Silicon Valley blogger Louis Gray posted a great entry to his blog last night in regards to the new features that the iPhone has. Here are a few of his key points:
- Apple made some good moves with the high quality cameras
- And they made some bad ones by charging for iMovie
- Despite Apple showing stats of marketshare, the onslaught of capable Android devices won’t be slowed, and thats something that fancy iAds won’t fix
And here’s a direct quote of his last three paragraphs, as everything he says is right on the money:
“What I was looking for today was not a device that offered feature parity or similarity to what I have now somewhere else – on a platform that isn’t limiting me to the manufacturer or to the carrier. I wanted more flexibility and more functionality. An iPhone 4-only parlor trick of video calling much like that on AIM or Skype or Yahoo! Messenger from the last decade isn’t what is going to make my phone buying decisions made up, but instead, a promise to create a high quality experience for all aspects of my using the device.
AT&T has failed that litmus test of quality and has done so consistently for years. Today, Apple had the opportunity to look customers in the eye, and either apologize for the poor service we have come to accept from AT&T and Apple, and the missed promises, or better yet, offer an alternative. They didn’t. That tells me either they do not fully understand the magnitude of the problem, or they think they can get away with continuing to ignore it.
Apple, I didn’t want a thinner iPhone that’s slightly faster and better looking. I wanted a promise that the new one would make phone calls, act as a fantastic Web device, and provide 3G access to other devices. Today, you didn’t do that, and it’s disappointing. A smartphone can’t be smart if it’s married to a company as dumb as AT&T.”
[via blog.louisgray]
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