The N95, iPhone, Robert Scoble and the N95 community
I don’t know where I come in at this argument, but it’s really silly.
The N95.
It’s a great phone, tons of features, and I own one.
The iPhone?
I personally think it’s a joke, but I admit.. I was craving for one back then.. but feature wise, it’s really way behind in the lightyears. A complete joke, a good analogy for the iPhone and the N95 would be a jock and a geek respectively. One looks spankin’, but has a peanut for a brain and gets all the hot dumb chicks, the latter, has a lot to boast inside, doesn’t come out that strong to some people, but to those that it does, it’s a great experience.
Robert Scoble?
I don’t really know where he really comes in, he owns an N95 and used to love it and having bought an iPhone, the boat has turned upside down. Doesn’t really matter to me at all.
The N95 community? Good one.
I’ve had my mouth shut for so long, but this has gone far enough.
Please, if I’m being overly redundant (on the tons of times you’ve seen me say this), WE’VE ALREADY WON THE FIGHT. The N95 has a hell lot more to boast that what the iPhone offers. Come on, here’s something from Robert Scoble himself:
1. Replaceable battery.
2. Swapable SIM card capability (unlocked, use with any carrier).
3. GPS.
4. Quad band with 3G capability.
5. Keyboard you can use without looking at the phone.
6. Java application compatibility.
7. .NET application compatibility.
8. Flash application compatibility.
9. Offline internet connected applications.
Lets get back to the N95.
Even the first entry is enough to convince me the iPhone is one of the biggest blunders of all. As a jab to the Apple users in general, only a dimwit would trade off an N95 or most other phones in the market for an iPhone.
So what if..
1. It looks better.
2. Slimmer
3. Is “multi-touch”
As far as the first two are concerned, AESTHETICS!? I have to admit, multi-touch adds up nicely to the overall user experience, but coming from the N95, the iPhone doesn’t get close to the power user my phone has got me to become. I expect nothing but (as a cliché of Mac fans even) for those idiots to always go for the prettier device.
Blindly saying this.. the iPhone lacks innovation. That multi-touch screen has completely gone to waste. An incredibly useful technology from 2007 that got partnered up with crap from the 90s.
I completely understand that it’s not all about the features too. So.. let’s pretend I’m a Apple user, aka a bimbo (no not that first definition).
- Can I send SMS with one hand with ease and fast as I could with most other phones?
- Seeing that bimbos tend to have more than just one network to communicate with their bimbo pals, am I able to change the SIM on the phone?
- It might be totally subjective to use, but how long will it’s screen last compared to screen and keypads on phones through regular use?
- Bimbos tend to drop their phone a lot, how much beating can it withstand?
- I personally know a lot of people who send MMSes a lot, DOES IT HAVE THAT? IF NOT, WHY?
That just gets me confused, a lot of people say you can disregard it’s lack of features and is meant for another audience. WHAT AUDIENCE?
Now, somewhat my first and final jab at the iPhone as an N95 user, so you don’t mistake me.
If you really think about it though, the two should be incomparable.
The iPhone was made with the iPod (and it’s hype) in mind, the N95 serves a lot of purposes. It takes a moment to realize that after all, we’ve been comparing an mp3 player (that happens to make calls as well) to a heavily featured cellphone (fine, call it a computer if you will).
There is no competition after all.
That’s because you’re very poor and rigid soul, couldn’t even hack a iPhone! and install Windows mobile on it. That’s why you bought a N95 for lonely geeks. Get a life man! Study first to write Xcode Apps before even try to hack a iPhone.
Comment by DevilOcelot — July 25, 2007 @ 9:20 am
I’m such a lonely person that I even have heat from someone who calls himself the “DevilOcelot”.
All of the points, or what little “point” you made in your comment don’t fit into anything I said on this post you commented on. That said, I’d LOVE to see an iPhone running Windows Mobile.
Read much?
Comment by Isamu — July 25, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
Isamu,
I found your article very offensive. Not because of how you blatantly attack the iPhone but how you attack mac users in general. We aren’t dimwits and bimbos. Your terminology is crass and inappropriate. I know that you are an unsatisfied iPhone user and you believe that people shouldn’t buy it. You are definitely entitled to your opinion. But, you don’t have the right to label other people and attack them for their choices. You come across as an angry Microsoft fanboy who just wants to attack his Apple counterparts. Whatever merits your article has is simply erased by your crass, inappropriate behavior. iPhones don’t have peanut brains. It’s people who perpetuate long held stereotypes who do.
Comment by tempest — June 12, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
I’m sorry if it offended you but this is how I write best.
Comment by Isamu — June 12, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
If you write best with this piece of crap, in my opinion, you should just shutdown your lonely site. I don’t think a MS fanboy (or Nokia) should act this way, If you feel like writing your dumb post about something you don’t own, then F*ck you! You should respect, that’s why some of us doesn’t respect you! If you do feel that you are offended, then that’s how some of us felt. I just happen to stumble to this site, and I don’t think I’ll be coming back (not that I will). Now that AppStore and 3G is out, how do you feel about your dumb N95? Still great? Goodluck!
Comment by nobodycares — June 12, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
In my opinion, if you bothered to read what I wrote, commented and had all these things to say to me..
I fucking own you.
I own an iPhone, you dumb fuck.
Comment by Isamu — June 12, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
By the way, the iPhone 3G is still a piece of shit. I hate to “generalize” the Apple community again because of that post before yours that set me straight, so don’t be an asshole and get me rethinking.
Comment by Isamu — June 12, 2008 @ 6:52 pm