06/28/2007, 4:50pm, EDT
Thursday, June 28th
Jobs explains thinking behind iPhone
When asked whether Apple was concerned about consumers purchasing iPhones instead of iPods -- which would ultimately result in more iPhone owners at the expense of iPod sales -- Jobs implied that if cannibalization is going to occur he prefers it be done by Apple itself, not its competitors.
Defending the company's decision to use EDGE mobile internet connectivity, which is slower than the newer 3G networks, Jobs eluded to broader coverage for EDGE while also pointing to increased power consumption for 3G technology. When asked why Apple settled on 6:00 p.m. for the iPhone launch, the company's chief said they didn't want people to take off from work to purchase the device, according to the report.
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Oh, and they didn't want people to take off from work? Why would they need to? Is this a one-time sales event, where if we don't buy one Friday afternoon, we can't ever get one? Why not just sell them Saturday morning? Or just put them up for sale NOW and kill the wait.
you're not gonna buy one anyway, so go find a forum about products you actually are likely to buy or work with and make relevant posts that might add value to someone's forum reading time.
no, really.
Let's see. Someone asked jobs why they picked 6pm. He responded that they had a reason. Therefore, to answer your question, I deduce there's at least two people who care when they go on sale (the asker, and Jobs), and there's most likely more.
And its odd you're not slamming the two people who are already predicting the thing's going to flop, or Apple is concerned there'll be problems, and that's why its Friday at 6pm.
And are you so bored you have to just post a standard "Waaa, stop writing posts I don't want to read" blurb?
you must have missed that part.
i've said it before, but it bears saying again... i picture you as that guy who, if people see you first, they avoid you at all costs, lest they get sucked into some lame-ass contrarian conversation. you get told, by people who are forced to be in your company due to family connections or work, that you are the type who would argue with a telephone pole. and then you argue with them about that.
if i am mischaracterizing you, i apologize. feel free to argue with me about it ;-)