Sunday, July 25, 2010

Apple should be more arrogant

When Steve Jobs came out on the iPhone 4 press conference and only offered a free bumper case I was furious. At that time I am a iPhone 3G user, have iMac, iPad, extreme base station and extreme express. So you could say I am an apple loyal. And I am waiting to see how the antenna issue would be solved. And I am kind of angry after the press conference.
Then I got an email from the local apple store that my iPhone is waiting for me to pick up. At one point I was thinking that I am going to just let it go. But somehow somewhere deep down a voice just told me to just give it a try and I could always bring it back to Apple within 30 days. I am glad I followed that voice.

After 4 days of usage, I wish Apple and Steve Jobs could offer a better defense and actually say this: folks, look, we think we have in iPhone 4 is the best balance of function and form factor. It is a result of hundred human years of research, design, feedback, testing to get to what we have today. It is beautiful and miracle. We do our best to be perfect but sometimes we found we are restricted by the law of physics. We are digging deeper and trying harder. Hopefully in the next version, or the next next one we could do better and have another break through. But folks, at the mean time, can I have a show of hands, from people who have used iPhone 4, iPhone 3G/3GS for more than two weeks, given what we know now, that you prefer a 3GS form factor? I know what my answer would be. I love the iPhone 4 and there is no way I would trade for a 3GS form factor. Not in a million year. I would not mind to hold it in a right way.

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