MarketRecon has an interesting outlook on the future of the iPhone now that the iPod Touch is out. There is some thoughts shared about the price drop, and the affect it had on some of the early adopters. However, what was more interesting was the following statement:
My 3-year projection for Apple: the iPod Touch will outsell the iPhone at least 3-1 and Apple will fade out any products which depend on a wireless carrier in order to focus on product maps which depends on Wi-Fi access.
Why? Because the “I want cool technology” segment is more profitable and larger than the “I need to make a call” segment, and a Wi-Fi model grants more power to the “people”.
I do not endorse the authors comments, but he does base it on a valid point. As always, it will be interesting watching how multi touch products evolve in the next couple of years.
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