Monday, October 6, 2008

Are Apple iPhones Everything Advertisers Claim?

Apple iPhone Review: Don’t Believe The Hype

Remember the Edsel, New Coke and Apple Ipod?

After much hype, the results are in on Apple’s new iPhone, and many people are not satisfied customers. In a way it can be related to the Edsel, a car named after a draft-dodging Ford family member, and the ’New Coke’ that everyone was excited about until they found out it tasted just like Pepsi. Still despite the reviews, the Apple iPhone has generated an absurd amount of revenue for Apple. Apparently, people were curious about just how bad a cell phone can be.

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A popular video clip was put on the internet in 2007, showing a blender salesman putting an iPhone in a blender, then turning it on and completely destroying the phone. This was done to show off the strength of the blender, but also seemed to be more than a cutting review of the Apple iPhone by the blender seller. The fact that the video went viral and became so popular, (more so than the Blendtec blender he was selling), means that many others seemed to agree with this particular review on Apples new iPhone.

Keep Working It, Steve Jobs

In addition to the Blendtec salesman’s unique review, you can visit Cnet.com to read several high tech opinions from a geeks assessment of the product, but be prepared, these reviews can be harder to understand due to the terminology and slang. To really get a good idea on Apple’s iPhone you should talk to friends that already have one, then find out what they think about the product, or you can read reviews online that voice the opinion of the average person. You can find them practically anywhere online by just typing " Apple iPhone review " into your favorite search engine.

One review can be found on Helium.com written by Cara Volle. Her comments begin first by telling Steve Jobs in her own words how much she hates his iPhone. Many of these reviews are not written in an award winning fashion, but they do help to open one’s imagination on what possibilities can be made to future devices.

Because the cost of the Apple iPhone was more than expected and the fact that consumers are only allowed to go through AT&T for the network, many customers were unhappy right away. The picture quality of its camera is said to be pretty disappointing and streamlining video still has a lot of bugs to work out. In addition there is a growing concern among consumers on how the iPhone gets too hot when using it for extended periods of time. It was also discovered that a small group of computer security professionals have been able to hack their way into the Apple iPhone, which indicates unwelcomed ’hackers’ can get into it too.

Most of the time when a new technical device hits the market, there are sure to be some unforeseen problems arise simply because of the thousands of consumers who use it. You need to wait for at least a year after their release for these bugs to be resolved somehow.

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