The phone that never changed anything...

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 ? '

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)