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Why is it that after two years the iphone remains a dominant mobile and outselling many established competitors such as while other phones such as the omnia, N96, P1 quicly come and fade?

Why can't we just get similar type phones from other manufacturers whose style and relevancy can remain the way Apple seems to doing with the iPhone?
I mean I bought a P1 back in 2007 and now its more or less outdated in some ways whilst iPhones bought back then are still going strong or even with the 3G which seems will be around for some time.

I am done with so I am hoping that to buy the Samsung i8910 and hope that it remains relevant for some time to come.
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Posted: 2009-03-30 16:52:56
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It's easy to forget the level of innovation and quality actually present in the iPhone - two years on it still stands out as a remarkably well thought out and pleasing interface. But I think what's kept it "relevant" is Apple's careful maintenance of the brand - they didn't just knock out one model in 2007 and then replace it in 2008, they retrospectively updated all those original iPhone's with the same whizz-bang new features and now they're about to do the same thing in 2009, bringing the third version of the iPhone OS to every iPhone user old and new - so they've constantly built up the platform itself, keeping all their existing users happy and attracting new customers (and the all important new app developers) at the same time.

Compare it to the list of supposed "iphone killers" that have come and rapidly gone, and you see none of them have had anything like the same momentum behind them - they get announced, they have their five seconds of fame, they're launched, and then almost immediately their maker moves onto something else - there's little or no support for any eco-system, no real faith invested in the products themselves, the bugs barely get fixed let alone any new features added, and before long the next big thing appears on the horizon and that market of people who expressly don't want the iPhone just move onto that next thing that catches their eye.

With the iPhone there's a continuity of innovation, eco-system, and on-going support, that means even the oldest iPhone out there is still every bit as "relevant" as the next model to be launched in June.
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Posted: 2009-03-30 17:22:10
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will wait for that iphone but still am an avid fan of
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Posted: 2009-03-30 17:26:39
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Apart from a cool UI the iphone is shite
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Posted: 2009-03-30 17:38:00
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I'd probably have agreed with you in 2007, but you couldn't be more wrong now.
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Posted: 2009-03-30 17:43:04
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But it only has a 2 MP camera, no video recording, no expandable memory / removable battery, no MMS, no copy paste, no adobe support ...

All it has is good looks and UI.

The reason why the I phone sold so many is because it is Apples only phone range, they have nothing else available, so apple fans buy an I phone and keep it. With other manufacturers, you have a lot more choice, you buy a phone, and then you upgrade. For the Iphone, and Iphone 3G, there is no upgrade except for the next I phone, which is why users dont replace them like handsets from other manufacturers.

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Posted: 2009-03-30 17:48:00
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well, alot of that is only relevant if you need it, and also alot of it is being adressed in the big 3.0 firmware coming soon

anything else on your list is easily added by jailbreaking

iphone is the phone I have owned the longest and used the most of any phones that I have owned in 23 years of mobile phone ownership... even after all this time, I just can't put it down

if blackberry is as addictive as it is, and its gets the nickname crackberry... perhaps we should come up with something similar for the iphone!
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Posted: 2009-03-30 17:51:44
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You cant put it down because there is nothing to upgrade to.

I put down my K800i after I got my K850i, which I put down after getting my T700, which I will put down after getting my LG Arena, which I will put down after getting an even better handset in 18 months time.

In all honesty, if you can make do with the features that the I phone is missing, then you could also very easilly make do with a cheaper handset from another manufacturer.

You will of course put down your current I phone when the next one is released right?

And how many people put down the Iphone for the Iphone 3G? Quite a lot I would imagine.
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Posted: 2009-03-30 17:57:06
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Of course you are quite right. My own iPhone only has live rail departure information, live traffic information, push email, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes with my work Exchange account, 30000 internet radio stations, inbuilt Twitter and Facebook, FTP, Bloomberg stock info and news, ebooks, a full Youtube client with high quality video (plus BBC iPlayer and assorted other video services), a Spreadsheet editor, a piano, slot racing, fishing, a desktop-class flight simulator, a TV guide, a Tube map, a spirit level, a free database of beers of the world, desktop quality browsing, Last FM, an iPod, finger drawing, password safe, blogging client, scientific calculator, text editor, movie listings and trailers for all my local cinemas, GPS mapping, Tetris, a unit converter, photos, weather, a dedicated wikipedia tool, chess, IM+ for instant messaging, voice-activated Google search, Shazam, and the best gaming or multimedia experience you'll find on virtually any handheld.

That's all it's got.

At the moment.
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Posted: 2009-03-30 18:07:21
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So???

My SE T700 also does most of that, and my LG Arena will do even more .

So you use an I phone for basic features that can be found in most £150 handsets? How astonishing and revolutionary indeed.

Im also not limited to just being able to buy a phone from O2.

My K850i has 5 MP camera with flash, video recording, and 10 Gb per month internet use including HSDPA, Wifi, Modem use for my PC, and VOIP all included. If I cant get that on O2, why would I want to bother with an I phone?

TBH, all it needs is a better camera and also releasing on other networks, but I dont care, I get an even better phone soon.

Even if I want all the features an I phone has, all I have to do is buy a small laptop and plug in my T700, and I immediately have far better multimedia capabilities anywhere I go.

Oh, I can plug my cheap T700 into any computer and run WoW, Chess, IM, anything you want powered from my phone as a modem.

Cant do that on O2.

Yes, I can blog, use facebook, wikipedia, watch youtube, google maps, play chess, tetris and use a scientific calculator on my £150 T700. You dont see me running around claiming that I have the most revolutionary phone ever because it handles simple, basic tasks like those.

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Posted: 2009-03-30 18:11:56
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