Comments on: T.T.F.N 4GB iPhone! We barely knew ye… http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2007/09/09/ttfn-4gb-iphone-we-barely-knew-ye/ My thoughts and opinions. These are liable to change. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Samarth http://blog.michaelhenley.co.uk/2007/09/09/ttfn-4gb-iphone-we-barely-knew-ye/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Samarth Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:08:47 +0000 http://michaelstech.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/ttfn-4gb-iphone-we-barely-knew-ye/#comment-4 I suppose one of the main reasons why they let out a cheaper, 4gb version was because, like any other retail company, they want to create a range of prices for a single product to weed out price-sensitive consumers. The logic behind it is that those who are willing to pay more do so and so Apple can maximise profits (Starbucks uses this tactic far too successfully). Like other companies I suppose they actually made the higher-end product first and then spent a lot of money dumbing it down into the 4gb. The problem (and I don' believe Apple overlooked this) is that the 4gb is pretty useless. I suppose they hoped, as you said, to make some profit of a cehaper product that mgiht sell in bulk. But let's hope for a 12-16gb version. PS. Nice blog. One of the more sensible and balanced articles I've read on a non-mainstream techblog. I suppose one of the main reasons why they let out a cheaper, 4gb version was because, like any other retail company, they want to create a range of prices for a single product to weed out price-sensitive consumers. The logic behind it is that those who are willing to pay more do so and so Apple can maximise profits (Starbucks uses this tactic far too successfully). Like other companies I suppose they actually made the higher-end product first and then spent a lot of money dumbing it down into the 4gb. The problem (and I don’ believe Apple overlooked this) is that the 4gb is pretty useless. I suppose they hoped, as you said, to make some profit of a cehaper product that mgiht sell in bulk. But let’s hope for a 12-16gb version.

PS. Nice blog. One of the more sensible and balanced articles I’ve read on a non-mainstream techblog.

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