I really don't think it's the quality or performance of an iPhone that sells so many of them. Are they decent phones? Yes. Are they better than all the other smartphones out there? Highly debatable, and really comes down to personal preference.
iPhones sell because of the logo on the back. That logo does not represent as you said, "quality and performance", it represents a fashion statement. iPhones are "cooler" then other phones out there, just as iPods are to their competition. There's nothing inherently wrong with iOS, but there are other mobile OS's with a decent amount of more features and better ones, and vice versa. The average consumer is pretty unlikely to really compare say, iOS and Android side by side. What they do is use one or the other and pick that one. Or possibly, try neither and pick the one of which the marketing appeals most to them. Which Apple is insanely good at, hence the smoke and mirrors.
Point is, whether or not the iPhone really is a quality product, is mostly irrelevant to its sales. It could be a worthless piece of junk, and it would still make a tidy profit for Apple. It's a shiny, sleek looking phone that a well known high end electronics company has cleverly marketed the hell out of.
Very well said!
It's very refreshing to see someone such as yourself with an intelligent, well though out response, express it so eloquently.
I like Apple products as much as the next person, but know what they are capable of. When they falter, because of what appears on the outside to be nothing more than negligent coasting along, then I speak out.
Just where was the testing and quality control checks during the business of designing and shipping the iPhone 4? The number of faults beyond just Antennagate I find totally unacceptable.
A very revealing fact, is just weeks after the Antennagate uproar, Apple advertised for, and hired antenna specialists. Why AFTER the fact? Why not deal with the problem _before_ foisting off a bad product on the public?
Once again, the follow up iPhone 4S, brings us Batterygate. Is this Apple's best work? Absolutely not, I know better.
I've been a very loyal Apple customer buying laptops & desktops in multiples since my first PowerBook 170 in 1991.
Why should I remain silent during this time of questionable Apple performance?
They are continuing to represent themselves as the "Premier" computer and smartphone maker, and as such it's their duty to deliver on their claims of "it just works".
If it's just works, how does one explain away the litany of problems? Simple really, their cult like followers do it for them.
Apple has work to do. Those who don't believe that, have their heads in the sand.
