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11:24 | 21-07-2010 | Apple | No Comments
два последних мазка к истории с антенной — во-первых, пожалуйста, вот и должная конспирология:
Pretty interesting… one more data point. AT&T has given us the early call drop information just a few days ago. They log call drops, it helps them improve their network. So we can’t give out the absolute call drop data… AT&T can’t release those numbers to their competitors, but we’re going to give you the delta.
Even though we think the iPhone 4 is superior to the 3GS antenna… it drops more calls per 100 than the 3GS. We’re being transparent. So how many more does it drop than the 3GS?
ответ — на 1% больше. но сколько всего? удвоилось ли это количество по сравнению с 3GS (что само по себе уже звучит достаточно пугающе)? выросло ли до 3%? 5%? эти данные никто так и не озвучил.
и, во-вторых, немного подсчетов:
<...> for the 3GS, when cases were in plentiful supply at the debut, 80 percent of iPhone buyers at Apple stores walked out with a case. I think Apple wanted in on that market. And because the 4 needs different cases than the 3G/3GS, Apple had the iPhone 4 case market all to itself for a few weeks, and mostly to itself for a few months. At $29 a pop retail, I don’t think it’s a stretch to think that Apple saw this as a $100 million opportunity — say, 5 million bumpers at $20 profit apiece.
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So if you want to know why Jobs sounded annoyed when he said (around the 25:25 mark of the video feed), “Why don’t you just give everybody a case? OK. Great. Let’s give everybody a case,” well, I think you can explain why he sounds peeved by reading that quote as, “Why don’t you just give away $100 million? OK. Great. Let’s give away $100 million.”
так чти и впрямь this is business not personal. остается лишь посмотреть замечательное видео напоследок — как было точно подмечено:
What I’d prefer, since Jobs is asking, is a company that doesn’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s the “most revolutionary rain storm ever!”