Is iPhone the worst phone?

I got in trouble the last time I claimed the iPhone will fail, but now I see Garrett Smith is listing all the reasons the iPhone is the worst phone.  I don't completely agree with Garrett  -- his complaints about battery life, for example, apply to any phone -- but he's right to bring the hype back down to earth.

This week Apple announced they've sold 4 million of the things  (although, mysteriously, a large percentage have never been activated).  Product Reviews UK posted an article today titled "iPhone Sales Look Unlikely To Hit 10 Million Target"  (maybe they read my original bet from one year ago ? :-)

It's still possible for Apple to turn this around.  Add a keyboard, faster networking, upgrade to Windows Mobile, software improvements -- it has the potential for being a great phone.

IMeanwhile, if you really want to see the future of mobile phones, check out MSR's Lucid Touch.

Published 17 January 08 05:34 by sprague
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# Garrett Smith said on January 17, 2008 8:49 PM:

Richard:

Nice to meet you.

I agree most phones battery life is garbage, but the iPhone is supposedly "revolutionary." If it was, honestly, the battery life would be too...

# BillG said on January 17, 2008 10:55 PM:

Hey,

I don't know if you got my memo, but tone it down a bit. We look stupid when we "innovate" this apple stuff and someone pulls up the google cache of these comments.  I mean the microsoft search cache... ah who am i kidding?

# sprague said on January 18, 2008 5:01 PM:

Yeah yeah, Bill, of course I got your memo.  But you hired me away from Apple specifically because you wanted Microsoft to learn how to overpromise and overhype for a change.  So let's stop hiding the dirty little secret that Windows Mobile can do more than iPhone -- and sells more to boot.

# Richard Sprague WebLog said on June 18, 2008 11:11 AM:

After many years as a Treo user , my battery finally died and I was faced with a choice: get a new battery

# Richard Sprague WebLog said on October 23, 2008 12:53 PM:

We all know extremely good and cool technology products that never seem to catch on, while there are

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