iPhone killer?

Lincoln Russell 5 Oct, 2007 at 10:53am ET Article published in Tech

Comments

1. 
   5 Oct 2007 ~ 11:07am BuddyJ fail
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   5 Oct 2007 ~ 11:16am Thrax Ugly.
3. 
   5 Oct 2007 ~ 11:24am Jokke Doesn't nearly every phone on the market beat the iPhone?
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   5 Oct 2007 ~ 11:55am BuddyJ Not in terms of "rad". The iPhone, despite its shortcomings, is THE phone to have. As a nation of consumer whores, another product won't defeat the iPhone. A successful marketing campaign will.
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   5 Oct 2007 ~ 11:57am Jokke So people buy the iPhone for fashion, not functinality? What a world....
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   5 Oct 2007 ~ 12:16pm BuddyJ Sure, in some cases.
   
   I purchased mine because I don't have a mp3 player, I wanted the Google Maps feature, and I wanted something thinner than my RAZR that'd fit nicely in my suit pocket. The iPhone met those requirements, and exceeded in some aspects compared to other phones. Certainly the "cool" factor played into my purchase, but it was not the main reason I got it.
   
   I'm sure most purchases were based more on the hype and fashion aspect, which can again be attributed to marketing. Phones are a popularity contest.
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   5 Oct 2007 ~ 12:26pm Thrax And I have a blackberry because it can do everything and more than the iPhone, and doesn't make me grease the screen to thumb out a message.
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   5 Oct 2007 ~ 12:35pm airbornflght I think it looks alright but I'd rather have a blackberry. That is if the service for any of the smartphones wasn't ~$100 a month.
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   6 Oct 2007 ~ 11:19am Shorty

   Thrax wrote:

   And I have a blackberry because it can do everything and more than the iPhone, and doesn't make me grease the screen to thumb out a message.

   As do you, so do I for the same reasons. BB messenger?
   
   Blackberry > Iphoney
10. 
    6 Oct 2007 ~ 1:30pm Thrax Do you need my RIM address for BB messenger?
11. 
    6 Oct 2007 ~ 1:36pm fatcat

    airbornflght wrote:

    I think it looks alright but I'd rather have a blackberry. That is if the service for any of the smartphones wasn't ~$100 a month.

    
    I guess things are expensive where you live. My plan on my iPhone is $59.99;)
12. 
    6 Oct 2007 ~ 3:29pm airbornflght Its oklahoma. We don't even have that much 3G coverage yet.... All the technology is on the east and west coasts, and then is creeps toward the center.
13. 
    6 Oct 2007 ~ 3:52pm mas0n Thumbwheels FTW
14. 
    7 Oct 2007 ~ 4:43pm BlackHawk HTC TyTn pwns you all!