arstechnica.com — A new survey performed by Piper Jaffray shows that 84 percent of their 500 teenagers sampled have heard of the Apple iPhone. According to our resident scientists, the sample size is just large enough to make deductions about the entire teenage population; hooray for statistics! According to a senior Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster
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thedrinkninjaApr 12, 2007
Has the writer of this article never been on Myspace?At one point probably two out of every three banner ads on Myspace was "Click here and win a free Apple iPhone!*", or "Shoot the turkey and win an iPhone!*". Any teenager who uses Myspace as often as the ones I deal with will subconsciously soak up some of the brand identification from the banner ads. From there, all it takes is a, "hay u did u kno theres an iphone lik an ipod but itz a phone???" to a friend, and you've got a viral marketing ploy with the best of them.
phpfreakApr 12, 2007
Most teens are quick to run out and buy the latest iPod, so why not the iPhone? Also, most teens these days have Sidekicks, which are a pretty penny (and if you want to talk about crappy service, look at T-Mobile), so I don't think the $500-$600 price tag will be an issue. The issue may, for some, be that they're tied into a contract with another carrier, or even one with Cingular, already. Getting out of a contract can run up to $250 in some cases, but paying up to $850 to get the latest gadget might be worth it to some.
Closed AccountApr 13, 2007
It's called an apostrophe. Look it up.
Closed AccountApr 13, 2007
MySpace is so over. Seriously, WTF would anyone still be doing on MySpace?
Closed AccountApr 13, 2007
It's URL, not url.
webmasterjoeApr 13, 2007
"It's URL, not url."Being that anal about a thread comment just makes me want to do it more. url, url, url. Hey, what internet do you have? I have American online, because I like to instant messenge my buddys.
Closed AccountApr 13, 2007
All this is, is propaganda branding it is ridicules to pay over 600 dollars for a gaming console in Sony as it is as much to pay for a Iphone for the same price at least here in Canada. Not everyone is a Paris Hilton follower or wannabe when it's comes to Company Ad Propaganda. Or a self proclaimed Tech head that can only afford it because they live in mommy and daddy's basement for free. On top of not all th epopulas are into computers let alone Apple Inc PC/Fad products.Sorry this is something i and i can say most of the world can live without. Thanx but no thanx
Closed AccountApr 13, 2007
I guess when you a sheep it's expected of you to follow baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
blackeagleApr 16, 2007
wow I really dont care, beside how many teens can buy this phone and then pay for it month after month, people its just a damn phone! i dont use apple much but after the price falls on this thing and maybe around gen 4 are 5 I might think about getting it, but it still a damn phone its really not that big of a thing u freakin mac sheep