Apple iPhone Review: Don’t Believe The Hype

Recognize these famous icons: Edsel, New Coke and Apple Ipod?

Public reviews on Apple’s new iPhone has shown the much anticipated device is not what consumers expected it to be. But in fact, is similar to unpopular Edsel car that was named after a Ford family member who avoided the draft, or the so called, ’New Coke’ which really tasted just like regular Pepsi. However, the iPhone has still made an incredible amount of money for Apple. Apparently, people were curious about just how bad a cell phone can be.

Does It Blend Well With Others?

One of the most popular viral videos since the phone’s much-hyped 2007 release is that of a blender seller, who put an iPhone in a blender and turned on the machine. He did this to not only show off the power of his blender product, but also as a clear way to show his opinion of the new iPhone. This video quickly became widely popular even more so than the Blendtec blender he was selling, which was a strong indication that many other viewers felt the same way, or at least could relate to his humorous way of showing his dissatisfaction in Apple’s new iPhone.

Maybe next time, Steve Jobs

Although you could go to a high tech website such as CNet.com to read geek’s Apple iPhone reviews, they sometimes are a bit difficult to understand with all of the jargon and techno-babble. If you want to know what an iPhone is like, you need to read Apple’s iPhone reviews written by the average person. You can find them practically anywhere online by just typing ” Apple iPhone review ” into your favorite search engine.

Cara Volle wrote a review on Helium.com that you might want to check out. Her comments begin first by telling Steve Jobs in her own words how much she hates his iPhone. Many of these reviews are not written in an award winning fashion, but they do help to open one’s imagination on what possibilities can be made to future devices.

Complaints about the iPhone from others have ranged from its choice of AT&T as network provider to the cost. The picture quality of its camera is said to be pretty disappointing and streamlining video still has a lot of bugs to work out. There’s also a disturbing trend for the iPhone to get physically very hot when in use. Computer security specialists have also found ways to hack into an iPhone, and if they can do it, so can cyber criminals.

Whenever a new techie toy appears, there are bound to be bugs that only customers can find. Before purchasing your Apple iPhone, I would suggest waiting about one year so they can work out all the bugs and then create a much better product, one you may find worth waiting for.

A Quick Recap of Apple iPhones Origins

Apple has always been known for developing trendy and cutting edge electronic consumer products that attract a large number of followers. Already before the release of Apple iPhone in June 2007, guesses had been made widely about the outlook, the specifications and about the general properties of the product. It stands to reason, because the Apple iPhone is one of the most innovative products that joins together the technology of iPods, a radical cell phone with a useful internet device, all this combined is like having three products in one.

The iPhone Beginning

The vision for the Apple iPhone was eventually thought of after Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, had a conference meeting with some of the engineers to start researching ways to develop the touch screen which was most likely intended for Apple’s tablet PC. In April of 2003 he announced that traditional PDAs and tablet PCs were not the direction Apple was going to move forward with.

Advanced technologies and the possibilities through improving upon the cell phone was to be the new focus and direction for Apple. In January 2007 during the MacWorld Expo, Apple announced it’s soon to be released new iPhone product would be available by June 2007. During another conference later that same year, the Apple iPhone was announced that it would be able to connect with third parties creating Web 2.0 applications which users could use for internet access.

Release and Further Developments

Apple iPhone eventually went on sale June 29, 2007 in the United States, and hundreds of people reportedly lined up in front of the shops to be able to grab the new Apple iPhone as soon as possible. The iPhone was originally released in two variations, one, with a flash drive of 4 GB for $499 and the 8 GB version for $599, however the sales of the 8 GB far outnumbered the other one, which was eventually discontinued.

Moreover, as a further development, the price was radically reduced by $200 in September, for which Apple was quite widely attacked because the sudden drop in price was believed to be unfair. Apple iPhone’s initial popularity was not close to the level Apple had anticipated it would be.

Apple anticipated the first weekend sales to come in around 200,000 to 700,000 devices sold to the public. But just roughly around 145,000 activations were registered for the first weekend.

Moreover, the applications of Apple iPhone’s were originally only available to those who made a two-year subscription with AT&T, and that included some offers that would not pay off for everyone. There was also wide media coverage of a 300-page bill, after which AT&T made a change in its billing practices.

The Apple iPhone was released internationally in France, the United Kingdom, Europe and Germany, towards the end of 2007. In Europe the Apple iPhone was only made available to the public through one preselected company and that seem to raise some legal concerns.

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