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Anyone else scared for iPhone's future?

When the iPhone was first launched, apple stated that the iPhone will be phone of choice for 6 to 7 years.. According to that we still have 2 more years the iPhone will dominate.. And apple will do something big again and make the iPhone dominate more years. But remember apple is not about market share. They are company that continues to innovate and try to make the best product. Also remember, as a whole android is overtaking the iPhone. But not 1 phone individually
 
I'm scared about global warming.

I'm scared about terrorism.

I'm scared for the millions of people around the world living in poverty.

Am I scared about the future if the iPhone? Errr......no. :p
 
you don't need to worry about the iPhone, even if android ends up woth a much larger marketshare, there is still room for other operating systems.
 
The iPhone will absolutely remain the most supported phone on the market for atleast three more years.

This is because a new Andriod phone comes out every month with completely different hardware and it's impossible for developers to keep up.

And if you're worried about where the iPhone can go from here in terms of features, fear not...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1021233/

That above is Apple's game plan for the next 2-3 years atleast. That is how Apple is going to keep people buying the iPhone for many more years to come, all while keeping it at the top of the pack in terms of power and utility.
 
you should't worry at all about that. The mac is thriving and only has like 6% market share, and the iphone is much more dominant than that. If at any point the iphones market share drops so much that it is no longer supported, than means something way better is out and you would probably switch to that anyway.
 
rushmere said:
I'm scared about global warming.

I'm scared about terrorism.

I'm scared for the millions of people around the world living in poverty.

Am I scared about the future if the iPhone? Errr......no. :p
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Yeah, I know, in the grand scheme of things, it's pretty low on the priority list.

I'm just talking specifically about one part of my life, which is the gadgets, technology, OS, etc. etc. etc. that I use. I am a very mobile person both in the literal sense and the figurative sense. I do a lot of running around, so in the literal sense, I am very mobile and would venture to say I do most of my communicating/general computing on a mobile device, which makes the mobile device the most important device I use. And figuratively speaking, at home I am mostly on Windows-based machines with a little Ubuntu sprinkled in, at work I'm mostly on Fedora or CentOS, when I help my wife out with her computer or if I need it in a pinch, I'm on OSX. I am on so many different platforms all the time because my life/work requires me to be.

The one platform I have all to myself all the time is my iPhone. Therefore, technologically speaking, I have a lot of mindshare invested into it. It is my main window to the world in many ways. It's how I communicate with my family and friends, it's how I surf, it's how I listen to music, watch movies, play games, etc. It's also the first time I've invested so much money in a phone and the first true smartphone I've ever owned.

So in that specific part of my life, yeah, I worry that I made the right decision. And when I say "right" I don't mean market share so much as I mean an OS that will enjoy continued support in the future. With the existence of the iPad and the iPod touch, I don't think iOS is in any danger of losing developer support, but things change fast in the technology world.
 
OP,

Think of this. At the moment, there are over 100 million iOS devices out in the wild being used. In a year, that will probably increase to over 150-200 million. That's a pretty large ecosystem, and developers are rushing in from all over the world to create product. Apple's the world's most valuable tech company right now, that might change in the coming years, but it's not going anywhere in the foreseeable future. Enjoy your i4, it will give you the best the smartphone world has to offer in 2010-2011, and when the time comes, upgrade to i5 or whatever it's gonna be called.
 
wikoogle said:
The iPhone will absolutely remain the most supported phone on the market for atleast three more years.
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Could be longer or shorter than that, but it'll certainly stay supported.

This is because a new Andriod phone comes out every month with completely different hardware and it's impossible for developers to keep up.
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Nonsense, there's no such problem, partly because the hardware isn't "completely different".

As for "keeping up", look how long it's taken Apple to rewrite their own websites and apps for their own updated devices.
 
asleep said:
An emotional attachment to a cell phone. :rolleyes:
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Not so much. I'm not crying over it or anything. There are much more important things in my life than a phone. But these days, a phone purchase is becoming a more and more important choice. I just get a little worried that I made the right choice.
 
spiderman0616 said:
The one platform I have all to myself all the time is my iPhone. Therefore, technologically speaking, I have a lot of mindshare invested into it. It is my main window to the world in many ways. It's how I communicate with my family and friends, it's how I surf, it's how I listen to music, watch movies, play games, etc. It's also the first time I've invested so much money in a phone and the first true smartphone I've ever owned.
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The first rule of being truly happy with what you're using: don't listen to hype. There are, however, facts:

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Android may be gaining at the moment, but it has a long way to go.

