A little while ago, I wrote a few posts about Apple’s declining influence in the mobile market and how it will never win its battle against Google’s Android OS. I compared it to the Windows vs. Apple battle of a few decades ago, I brought up the overwhelming number of Android devices on schedule to and already released, I hinted at the fallacy of the closed system, and I looked at the actual data. All the non-believers said I was wrong. I should just wait until the iPhone 4, and I would see the return of the king. And for a long time, it looked like I MIGHT be wrong. They sold nearly 1M phones before the thing even touched a store.
Yesterday, the early reviewers raved. The public has “sniff[ed] out a winner” … the display is “gorgeous” … it’s a “major leap” … it was simply so awesome, that David Pogue of the New York Times asked, “What’s the point [of this review]?“ Turns out, the point was to ensure that Apple keeps advertising its products in the New York Times. Because the real reviews started coming in shortly after people started turning their phones on, holding them in their hands, and looking at their screens.
Mashable sums it up: Critical iPhone 4 Issues and Complaints Are Mounting. This story currently has about 2,500 tweets and 1,500 Facebook shares. And the complaints are against both the iPhone 4′s major strength and its major weakness.
The iPhone 4 had one thing going for it: pixels. “Retina” display is the one thing no Android device has responded to (yet). Sure, nearly every Android phone has a higher resolution display than the 3Gs, but the iPhone 4 beats them all … but it has yellow spots.
Then there was the iPhone’s weakness: AT&T. Everybody whines about poor coverage, dropped calls, and weak data service already. How could it get worse? Well, put your iPhone 4 in your hand and watch the bars drop. The solution so far? Use the headphones or buy a rubberized case. Goodbye sleek design.
Driving Inertia
The End Of The iPhone Era, Part 2
A little while ago, I wrote a few posts about Apple’s declining influence in the mobile market and how it will never win its battle against Google’s Android OS. I compared it to the Windows vs. Apple battle of a few decades ago, I brought up the overwhelming number of Android devices on schedule to and already released, I hinted at the fallacy of the closed system, and I looked at the actual data. All the non-believers said I was wrong. I should just wait until the iPhone 4, and I would see the return of the king. And for a long time, it looked like I MIGHT be wrong. They sold nearly 1M phones before the thing even touched a store.
Yesterday, the early reviewers raved. The public has “sniff[ed] out a winner” … the display is “gorgeous” … it’s a “major leap” … it was simply so awesome, that David Pogue of the New York Times asked, “What’s the point [of this review]?“ Turns out, the point was to ensure that Apple keeps advertising its products in the New York Times. Because the real reviews started coming in shortly after people started turning their phones on, holding them in their hands, and looking at their screens.
Mashable sums it up: Critical iPhone 4 Issues and Complaints Are Mounting. This story currently has about 2,500 tweets and 1,500 Facebook shares. And the complaints are against both the iPhone 4′s major strength and its major weakness.
The iPhone 4 had one thing going for it: pixels. “Retina” display is the one thing no Android device has responded to (yet). Sure, nearly every Android phone has a higher resolution display than the 3Gs, but the iPhone 4 beats them all … but it has yellow spots.
Then there was the iPhone’s weakness: AT&T. Everybody whines about poor coverage, dropped calls, and weak data service already. How could it get worse? Well, put your iPhone 4 in your hand and watch the bars drop. The solution so far? Use the headphones or buy a rubberized case. Goodbye sleek design.
Oh well, it had to happen … putting all your eggs in one basket an all that. That only works with late-night television.