Who will pay for the iPhone

A recent survey revealed how many people are willing to fork over $400 and $500 for an iPhone? Me, I am undecided. The findings:

The results were not all that shocking: of the 26 percent who replied and said they'd buy an iPhone at all (so that's what, 99 people?), only one percent—roughly 1 respondent—said that they would pay $500 for the device.

One is a very lonely number indeed.

42 percent of those who said they'd be willing to buy an iPhone said that they'd be willing to spend $200 to $299 on it, which I do admit is a much more attractive price tag than $499. Analyst Andy Neff from Bear Stearns & Co. told IDG that it's likely that Apple will debut the phone at this price at first, but will likely drop the price by $100 to $200 as Apple targets the mass market. If the results of this (extremely small) survey are any indication, Apple's going to have to if they want the iPhone to achieve iPod levels of consumerism nirvana.

The world has not gone insane. But, hey, I am still thinking about it.