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images/news/apple.jpgACCORDING TO A POLL some 4.4 million Brits have expressed strong interest in acquiring an Iphone – even though it will cost £269 (about $70 above the current US price) and will probably mean switching network suppliers to O2.
That would seem good news for the Cappuccino Kid. But there's a huge difference between telling a pollster something you'll do something and then actually parting with hard earned cash.
Extrapolating the results of its research, bean juggler M:metrics concludes that most punters have been lying through their teeth. They won't actually go for it
M:metrics' Paul Goode pointed out that 50 per cent of those saying they'd go for the Iphone hadn't paid a single penny for their current phone. Plus 50 per cent of those expressing an interest in the Iphone were on prepay.
You wouldn't be on a prepay tariff unless you were a skinflint so why would you suddenly pay £269 for a handset when you could easily get one for free?
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That would seem good news for the Cappuccino Kid. But there's a huge difference between telling a pollster something you'll do something and then actually parting with hard earned cash.
Extrapolating the results of its research, bean juggler M:metrics concludes that most punters have been lying through their teeth. They won't actually go for it
M:metrics' Paul Goode pointed out that 50 per cent of those saying they'd go for the Iphone hadn't paid a single penny for their current phone. Plus 50 per cent of those expressing an interest in the Iphone were on prepay.
You wouldn't be on a prepay tariff unless you were a skinflint so why would you suddenly pay £269 for a handset when you could easily get one for free?
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