iPhones to Outpace iPods in Comparable Periods- What Are They Crazy?
From a Bloomberg report
Apple, in its only public forecast, says it plans to sell 10 million next year.
Sales at those levels would outdo the iPod, Apple's best- selling product to date, for comparable periods.
I think Apple is crazy. How in the world do they propose they will outsell the iPod for it's comparable period? The barrier to entry in buying and using an iPod was zero. To buy and use an iPhone I have to sign a two year agreement with a very specific wireless carrier. If I'm not on that carrier already I'll have to pay my current carrier to break that contract and then pay far too much to the new carrier. The barrier to entry is very high. I think they are insane. A few people are going to get very rich- those that short the Apple stock now.
If Apple sells 10 million iPhones next year- I'll give away my iPod on this blog. If they sell 3 million this year I'll buy a reader an iPhone- but you have to let me play with it.