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Sorry if I think all this arguing about percentages is a load of crap. How about talking about the actual product. The price is absolutely a problem. The writer of this story has one part of it completely wrong. He notes the 4 and 8 gig storage as "monster" unless I am reading that wrong and he's being sarcastic. The iPhone is being pushed not only as a phone but as "the" big screen video iPod. Well, 8 gig is miniscule for video. $600 for an 8 gig video iPod? O yeah, it's a phone, it's a web browser, etc. His loyal base for this product IS the iPod crowd. Smart phone users of Blackberry, et al, will take a wait and see approach. No 3G, not so smart on Apple's part. The price of the phone is just the beginning. What will the services cost? I went down to my local AT&T wireless store last week to ask about plans and they just shook their heads and said "nobody knows nuthin'about nuthin'". I am not saying the phone won't be a success, it's just not going to be a slam dunk. Apple is going to have to PROVE this one is worth the price and that's going to take some time. Personally I was excited about this at first. Now I am looking at a Blackberry.