The iPhone isn't even available yet, but according to a recent survey, "early adopter" high schoolers are ready to drop 5 Benjis on it as soon as it hits the market.
Researchers at PiperJaffray
surveyed about 500 high school students asking each about their interest (and
buying habits) in portable digital audio and online music. The iPhone also doubles as an iPod.
Nearly 85 percent said they were already
familiar with the multi-function Apple gadget, and of those students,
25 percent said they'd be willing to buy one at the previously
announced $500 entry point.
Our advice? Steel yourselves, parents. You're about to be hit up for 500 bucks by kids who don't know that you never buy version 1.0 of a tech product. Can't you just hear the whining now? Tell those kids to get a job. They should be able to make enough folding t-shirts at Abercrombie & Fitch to afford the iPhone by the time it's released in June.
