“Brace for more disappointments ahead in the Apple iPhone saga,” Scott Moritz writes for TheStreet.com. “Fans have been dreaming of a 3G Christmas. But observers are saying Apple probably won’t be offering the faster wireless version of the iPhone this year. ‘I don’t think we’ll see it until the first or second quarter of next year,’ IAG Research’s Roger Entner says of the third-generation wireless iPhone, which would provide speedier Web access than current versions.”
MacDailyNews Take: We already have speedier Web access than the rather slow 3G. It’s called Wi-Fi connected to cable, dsl, and even speedier connections. It’s built into every iPhone, but universally ignored by those who push anti-Apple agendas. All of these people clamoring for 3G are going to be mighty surprised when they see that web pages still don’t instantly appear.
Moritz continues, “CEO Steve Jobs gave a presentation Wednesday announcing, among other things, that the company was killing the 4-gigabyte iPhone and slashing $200 off the price of the remaining 8-gigabyte phone. The decision to drop half the iPhone lineup validates rumors reported July 31 by TheStreet.com that Apple was cutting production in half.”
MacDailyNews Take: Could Moritz really be that stupid and still be able to hold a job, even if it is just as Wolverton’s replacement with TheStreet.com? Obviously, cutting the 4GB model does not preclude Apple from doubling, tripling, or further increasing 8GB iPhone production.
Mortiz continues, “Apple says it is on track to hit its 1 million units sold goal this month, a respectably strong performance for a new device that carried a $600 price tag. But that means Apple so far has failed to sell out the 1 million phones it was prepared to supply in the first week of its introduction — signaling to industry experts that there was a limited demand for the ‘revolutionary’ new device.”
MacDailyNews Take: Another fantasy. Apple never said how many iPhones they were prepared to supply in the first week. All Apple has ever said was 1 million iPhones sold by end of September 2007 (which they accomplished yesterday) and 10 million iPhones sold in calendar 2008. Mortiz seems to be doing the usual: confusing analysts’ pie-in-the-sky and usually baseless estimates with Apple’s actual figures to arrive at some imaginary “disappointment.”
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MacDailyNews Take: What, if anything, do you think is in it for TheStreet.com to hop, skip, and jump across the line between reality and fantasy in order to try to talk down Apple? Apple must have secretly added olfactory capability to Safari Beta because something about TheStreet.com sure smells fishy.