Big wireless companies. I feel bad for them, don’t you? After all, did you know that one in seven Americans still doesn’t have a cell phone!? How are these corporations supposed to stay in the black if people continue digging in their heels and saying no to iPhones, Razers, and Sidekicks.
Since Newsweek offices are probably abuzz with the release of Apple’s new iPhone, their technologist Daniel McGinn wonders about “the group at the other end of the wireless bell curve: the one in seven Americans who still don’t have a cell phone.”
It turns out that parents don’t want their five-year-olds running around with BlackBerrys, seniors are confused by intricate cell phone options, and some people just can’t afford them.
Well, duh. And I’m betting that with rise in living expenses for these groups — fuel, health care, food — a cell phone isn’t exactly priority number one. Not to mention that not everyone needs a cell phone in the first place.
Meanwhile, Apple said it sold one million iPhones in the three days after the release.
And, as one of the comments on the piece rightly pointed out, isn’t it nuts that 6 in 7 Americans does have a cell phone!?
