Comments on: Six Reasons the iPhone Won’t Rock the House http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:53:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Anonymous http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6220 Anonymous Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:12:25 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6220 The comment by Scott Karp is not really jumping out there with that obvious prediction. Of course it is going to get cheaper, technology always gets cheaper as better methods, materials, and streamlined processes are defined. Second, they are not going to go with just one market. Apple is awesome in marketing and will eventually hit bigger markets for sure. As for some of the points made... 1. Expense... it will get cheaper to make. 2. As pointed out they have 3G as well 3. Perhaps locked in, but someone will figure a way to break free they always do. 4. I can't say anything on this for sure. 5. Apple has been preparing for the demand for months 6. RIM compete with an extremely innovative and inventor of iPhone? By the time they can do something like that, iPhone will be synonymous with phones and locked up the market. That is like a classic mp3 player coming out and your friend says "oh is that the new ipod?" where then you have to reply kind of embarrassed.. "No" The comment by Scott Karp is not really jumping out there with that obvious prediction. Of course it is going to get cheaper, technology always gets cheaper as better methods, materials, and streamlined processes are defined. Second, they are not going to go with just one market. Apple is awesome in marketing and will eventually hit bigger markets for sure.

As for some of the points made…

1. Expense… it will get cheaper to make.
2. As pointed out they have 3G as well
3. Perhaps locked in, but someone will figure a way to break free they always do.
4. I can’t say anything on this for sure.
5. Apple has been preparing for the demand for months
6. RIM compete with an extremely innovative and inventor of iPhone? By the time they can do something like that, iPhone will be synonymous with phones and locked up the market. That is like a classic mp3 player coming out and your friend says “oh is that the new ipod?” where then you have to reply kind of embarrassed.. “No”

]]> By: Heathen Dan http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6202 Heathen Dan Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:06:23 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6202 Cellphones may be discarded like tissue paper in parts of Asia, but the vast majority are just cellphones, not smartphones which the iPhone is. I've seen people trade in their Nokia N series phones for simpler devices. And will the iPhone even accept non-AT&T simcards? Will Apple make draconian deals with Asian carriers like the one they have with Cingular? I think it's too restrictive for companies and also for users. I'm still agnostic over the iPhone but I am pessimistic over the hype that it'll change the mobile world. PC Mag's initial review says the iPhone is the best iPod yet, but a lousy phone. Let's hope that Apple makes a real phone next time. We Asians may change phones a lot, but we are just as concerned with function as with form. Cellphones may be discarded like tissue paper in parts of Asia, but the vast majority are just cellphones, not smartphones which the iPhone is. I’ve seen people trade in their Nokia N series phones for simpler devices. And will the iPhone even accept non-AT&T simcards? Will Apple make draconian deals with Asian carriers like the one they have with Cingular? I think it’s too restrictive for companies and also for users.

I’m still agnostic over the iPhone but I am pessimistic over the hype that it’ll change the mobile world. PC Mag’s initial review says the iPhone is the best iPod yet, but a lousy phone. Let’s hope that Apple makes a real phone next time. We Asians may change phones a lot, but we are just as concerned with function as with form.

]]> By: Aaron Brazell http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6199 Aaron Brazell Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:34:35 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6199 AT&T has 3G as well, so really they do have the bandwidth to do it. AT&T has 3G as well, so really they do have the bandwidth to do it.

]]> By: Justin Medved http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6197 Justin Medved Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:30:40 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6197 For the market share Apple wants to pick up I have no doubt that the iphone will be a success. I do not plan on buying one but the global "early adopter" market is massive. In Thailand alone not to mention the rest of Asia, mobile phones are discarded like tissue paper when the next new toy hits the shelves. The RAZR is a perfect example of this. It was priced much like the iphone when it first came out and the cost was not as much a barrier for entry as the store hours were. For the market share Apple wants to pick up I have no doubt that the iphone will be a success. I do not plan on buying one but the global “early adopter” market is massive. In Thailand alone not to mention the rest of Asia, mobile phones are discarded like tissue paper when the next new toy hits the shelves. The RAZR is a perfect example of this. It was priced much like the iphone when it first came out and the cost was not as much a barrier for entry as the store hours were.

]]> By: Slava http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6196 Slava Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:28:38 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6196 Yeah... that and we're Canadian so we couldn't get a hold of the thing even if we wanted to :( Yeah… that and we’re Canadian so we couldn’t get a hold of the thing even if we wanted to :(

]]> By: All the walls « The ListeNerd http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6195 All the walls « The ListeNerd Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:19:26 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/06/30/six-reasons-the-iphone-wont-rock-the-house/#comment-6195 [...] *Facebook is the new AOL. And Valleywag agrees. *Babel and Joost = ‘gated communities.’” *And the iPhone? A walled garden. [...] [...] *Facebook is the new AOL. And Valleywag agrees. *Babel and Joost = ‘gated communities.’” *And the iPhone? A walled garden. [...]

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