Again, having never even owned a PC, I'm obviously a fan of Apple. But, IMO, it was a mistake to launch the iPhone with any unresolved issues. Once word gets around that people are not only disappointed, but even perhaps feeling ripped off, that's bad news for Apple, and bad news for Apple fans.
I was planning on giving one to my Dad for his birthday, which is a month away. While he's intrigued by the iPhone, he is a PC guy. Since he's not a Mac loyalist it's a bit risky. at this point, to give him a phone that will cost him extra every month, and that may have issues to boot.
If any of you bought an LCD TV that didn't work as it should, you'd be properly steamed. Never having been a fan of Kool-Aid, I don't get why so many Mac people can't even consider the possibility that Apple screwed up. It's not as if there haven't been issues with other products lines in the family.
Brilliantly funny sarcastic post, Madam! It seems as if 200+ years in your grave has greatly improved your sense of humor. You had some of these folks getting all roiled up. Are you going to knit a cover case for your iPhone when you get it?
But I have to wonder, and I'm including myself in this, are we turning into a nation of iSheep?
You can exclude me from that list, and yes I do think the iPhone is that revolutionary.
The thing is, most people need to first get the approval of the iStupids. This is a slow process. It takes time to investigate the obvious, it takes time to compare notes, it takes time to investigate the even more obvious, it takes time to talk to people to see what they think about it, hell yea, you have to at least do that! You have to doubt anything and everything, you can't make that decision by observing the obvious, you have to get the group agreement first don't you see...
Oh fuck, are we going to do the Apple Fan Boys teh suck dance now?
"This one guy had his iPhone die! And Apple replaced it! What if that means lots of iPhones die? That sure would be a black mark on Apple! I thought they said it came from God and cured cancer!? And also it turns out the EDGE spec doesn't do everything I think it should, so how can Apple claim the iPhone is all that??!! Seems to me that all the great press and ecstatic users mean that people are willing to accept junk from Apple!"
"What? What are you on about? You're just speculating wildly and blaming Apple for making a popular device and implying that if anything at all goes wrong with any phones it means Apple has sold us a bill of goods. And the EDGE thing is just silly."
"AH HA! Looks like I struck a nerve! Seems like the faithful can't stand to see their precious toys revealed to be the empty shells they are! Sure, shoot the messenger, close your ears, and don't admit that since this guy's phone broke it probably means there are thousands of defective iPhones. Fan boi losers!"
Apple really didn't hype the iPhone up all that much, they just put some information out and people interpreted it and then blew it out of proportion with outrageous claims. It's ONE friggen defective unit. The only reason it's made any news was because some guy that writes for a high profile site decided to bash it. Ohh... look at me; I'm a consumer/lemming and I believe everything I hear from the media. It seems to me like he had an extremely good return/support experience and they got the problem fixed asap. I do not see why this is a big deal. What is the average % of defective units on a brand new product release (not an update)? Surely more than what we're seeing for the iPhone.
1) Apple claims that the experience is seamless and
2) like nothing else on the planet.
While I'm not familiar with the Edge issue in general, I'll certainly do some research. But again, I think you're missing the point. The expectations for this phone, some people, are behaving as though it were a gift from God, as in the iconic New York cover story, iGod.
But I have to wonder, and I'm including myself in this, are we turning into a nation of iSheep? With one million sold in one week, it kind of feels like it.
Obviously you don't own one. Until you do it's hard to actually rate the product don't you think?
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At this point we have no way of knowing how many defective iPhones are out there. One, no biggie. 100,000 very big deal.
If there were 100,000 defective iPhones out there, you certainly would have heard about it by now.
I thought killing the messenger was a right wing Republican specialty.
Actually, it's not just one repost of a problem with the iPhone, just one well placed article of a totally defective model.
If you look in the iPhone forums, on this website, you'll see that there are some other major issues.
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=76280
Again, having never even owned a PC, I'm obviously a fan of Apple. But, IMO, it was a mistake to launch the iPhone with any unresolved issues. Once word gets around that people are not only disappointed, but even perhaps feeling ripped off, that's bad news for Apple, and bad news for Apple fans.
I was planning on giving one to my Dad for his birthday, which is a month away. While he's intrigued by the iPhone, he is a PC guy. Since he's not a Mac loyalist it's a bit risky. at this point, to give him a phone that will cost him extra every month, and that may have issues to boot.
If any of you bought an LCD TV that didn't work as it should, you'd be properly steamed. Never having been a fan of Kool-Aid, I don't get why so many Mac people can't even consider the possibility that Apple screwed up. It's not as if there haven't been issues with other products lines in the family.
Brilliantly funny sarcastic post, Madam! It seems as if 200+ years in your grave has greatly improved your sense of humor. You had some of these folks getting all roiled up. Are you going to knit a cover case for your iPhone when you get it?
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At this point we have no way of knowing how many defective iPhones are out there. One, no biggie. 100,000 very big deal.
At this point we have no way of knowing how many defective Toyota Camrys there are out there. One, no biggie. 100,000 very big deal.
But I have to wonder, and I'm including myself in this, are we turning into a nation of iSheep?
You can exclude me from that list, and yes I do think the iPhone is that revolutionary.
The thing is, most people need to first get the approval of the iStupids. This is a slow process. It takes time to investigate the obvious, it takes time to compare notes, it takes time to investigate the even more obvious, it takes time to talk to people to see what they think about it, hell yea, you have to at least do that! You have to doubt anything and everything, you can't make that decision by observing the obvious, you have to get the group agreement first don't you see...
And for some very few, they just never get it.
"This one guy had his iPhone die! And Apple replaced it! What if that means lots of iPhones die? That sure would be a black mark on Apple! I thought they said it came from God and cured cancer!? And also it turns out the EDGE spec doesn't do everything I think it should, so how can Apple claim the iPhone is all that??!! Seems to me that all the great press and ecstatic users mean that people are willing to accept junk from Apple!"
"What? What are you on about? You're just speculating wildly and blaming Apple for making a popular device and implying that if anything at all goes wrong with any phones it means Apple has sold us a bill of goods. And the EDGE thing is just silly."
"AH HA! Looks like I struck a nerve! Seems like the faithful can't stand to see their precious toys revealed to be the empty shells they are! Sure, shoot the messenger, close your ears, and don't admit that since this guy's phone broke it probably means there are thousands of defective iPhones. Fan boi losers!"
"Uh..., whatever."
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1) Apple claims that the experience is seamless and
2) like nothing else on the planet.
While I'm not familiar with the Edge issue in general, I'll certainly do some research. But again, I think you're missing the point. The expectations for this phone, some people, are behaving as though it were a gift from God, as in the iconic New York cover story, iGod.
But I have to wonder, and I'm including myself in this, are we turning into a nation of iSheep? With one million sold in one week, it kind of feels like it.
Obviously you don't own one. Until you do it's hard to actually rate the product don't you think?