Surprising iPhone info… not

Published 7/13/07

“Early iPhone owners are overwhelmingly happy with their devices, a survey out Friday says….”

I’m not surprised. Not because the iPhone is a fine phone (ahead of the curve on interface, behind the curve on features), but because it’s an obvious conclusion.

When people spend a lot of money on something, they’re always happy with it.

As one mosquito expert said to me regarding $400 mosquito traps that she was iffy about, “I think if I spent $400 I would claim it worked anyway.”

And think about it: Do you know many people, if anyone, who doesn’t like their car? When you shell out $15,000 or $20,000, the chances of you admitting, “Gosh, it really isn’t very good,” is slim.

Ditto when you overpay for a phone. And, of course, there’s the fanboy angle: If their iPhones exploded, they would probably say, “But chicks did the scars it left me with. Thanks, Steve!”

The Fray

3 responses (add yours)

Leland says:

Don’t be so sure. I’ve vehemently complained about high ticket items that don’t work well.

July 16th, 2007 at 11:32 AM

gnomic says:

Andrew,

Like hybrids (Which really aren’t that much better for the environment) the iPhone isn’t about how well it works, but what it says about the person buying it. And most of the early adopters expect minor problems. As long at it works - even with quirks or marginal performance - people are going to be very happy about it.

And from what I’ve heard, most people are generally happy about them.

July 17th, 2007 at 9:08 AM

paula says:

I was in Denver on June 29. On June 30 I went to the apple store at the mall, walked right in and bought one. What was all the waiting in line about? Had no trouble activating (well did not have updated version on ITunes on Mac Notebook and used a PC). Yeah, I might have paid too much (glad I had the cash at the time!) BUT IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN TO OWN!!! Just recently downloaded wallpaper from different sites. I LOVE IT!

August 4th, 2007 at 9:19 PM