iPhone killer my ass
August 11th, 2008
I’m sick and tired of all of these “iPhone Killer” articles. This article on Wired.com is utter crap. DO NOT use the words “iPhone Killer” if in the same article you say that the cost of the phone ($500) could buy two iPhones, that the screen is wide but not wide enough to watch a movie, AND THEN show a picture of phone that has a zillion buttons. Maybe the author has never held an iPhone in their hands. If they had, they might have noticed a phone with a gloriously intuitive touchscreen interface that IS NOT running Symbian OS. Since there is no physical keyboard to take up space, the iPhone’s wide screen is awesome for movie watching and of course at $199 the 8GB version is less than half the cost of the Nokia (with a 2 year contract of course). Now, you would think that a tech type publication like Wired would also know that a camera with more megapixels doesn’t always mean better image quality. Yup, the 2.0 megapixel camera on the iPhone is crap, but not because it’s 2.0 megapixels. So, saying that 3.2 megapixels is better and then saying IN THE SAME ARTICLE that the “3.2-megapixel camera’s optics could be better” is, well, crap. Yes the Nokia E71 does a lot of the same things the iPhone does, GPS, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, blah blah friggin blah. Bottom line, the iPhone 3G has great hardware but it got the nickname “Jesus Phone” because it combines that great hardware with the best software in the business and until another company can match that… the iPhone cannot be “killed”.
One last thing. This is the line that triggered this rant… “Textured stainless steel backing prevents slippage” Are you fucking kidding me? THAT IS NOT A FEATURE PEOPLE! The combination of the glossy back on the iPhone and my sweaty hands is what keeps my iPhone from fallin in the toilet, not textured stainless. Hell, I don’t even consider that a feature!
The Nokia E71 might very well be a nice phone, it is pretty shiny after all, but an iPhone killer? Puh-lease.
~Brad
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You really need to start picking articles that I can disagree with. As you know I own an iPhone (wife’s) and at work I use a Blackberry 8830. I know that the iPhone isn’t there yet as far as exchange integration goes (an article for a later time), but as far as multimedia goes and ease of use, its the best on the market. For those of you living in the 20th century who are not using iTunes as your media player, you many not be as impressed by the iPhone, but still impressed by its many other features. We are going to Europe for a few weeks and we’re loading up the iPhone with movies to watch on the way over (In flight movies suck from time to time, and in the 20+ times I’ve crossed the Atlantic I’ve only been on the neato plane that allows you to pick your own movie just one time). The keyboard on the iPhone is a little tricky to get used to, but if you think it is difficult then you should try to use the BlackBerry. The 8830’s keypad looks exactly like the iPhone Killer’s keypad. I’m just over 6′1″ and have normal sized hands I believe. I think a lot of people have larger hands than I do… I can hardly hit the keys on the pad. I think the pad was made for people with tiny hands or who like to wear out the backspace key.
About the camera section… that is total BS. Everyone knows that more MP does not equal a better camera. Otherwise we’d all be buying the POS $99 special that is 10MP… but we instead all buy the Canon/Olympus/etc 6MP camera that somehow takes better pictures.
As far as the phrase “iPhone Killer”, I have two words… App Store.
~Jon
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