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You have to give it to Apple, they are the masters of marketing. It does not matter if all these functionalities existed long before before, they make it seem l

You have to give it to Apple, they are the masters of marketing. It does not matter if all these functionalities existed long before before, they make it seem like a new invention. Just like Mac books, the iPhone will have a small market share but will be very profitable for Apple.

kmfrk 16y ago
Having said that, the employee interviews always come across as extremely scripted. When they aren't using superlatives and stating facts that aren't necessarily facts (the thinnest notebook, etc.), the videos are great. Oftentimes, the bad elements take up too much time in the videos, but this video balanced it nicely.
sp332 16y ago
How many phones have 300+ DPI IPS screens?
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_X1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_X1 Not IPS, but then it is nearly 2 years old. 311 ppi. There's been a bunch that have been in the 200-300 range but apparently they don't count as 300 is the magic number (assuming you are holding your phone a specific, yet unspecified, distance from your face).
- OoTheNigerian 16y ago
  That is an exception. I am talking about front facing camera which existed years ago, flash (as in the light :)), 5 meg camera etc. I am not in anyway trying to belittle what they have created. But you should remember these are the same guys that made a really big deal about cut and paste.
  - allwein 16y ago
    >the same guys that made a really big deal about cut and paste. A feature which won't be included in Windows Phone Series 7, and a feature which frankly sucks on my Android phone.
    - nailer 16y ago
      Really? For me it sucked when they added it to iPhone - scroll down, read something interesting, and while your finger pauses before you can scroll down, there's a stupid dialog bothering you. Android cut and paste has never taken a pause in scrolling to mean cut and paste for me, and I;m glad I upgraded.
      - ugh 16y ago
        That can’t happen. At least not if you don’t take your finger off the screen before touching and holding.
        nailer 16y ago
        Well it did. Double negative aside, saying it will be fixed happen if I change my old iPhone scrolling behavior doesn't help either.
- warfangle 16y ago
  How many phones have a display with better than 800:1 contrast ratio[1]? All the resolution in the world doesn't matter if you can't actually see it. The Nexus One, in comparison, has a 100,000:1 contrast ratio[2]. 1. http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One
  - czhiddy 16y ago
    And yet, the Nexus One is the one that has visibility issues outdoors.
    - warfangle 16y ago
      Funny story: I'm typing this reply on my nexus one in direct sunlight.
  - tedunangst 16y ago
    If you're interested in comparing Nexus One and iPhone (3GS, let's assume 4 is better), this link may be interesting. http://www.displaymate.com/Nexus_iPhone_ShootOut.htm http://www.displaymate.com/Nexus_iPhone_ShootOut.htm
  - slyn 16y ago
    "All the resolution in the world doesn't matter if you can't actually see it." A 100,000:1 contrast ratio doesn't do you any good when you can't even see anything in sunlight. OLED may give a great contrast ratio, but any direct light (ex: being outside during the day, a common usage senario) means that you can't see anything anyways.
- nailer 16y ago
  My current phone has 240 DPI. Which is better than the 3GS. After iPhone 4 comes out, they'll probably leapfrog in return.
csmeder 16y ago
When you combine old inventions in new novel ways, that create a better product, your are inventing something new. And this results in not necessarily a small or insignificant inovation. In my opinion Apple innovates in a big way. Apple's ideas may look obvious and their decisions my look easy to decide after the fact, however, the same can be said for a winning chess move after its made. This is an easy fallacy to make. "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." - Isaac Newton - http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/268025.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/268025.html
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  I've read that when he used that phrase it was intended as a pointed insult to the recipient of the letter, Robert Hooke, who had claimed priority on some of Newton's ideas and was famously short. While many believe that was the sentiment being expressed by Newton in his letter to Hooke, some researchers have suggested that he was actually using the phrase "on the shoulders of giants" as a veiled insult of Robert Hooke, who was a rather short man. Newton had a reputation as somewhat of a petty and vindictive man whose ego clashed with those of his rivals in the scientific and mathematical communities. One of these rivals was Robert Hooke, who had been involved in a long-running fued with Newton over which one had discovered the inverse square law. Although Newton's letter to Hooke appeared courteous on the surface, some historians have concluded that he cleverly employed the phrase "on the shoulders of giants" to ridicule Hooke's lack of physical stature and imply that he lacked intellectual stature as well. http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0162b.shtml http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0162b.shtml

kmfrk 16y ago

Having said that, the employee interviews always come across as extremely scripted. When they aren't using superlatives and stating facts that aren't necessarily facts (the thinnest notebook, etc.), the videos are great. Oftentimes, the bad elements take up too much time in the videos, but this video balanced it nicely.

sp332 16y ago

How many phones have 300+ DPI IPS screens?

