Comments on: Report: iPhones piling up at AT&T stores

The huge gap between the number of iPhones sold by Apple and the number activated by AT&T can't be explained by international sales or unlocked units alone.

[venus2]

IPHONES & AT&T

The reason I don't have an IPhone is I don't want to continue to use AT&T. When it was Cingular I had good service. When it became AT&T, I have numerous dropped calls (especially with other AT&T customers), and various other issues. Those commercials you see on televison are why not to have AT&T. They are advertising what service you get with AT&T instead of the other way around. If Apple would allow other phone carriers to carry the IPhone, the problem of an overstock in IPhones will probably go away.

[mjoecups--2008]

Total ignorance

This comment show total ignorance in how the stock market
works. The dollar value of one share of stock is totally arbitrary
and meaningless.

Get a clue.

[savagesteve13]

Never buy an iPhone from AT&T

Their customer service sucks. Go to an Apple store and save yourself the headaches.

[JamesTBaines]

Here's why I don't own an iPhone

I don't own an iPhone because my trusty Nokia 6310i, ancient though it might be, does it all for me. With a TEN DAY battery life, 3G so that I can use it all around the world, easy texting and email, it's simply the best mobile I ever had. And unless I get some compelling reason to change it, I'll stick with it until it falls off the perch. And Cool, Sexy, Neat, are not what I consider to be compelling reasons to switch. NOTE: Not once in this note did I badmouth Apple or any other contributor to this discussion...

[Bill_I]

iPhone avoidance

All proprietary schemes are doomed to be bypassed and absorbed into the marketplace. The economy is an election that never stops and you vote with your dollars. In my case, I am quite happy with an LG phone running CDMA on Verizon. Yes, the phone is locked in to Verizon, but the service is great here in North America, which is all I need anyway.

[jonhuie]

I LOVE my iPhone.

My personal experience with my iPhone and with AT&T is very different from what most of the comments here reflect. I was a Verizon user before my iPhone purchase, and I had some hesitancy over the bad press AT&T was receiving.

I found the AT&T signal much stronger than Verizon at both of my homes (FL & WA). AT&T?s voice plan costs the same as Verizon, and the data plan at $20/month is a quarter what Verizon charges for web access. I love the web access and user interface on my iPhone. Web access speed is just fine for any web page that makes any sense on a small screen, and it works EVERYWHERE. I took my iPhone to Europe and Egypt and got great voice and web access everywhere. I traded stocks on the web while surrounded by farmland on the Nile ? try that with a CDMA phone.

[WNicholson]

Why I love My iPhone & YOU should own one

Everyone can complain about what the iphone does and doesn't do... but either way you look at it, it's in a class by itself and it's one unbelievable piece of technology... Check this out:

I used to be a Sprint customer with an unlimited talk package at $200 a month. I had to pay for extra texting and all data was charged to me per kilobyte. Chalk that up to about $250 when you're all done.

With the iPhone - I'm way cheaper, have all the talk time I need, and data is 100 included.

Old phone? Had to dial 411 for phone numbers, or use the sloooow 1-800-free-411 number which sometimes didn't find the number I needed. With my iPhone, I can click to the REAL web and search the number I need... When the number comes up, just click on it and the phone dials.

Do you know how much this saves me each month? I hate paying $1.50 per directory lookup!

Instead of buying games on my old phone for $2.99 or more a month, I simply go to the WebApps on my iphone, and call up a web application FOR FREE!

That means I can play games (in full hi-res color) for free and pick from thousands of utilities, again for free!

Music (ipod), video (you tube), full featured web access, phone that has great contact storage, one touch access to my email, near GPS tracking with up to date road conditions built into Google maps, plus tons of other features make this little all in one - my ONLY one.

When I went to the AT&T store the first time and told them I'd be using it for business, they tried to talk me out of it. Now that I have an iPhone... I use it every day for business and don't know where I'd be without it. It even pulls up excel spreadsheets for viewing!

If you don't have an iPhone, it's only for two reasons - #1 you haven't played with it long enough... or #2 you can't afford the thing... If you can afford it... just buy it! You'll be happy you did.

Oh.. and one other thing... I've used MANY different wireless carriers... AT&T truly is the best for clarity, no dropped calls, and reliability. Even their web site and bill payment options are easy and awesome!

[wpavlik2]

iPhone ownership is the proof

I liked your comment. It really hit on the mark.
I went to an Apple store and played with an iPhone back in Sept. just to see if I'd like it.
I wasn't impressed with it in the store but I didn't have enough time with it to explore and actually USE it.
I've been a Palm OS user for over 10 years. I've had 2 Treos, both of which I loved. One was on Alltel and the other on AT&T. My biggest draw to the Palm devices was that I could sync my Lotus Notes calendar with them using a 3rd party conduit.
I got an iPhone for Christmas and I can say the only thing I am missing is the ability to sync my calendar with Notes. I have no doubt that this will be available soon. Everything else is better so far than the native Palm apps.
The BIG miss here is the lack of native app development for the iPhone. I know this is a YOUNG product and that will be coming soon. (there weren't a ton of applications for the original Palm Pilot 1000, either. Now, there are thousands of applications for the current generation Palm devices)

[Ed-duh-win]

Um, we weren't complaining...

The article was just saying how the iPhone seems to be piling up at retailers. We weren't complaining.

