The iPhone 3G subsidy is going to make it fail
June 11, 2008
That’s what the idiots at CNN money have to say here.
The maker of a hot-selling revolutionary phone cuts its price to spur more mass-market demand. Sound familiar? That happened to the Razr, and while the move spurred sales for a while, Motorola (MOT) couldn’t duplicate the success because it failed to innovate.
How foolish? What is the result of a marketing failure with stiff competition is not a lack of innovation. The iPhone is not perfect, but it is a lot closer than the Razr is to perfection. Sounds more like a rant for not having got a pass to WWDC this year. Great going Ben and Roger!