ZeroGravitas 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_X1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_X1 Not IPS, but then it is nearly 2 years old. 311 ppi. There's been a bunch that have been in the 200-300 range but apparently they don't count as 300 is the magic number (assuming you are holding your phone a specific, yet unspecified, distance from your face).
OoTheNigerian 16y ago
That is an exception. I am talking about front facing camera which existed years ago, flash (as in the light :)), 5 meg camera etc. I am not in anyway trying to belittle what they have created. But you should remember these are the same guys that made a really big deal about cut and paste.
- allwein 16y ago
  >the same guys that made a really big deal about cut and paste. A feature which won't be included in Windows Phone Series 7, and a feature which frankly sucks on my Android phone.
  - nailer 16y ago
    Really? For me it sucked when they added it to iPhone - scroll down, read something interesting, and while your finger pauses before you can scroll down, there's a stupid dialog bothering you. Android cut and paste has never taken a pause in scrolling to mean cut and paste for me, and I;m glad I upgraded.
    - ugh 16y ago
      That can’t happen. At least not if you don’t take your finger off the screen before touching and holding.
      - nailer 16y ago
        Well it did. Double negative aside, saying it will be fixed happen if I change my old iPhone scrolling behavior doesn't help either.
warfangle 16y ago
How many phones have a display with better than 800:1 contrast ratio[1]? All the resolution in the world doesn't matter if you can't actually see it. The Nexus One, in comparison, has a 100,000:1 contrast ratio[2]. 1. http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One
- czhiddy 16y ago
  And yet, the Nexus One is the one that has visibility issues outdoors.
  - warfangle 16y ago
    Funny story: I'm typing this reply on my nexus one in direct sunlight.
- tedunangst 16y ago
  If you're interested in comparing Nexus One and iPhone (3GS, let's assume 4 is better), this link may be interesting. http://www.displaymate.com/Nexus_iPhone_ShootOut.htm http://www.displaymate.com/Nexus_iPhone_ShootOut.htm
- slyn 16y ago
  "All the resolution in the world doesn't matter if you can't actually see it." A 100,000:1 contrast ratio doesn't do you any good when you can't even see anything in sunlight. OLED may give a great contrast ratio, but any direct light (ex: being outside during the day, a common usage senario) means that you can't see anything anyways.
nailer 16y ago
My current phone has 240 DPI. Which is better than the 3GS. After iPhone 4 comes out, they'll probably leapfrog in return.

csmeder 16y ago

When you combine old inventions in new novel ways, that create a better product, your are inventing something new. And this results in not necessarily a small or insignificant inovation. In my opinion Apple innovates in a big way. Apple's ideas may look obvious and their decisions my look easy to decide after the fact, however, the same can be said for a winning chess move after its made. This is an easy fallacy to make. "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." - Isaac Newton - http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/268025.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/268025.html

ZeroGravitas 16y ago
I've read that when he used that phrase it was intended as a pointed insult to the recipient of the letter, Robert Hooke, who had claimed priority on some of Newton's ideas and was famously short. While many believe that was the sentiment being expressed by Newton in his letter to Hooke, some researchers have suggested that he was actually using the phrase "on the shoulders of giants" as a veiled insult of Robert Hooke, who was a rather short man. Newton had a reputation as somewhat of a petty and vindictive man whose ego clashed with those of his rivals in the scientific and mathematical communities. One of these rivals was Robert Hooke, who had been involved in a long-running fued with Newton over which one had discovered the inverse square law. Although Newton's letter to Hooke appeared courteous on the surface, some historians have concluded that he cleverly employed the phrase "on the shoulders of giants" to ridicule Hooke's lack of physical stature and imply that he lacked intellectual stature as well. http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0162b.shtml http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0162b.shtml