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One big complaint i have bout that Damn Freaking I-phone |
RyaN
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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Exactly! and people dont seem to moan as much about that kind of marketing (when it's not even a proper KZ lens) and prefer to whinge on about Apple's marketing tactics re: iPhone. Pfff...
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Barachus
Joined: Sep 16, 2004
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On 2009-02-02 13:22:56, Boinng wrote:
It's pretty deluded of anyone, in January 2009, to be trying to lecture iPhone users on which crappy little features the iPhone doesn't have. We all know, everyone knows, but we bought it anyway. We like it, anyway. We probably get far more use, and far more enjoyment out of it than you do with your "full featured" phone. That's why it's an argument that you'll never win, and will ultimately only ever have with yourself anyway (had to laugh at MWEB's attempts to get the iPhone users out of this thread, so the whingers could literally make these pointless points to each other without someone who actually used an iPhone butting in and spoiling things...)
I've had E and SE phones 2001, smartphones since 2003, my last phone was Windows Mobile powered and did literally everything the X1 does, and I used every last feature of it too, but I've never been more satisfied with a phone than I am with the iPhone, and as far as I can see there's nothing else on the market that even begins to compete.
thing is nowadays deluded folk think its cool and anti-whatever to hate the iphone without even owning or using one |
gtr83
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
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From: Indonesia
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@NoKia
Don't you think certain people don't buy/use an iPhone because they hate it? Or is it the other way around?
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Barachus
Joined: Sep 16, 2004
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@gtr83
how can u hate something without even knowing anything about it? |
Mizzle
Joined: Oct 06, 2006
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marty mcfly,
What a pile of rubbish! The argument was if 10 million people can be wrong, and there's no doubt about what the answer to that question is - YES. And they are.
And to a certain Boinng Boinng, I'm not going to withdraw anything. Feel free consider yourself insulted, if that's what you want. Oh, there's no point in replying to this post, as I have no intention of reading it.
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NightBlade
Joined: Jul 29, 2007
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From: Nessebar, Bulgaria
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Mizzle, sorry to say this, but your simile was a tad inadequate.
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marty mcfly
Joined: May 20, 2007
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From: England
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Don't reply because I won't read it?  Could this thread become any more childish? No one likes my opinion so I'm taking my ball home!
Mizzle it WAS a ridiculous thing to say. You don't need to spell out to me the point you were trying to make, that was crystal clear. However your choice of comparing the Nazi propaganda machine hiding the slaughter of millions of Jews to the Apple marketing campaign is one of the single most stupid things I've heard on this site.
And to suggest 10 million people are wrong because you say so, is also equally absurd.
A lot of people will buy into the hype for sure, but that doesn't mean they don't enjoy the phone just because you don't like it. No product sells 10 million units based on pure hype and lies. It has to have some substance, and it does.
Everyone has different needs and wants, which is why there are so many products on the market, to satisfy different types of customer.
It's called choice. |
gtr83
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
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From: Indonesia
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@marty
He was actually referring to Boinng.
On a joking note, iPhone has proven itself to be full of substance - enough to start heated discussions whenever it rears its head in a thread. Just one of its talents I guess.
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marty mcfly
Joined: May 20, 2007
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From: England
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I didn't say he wasn't.
I'm not a fan of the iPhone, because it doesn't suit my needs. But that doesn't mean I don't respect what it has achieved, and what it can do. It's a unique experience. |
anonymuser
Joined: Dec 17, 2002
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On 2009-02-02 14:34:14, Mizzle wrote:
What a pile of rubbish! The argument was if 10 million people can be wrong, and there's no doubt about what the answer to that question is - YES. And they are.
And to a certain Boinng Boinng, I'm not going to withdraw anything. Feel free consider yourself insulted, if that's what you want. Oh, there's no point in replying to this post, as I have no intention of reading it.
Yeah, and that's about the level of the debate we have going here - it's sticking fingers in ears time, rah rah rah, I can't hear you so nur. Good one Mizzle.
Just while I've got the guarantee of you not reading or replying to this, I'd better just bring home the crass stupidity inherent in arguing that 10 million people's choice of mobile phone can (a) be considered "wrong", and (b) be considered wrong in the same sense that the people who supported Hitler were "wrong".
Firstly, in the case of choosing a mobile phone, nobody dies.
Secondly, NOBODY DIES.
The elephant in the room here being the corpses piled high from the concentration camps, none of whom died because somebody bought a mobile phone that Mizzle didn't like.
And that's really all this comes down to, Mizzle. You don't like something, so other's are "wrong" to buy it. Nevermind that they like it, nevermind that their recorded satisfaction levels with that product are very high, nevermind that it functions perfectly for them as a phone, ipod, internet device, etc etc - nevermind all that because Mizzle doesn't like it, and what Mizzle doesn't like is empirically wrong. All those people should have chosen an SE phone like Mizzle, and regardless of whether that was actually what they wanted or worked for them in anyway, that would have been right, and thousands of jews would still be alive - no, sorry, I mean Mizzle would be happier, and that's just as important of course.
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gtr83
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
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From: Indonesia
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Well Boinng, this was meant to be a rant thread anyway. Why should we argue on Jewish defiance? --> pun intended.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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ok guys and gals, I think mizzles comment has been discussed enough so its time to get the discussion back to what the originator intended, otherwise it may as well be locked
I've re-read my initial comments and I probably didn't agree in so many words that the iPhone *was* overrated. at the time it came out it probably was, but I was trying to make the point that with the apps shop etc, it is a device that offers so much potential... and the fact that so many fantastic apps have been produced for it which are both very functional and also look great on the iPhone screen, more than makes up for the comparative inadequacies of the device itself.
sure, iPhone on its own does not always compare well to other devices, but the iPhone experience is so much more than the device you get out of the box
there's hardly a moment of the day that I'm not using the iPhone for "something", and only WM has come this close to being anything like that but iPhone does it in so much more of an integrated, and therefore easier way, than WM
I guess the opinion that the iPhone is overrated comes partly from the fact that it is Apples only mobile phone, Apple has a huge loyalty base and they also advertise it heavily compared with other mobile phones. I can't actually remember seeing a single advert for the X1 (for example) on TV. I think the comment that it is overrated also comes partly from people who don't like Apple products or haven't experienced the iPhone.
I was a HUGE doubter before I got it and even remember offering >500 the first option on buying my first iPhone on the day I ordered it to try and see what all the hype was about, and this was a couple of days before I received it. Needless to say he didn't get it
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gtr83
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From: Indonesia
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That's exactly how Apple did it. Instead of making something that will appeal to 10 out of 10 people, they made something that will interest at least 2 out of 10. Turns out other people also want to be hip and unique like those starting 2, and a full-fledged market is born. I bet Jobs himself didn't think at the pre-production stage that his cult product would be this much of a hit. But if it keeps going on this rate, don't you think it's going to get too mainstream? The whole point of Apple products have always had a bit of a cult nature.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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hmmm, I see your point but if they continue to only have one "current" version of the iPhone, and not a range of mobile phones like other manufacturers, they will hold their position well, especially as they can focus their efforts... at least until the next revolutionary device comes along from... who-ever
but I really think any new device that wants to take away from iPhone will have to have an infrastructure behind it like iTunes to deliver the content in a simple, easy to use method for the man in the street
this has to be the way mobile device work in the future in order to realise the maximum capabilities...
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bavlondon2
Joined: Jan 28, 2006
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And it wont happen as Apple have a monopoly in the music market. Therefore they will always have the best route to customers without even lifting a finger.
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