So my cousin thinks iphone is going to flop

[ninethirty]

I love that people are trying to write off a phone (Apples first, btw) that has permanently changed the mobile industry. Half the new phones you see advertised by rival competitors are iPhone clones. Everyone wants a touch screen now... everyone wants to browse the internet... everyone wants to watch their movies and listen to their music.

There are LINEUPS outside the Apple store here in Chicago right now... still. LINE UPS... to buy a phone. You've already won the bet... the phone hasn't flopped at all. It's not going to either. Apple will continue to build new iPhones each year the way they built new iPods, and they'll incorporate some of the features that people have been asking for, and introduce new features you didn't even know you could have. Apple, and the iPhone, aren't going anywhere.

 

[lsvtecjohn3]

My cousin uses a treo and he thinks the iphone is going to flop big. He kept saying it's not a phone, it's too many stuff. He doesn't understand how a phone can't have buttons, etc. I kept explaining to him that it would actually make stuff easier to do without buttons, and he just wouldn't take it. I made a 100 dollar bet with him that the iphone won't flop. What do you guys think? Did he make any good points? I couldn't see one good point except maybe it might seem awkward at first because there are no buttons, but people will realize how it's actually used later on.

so did you ever get your money?

 

[nickspohn]

Edit: i can't believe i didnt look at the date this was posted.

 

[NDimichino]

Hahahaha, now it all makes sense.

 

[Garemz]

Bluetooth only works with an earpiece, not for sharing ringtones and pictures, no MMS no cut and paste no flash. Expensive to own. I think the iphone will not be as cool of a gadget in mid 2009

 

[Cheffy Dave]

yeah, it'l flop like the friggin wheel. Is your cousin in a facility?
Does he hear music from the sound track of DELIVERENCE? Is it dueling Banjos???