The iPhone – Not All It’s Hyped Up to Be
Posted on 22 January 2007, at 7:26 pm, by Mitchell Oke
Mike Elgan over at ComputerWorld has published an excellent article explaining the reasons he believes the iPhone will disappoint a lot of people when it hits the stores in the middle of this year. Steve Jobs’ keynote was definitely exciting, but as Mike suggests did Apple make a mistake announcing the iPhone so early, and in turn creating such high expectations?
I agree that it probably dampened the excitement of the Apple TV, but somehow I doubt that iPod sales are going to take much of a hit considering how popular they are. The price of the iPhone ($599 and $499 for 8 and 4GB) and its exclusivity to Cingular (AT&T ?) upon release will ensure that iPod’s continue to fly off the shelves.
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2 Comments For This Post
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:16 am
I’m still predicting this thing will flop.
January 24th, 2007 at 6:06 am
At its outrageous price and such a restrictive OS I think it should, but with the Apple “i” brand behind it it has a chance.