So hot iPhone is to the stock market, that even a bank like RBC cares to put up a special comparison chart here.
From the chart, we can see that it's a really fierce and dog-eat-dog competition among smartphones. Samsung OmniaHD, HTC Magic, LG GM730, HTC Touch Diamond2, and Palm Pre are among the strongest competitors of Apple.
The analyst of Royal Bank of Canada, Michael Abramsky wrote :
"Some -- notably Google, Palm, Microsoft, HTC -- appears to offer 'good enough' functional alternatives, including PC-like internet browsing, consumer UI/navigation, touch manipulation, messaging, applications/services, carrier functionality -- with alternative hardware form factors (e.g. keyboards, sliders, etc) that may appeal to some potential iPhone customers,"
Facing the heavy competition, Apple is likely to devise a pricing tactic either on the hardware itself (reduce price), or playing around with cheaper data plan, as stated by Zach Spear of Appleinsider :
Earlier this month, both Kaufman Bros' Shaw Wu and Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi issued similar comments. Wu cited sources who said Apple and AT&T were discussing the possibility of offering customers more data plan options, including some restrictive but more affordable plans, while Sacconaghi simply cited comments from a one-on-one meeting with Apple's acting chief executive Tim Cook that suggest the company is looking into "different pricing/price points" for the hardware itself.
Sure, we can't wait to get a cheaper iPhone. But price alone won't win our heart. Features do. Perhaps Palm Pre with intuitive and fluid interface, and Samsung OmniaHD with its high-def video recording, they do really have a chance to kill iPhone now.
Source : AppleInsider
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