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Originally Posted by atuarre
And once again, here is someone comparing apples and oranges. All those people who ran out and bought iPhones the first time around, are disappointed because of the lack of support and applications Apple promised them.
You cannot compare the two different devices. They are geared towards two totally different demographics.
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But pricewise they should at least compete. RIM is trying to reshape the Blackberry name to be more than just a business unit. They have been spending a lot of time on making everything pretty, improving multimedia support, and even making deals with music companies to provide a service for legal music.
I was merely pointing out that, as a company that is gearing themselves to be more consumer friendly, releasing an $800 unit is extremely counter productive for what they are trying to achieve. In THAT respect you can compare price points.
If they were not trying to make the platform more consumer friendly and stay a business device I would completely agree that you cannot compare apples to oranges and $800 would be justified because business people will still buy it. But, thats not that they are trying to do.
That being said, I have owned every BB released since my 7100t on Tmobile, every Smartphone on AT&T, 2 on VZW, and as some people on here know, just came back to BB from the Tilt AND an iPhone. I will be buying the 9000 when it is released, and would have done so at $800 even. But I seriously doubt it will be that much come release time.