There is NO such thing as an iPhone killer

[b166er]

Are they not putting a dedicated Siri button in vehicles? Did not GM announce plans for this?...Yeah...I don't see the iPhone coming to a end anytime soon!

I think that is where Apple still has, and will continue to have a huge lead on the competition. Apple is really big on things syncing and integrating. If they do end up releasing a TV it will be even more apparent. A lot of people stick with apple, not because they make the most advanced stuff, but because all of their stuff talks to each other and integrates nicely in to all of your usual settings. The car, the kitchen, the desk, the living room. It's idiot proof set ups for the most part. A lot of people like that sort of philosophy. And if they aren't huge tech nerds they don't care if the next Samsung has more RAM or a bigger screen. They wanna know how easy it will be to integrate this device in to their routine- and that's what the iPhone really does best.

 

[Stuntman06]

I think that is where Apple still has, and will continue to have a huge lead on the competition. Apple is really big on things syncing and integrating. If they do end up releasing a TV it will be even more apparent. A lot of people stick with apple, not because they make the most advanced stuff, but because all of their stuff talks to each other and integrates nicely in to all of your usual settings. The car, the kitchen, the desk, the living room. It's idiot proof set ups for the most part. A lot of people like that sort of philosophy. And if they aren't huge tech nerds they don't care if the next Samsung has more RAM or a bigger screen. They wanna know how easy it will be to integrate this device in to their routine- and that's what the iPhone really does best.

As long as you stick to Apple products, everything plays nice with each other. If you have any type of heterogenous system, Apple doesn't seem to play nice with non-Apple stuff compared to other products. At least my experience with Apple products is that they are more of a pain than anything else when trying to get things to work between different products.

 

[Wrathwitch]

So you're saying the newest Lamborghini is no better than the first car?

No, my point was simply that you can no longer "kill" the iphone because the tech playing field is pretty equal, almost all other cell phone manufacturers caught up to the original. You can't kill something that has become established when all of the tech is neck and neck.

Also to add on to your point, who here can afford a Lamb? practically no one, so even if your point was valid, if there was such a phone that was so amazing that it "killed" the current phones on the market no one could afford to buy or maintain it and so it pretty much nullifies itself.

What if google released a phone with an 8 core processor, 4 gigs of ram, 2050x1548 screen, and the ability to print legal currency, would that still not be an iPhone killer?

No, again I say because that just around the corner Apple could acquire the exact same tech or better. Android and the other living OS have merely caught up and polished their own OS to meet what Apple has done. Initially Apple caught manufacturers with their pants down when they created the iPhone and they have been scrambling ever since. (yes they have caught up) but surpass? when the tech is neck and neck, the factors that drove other makers to be an iphone killer have been removed.

I can't remember the last time I heard "iPhone killer" used anyway. OP, did you search an old article and rekindle this phrase in your mind or something?

LOL yeah just read something recently on the SSGS3. It annoyed me.

BGR published this today:

Although smartphones based on Android have typically sold more overall units than iOS-based smartphones, Apple’s iPhone has long been the top individual smartphone sub-brand, easily besting the assorted Droids, Galaxies and One-series devices that have stood in its path. But according to Strategy Analytics, Samsung’s Galaxy series has now overtaken the iPhone as the number-one individual smartphone sub-brand in the world.


It's not one-to-one comparison because Galaxy line includes S, Nexus and Note (and some other models?) but still. It's pretty close.

Being on the top of the pile is not the same thing as rendering a device so unappealing in it's antiquity that no one wants to use it. The use of the term iPhone killer has become obsolete due to everyone catching up. It is like a horse race where one to 3 ponies are always nosing just ahead of each other. There is no horse that is blowing the rest off the track anymore.

 

[Oz.]

The iPhone is all about iOS. And only apple has that. So yeah I don't see it going anywhere.

Android is always competing on the hardware ground with all the different manufacturers. So you could have a "galaxy sIII killer" but not really an "android killer"

It would take a lot of consistent screw ups by either party to go the way of the blackberry. Actual screw ups, not just disappointing releases.

all about iOS? I don't think so


iPhone is made to be more than perfect in every aspect, perfect OS, design, size and hardware.