This isn't going to be a thread (or at least this post) about bashing the iPhone 4. It's simply a very very very very small "sample" I've come across in regards to purchase behavior of "the general public."
My mother-in-law is not tech savvy. She can check email and surf the net a bit - but that's about it. Both her daughters (one being my wife) have iPhones. For my mother-in-law's birthday recently, the daughters bought Apple gift cards for her to get an iPhone because their mom had thought it looks fun and that she would like to be able to email on the go (and her other phone was getting "old.")
Last night my wife was on the phone with her and asked her if she had tried to get her phone yet despite the crazy lines. She said she was waiting. She was hearing on the news and had read that the iPhone 4 had a lot of problems and wanted to either wait until she heard they were fixed or she might just get a 3GS. She asked my wife to ask me my thoughts because she knew I had an iPhone 4 and was tech savvy.
Without hesitation I told her (despite the problems I had initially and despite the signal issue I experience time to time) that she should go out and get the i4. Despite the bad press - the phone itself is great and that most likely her phone would be fully functional. And any deficit would most likely go unnoticed by her. And that there's going to be a fix - whatever it is.
I also explained that she should not get the 3GS because it's my belief that technology is moving forward and that despite any small issues now - the i4 is still the latest and it's better to be as current as possible vs going to an older generation which will already be one step behind (referring to OS updates, optimization, etc).
There's also the selfish desire for her daughters and I for her to have the ability to facetime.
She is still waiting. She's not convinced (completely yet anyway) nor are several (4 or 5 according to her) of her friends who are all waiting as well.
I was out last night with a few of my friends who are also not tech savvy. No - they didn't laugh at me for getting the iPhone even though they had heard there were several problems. In fact - they loved looking at the new screen - we facetimed with a friend that couldn't make it and I showed them a little of OS 4. They were eager to upgrade - but all admitted that they were hesitant or scared to right now and that they would be waiting.
Look - I'm not saying this is empirical evidence or that these 8-10 people I speak of are indicative of a trend or whatnot. But for those that think only the geeks or complete techies know about issues or that these 1.7 million phones that were sold is proof that the general public doesn't care - I would disagree.
And yes - I know - "Cool story Bro" lol
My mother-in-law is not tech savvy. She can check email and surf the net a bit - but that's about it. Both her daughters (one being my wife) have iPhones. For my mother-in-law's birthday recently, the daughters bought Apple gift cards for her to get an iPhone because their mom had thought it looks fun and that she would like to be able to email on the go (and her other phone was getting "old.")
Last night my wife was on the phone with her and asked her if she had tried to get her phone yet despite the crazy lines. She said she was waiting. She was hearing on the news and had read that the iPhone 4 had a lot of problems and wanted to either wait until she heard they were fixed or she might just get a 3GS. She asked my wife to ask me my thoughts because she knew I had an iPhone 4 and was tech savvy.
Without hesitation I told her (despite the problems I had initially and despite the signal issue I experience time to time) that she should go out and get the i4. Despite the bad press - the phone itself is great and that most likely her phone would be fully functional. And any deficit would most likely go unnoticed by her. And that there's going to be a fix - whatever it is.
I also explained that she should not get the 3GS because it's my belief that technology is moving forward and that despite any small issues now - the i4 is still the latest and it's better to be as current as possible vs going to an older generation which will already be one step behind (referring to OS updates, optimization, etc).
There's also the selfish desire for her daughters and I for her to have the ability to facetime.
She is still waiting. She's not convinced (completely yet anyway) nor are several (4 or 5 according to her) of her friends who are all waiting as well.
I was out last night with a few of my friends who are also not tech savvy. No - they didn't laugh at me for getting the iPhone even though they had heard there were several problems. In fact - they loved looking at the new screen - we facetimed with a friend that couldn't make it and I showed them a little of OS 4. They were eager to upgrade - but all admitted that they were hesitant or scared to right now and that they would be waiting.
Look - I'm not saying this is empirical evidence or that these 8-10 people I speak of are indicative of a trend or whatnot. But for those that think only the geeks or complete techies know about issues or that these 1.7 million phones that were sold is proof that the general public doesn't care - I would disagree.
And yes - I know - "Cool story Bro" lol