And, if for some reason there were more Android phones than iPhones out there, does that mean you can no longer use your iPhone to listen to music, watch movies, keep in touch with your friends, etc, etc?

Of course not! It will still work just fine, and Apple will continue to support it. The iPhone pretty much made smartphones what they are today and regardless of what you believe about which platform came first, it's clear that without the iPhone, Android and other smartphone would not be what they are today without it.

Besides, as an OS X and linux user, you should know full well that market share doesn't always equate to what's good and usable. Linux and Mac both have single-digit percentages in desktop market share, and yet both platforms are still well supported, either by their community or by the company that makes them.

So in that specific part of my life, yeah, I worry that I made the right decision. And when I say "right" I don't mean market share so much as I mean an OS that will enjoy continued support in the future.
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You are allowing the verbal stylings of bloggers and fanboys get to you. There are no "iPhone killers," so don't worry. iPhones make MILLIONS for Apple, a company with $46 billion dollars of cash in the bank and ZERO debt.

Apple isn't going away, and neither is iOS. So, relax.
 
I could care less if the iPhone dissappeared off the face of the planet this minute. There are plenty of great competitors. I would get by. After all, the best thing about the iPhone is not the iPhone, it's that it elevated the entire cellphone industry out of stagnation and pertpetually crappy phones.

scaredpoet said:
The first rule of being truly happy with what you're using: don't listen to hype. There are, however, facts:

YJGSJ.jpg
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Quick question. The above graph is for OS. This includes all iDevices (like iPads and iPod Touches), does it not? (It does say Mobile OS, not phone, and all iDevices run the same mobile OS.) If so, then this is not a fair and accurate comparison to say Android-phones have a long way to go in terms of marketshare.
 
kas23 said:
Quick question. The above graph is for OS. This includes all iDevices (like iPads and iPod Touches), does it not? (It does say Mobile OS, not phone, and all iDevices run the same mobile OS.) If so, then this is not a fair and accurate comparison to say Android-phones have a long way to go in terms of marketshare.
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Considering that the "Android OS" portion of the graph includes all Android-based devices, and the whole issue of Android platform fragmentation has been discussed to death on here and other places, I'm going to have to disagree with you.
 
Cynikal.Mindset said:
and pepsi is better anyways
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Heathen! Coke will always rule *grin*

(though I'll say Pepsi is the only decent Coke clone, and yes, it started out as just another Coke clone, it just got popular. Though since I've moved to only drinking diet, I will not drink Pepsi. Diet Pepsi is absolutely horrendous, ick!).
 
Tilpots said:
IBC Rootbeer, FTW.:cool:
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IBC is awesome :).

koilvr said:
Cheerwine is better :p
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I've had it once, it was decent.

Yes, I have nothing relevant to add to the original topic.

Well, except that I get what the OP worries about. It doesn't really matter if it stays the most popular, but I would be upset if it got as obscure as macs (were?) so that you don't have near the selection of software for it. I mean one of the things that makes the iphone is so great is selection of software. Without that, it really loses a lot of appeal (I don't care how good the hardware is if you can't find anything you need to run on it).
 
I think some of us are being hard on the OP. Mobile phones are expensive, we invest time and effort in learning about them, and the skills learned from one phone OS do not necessarily transfer to other OS's.

And why not get emotional about it? I appreciate engineering elegance (and despise engineering slop*) the way many people appreciate art.

@OP: I have been using Apple products since the first MacPlus. There have been many times that the company was predicted to fold (certain former soft drink execs come to mind). And yet the company ultimately flourished in spite of Windows. If Apple can do that, then Android is no threat. In general Apple products are satisfying and versatile enough to use that consumers and business people really appreciate them. That's all that is required.

*Apple's failure to synchronize To-Do items from iCal into iOS :mad:
 
People actually get scared about the future of a product from a multi-billion dollar company (2nd biggest by market cap)? You should just be happy that you have time to worry about nonsense like that.
 
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