No, I don’t have an iPhone
And it makes me sad.
Oh Apple, you and your sexy products and useful functions. How you tease me.
The day the iPhone came out, Amy was gracious enough to be patient with me as we went to the AT&T store to check it out. Thirty minutes later, I let someone else play with it and I went on my merry way.
No, I didn’t get one, and probably won’t anytime soon. It’s not that I don’t have the cash, because I do. I could totally go get one today if I wanted. But doing so would violate a couple of rules I’ve learned to play by with technology and Apple products.
- Rule #1: Early adopters pay the most money and get the least amount of features compared to the patient.
- Rule #2: It always takes Apple at least three tries to get their products working near perfect.
I’d be willing to overlook both of those rules if the price was was lower, but $500 was way too steep for my blood. Sure, Apple sold a crapload of iPhones since the launch, but I’d wager it could have been more - much more - had Apple dropped the price some. But what do I know?
But let me say this, if you get a chance, head to an Apple or AT&T store and check it out. After spending a little bit of time with its amazing interface, I could see the future of computing.
The future of computing lies within a touch-screen interface. I believe we’ll have a mouse and keyboard for some time to come, but massive adoption of touch-screen technology will revolutionize the industry.
I’ll just have to stick with my trusty Razr for now until the prices come down. Truth be told, I’d rather have the iPhone’s features without the phone, but Apple has overlooked iPod fans for so long, I’ve given up hope of seeing that anytime soon. By soon, I mean September, when I’ll likely switch to the Archos 605 for my media and portable Wi-Fi communication needs.
What about you? Did you get the iPhone or did you manage to resist the pull?
Brandon Said,
July 20, 2007 @ 10:04 pm
Wow, that was a fast response to my blog post…
Brandi Said,
July 29, 2007 @ 7:06 pm
As cool as they are…500 bones is too rich for my blood.
Mike Said,
July 30, 2007 @ 12:20 pm
Very cool interface indeed. Check out the Microsoft Surface when you have a chance.
David Eldridge Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 6:57 am
I just got the iPhone in the past month or so (late February ‘08). It is exceptional. I needed a smart phone for side work. There were a number of great deals for Palm Treos or other similar non-RIM phones that would have put up to $150 in my pocket for getting a 2-year contract. But I received a Mac a couple of years back (still use W2K at work) and I am so impressed by Apple that I wanted to at least try the iPhone. Wow! They did a great job on the aesthetics, user interface, and features. It was worth it to give up the $150 and the additional $400 for the great phone/PDA/email/browser/etc. It is very nice indeed. I think you would have been more than satisfied with the additional productivity (being a web designer on the side) having the ability for clients to contact you without using government assets is nice (since you and I are both government webmasters by day and daring web designers by night).
David Eldridge Said,
April 15, 2008 @ 6:59 am
Sorry, lastly, since you are willing to wait, it seems appropriate to stick it out to the year-or-so mark, to see G3 and GPS. It sounds like 2.0 will be here by then, and should bring many hardware and software features to boot.