[ingwe]

A week after Steve's letter and no details as far as I can tell.

 

[lextek]

Do you own an iPhone? Maybe something was sent out to owners?

 

[ingwe]

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Originally Posted by lextek /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do you own an iPhone? Maybe something was sent out to owners?

I do own an iPhone. But The Letter specifies that details would be made available on the Apple site "next week."

 

[GSTom1]

Details have finally be posted:

Apple iPhone Store Credit

That's why I am never an early adoptor of new technology!

 

[ingwe]

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Originally Posted by GSTom1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Details have finally be posted: Apple iPhone Store Credit That's why I am never an early adoptor of new technology!

Thanks! Works like a charm: enter phone number and serial number. A form displays with instructions to wait for a text message containing a code. When received (within 20 seconds in my case), enter the code into the form. Print the credit. Bring the credit into the store. Neato!

 

[MfiveM]

I just got my credit. Time to go to the store to buy a 160gb classic.

 

[OverlordXenu]

Oh boy, $100 to spend on more Apple electronics! Never mind that $100 per iPhone is nothing to them, and their hardware doesn't cost much to produce, so this will probably make them more money than they would have made otherwise...

Gee whizz, Jobs is a marketing and business genius, seriously.

 

[ingwe]

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Originally Posted by OverlordXenu /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh boy, $100 to spend on more Apple electronics! Never mind that $100 per iPhone is nothing to them, and their hardware doesn't cost much to produce, so this will probably make them more money than they would have made otherwise... Gee whizz, Jobs is a marketing and business genius, seriously.

What's your point?

 

[kugino]

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Originally Posted by OverlordXenu /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh boy, $100 to spend on more Apple electronics! Never mind that $100 per iPhone is nothing to them, and their hardware doesn't cost much to produce, so this will probably make them more money than they would have made otherwise... Gee whizz, Jobs is a marketing and business genius, seriously.

how do you know their hardware isn't costly to produce?

maybe based on just the materials alone it's not that much more expensive than other comparable products...but apple spends way more in R&D than almost every other computer company...so be sure to factor that in when you figure out the cost.

but i do agree with you that the store credit is a genius marketing move...

 

[neoufo51]

All somebody has to do is use the credit towards the purchase of something like an 8 gig Nano and then sell it online. It's not hard to get around, people.

 

[OverlordXenu]

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Originally Posted by kugino /img/forum/go_quote.gif how do you know their hardware isn't costly to produce? maybe based on just the materials alone it's not that much more expensive than other comparable products...but apple spends way more in R&D than almost every other computer company...so be sure to factor that in when you figure out the cost. but i do agree with you that the store credit is a genius marketing move...

Because it cost them less than $300 to make the iPhone (exluding that magical R&D...Oh man, it's so hard to make a mobile version of unix and develop multi-touch and the UI!), and it's not like Apple even has special hardware for their computers anymore. I could probably go and get every component in the average Mac desktop PC, excluding the case, and build it for less. And the OS is what, $150, right? That would be the only thing having some developing going into it...

But yeah, Jobs is a freaking mastermind.

 

[bloop]

Everyone knew that getting most anything new early is going to cost a premium, so I really didn't understand the uproar in the first place.

People got what they wanted at a cost they thought was fair at the time, only to become discontented in what seems to me to amount to early adopter's remorse at best and petty jealousy at worst.

 

[jimmy_t]

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Originally Posted by OverlordXenu /img/forum/go_quote.gif hardware for their computers anymore. I could probably go and get every component in the average Mac desktop PC, excluding the case, and build it for less. And the OS is what, $150, right? That would be the only thing having some developing going into it...

you can't just build a mac... unless you run hacked software and even then i doubt you'd be able to build one of comparable specs for cheaper, have you ever priced a logic board for a mac? doubt you'll get one of those in the bargain bin at best buy.

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what are you guys getting with your store credit?

 

[OverlordXenu]

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Originally Posted by jimmy_t /img/forum/go_quote.gif you can't just build a mac... unless you run hacked software and even then i doubt you'd be able to build one of comparable specs for cheaper, have you ever priced a logic board for a mac? doubt you'll get one of those in the bargain bin at best buy. -- what are you guys getting with your store credit?

Actually, yes you can. I can go get comparable parts, if not the same parts, of like an iMac or something (excluding monitor, I guess), and just install OS X on it.

As long as your processor supports SSE3 (is that the right acronym?), you can run OS X on your computer.

It's not like OS X magically only runs on Macs.

 

[ingwe]

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Originally Posted by bloop /img/forum/go_quote.gif Everyone knew that getting most anything new early is going to cost a premium, so I really didn't understand the uproar in the first place. People got what they wanted at a cost they thought was fair at the time, only to become discontented in what seems to me to amount to early adopter's remorse at best and petty jealousy at worst.

I posted (twice) previously that I knew what I was getting into, so I wasn't upset with the price drop. BFD.