Now, I don't own an iPhone for two reasons - 1. useless and 2. it's Apple.

And I'm not buying it, never.

[wjo31]

Report: iPhones piling up at AT&T stores

After reading this story I was so shocked to hear about the lack of demand that I did some quick research on the matter. I feel it's important to point out I has planning on buying an iPhone next month after my contract ends with Verizon. All the more reason to investigate before slapping $399 on a new phone I would grow to hate according to some of the accounts coming from Wallstreet. As it turned out, Toni Sacconaghi, from Bernstein Research appears to be a real critic of the company. He recently stated that Apple is headed for ?a period of relatively less new product innovation.? However, Morgan Stanley advises it's investors now would be the wrong time bet against Apple. Of course, they're referring to all the wild speculation that's appearing over the "death of the iPod" because sales grew only five percent during last quarter. Now, Toni says iPhones are piling up in the stores and eventually they'll be blocking the entrances of their stores (of course, this isn't true but I felt compelled to make something up, too).

Truth be known, I found out tonight that Apple's R&D again rose by some 32 percent yearly during the period from June 2007 to Dec. 2007, a broader array of Wi-Fi mobile devices and some yet unknown products are likely to build on this trend. Ultimately, future product cycles are key to stock performance and we view late Spring/Summer as the next potential timeframe for announcements," (again) according to Morgan Stanley. Additionally, they noted that growing research and development expense reported by the company in its latest filings with the SEC indicate a fresh product cycle is well in the works.

What did Toni Sacconaghi, from Bernstein Research say... Oh, Yeah! He said Apple is headed for ?a period of relatively less new product innovation.? Please make a note of this and lets all remember what he and others are saying and lets hold them to it. Is it at all possible that Toni knows this and is just trying to drive the stock artificially lower so he can swoop in and make a killing? Stay tune.

Robert

[wjo31]

Dig a little deeper and you might be surprised...

After reading this story I was so shocked to hear about the lack of demand that I did some quick research on the matter. I feel it's important to point out I has planning on buying an iPhone next month after my contract ends with Verizon. All the more reason to investigate before slapping $399 on a new phone I would grow to hate according to some of the accounts coming from Wallstreet. As it turned out, Toni Sacconaghi, from Bernstein Research appears to be a real critic of the company. He recently stated that Apple is headed for ?a period of relatively less new product innovation.? However, Morgan Stanley advises it's investors now would be the wrong time bet against Apple. Of course, they're referring to all the wild speculation that's appearing over the "death of the iPod" because sales grew only five percent during last quarter. Now, Toni says iPhones are piling up in the stores and eventually they'll be blocking the entrances of their stores (of course, this isn't true but I felt compelled to make something up, too).

Truth be known, I found out tonight that Apple's R&D again rose by some 32 percent yearly during the period from June 2007 to Dec. 2007, a broader array of Wi-Fi mobile devices and some yet unknown products are likely to build on this trend. Ultimately, future product cycles are key to stock performance and we view late Spring/Summer as the next potential timeframe for announcements," (again) according to Morgan Stanley. Additionally, they noted that growing research and development expense reported by the company in its latest filings with the SEC indicate a fresh product cycle is well in the works.

What did Toni Sacconaghi, from Bernstein Research say... Oh, Yeah! He said Apple is headed for ?a period of relatively less new product innovation.? Please make a note of this and lets all remember what he and others are saying and lets hold them to it. Is it at all possible that Toni knows this and is just trying to drive the stock artificially lower so he can swoop in and make a killing? Stay tune.

Robert

[WNicholson]

This isn't your grandpa's AT&T

I neglected to mention one other thing in my last post... The AT&T service. Now, several years ago, I had a connection with a friend who worked for AT%T Wireless. I got a FREE sony erricson tiny little phone valued at $400 - and service for $14.99 a month - unlimited talk time. Basically this was the AT&T employee plan I was given.

I HATED THE SERVICE! Dropped calls, huge areas of no reception (bars), and at the end a period where my service would randomly roam (even though I was actually in one of their supposed service areas?! Needless to say, I dropped the account and went to Sprint for quite a few years.

I was hesitant about switching back to AT&T - so much that I activated my new iPhone with a different number to try it out where I work, drive, visit, etc. WOW! What a remarkable difference in service quality and an overall huge improvement.

One week later I transferred my Sprint number over and have been enjoying my iPhone ever since! I love this thing, I love AT&T and I swore I would never have ever said that.

Here's some facts:

1- I've only dropped 2-3 calls in almost 4 months.
2- The internet is slow at times, but nothing that is unusable. It's still quality for going over a cellular connection.
3- Most the time, WiFi is available - so #2 is not a concern.
4- Billing from A&T is better than ever, and their website is intuitive.
5- I love that the charges are simple and include all I need... I'm a hardcore user of my phone and it has NEVER let me down.

OH... And one more thing about the iPhone.

It's only limited by the software it runs. Recently all the iphone users wanted some additional features.. and Apple responded with a free update which brought the phone up to date.

So many phones out there have micro-updates... nothing that considerably improves the overall functionality...

So when you're looking at an iPhone - remember - it's great now and only getting better with every software update. You're holding a phone which will grow with you - not just become obsolete.

Now...run along... go get that iPhone you've been holding out for!