iPhone 3GS – Is it already a flop?
Posted by Dave in Handsets, Mobiles, Networks, Technology, tags: Apple, Carphone Warehouse, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, O2As we all know the Apple iPhone 3GS launches in just 5 days. And in my opinion it has already flopped before a single unit has been sold.
The reason being that the phone has been available for pre-orders on at Carphone Warehouse for 3 days now. When the iPhone 3G went on sale for pre order on both CPW and O2′s websites it sold out in a matter of hours. However 3 days on CPW are showing no signs of running out of stock.
Now of course that could simply down to Apple making much more stock available to cover the demand. However I think it’s more likely that the device simply isn’t selling. O2 have over priced it to new customers and alienated their existing customer base by failing to provide a reasonably priced upgrade path. The only people likely to be pre ordering a device which is basically the same as the 3G but a tad faster and with an extremely useful built in compass are the most die hard of Apple fanatics who must have the latest hardware as soon as its released.
Most normal people will simply have realised that it isn’t worth the price tag O2 have placed on it and it certainly isn’t worth locking yourself into a 2 year contract which in all likliness will result in you missing the next iPhone release from Apple which in all likliness will be a much bigger step up in spec than the 3GS is
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I agree the phone is 199 is the us so it should be like before 99 here in the uk when I rang o2 they seemed to be Reading of a script the way she just irgrored me no matter what I said and carryed on with what she was saying like when she said it’s more this time cos it’s in 16 and. 32 gb she dissmissed the fact I said why is it the same price in the us then
Hi Lewis. It’s funny you should mention the US maintaining the same price for the 3GS as the 3G because I did read that AT&T despite also charging a fortune for upgraders have sold out of pre-order stock. Makes you wonder why it’s not doing the same over here
Lewis that $199 iPhone in the US is on a 24 month contract, the same phone on o2 on a 24 month contract is £87 so it’s cheaper than the £99 you say it should be. So exactly what is the problem that you have with the price?