At last, at the Macworld Conference on January 11, 2007, Apple's legendary Steve Jobs finally came up with the long-awaited Apple IPhone, which finally had a real phone. The news, while shaking the world, has confirmed all the rumors about Apple's iphone, but fears have been raised that many people are not optimistic about Apple's iphone
ID Design has been a proud place for Apple, each Apple product is quite personalized, Apple iphone is no exception. On the Apple iphone, we see the condensed Mac OS X operating system, see the powerful music playback function, see the design that can do all the work without the need of a button. But all this looks like gorgeous design, but let us feel somewhat disappointed. While the iphone's built-in Mac OS X operating system is surprising, it also makes most people think the iphone's extended performance has been greatly limited, as the mobile operating system becomes more open today, with Apple PCs switching to Windows With the XP operating system, Jobs's insistence on integrating the Mac OS X system into Apple's iphone is hard to fathom. Did jobs not think his Apple pc would switch to the Windows XP operating system when he first designed the Apple iphone? On the other hand, there is no button, all rely on touch screen to complete the operation of the design, it is clear that the ipod touch disk design ideas, by sliding the screen in different directions to open different functions. This design is novel, but it does not seem to have much new ideas. In fact, the design has been applied to many smartphones, such as LG's KG850, which is currently suing Apple, such as Sony Ericsson's w958c and so on. Some people may say that the author is nitpick, then put aside the innovation of the mode of operation, only this mode of operation, it will certainly allow users at some time feel inconvenient. Motorola's original "finger-lose" mobile phone is a cautionary tale. The last thing to mention is the powerful music playback of Apple's iphone, and it's undeniable that Apple's most iconic album automatic sorting feature is really handy, and it's not surprising that the feature is being ported from PC to phone, but Sony Ericsson's newest Walkman phone already has this feature, The Apple is one step behind.
Worry is everywhere, just what I mentioned was just some trivial "little problem", and the real worry is how Apple's iphone hits the market.
From now on, Jobs's iphone positioning seems unclear, although "convergence" is a big trend for digital products today, but Apple's iphone is a product that was born in a special context. In the end is "has the ultra strong music playback function mobile phone" or "has the telephone function MP3", if it is positioned as the MP3 player, then it surpasses 500 dollar price, then how to fight in the market? If it is positioned as a mobile phone, then how can a mobile phone in the world and Nokia, Sony Ericsson and other music phone giants to contend with?
Let's think about one more step, how much is an apple MP3 player's price? How much is the price of an Apple iphone? Two is a 100-200 dollar difference. Apple's iphone, which has the deepest penetration in the North American market, may have an unpredictable impact on Apple's ipod product line, although it may gain good sales performance. Perhaps Mr. Jobs has already considered how to make way for the ipod for the Apple iphone, and if so, perhaps the days of the ipod's price cuts are not far off.
In terms of sales, jobs now only contracted the sale of Apple's iphone to an operator, and the signing was two years old. From the date of the listing, the first sale of North America will wait until June this year, the European region to wait until next year, the Apple iphone can fully penetrate the Asia-Pacific region, now is still unknown. For the domestic Apple fans, now the Apple iphone is like the moon in the water, good-looking but not get.
Said so much, perhaps you will feel that the author is a bit too alarmist, but I think this worry is not entirely superfluous, the author mentioned the concerns, for jobs, are to be considered factors. In other words, if Mr. Jobs can properly address the main issues mentioned by me, I believe Apple's iphone will be beautiful tomorrow.