This is
dedicated to all of the fans ( and fanatics ) around, that really struggle to
make a decision over which smart phone to buy, every single time we read some
article about “ XXX will be released
September 27…)
With no
second thoughts, the 3 most important products that hit us, are Apple, Samsung
and HTC; Nokia, Sony and few others trailing in the rivalry
I am not a
fan( or fanatic), that will drive to the store, and wait in the queue even
before the sunrise, with a hot cup of coffee, dressed in my night clothes, to
present myself to be a proud owner of Apple on Facebook. I am just another
customer, who would walk to the store, the following day and test every device
that is on the table ( even though they are all black or white and look like
sinister twins )
For some
reason, a smart phone has turned so obvious, to impalpably tell us that “smart
phones are for dumb people “ ; a fact which we arguably refute.
Apple ( and a few
others), merely out of familiarity trying to breed monopoly around. To me, it
feels like, the moment a product or a service loses its purpose, it is merely
luxury.
iPhone to me is
luxury; They may have scores of reasons to prove their point. But, iPhone is a
phone, if you need something more; don’t buy it.
Apple had raised
its bars on innovation and product service to a much higher level, that today,
I cannot admit a device like iPhone5. I have to agree, when my wife kept
telling me, before I left for the store. “ Don’t raise your hopes, and be
disappointed ! “
You want my
product, buy my accessories.
You want my
service, stay in contract;
are not the reasons
for any good product / service providers; it only stays to prove a non-belief
in their products made and at some point, will be in the shelf.
To not beat around
more, reasons why I think iPhone 5 may not be worth the buy
* Lack of
Innovation
The Product
Manager, “ Sir, these are the new features and designs for our totally revamped
product “
The CEO, “ They
will buy anyway, keep them all from the previous version. We will look at it
next year. Damn, this Steve ( Jobs ) had to die just before he handed over the
new design !
* Denial of product
and service from experienced vendors ( like Google Maps ). It is simply a
reinvention of the wheel
The Product
Manager, “ What do we do ? “
The CEO, “ I hate Google,
I love Patents, Haven’t you heard about cheap labor ? Do we go tomtom ?
* A faster
processor, be it A6, A10, A20 means nothing to an average user
The Product
Manager, “ Sir, we have this new A6 processor that will twice as fast “
The CEO, “ No,
reprint all A5s to A6s, would you know, if it worked faster ? “
* A taller phone is
not user friendly, just because Tim Cook / Steve Jobs or some designer has
taller hands /fingers than wider hands
The Product
Manager, “ Sir, this is our new design, this one will be 4 inches wide and a
bit taller ? “
The CEO, “ Look at
my hands ! Do I look like, I can hold a phone any wider than 3.5 inches ? “
But see, my fingers
can reach all the way from the bottom to the top left corner icon on the screen
!
* Myth: Taller and
less wider phones are very user friendly
The Product
Manager, “ Sir, we need a base for building the new product “
The CEO, “ Wait, I
am busy watching Olympics “
The Product
Manager, Sigh…
(5 Minutes Later)
The CEO, “ Eurekha
! I got it, let’s stick to Olympics. The slogan Citius, Altius, Fortius !
The Product Manager,
“ I am sorry, I didn’t catch that “
The CEO “ Faster,
Higher, Stronger “… in our case it is “ Faster, Taller, Stronger “
The Product
Manager, Sigh, Sigh.. “ What about wider ? “
The CEO “ Don’t
change history, we are people of the world. There is no such thing called
wider, or an event in Olympics representing Wider “ !
iPhone 5 !
[The Olympics committee
may probably sue apple for stealing their slogan]
The only other
reason, I feel Apple products are in better demand is because of their supply
and demand.
No one wants to
couple Apple products with grey-market products, for fear of losing support and
service. So, you buy a phone, you buy their earpods, and you buy iHome and now,
you end up buying additional connectors just because they thought the connector
proved old. To them, this is the earth shattering product innovation for iPhone
5.
My 4th day with iPhone ;)
Apple probably needs to grow-up in understanding that to some users, the look and feel ( it really doesn't matter to them whether it uses A6 or A5 or A10 ) is important too..
* The outer case made of aluminium is more prone to scuffing
* The lower charging end of black versions, wears out sooner
* Dust clogging will also be high near the speakers
* the white shiny Al casing, as you continue to use ( if you are sweating ), will cause stains and you will need to pamper it ;) . They are quite similar to the taps you use at home. The phone wont retain the classy look for 2 years.
* The abnormal increase in length without a compensating increase in width, definitely is a great move to account for finest display, but applications will not look too cool.
* Rumours that Apple may look for developers from Google, (apparently the ones that are frustrated with Google) hire them, and improve their Maps App
P.S : Are they planning to give out free goodies, viz., free cases, free connectors to keep the new iPhone users quiet until iPhone6 or ' the new iPhone ? '
My 4th day with iPhone ;)
Apple probably needs to grow-up in understanding that to some users, the look and feel ( it really doesn't matter to them whether it uses A6 or A5 or A10 ) is important too..
* The outer case made of aluminium is more prone to scuffing
* The lower charging end of black versions, wears out sooner
* Dust clogging will also be high near the speakers
* the white shiny Al casing, as you continue to use ( if you are sweating ), will cause stains and you will need to pamper it ;) . They are quite similar to the taps you use at home. The phone wont retain the classy look for 2 years.
* The abnormal increase in length without a compensating increase in width, definitely is a great move to account for finest display, but applications will not look too cool.
* Rumours that Apple may look for developers from Google, (apparently the ones that are frustrated with Google) hire them, and improve their Maps App
P.S : Are they planning to give out free goodies, viz., free cases, free connectors to keep the new iPhone users quiet until iPhone6 or ' the new iPhone ? '
As much I dislike
iPhone 5, I don’t see great innovation or marketing move from other product
companies.
There is no
conclusion here or dislike for Apple products, I still will buy iPhone 5; not
because I love it, but because I don’t have much preferences on my device. I
don’t use it much anyway.
I just wrote what
was in my mind…(at this very moment)
