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03/26/2010, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Juan_Ponce_de_Leon Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 31 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 9 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Why does the world love the iPhone? ...And not the Pre? I happen to think the Pre is an all-around better phone, and yet Palm is about to go under while Steve Jobs is having trouble keeping his sales-boner hidden under his iPad. What gives, people?!?!
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drannel Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 16 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	marketing
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03/26/2010, 03:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
htabbach Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 449 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 22 Thanked 46 Times in 33 Posts	Ummmm, I know, BIGGER SCREEN, SOLID HARDWARE AND BUILD, VERY STABLE OS, MUCH BETTER MARKETING, MANY MORE APPS what else? If the iPhone was on Sprint I would have got one but I really don't like AT&T
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03/26/2010, 03:37 PM

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+1 oh that and the games. It's got games up the butt hole. Pre is catching up kinda, and the PDK will make all the iphone games super easy to port but for now at least no one can touch the iphone game market.

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03/26/2010, 03:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
ChemEngr Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 2,235 Likes Received: 13 Thanks: 158 Thanked 97 Times in 90 Posts	koolaid... __________________ Palm III > Palm V > Palm Vx > (Sprint) Kyo 6035 > Handspring Treo 300 > Handspring Treo 600 Oct.'03 > Palm Treo 700P May'06 > Treo 755P Aug.'07 > Pre(-) June'09 + TouchPad July'11 LONG LIVE webOS!!!
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alxb Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 53 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Because it comes from the extremely popular iPod line of products. It had a ton of mindshare before it even came out 3 years ago. There's also a ton of "effective" marketing of course. Apple knows what customer to market to for maximum profits.
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Why does the world love the iPhone?

Because as smart phones go it's actually a fairly good phone especially outside of the USA on better networks....and the app/music store.

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+1 oh that and the games. It's got games up the butt hole. Pre is catching up kinda, and the PDK will make all the iphone games super easy to port but for now at least no one can touch the iphone game market.

Games appeal mostly to kids. Kids don't buy iPhones, they buy iPod touch.

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03/26/2010, 03:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
bausti25 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 203 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 93 Thanked 60 Times in 27 Posts	I personally never even understood why the iPod was so popular. I don't get it!?!
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03/26/2010, 03:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
ChemEngr Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 2,235 Likes Received: 13 Thanks: 158 Thanked 97 Times in 90 Posts	seriously though, a big part of it is itunes and the ecosystem that evolved around it. __________________ Palm III > Palm V > Palm Vx > (Sprint) Kyo 6035 > Handspring Treo 300 > Handspring Treo 600 Oct.'03 > Palm Treo 700P May'06 > Treo 755P Aug.'07 > Pre(-) June'09 + TouchPad July'11 LONG LIVE webOS!!!
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Games appeal mostly to kids. ...

Speak for yourself.

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Ummmm, I know, BIGGER SCREEN, SOLID HARDWARE AND BUILD, VERY STABLE OS, MUCH BETTER MARKETING, MANY MORE APPS what else?

If the iPhone was on Sprint I would have got one but I really don't like AT&T

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ImmaSlave4U Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA/Eugene, OR Posts: 819 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 18 Thanked 78 Times in 49 Posts	A stupid iPhone-obsessed friend from the east coast told me yesterday "you can't reinvent the wheel (iPhone)" when I was telling him that I prefer WebOS and Android to the iPhone's OS.
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wynand32 Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,226 Likes Received: 26 Thanks: 370 Thanked 825 Times in 463 Posts	Apple's turning themselves into a consumer products company, selling dumbed-down devices meant to serve up media products. They're as much a media distribution company today as a computer company, and I think in 10 years they'll probably no longer even be making the Mac. That's all fine for them, and it helps explain why the iPhone isn't a great _smartphone_; it's really just a nice media player and lightweight applications platform. Eventually, it'll become an appliance--just look at the iPad. That's also why I want Palm to survive. They're dedicated to making the best _smartphone_, not simply providing a platform for serving up media (Apple) or ads (Google). RIM is out there as well, of course, but their products are very corporate-oriented and so are a bit boring. Functional, but boring. And who knows what Microsoft will end up doing. __________________ Treo 600 > Treo 650 > HTC Mogul (idiot!) > HTC Touch Pro (idiot squared!) > PRE! > Epic
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giograves Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Brooklyn NY Posts: 156 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 26 Thanked 21 Times in 9 Posts	The iPod and that NYC DJ everyone thinks is sooooo cool while he's spinning tunes on his slick looking macbook. "God apple is soooo kewl" Me thinks the iphone is a great device, just not for me. But as consumers go, they want something as easy as the iPod. = winner. __________________ Treo 650 > HTC Mogul > HTC Touch Diamond > BB Curve > Palm PRE > HTC Evo + BB Bold
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fernandez21 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 454 Likes Received: 8 Thanks: 39 Thanked 85 Times in 50 Posts	Because it does what most people like to do with their phones (web, music, video, and games) and does them very well without any thought from the user standpoint. It uses iTunes to sync all your content in a very simple way and it has all those apps. And the marketing has been unbelivable.
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cglaguna Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: LB in The OC Posts: 2,442 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 19 Thanked 80 Times in 48 Posts	Honestly it kills me, I don't get it. I fell into the hype but a month into it all the obstacles made me crazy. After 3 months, thank goodness, they let me off without ETF, cuz it was such a horrible experience. Honestly I have 3 PC's at home and 2 Mac's , I love both but the iphone is too limiting and not practical for me. I kept it to play music, and play with apps, but rarely use it.
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Games appeal mostly to kids.

whoa so all the game coming to the pre are targeted to kids, and a recent study done shows the average pre user age is around 36 (i might be off the age).

games are boostng but hey the dam commercials for the iphone show how easy it is to use it. The pre scare me or give me a *** idea in the end as of wat I just saw

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Why does the world love the iPhone?

Because Steve said that they should.

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03/26/2010, 04:16 PM	#20 (permalink)
vic_singh Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 302 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 14 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts	all true but I believe it all a out ''monkey see monkey do''
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