[IxDA Discuss] iPhone Ads

[Nathan Kendrick]

Ok, now this thread (Re: Surface) is getting overly critical... nay,  
downright negative.

Pauric - back these up w/ some real data or AT LEAST anecdotal  
experience we can at least partially believe in.

2 hour surfing? I spend a lot of my day in front of my computer w/  
broadband and I would have a tough time spending 2 hours surfing the  
web. Sure, in work related items I spend more than that... but who is  
gonna use the iPhone to conduct work related browsing for 2 hours!?

Your other comment, hilariously enough, supports the iPhone's  
purpose. Some days... gasp... I may only use the iPhone to make a  
phone call. Other days I may use 3 of the 5 features.

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All that said, I am sure that the iPhone will underperform other  
mobile phones. Will it underperform others in its functionality  
class? No. That's all we need to be worried about. If Steve Jobs  
could have put an innovated battery technology in there that met  
needs that are being unmet, I am sure they would have done so.

FYI - I own the Nokia 8800, it was vastly more expensive than the  
iPhone... doesn't do squat in terms of features, and I'm lucky to get  
through 80% of my day just making phone calls. Form over function, it  
is. It is still worth it because the form is so nice I forgive the  
functionality.

In the iPhone we have a mobile that finally seems to be in balance.


On Jun 4, 2007, at 11:03 AM, pauric wrote:

> And what exactly is the purpose of ~5 core features if you can only
> run 3 of them properly on a good day?



> 2 hours surfing
> over 802.11 (more power hungry).