Airtel, one of the companies which launched the iPhone, has shrugged off the high price tag, saying it is targeting the "high-end achiever and youth segment."
But many young people, like Ankita Chaudhury, doubt whether they will buy the iPhone anytime soon.
"That's it. And I don't know if I want to buy it or not. It's priced pretty high."
Chief editor at technology publisher CyberMedia, Prasanto K. Roy, says the price will impact sales.
"There are lots of people who have been waiting for 2 years for this, and they are going to put down the money. But the numbers are clearly not going to be anywhere near what we could have expected, simply because, not just because of the price itself, but because the fact that there is clearvisibility of pricing worldwide, and this is 3 times the U.S. price, so you can actually order it over e-Bay at half the price including customs duty, so that actually puts quite a dampener on the whole thing."
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发行iPhone手机的公司之一Airtel对价格昂贵这一评语不以为然，并表示他们的消费对象是“高品位成功者和年轻人”。
但是许多像Ankita Chaudhury的年轻人怀疑他们在最近的任何时候是否会购买iPhone手机。
“恩，我想我也不知道我愿不愿意买，价钱太贵了，不是吗？”
技术出版社CyberMedia的主编, Prasanto K. Roy说这样的价格会影响销售额。
“很多人为了这一刻曾经等待了两年之久，并且他们准备花这个钱。但是这个人数显然与我们的预期大相径庭。只是因为，嗯，不仅是因为价格本身，而是因为全球的价格都能够一目了然，并且这是美国的价格的3倍。所以，事实上你可以在e-Bay网上以包括海关税在内的半价订购，而这样的情况却实际上对整个事件造成了一定的阻碍。”
posted @ 2008-09-21 14:14
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