The slow descent of the iPhone into morass of weasel-words that is the cellphone industry continues. Apple Insider has a the details of a three page document which tells Apple Store employees just what they may and may not say to customers about the iPhone 3G.
There are a few sensible guidelines regarding pre-orders or iPhone Personal Shopping sessions (answers: no and no), but we like the squirmy get-out answers for questions about the iPod Touch. Imagine, if you will, asking an Apple Genius why you should buy an iPod Touch when it costs a lot more than the iPhone. The Genius will stare straight ahead, his muscles will tense and his knuckles whiten. In a robotic, subhuman voice, he will recite this exact line:
When you push him, asking if the Touch might see a price reduction, he will start to shake and utter the following in the same grating monotone:
You see that this line of questioning is going nowhere, so you switch tacks, perhaps asking a simple question regarding iPhone activation. The shop-bot will start to vibrate, smoke drifting from his ears, and he will scream the following pre-programmed answer, raising his voice at the end to a hellish shriek:
Apple memo coaches employees on iPhone 3G launch questions [Apple Insider]
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