IPhoney: A Failure Looms at Apple
Posted by: [NT] on: 01/15/2007 04:56 PM [ Print | 3 comment(s) ] · 2080 views
The announcement of Apple's new iPhone was heralded with the massive levels of hype that have often accompanied new product announcements from Apple. The iPhone extravaganza was bigger than most and quickly followed by countless articles in the press, most of them glowing over the ?tiny wonder?. In fact, most of these articles were little more than a rehashing of Apple's own press releases.
Now that we've had bit of time to look behind the smoke and mirrors, we believe the iPhone will nether be as revolutionary nor as useful as Apple would want us to believe.
As a Symbian S60 3rd (aka: S60) edition user I started wondering how this thing really would stack up against the likes of the soon-to-be released Nokia N95 and N93i or even the currently available N91 8 GB or 4 GB and N93. I read an article over at www.symbian-freak.com comparing the iPhone to Nokia?s offerings that really got me thinking. I came to the conclusion that Apple?s iPhone is their attempt at putting together a phone, with some rather dated specs (and in many cases even missing a few key features) in what is little more than a nice and shiny package.
Coming from something like a Motorola RAZR it might look impressive, but owners of for example the now out-of-date N70 will not find much to talk, users of current handsets like the N73 and N93 will find this a joke. Most of these features have been standard for more than a year on the Nseries and since than they have moved on. I just don?t see what all the fuss is about, read on to find out why.
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Now that we've had bit of time to look behind the smoke and mirrors, we believe the iPhone will nether be as revolutionary nor as useful as Apple would want us to believe.
As a Symbian S60 3rd (aka: S60) edition user I started wondering how this thing really would stack up against the likes of the soon-to-be released Nokia N95 and N93i or even the currently available N91 8 GB or 4 GB and N93. I read an article over at www.symbian-freak.com comparing the iPhone to Nokia?s offerings that really got me thinking. I came to the conclusion that Apple?s iPhone is their attempt at putting together a phone, with some rather dated specs (and in many cases even missing a few key features) in what is little more than a nice and shiny package.
Coming from something like a Motorola RAZR it might look impressive, but owners of for example the now out-of-date N70 will not find much to talk, users of current handsets like the N73 and N93 will find this a joke. Most of these features have been standard for more than a year on the Nseries and since than they have moved on. I just don?t see what all the fuss is about, read on to find out why.
Read On
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Esthero Unregistered |
#65851 Posted on: 01/16/2007 11:27 AM
' The announcement of Apple's new iPhone was heralded with the massive levels of hype that have often accompanied new product announcements from Apple. The iPhone extravaganza was bigger than most and quickly followed by countless articles in the press, most of them glowing over the “tiny wonder”. In fact, most of these articles were little more than a rehashing of Apple's own press releases. ' YES very much so when it just was released and I saw the design and specs for the first time I posted a few comments on techEblog.com The design could have been revolutionary a few years ago but this is 2007 Moreover, what's that with GSM? (read very old technology) I mean, I assume it's aimed at the American market but we in Europe and the Asians already have 3G for some time now There is almost nothing special about the iPhone At the end of the day it's prolly the design and brand that saves the day But I really don't see this becoming another world dominating hit The real phone giants can carry on, with business as usual. |
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Esthero Unregistered |
#65852 Posted on: 01/16/2007 11:44 AM
At best other phone brands should take notice of Apple's form factor Because although the iPhone prolly won't become a huge hit, Apple is master in sensing what people think and want Sure they make errors as well but this iPhone comes very close to what everybody wants at the moment Remember, the basic iPhone concept is already a few years old. Nowadays you see many devices which can do everything the iPhone does or even more and better. Nonetheless, it shows Apple was right(again), with their vision of the mobile future. Assuming the general iPhone design was already 'finished' very early in it's development. |
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MB Member Posts: 26 Joined: 2004-05-21 |
#65855 Posted on: 01/17/2007 12:26 PM
I so hoped they would release a 100 or 120 gb iPod Video (which I would have bought instantly), but instead they released such a POS... |
