AT&T restructured its deal with Apple, said Ralph de la Vega, the chief executive of AT&T Mobility, in order to overcome resistance from mass consumers to the high $399 price of the iPhone. Now, instead of paying Apple a portion of their monthly fees, carriers like AT&T will make a large payment to Apple every time an iPhone is sold and attached to their network.
The time is near.
I’m sitting in an exhibition hall at Moscone West in San Francisco, waiting for Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs to give the keynote at the company’s 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference. As usual, the place is overrun with media, analysts and the Apple faithful. The 3G iPhone’s debut should be minutes away.
I’ll keep updating this post through the morning. Stay tuned.
There’s not a lot of hard Apple (AAPL) news for the Street to chew on ahead of Monday’s expected announcement of the 3G iPhone at next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
AT&T is planning to put some extra shine on the even sleeker new Apple iPhone. When the 3G iPhone is introduced this summer, AT&T, the exclusive U.S. iPhone sales partner with Apple, will cut the price by as much as $200, according to a person familiar with the strategy.
Turns out the iPhone shortage isn’t limited to New York Apple stores: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster called 20 Apple stores nationwide today–and all of them were sold out of iPhones. In a note, Munster says the lead time for iPhones on Apple.com is still “5-7 days.” What does this mean?
Apple’s new iPhone may well be a revolutionary product in some ways. But after testing one of the devices that went on sale late last month, I’m steering clear, at least for now, of the most shamelessly overhyped consumer product since Windows 95. For all its admirable features–the large screen, gorgeous industrial design and advanced user interface in particular–the iPhone feels like a beta product.
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