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Steve BallmerCEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014, now owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.
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There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item.

USA Today CEO Forum · Apr 30, 2007 · source · archived snapshot · hindsight clip

Admitted by the site's editor alone — Seeded by the site owner at launch; single-operator admission (ADR-0012).

Normalized claim
The iPhone will not gain significant market share in mobile phones.
Confidence
high (95%)
Deadline
Dec 31, 2012 · inferred
Resolution rule
Miss if the iPhone held at least 10 percent of global smartphone unit shipments in any quarter by end of 2012 (IDC/Gartner). Hit otherwise.
Crowd vote
No crowd votes were recorded.

Voting closed at the deadline.