DISQUS

Rob · 1 year ago

I definately agree with what you say in the last paragraph. It sometimes really botters me how stupid or just unknowing some people are. A friend also bought a n95-2 (partly on my recomendation). But not too long after that, some guy came by telling him all about his fancy iphone. He was actually impressed (which is ok, the iphone is a nice, good looking device). But he started doubting for a sec if he had made the right choice buying the n95. Not too long after that I told him all his device is capable off, which again completely turned him around (told him about gps, 5mp, vga video, faster internet (iphone only does GPRS (!) in NL) and some other stuff). Which he is now enjoying and able to use pretty much every day.

But this shows how unknowing people are about their phones. Maybe this is because of apples marketing stragedy, maybe because a lot of people just don't care.
I mean c'mon, showing off with the "my location" function of google maps on the iphone, its as inaccurate as who knows what plus, any phone which runs google maps can do it!

Steve · 1 year ago

What you say seems particularly true in teh American market. It's sad fact that a huge percentage of smart phones are returned becuase buyers cannot figure out how to work them ... which is another reason why the iPhone seems like a step up, since most people can figure it out without instructions.

Most of my friends seem to think I am some sort of Uber Geek, and they keep asking my why I don't have an iPhone. The answer is that it doesn't do so many of the things that I take for granted - and because it is locked down tight that the only way to really use it is to jailbreak it, thus invalidating any warranty.

Maybe the iPhone 2 will bring enough improvement that I can live with the phone being locked ... becuase in spite of all the claims to the contrary, I've yet to see an 'iPhone killer' device that comes close to the sweet interface of the iPhone.

Mr. Gunn · 1 year ago

There's nothing surprising about this. Compare the advertising budgets of the two companies, especially the US AD spending.

I'll never understand why Nokia didn't take the opportunity to point out all these differences and just let Apple steadily gain marketshare.

The iphone is talked about because it's so heavily marketed, and every time I have to jump in and mention the superiority of Nokia, but I can't do all their marketing for them.

Mr. Gunn · 3 months ago

There's nothing surprising about this. Compare the advertising budgets of the two companies, especially the US AD spending.

I'll never understand why Nokia didn't take the opportunity to point out all these differences and just let Apple steadily gain marketshare.

The iphone is talked about because it's so heavily marketed, and every time I have to jump in and mention the superiority of Nokia, but I can't do all their marketing for them.