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Apple goes after students with iPhone

Started by Ewan · 1 år sedan

Apple’s next target for the iPhone: students. According to Apple Insider, as well as flogging the devices through the usual channels, the company is looking to start selling the handset through “on-campus stores and other educational resellers”.

If it’s true, it could mean a significant step for Apple - expanding the channels it sells the [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • $200 US is not a massive bundle of cash. It is 2.5 tanks of gas (if one has a family sized car/suv). It is the price for dinner for 2 at a moderately priced London restaurant (with drinks). It is the price of 2-3 textbooks.

    US students are not seriously cashed up, but $200 is the entry point for any slightly decent phone at any of the mobile shops here, unless you want one of the crap crap crap crap flip phones that comes free or nearly so.

    I have watched students in the UK & Ireland spend nearly that much on drinking over a weekend (£100). So, a new mobile or getting really F'ing pissed. You choose.
  • Excellent points, msjen!
  • makes a very interesting read, now all I am doing is waiting for the news about pay as yo go in the uk!
  • Hook 'em while their young!
  • I recently did some polling to gauge student interest in the iPhone in the UK:

    http://www.reachstudents.co.uk/blog/2008/09/19/...

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