Apple

Fun With The iPhone

I’ll keep this brief since you can find a lot of this information on the interweb. It’s all over the place, trust me.

Anyways, so I got off work a little early to check out the University Village Apple store to check out the crowd during the unveiling of the most highly anticipated/marketing/sought-after/lusted/flamed/beautifully-built consumer device known to man and history. The Wii and Playstation 3 lines across the nation did not have this much attention prior to and now after. Well maybe the Wii, and also, I’m speaking to America only, not internationally. Otherwise, the Wii is just fucking amazing.

It was just hilarious to see the line form wrapping around the village and across the street. In the end, I made it inside after snapping a lot of pictures and had my mittens on a shiny new iPhone.

Stunning.

Reviewers say it lived up to the hype, and it does. It’s a beautifully crafted device that earns its strips not because of it’s features, but because the features it does include, they did is near perfectly. That’s saying a lot. Many times you find reviews doing those silly comparison charts of features where product A has 35 features (that are arbitrarily picked) while product B has 29, therefore product A is superior. Not so. Not ever. Hopefully you will learn not to fall into that mistake again.

It’s a great little device that in time will promise to be even better. Why? How? Well, Apple promises to provide free software updates. That is HUGE. You won’t have to buy a new phone when technology and features become more advanced. Instead, you just plug in, download and update your current iPhone and it will be like a brand new one! Save your $100 or $300 in the future for something useful, for like say… a pair of jeans you always wanted. Seriously.

Yes, like any other first generation device, or any device for that matter, there will be shortcomings. However, the value you gain from what is currently available will help alleviate any frustrations for a few missing elements. Some may have more dire needs that the iPhone can’t support, but then again, you can always get something else. Design 101, don’t design for everyone. Design for specificity and you will succeed (mostly). In time, everyone will be happy.

Aside from drinking the Kool-aid, you have to admit that this is completely unprecedented and Apple products are executed very well. That much is true. Casting aside your personal preferences and biases, this is a great example of a company believing in good design and the people who use it.

I love great design, and Apple does a pretty darn good job. Is that so wrong?

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