Quanta Wins Apple iPhone Contract?
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Quanta will start making iPhones for Apple in September, reports say; stock price jumps.
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Apple Inc.'s  iPhone won  a strong endorsement from a key technology reviewer on Tuesday  when the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg called it a  beautiful, breakthrough device.
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As reported by DigiTimes, â âthe iPhone has become AT&Tâs top selling device, commanding some 13% of AT&Tâs overall handset sales, and the fourth top selling handset in the US market,â according to Barry Gilbert, VP of the Strategy Analytics BuyerTRAX programs.â Whatâs more, DigiTimes also quotes Gilbert as indicating that â â the sales trajectory we are observing with the iPhone could make it the top selling device in the US over the next 1-2 quarters.â â
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We're just not meant for each other Verizon Wireless was the first company offered exclusive access to the iPhone, but turned Apple away because of problems with the proposed business model. Cingular had no such reservations, and will be selling Steve Jobs' "revolution" later this year.â¦
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Blog: AT&T and Apple are both banking on the iPhone, but will people switch subscribers to get it?
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The Register has learned that Apple has filed a European design trademark for what may be the company's answer to Microsoft's Tablet PC. Reports suggest that the tablet may be a wireless access point and part of a larger home entertainment system. The Register has also reported that Quanta, a Taiwanese manufacturer, has been tapped by Apple to build a "wireless display."
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Like hundreds of iPhone buyers yesterday, Computerworld's Seth Weintraub was among those who stood outside an Apple Store waiting to buy an iPhone. His conclusion: "It is hard not to justify buying out your current phone contract and making a beeline to the nearest Apple Store" to get one.
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By Troy WolvertonSTAFF  EVEN FOR APPLE INC., which has thrived on taking risks, the iPhone represents an audacious bet -- possibly its biggest ever.
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By Jason Gertzen  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The amazing Apple hype machine soon could help unaffiliated wireless carriers sell bunches of music-playing wireless phones.   The debut of the much-heralded iPhone is scheduled for June 29.
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Plus: iPhone price cut, Google Phone rumors, and more.
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Apple Inc  is playing Japan's top  mobile operator NTT DoCoMo Inc (9437.T) against No. 3 carrier  Softbank Corp (9984.T) on selling the iPhone in Japan, meeting  executives from both companies, sources said on Tuesday.
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Mobile operator wins iPhone deal When is an Apple an Orange? When it's an iPhone it would seem, with the mobile operator winning the French rights to sell the Apple device.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - For all the buzz building about Apple's iPhone launch next week, success is not a sure bet, according to a survey released Tuesday. "The first million, no problem," said Chris Hazelton, senior analyst, mobile technology and trends with IDC, talking about iPhone sales. "Interest in this has been building for years. But the '08 goal [of 10 million sold]...that will depend on the iPhone experience. If it's not rock solid...." The IDC survey, which polled online users researching their next cell phone purchase, found a majority were interested in the iPhone but also revealed several hurdles to mass acceptance. About 10 percent, for example, said they were willing to pay full price -- the iPhone will list at $499 and $599 for the 4GB and 8GB models, respectively -- and sign a two-year service contract with AT&T, the iPhone's sole carrier. That's close to the estimate offered by a survey detailed yesterday by M:Metrics, a Seattle research firm, which said that 9 percent, or about 19 million, of all U.S. cell phone subscribers pegged their iPhone purchase intent at high. Although Hazelton didn't argue with M:Metrics' numbers, he stressed the snags that could limit the iPhone to a much smaller group than Apple and AT&T hope. "The exclusivity of AT&T will be the largest barrier," said Hazelton. "Only some people will have timed it right so that they can leave their carrier and won't have to pay an early termination fee." Others, the survey found, were unwilling or unable to eat the penalties. AT&T's rumored five-year exclusivity agreement with Apple will give the two companies the time to "weed out" other carriers from consumers interested in the iPhone, he noted, but again, that could be a slower process than the companies have planned on. "And then there's the price of the iPhone itself, and the need for a data plan on top of a voice plan," Hazelton said. "That's probably $80-plus a month right there. People will pay it if they want the iPhone experience, but moving forward, that may be simply too expensive." If the iPhone doesn't deliver on its promises, though, all might be moot. Dubbing it the "iPhone experience," Hazelton ticked off many of the same potential pitfalls as other analysts, ranging from the lack of a tactile keyboard to the slower speed of AT&T's EDGE-based data network. How users react to the iPhone, and how they expect to use it, said Hazelton, will ultimately be the most important determiner of success. Nothing will kill the buzz faster and brand the iPhone as a failure, said Hazelton, like negative word-of-mouth from the first buyers. And although the early adopters may be especially savvy about technology, one unknown could play a major role. "There are relatively few people who use smartphones in the U.S., and most of them are business users. This will be the first smartphone aimed at consumers," he said. "It's a complicated phone, basically a computer, and like computers, like Macs, it may crash, maybe a lot." Tales of iPhone problems, say frequent crashes, will turn Apple's hope into another Newton, Hazelton argued, referring to the 1993 PDA flop. In other words, there is much that may not go Apple's way after June 29. Ironically, that would make rivals unhappy, rather than glad to see Apple fall flat, Hazelton said. "The iPhone could open up the smartphone market to the U.S. consumer," he said. "When we talk to other device makers and carriers, they generally welcome Apple to the game. It makes sense. The iPhone raises the bar of customer expectations for what a cell phone is. If it succeeds, other vendors will have more ability to drive product upgrades, get customers to pay more for the device, and carriers will be able to get more people to subscribe to the more expensive plans." Apple will launch the iPhone Friday, June 29, at 6 p.m. local time, with the device available then at AT&T and Apple retail stores.
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Last week, as we reported, Qualcomm's request for a stay of injunction against the sale of certain of its chips in the US was denied, and that denial was upheld by the International Trade Commission. This after the company was found to have infringed upon three Broadcom patents. At that time, Broadcom said it was open to seeking a negotiated settlement with Broadcom.
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Blog: A financial analyst out of Taiwan is predicting that Apple will have a cheaper iPhone based on the iPod Nano design released by the end of the year.
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Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes Apple is taking $18 per month for each iPhone subscriber under its&#160;deal with AT&amp;T.Apple has confirmed it has reached a revenue deal with AT&amp;T, but has never revealed what it is. Munster -- who once thought Apple was receiving $3 per subscriber has changed his mind based on information gleaned from&#160;Apple&#39;s most recent financial report.Apple&#39;s accounts describe $118 million in iPhone and iPhone-related revenue during the quarter. Apple has previously confirmed plans to account for iPhone (and Apple TV) sales across a two-year period.Munster took the 1.4 million iPhones Apple&#39;s sold so far, took away the 250,000 units Apple said it believes were bought to unlock from AT&amp;T&#39;s network, and calculates that 1.15 million revenue-generating iPhones contributed to Apple&#39;s quarter.If Munster&#39;s estimates are correct, AT&amp;T will pay Apple $432 per iPhone subscriber across the two-year life of the contract.Macworld.co.uk is an InfoWorld affiliate.
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Following up on Steve Jobs' pledge, early iPhone buyers--those who bought the device before Aug. 22--can get a $100 credit via text message.