Um, iPhone sales are humming because the phone rocks
I ran across a story from the AP that really made no sense. It had this headline: Apple’s iPhone does well without being the best.
The writer, Jessica Mintz essentially says that despite being three years old and lacking certain “features”, that iPhone 3G and 3GS sales continue to be brisk. She goes on to say that people get the iPhone for the “cool factor”, and not because it’s a great phone.
The iPhone is a great phone, and still has no true rival. And people get it because it absolutely blows everything else away. Period. The apps are slick, easy to use, and professional looking. Meanwhile, most of the Blackberry apps I’ve seen look like they were designed by a third-grader with a knack for ugliness. Sure, the iPhone has a low-res camera, but who wants to wait for the 2-meg upload of 8-megapixel pictures up to TwitPic over 3G? Life’s too short for that.
Jessica, you write a great article, but you get it all wrong. The iPhone sells like hot-cakes because it rocks like nothing else does. Period.
AP Story: Apples iPhone does well without being the best
