Comments on: [Confirmed] iPhone Take Two Coming On June 9th

By: cookie's me2DAY

cookie's me2DAY — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:49:47 +0000

cOOkIE의 생각…

아이폰 3G -> 진짜 나올 모양이네요…ㅠ.ㅠb…

By: Karthik Kastury

Karthik Kastury — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:32:06 +0000

@Thilak, Apple surely needs a different strategy here in India. Indians are not all that net savvy and they are also price conscious, so Apple will need to price the iPhone smartly.

And my suggestion to Vodafone and Bharati Airtel is that allow us to use our existing prepaid/postpaid plans, without having to use a special iPhone plan..

By: FireFox

FireFox — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:10:20 +0000

Ha okok, I misunderstood the 60% thing. I was thinking mobile phones. Not you savy tech guys ( and me ) using there laptops to browse the interweb.

By: Ramkesh Renganathan

Ramkesh Renganathan — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:18:18 +0000

Amazing. Just amazing. Hey, I’m Indian too. But, I live in the US in an area where Wi-Fi is predominant over normal Internet connections

By: Thilak

Thilak — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:33:54 +0000

@Firefox: When I first read about it in the newspaper, I was like “WTF?”. Still can’t believe it’s true.

By: FireFox

FireFox — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:26:18 +0000

60% ??that just is incredible ! Laptops included I assume

By: Thilak

Thilak — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:21:07 +0000

Believe it or not, but 60% of all search queries come from mobile devices in India. I use WiFi in Empire Mall cafe, and there is WiFi at Manipal CCD as well. I don’t think it’s that hard to find.

Nonetheless, I’ll agree with your point that Apple is at a win-win position, but I don’t think it will be the same in India.

By: Karthik Kastury

Karthik Kastury — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:47:46 +0000

@Sanils, Yes I agree to what you mentioned. But as Apple takes iPhone to other countries, carrier exclusivity might not work that well, as Apple is aiming to take the iPhone to as many people as possible.

Also coming to the point of generating revenue, expect the App Store on the new iPhone Software to be the cash cow. Apple is surely going to make loads of money if we see amazing apps on the App Store. And Judging from the preliminary reports so far, we will surely be seeing some killer apps.

With Carrier Independence, more countries in the Apple Umbrella, and the upcoming iPhone and software, Apple surely is in the drivers seat in the mobile market and I must say its a win-win situation for Apple no matter what way you look at it..

By: sanils

sanils — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:42:53 +0000

One of the revenue model for iPhone is, the career need to share the revenue generated by data with Apple. So what will be the next business model if there is no career exclusivity?