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TFA is drawing a parallel between the way smartphones, as heralded by the iPhone, transformed the mobile phone market, and the way electric cars, as heralded by
by rosser 11y ago
TFA is drawing a parallel between the way smartphones, as heralded by the iPhone, transformed the mobile phone market, and the way electric cars, as heralded by the Model S, will do to the car market.
That's what the one has to do with the other.
- rhino369 11y agoBut it's a really poor parallel. People wanted a smartphone because it was a total game changer. Electric cars are not. I'm an electrical engineer and I only sort of give a shit what kind of powertrain by car has. My mom? Doesn't know or care how her car works. My dad? Probably against electrical out of old man-back in my dad behavior. Cost will be the big change. Once an electric car is cheaper than gas, the public will switch. But that is not why people switched to smartphones. Also part of the reason for the smartphone revolution is the market psychology behind carriers subsidizing very expensive phones. People think their iPhone 6 costs 200 bucks. Finally, the short upgrade cycle for phones is totally different than cars which last for like 15 years on average.
- snogglethorpe 11y agoSmartphones weren't a "total game changer", they were a jump in CPU power and interface smoothness, but the trends were already there (maybe not in the U.S., I dunno).