I think some of what's going on here, at least from my own perspective, is that for those people not in the target market—and I consider myself firmly outside the target market (I tend toward "as cheap as possible" for cell phone use, and I'm hanging onto my money in the vain pretense that one day I'll be able to own real estate)—is that the level of hype is just...baffling. Okay, it's a phone and an MP3 player. And...so? No offense intended to anyone who's seriously considering getting one. But I'm having trouble justifying spending around a month's rent on the first month of having a portable phone, and then a tenth of that thereafter, unless the device can actually start working miracles. It's felt an awful lot like the main argument I've heard in favor of it is, "It's an Apple iPhone! Come on, don't you get it?" To which the answer is a perplexed, "...um, no, actually!"
I don't necessarily think it's going to die on launch, and I don't actually begrudge anyone a desire for it. But...it's not that big a deal, is it?
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Date: 2007-06-28 00:23 (UTC)I don't necessarily think it's going to die on launch, and I don't actually begrudge anyone a desire for it. But...it's not that big a deal, is it?