Comments on: France’s Orange sells 30,000 iPhones in first few days http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:05:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html/comment-page-1/#comment-111672 Richard Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:31:14 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html#comment-111672 Us Brits are waiting for the Nokia release next year. It's going to be strides a head of everything again. The N82 is good but Nokia I'm sure have a new mega beast of a phone to come. 10 GPS phones in 2008 as least 10 of those will be better than the iPhone possibly :wink: Us Brits are waiting for the Nokia release next year. It’s going to be strides a head of everything again. The N82 is good but Nokia I’m sure have a new mega beast of a phone to come. 10 GPS phones in 2008 as least 10 of those will be better than the iPhone possibly :wink:

]]> By: Richard http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html/comment-page-1/#comment-111667 Richard Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:27:20 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html#comment-111667 All above comments more than valid well said. Also the UK networks push 3G to access web services (As they paid sooooo much for the 3G licences, 20 Billion GBP wasn't it), something that the iPhone can't do. To save power and so give better battery life was the reason for no 3G wasn't it. 3G coverage is good in the UK. Being a lot smaller than the USA we've got a better network running, it's now a very high % of the population covered with a 3G signal 95% plus I beleive. The iPhone focuses on WiFi as the main way of internet access, not having as many starbucks in the UK WiFi hotspots aren't as well advertised (They are about though) The take up might be better of the iPhone 2.0 here in the UK because of the access issue's. All above comments more than valid well said.

Also the UK networks push 3G to access web services (As they paid sooooo much for the 3G licences, 20 Billion GBP wasn’t it), something that the iPhone can’t do. To save power and so give better battery life was the reason for no 3G wasn’t it. 3G coverage is good in the UK. Being a lot smaller than the USA we’ve got a better network running, it’s now a very high % of the population covered with a 3G signal 95% plus I beleive. The iPhone focuses on WiFi as the main way of internet access, not having as many starbucks in the UK WiFi hotspots aren’t as well advertised (They are about though) The take up might be better of the iPhone 2.0 here in the UK because of the access issue’s.

]]> By: Varun http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html/comment-page-1/#comment-111022 Varun Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:33:41 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html#comment-111022 The french are conscious of style and iPhone is a perfect example of style no wonder iphone sales re rocketing The french are conscious of style and iPhone is a perfect example of style

no wonder iphone sales re rocketing

]]> By: Chris P http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html/comment-page-1/#comment-110864 Chris P Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:18:12 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html#comment-110864 ...or maybe the French arent so discerning as the Brits!;) The iphone isnt the latest or greatest;), as I am sure you know its many drawbacks compared to better handsets on the market... which is most likely the reason its not selling so well in the UK. However you recently reported 1 million N95's have been sold since launch in the UK - that says it all really! …or maybe the French arent so discerning as the Brits!;) The iphone isnt the latest or greatest;), as I am sure you know its many drawbacks compared to better handsets on the market… which is most likely the reason its not selling so well in the UK. However you recently reported 1 million N95’s have been sold since launch in the UK – that says it all really!

]]> By: D Wadda http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html/comment-page-1/#comment-110862 D Wadda Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:14:14 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/05/frances-orange-sells-30000-iphones-in-first-few-days.html#comment-110862 "So, why are Brits so cheap?" We are not cheap, we're just used to better phones than you get in the US. The iPhone really doesn't stand out: there are as many downsides as there are upsides, when compared to (say) a Samsung F700 - which we can get here but isn't available in the US. Face it. The iPhone will become a niche player like HTC. It ain't no big deal. Besides, there's a lot of resentment towards Apple here and their closed systems. It all started with their insisting on charging the UK more to purchase iTunes than in the US. Why? Because they could. So to hell with Apple. “So, why are Brits so cheap?”

We are not cheap, we’re just used to better phones than you get in the US. The iPhone really doesn’t stand out: there are as many downsides as there are upsides, when compared to (say) a Samsung F700 – which we can get here but isn’t available in the US.

Face it. The iPhone will become a niche player like HTC. It ain’t no big deal. Besides, there’s a lot of resentment towards Apple here and their closed systems. It all started with their insisting on charging the UK more to purchase iTunes than in the US. Why? Because they could. So to hell with Apple.

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