Business Development Needs – iPhone or Blackberry?
Due to yesterday’s announcement by Apple about the upcoming iPhone 3GS, I thought I would post a little about it here (in case you missed the shock).
Here’s some text taken from The Telegraph’s technology guru Shane Richmond:
Apple’s new iPhone, the 3GS, launches in just 10 days but anyone who already has an iPhone faces a hefty charge if they want to upgrade, according to O2′s official Twitter feed.
Last year O2 allowed customers with the first-generation iPhone to break their contracts and upgrade to the iPhone 3G on the day of release. However, to get the new iPhone 3GS, announced by Apple at its WWDC conference in San Francisco yesterday, existing customers will have to buy themselves out of their existing contracts.
Someone who bought their iPhone 3G on the day of release will have at least six months left on their contract. On O2′s middle tariff, £35 a month, that means paying more than £200 to end the contract and a further £274.23 to buy the new 3GS on the same tariff.
iPhone customers are venting their anger in the traditional way of the modern geek – on Twitter. There isn’t a Facebook group yet but I wouldn’t be surprised if one is created before the end of the day.
These people are angry because they are the iPhone’s most loyal customers. Last year, when O2 wanted to make up for the disappointing performance of the first-generation iPhone, it let them upgrade free and they queued around the block to do so. This year, after they’ve helped to make the iPhone a success, O2 is going to take them for every penny. At least that’s how they see it.
Read the full story at the Telegraph
I currently use a Blackberry and had considered changing to an iPhone as I currently have an iPod Touch. However, now with this new pricing there is no way I am going to change.
I was always a Sony Walkman fan when I was younger and was always found to be listening to some sort of 80s tines when I was boy. That could have been Huey Lewis & The News or John Cougar Mellencamp. I am pretty sure that instilled into me that I need some sort of music equipment. I was also the last person I knew to get a mobile phone, as I didn’t like people knowing where I was constantly. Eventually, my Dad bought me one when I was the grand old age of 25 – yes, only 6 years ago. Now of course, that has changed, as I can’t be without my email, text and phone calls.
However, I still feel that I like having my music box and my phone separate. I must be weird this way. But I don’t care. I want to be able to listen to tunes in peace without my iPhone buzzing all the time when I get a call or text. In fact, I want tapes to come back too.
Nowadays, people listen to a song they like. It used to be that you bought an album and would listen to the whole thing over and over therefore discovering favourite tracks that others may not like so much. Today it is all about buying a single track that you like. I am pretty sure that on my iPhone the only single track I have is Rhinoceros by Smashing Pumpkins. The only reason for that is that I am not really a fan, but I had that song on a mix tape years ago, so wanted it again. I still like to try and learn an album. Most artists try to tell a story throughout an album and that is what interests me.
Perhaps I got a bit off point there, but I know that there are people out there who buy the latest iPhone or iPod and don’t even have a clue about music. Never bought an album in their life. But like that song by Kasabian, because someone said they’re cool.
So anyway, if anyone can convince me why to get an iPhone then let me know.
I love the functionality of my Blackberry. It is afterall, a phone. And it phones, texts and emails for me. It also takes (crap) photo’s and lets me check where I am on Google Maps. I think that is all I need a phone to be. And that keeps my tunes separate.
