Comments on: iPhone 3G to launch for $199 on July 11th http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/06/09/iphone-3g-to-launch-for-199-on-july-11th/ All About Mobile 2.0 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:33:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Jakomi Mathews http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/06/09/iphone-3g-to-launch-for-199-on-july-11th/comment-page-1/#comment-419288 Jakomi Mathews Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:50:36 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=3156#comment-419288 I will def be getting the new 3G version...cannot understand why the 1st edition was not 3G. However even at its current price point I do not see it penetrating the emerging markets where 90% of global subscriber growth was in 2007. Western markets are stagnating. To beat the likes of Nokia penetration wise the iPhone still has to become cheaper yet. Check out my post on my blog breaking down the economics of breaking the iPhone into the "emerging markets" http://themusicvoid.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/will-apple%e2%80%99s-iphone-penetrate-the-key-mobile-subscriber-growth-markets-and-therefore-become-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with Cheers, Jakomi I will def be getting the new 3G version…cannot understand why the 1st edition was not 3G.

However even at its current price point I do not see it penetrating the emerging markets where 90% of global subscriber growth was in 2007. Western markets are stagnating. To beat the likes of Nokia penetration wise the iPhone still has to become cheaper yet.

Check out my post on my blog breaking down the economics of breaking the iPhone into the “emerging markets”

http://themusicvoid.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/will-apple%e2%80%99s-iphone-penetrate-the-key-mobile-subscriber-growth-markets-and-therefore-become-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with

Cheers,
Jakomi

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