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Why does the iPhone need to be "beaten" in the first place?
by draw_down 11y ago
Why does the iPhone need to be "beaten" in the first place?
- gtk40 11y agoI feel like some of the points he raises in the article answer that question. The one most compelling to me from the article is that I would like something more rugged and usable for hiking, biking, skiing, etc. than the current types of smartphones.
- draw_down 11y agoI think it's really unfocused. It does talk about (perceived) shortcomings of the iPhone, but then it goes on to talk about complementing the iPhone instead of competing with it. But even if it actually were about beating the iPhone, my question stands. It's an extremely popular product with very high customer satisfaction ratings. We as consumers should be so lucky to have an analogue in other market sectors. If only, say, cars had the same problem. Or televisions, or shoes, or or or...
- awesomeasfuck 11y agoAnd this is the point.... any device that tries to "beat" the iPhone will fail by fighting a pointless spec war. Any future device that comes along that truly changes everything, needs to forget about what the iPhone does and re-imagines everything again... that will be some time yet.