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The iPhone is $100. Wintel was able to beat Macintosh due to pricing, not due to quality. Windows was the next best option for people who didn't want to shell o

The iPhone is $100. Wintel was able to beat Macintosh due to pricing, not due to quality. Windows was the next best option for people who didn't want to shell out $$$$. iPhone is the nobrainer choice for anyone with a clue, unless they are specifically looking for something open source. That's maybe .5% of the market. Android's market is as an alternative to the iPhone on carriers that don't have the iPhone- a market that's being shut down abroad as Apple expands beyond their launch partners. Edit: it helps if I use the right words :) Don't post on HN before coffee!

grandalf 17y ago
Macintosh beats wintel on pricing? Could you give an example of that? I've heard a lot of people complain about how bad aspects of the iPhone are... it was a bold and game changing device, but I don't think a product that has changed minimally since the first version launched should be getting too confident about continued market share.
- halostatue 17y ago
  Consistency matters. The iPhone 3G and 3GS are incremental improvements over the earlier models; they don't need to be revolutionary in the hardware—the software is key to most of the iPhone experience. I hear a lot of people complain about the iPhone, but I wonder how much of those complaints are about the piss-poor U.S. carrier. I've heard no complaints from my circle in Toronto, and I've heard of few complaints in Europe. My biggest problem is that I can't roam with it for a reasonable price when I go to Europe this summer.
  - stcredzero 17y ago
    Truphone/Skype
- jodrellblank 17y ago
  > product that has changed minimally No different screen sizes or shapes to support, few memory or processing speed or peripheral availability changes. Everything that made developing Java for cellphones horrible, it doesn't have.

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The iPhone is $100. Wintel was able to beat Macintosh due to pricing, not due to quality. Windows was the next best option for people who didn't want to shell o

by colinplamondon 17y ago

grandalf 17y ago
Macintosh beats wintel on pricing? Could you give an example of that? I've heard a lot of people complain about how bad aspects of the iPhone are... it was a bold and game changing device, but I don't think a product that has changed minimally since the first version launched should be getting too confident about continued market share.
- halostatue 17y ago
  Consistency matters. The iPhone 3G and 3GS are incremental improvements over the earlier models; they don't need to be revolutionary in the hardware—the software is key to most of the iPhone experience. I hear a lot of people complain about the iPhone, but I wonder how much of those complaints are about the piss-poor U.S. carrier. I've heard no complaints from my circle in Toronto, and I've heard of few complaints in Europe. My biggest problem is that I can't roam with it for a reasonable price when I go to Europe this summer.
  - stcredzero 17y ago
    Truphone/Skype
- jodrellblank 17y ago
  > product that has changed minimally No different screen sizes or shapes to support, few memory or processing speed or peripheral availability changes. Everything that made developing Java for cellphones horrible, it doesn't have.