Study: Consumers Aren't Willing to Pay $500 for iPhone

Iria · Feb 23, 2007, 05:47 PM

Source: Yahoo! News
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Consumers aren't willing to pay what Apple may ask for the iPhone but if the price drops they'll switch their mobile service to AT&T Inc. in order to get it, according to results of a survey released Thursday.

Online market research firm Compete surveyed 379 people in the U.S., most of whom had heard of the iPhone and have shopped for an iPod, to find out how interested they are in the device to produce the uncommissioned report. The iPhone is a combined music player and cell phone that Apple plans to start selling in the U.S. in June.

Tipstaff · Feb 24, 2007, 07:48 AM

Oh, please. 379 people? What kind of survey are you going to get from 379 people? How can these guys make such a definitive statement that consumers are unwilling to pay $500 for the iPhone from that many people? What a joke!

Iria · Feb 24, 2007, 03:53 PM

Actually, Tipstaff, despite what people would think, statistics is an important part of psychology, and my wife is a psychologist. I asked her about this, and she said, no, 379 is a statistically significant sampling, and that 300 is the minimum for a quantitative study.

On the other hand, I would wonder about the demographics of the people. The sampling criteria ... that's not listed.

niceguyrichy · Feb 24, 2007, 04:18 PM

I'm not gonna wade into the stats debate, but I will say this.
what the hell are they complaining about??

we pay twice that for top of the line phones in UK. or does the whole mobile phone thing work differently in the US??

SFOSOK · Feb 24, 2007, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

I'm not gonna wade into the stats debate, but I will say this.
what the hell are they complaining about??

we pay twice that for top of the line phones in UK. or does the whole mobile phone thing work differently in the US??

We are a nation of whiners and crybabies

Vampyromaniac · Feb 24, 2007, 08:22 PM

Since when is answering a survey the same thing as complaining? lol

Feb 23, 2007, 05:47 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Study: Consumers Aren't Willing to Pay $500 for iPhone Source: Yahoo! News __________ Consumers aren't willing to pay what Apple may ask for the iPhone but if the price drops they'll switch their mobile service to AT&T Inc. in order to get it, according to results of a survey released Thursday. Online market research firm Compete surveyed 379 people in the U.S., most of whom had heard of the iPhone and have shopped for an iPod, to find out how interested they are in the device to produce the uncommissioned report. The iPhone is a combined music player and cell phone that Apple plans to start selling in the U.S. in June.

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Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,772 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	Oh, please. 379 people? What kind of survey are you going to get from 379 people? How can these guys make such a definitive statement that consumers are unwilling to pay $500 for the iPhone from that many people? What a joke! __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

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Feb 24, 2007, 03:53 PM	Thread Starter #3
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Actually, Tipstaff, despite what people would think, statistics is an important part of psychology, and my wife is a psychologist. I asked her about this, and she said, no, 379 is a statistically significant sampling, and that 300 is the minimum for a quantitative study. On the other hand, I would wonder about the demographics of the people. The sampling criteria ... that's not listed.