I don’t think that I’ll ever give up my BB curve though as i use email and a few other applications and i love the physical keyboard.

How poor do you think Asia and Africa is? You mean to say the Asians and Africans can’t afford the iPhones, think again before you come up with this kind of argument, there are lot more rich ones in Asia and Africa than you think and not everyone is going for a cheap Nokia or Samsung.

BTW Nokia and Samsung sells some high end ones in Asia or you really believe most of the high end ones ended up in US.

Do some research before you start talking about the poor – check this for more info on market share of phone worldwide. http://www.cellular-news.com/story/29567_3.php, The poor also can afford something that they like and want.

To address what you focus on: It’s not that the iPhone will dominate – that’s not even the issue. People can think what they will about the iPhone’s future success, and they know as little as you do. Apple doesn’t want to dominate in the realm of cellphones; they want to dominate in the realm of smartphones. You can’t compare Nokia’s dumbphones to Apple sales; Nokia’s 40M units don’t matter. How many N95 did they ship? That’s what matters. (And, I think it’s a pretty sizable amount, so I’m not denigrating Nokia at all.)

My point is, I’m not promoting any one of the competitors. I’m being noisy about your logic. You have a wish, and that wish might come true. But you shouldn’t denigrate Apple or RIM to make your wish come true. Competition is great. The iPhone is grand, the Blackberry rocks, and perhaps Android will be better than both. But you simply don’t know. Until you do, chill out.

If people want an iPhone, they’ll get them when their contract ends. Of course if the iPhone Pro is going to have all the bells-and-whistles, then people will opt out of their contracts to get one. You probably don’t remember that before the iPhone came out, the handset companies were saying the iPhone would be a failure since Apple knew nothing about handsets and what people want in a handset. I think they were wrong.

I agree that Apple will not come close to Nokia, but then again, Apple is not a handset company. One or two models of an iPhone can’t possibly go up against a 20-model lineup. However, Nokia sure won’t sell as many computers as Apple, either. I hope Apple doesn’t try to sell iPhones in the poorer countries. Sales will be limited and all the poor young thugs will be trying to steal them from the wealthy.

I respect your opinion and reasons for saying the iPhone won’t have monster numbers. But just follow the growth of the iPhone through the end of this year and you’ll see it’s sales number grow very quickly once it’s introduced in Asia.

I’m an Aussie who lives in Singapore, and in the latter it’s unheard of to have a phone tied to a particular carrier. The three major telcos here don’t do it, and when I go back to Australia and see people stuck with what carrier they were given it really irks me.

It’s sad that I really like the device itself (I have an iPod Touch) but the fact that I’d have to wear a ball and chain isn’t terribly appealing at this point!