$. Have fun.

    And don´t try to make anybody believe mr. "do NOT ***** DIGG ME DOWN MOTHER *****" has got a decent job.
  • winnch, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8That's what we call a meaningless sample size (and comment).
  • Travisncs, on 10/11/2007, -1/+549% of Americans want to have sex with Jessica Alba
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