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If you look at the original iPhone and the smartphones that were already available when it was released, there is a major disconnect between what it offered and what it cost. It was a phone, it had an internet browser, it had an mp3 player, and a really terrible user interface. All of those were present (except for the terrible user interface) on other phones. The difference? Pure hype. This is what Apple has discovered: it's far more important that people think what you're producing is innovative and cutting edge than for you to actually do it. Seriously, compare the Nokia E70 to the original iPhone, which came out about a year later, and the iPhone comes up short in almost every category, aside from having an Apple logo on it. And yet today, people still claim the iPhone was somehow revolutionary.
Just for the record, I own neither a smart phone of any kind, or a tablet. Both seem like a waste of time and money and also seem to be turning the population into mindless fools who spend 8 hours a day staring at a tiny rectangle and typing the inane minutia of their day onto tiny buttons. However, if I did buy a smart phone, it would be a non Apple one, not to be different, but because much better value will be found elsewhere.
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Posts in this Thread:
- APPLE is the biggest company on Earth, dmz789qqq, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:09:57
- To all those apple critics ..., dmz789qqq, Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:01:24
- anybody remember 1984 commercial?, Siegfried, Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:56:29
- Re: APPLE is the biggest company on Earth, Gene N , Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:24:54
- Well said, Gene. Great comparison. n/m, Noel, Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:24:32
- Re: APPLE is the biggest company on Earth, TML , Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:50:05
- A good read. : ) My twin brother drives a Kia. LOL, Joeychess, Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:10:08
- Why has no one mentioned the iPod battery debacle?, MI-Roger , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:25:50
- Re: Why has no one mentioned the iPod battery debacle?, Jeremy R., Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:10:01
- Re: Why has no one mentioned the iPod battery debacle?, kkelley, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:25:18
- A cult indeed, nwas, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:04:24
- 'cuz they're fussing w/ the iPhone 4 antenna problem, AeroBaron, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:59:34
- Love Apple, Scott Paterson , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:18:46
- Re: APPLE is the biggest company on Earth, TML , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:00:29
- Apple saved me a pant load.., AlS, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:20:29
- Because the stuff just works, Noel, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:43:27
- First Mover, Reality, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:38:14
- Heh?, B Millar , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:22:51
- APPLE, stevesaab, Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:35:50
- Re: Heh?, BrettH, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:11:16
- Re: Heh?, TML , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:54:34
- Re: Heh?, Dan-O, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:00:15
- Re: Heh?, B Millar , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:58:58
- Android, Scott Paterson , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:24:53
- Re: APPLE is the biggest company on Earth, JerseySaab , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:15:38
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