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TheMoMan
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posted April 18, 2012 10:03
MAJOR FAIL
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dragonman97
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posted April 18, 2012 20:15
/me skimmed it.
Honestly, there are plenty of fair points in it...and one biggie - when it came out, it was EXPENSIVE.
I CBA to research it, but I seem to recall it was nearly a year or two later before the price dropped to ~$200. $500 for a phone in the US is insane, especially when you add the data plan. It's still insane w/a lower initial cost, but I'm quite unwilling to spend an absurd amount of money per month for a phone.
OTOH, my iPod Touch is fantastic, and does a lot of great things for me.
Back to the iPhone - I'm seem to recall it really took off after the price fell. Apple definitely sold far more iPhones than initially anticipated, but back then, Blackberry was still a big player, and few folks could fathom not using one for business. Now, it seems almost every sales/account rep I deal with has one.
Also...back when the iPhone came out, "Apps" didn't exist. The notion of iPhone as overglorified iPod was quite sound then. While the native functionality of the first iPhone still exists in today's iPhone, and is relevant, the persistent development that Apple pursued and implemented in subsequent releases brought them to where there are today. OTOH, Blackberry got lazy and just slapped on doodads without making compelling improvements. (Kind of like GM!)
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The Famous Druid
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posted April 19, 2012 17:16
@dman: yes, I would have agreed with a lot of the article 5 years ago. I was pretty sceptical about the whole 'smartphone' thing, (and, later, the iPad) and really just wanted a phone that was, well, a **phone**. Today, you'd have to pry my iPhone from my cold, dead hands.
I just thought the article was a good example of...
1. The perils of prediction in the tech market.
2. How precarious the position of 'top dog' is in the tech market. 5 years ago, it was Motorola, Nokia, and Blackberry, today all 3 of those are looking pretty battered and bruised, while the new dogs on the block (Apple, Samsung, HTC) strut their stuff, who will be top dog in 5 years time?
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TheMoMan
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posted April 19, 2012 19:54
Good Question.
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