iPhones are a little different than PC’s and laptops in the sense that the value lies in the platform instead of the hardware.
When I heard about the price slashing on the device earlier this year, my immediate reaction was: “is Apple running out of innovations that they had to cut their prices?” But I think i was wrong.
As I was watching the keynote @ WWDC ’09 on iPhone OS 3.0 — not the hardware, the software — I was completely blown away by the things which the software developers were able to accomplish with the platform. It in turn led me to believe that one day, we will not only use a device like iPhone as a desktop or laptop replacement, but also have the possibility to use the SAME mobile device as car keys, remote controls, credit cards, textbooks, and much much more. I sincerely hope that’s the big picture Apple is aiming at.
Even though the cost of building hardware continues to drop at a historical rate, the price for innovations stays infinite.
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