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- digitaldivinci, on 07/14/2008, -6/+129Love it or hate it, Apple has forced other phone makers to step up their game and now we as consumers have a larger quantity of top line phones to choose from.
- drew52686, on 07/14/2008, -7/+75I hate to unfairly judge a phone that I haven't personally used but in the case of the Nokia N96 (I have used a N95 before), I can just not fathom the UI being simpler or more intuitive that the iPhone's. Though the iPhone is missing many features, its UI is the nearest thing to perfection ever seen in a mobile device. I can confidently say that is the one thing that Apple nailed.
- wetdirtmud, on 07/14/2008, -16/+84I'm not sure how these are "iPhone Killers" when their prices are almost 4 times as much.
- Hiji, on 07/14/2008, -4/+56Top 1 stupid ass blog posts.
- daGUY, on 07/15/2008, -4/+55I love this. The iPhone's success is due to the quality and implementation of the features, not the quantity. This list tells me NOTHING about why any of these phones are actually better TO USE than the iPhone. Instead, they rattle off tech specs, like the 528 MHz processor in the HTC Touch Pro, as if that actually has an effect on how easy to use or intuitive the phone is.
It's quite funny, really, since this is the same exact thing that happened with the iPod. How many times did we hear some random device was going to be an "iPod killer" because it had features like a built-in radio? - socalslaker, on 07/14/2008, -12/+59If it wasn't for the iPhone the cell phone market would be stagnate and would not improve like it is doing now. Long live the iPhone
- miggyb, on 07/15/2008, -1/+46Remember how we had iPods everywhere, and then there came all these iPod killers, and now Apple doesn't make iPods anymore?
Oh *****, wait. - acevoncash, on 07/14/2008, -5/+45I look forward to the day when people aren't talking about the ______ killer on the internet anymore. What another product doesn't do isn't a feature or a reason to buy a product. focus on what it does do. please.
- duddy, on 07/14/2008, -6/+44Where's the App Store killer?
- DD00, on 07/14/2008, -8/+43The problem is these phones don't have Apple's software. The biggest reason I like my iPhone is the software. Companies can replicate all the features all they want, but having clunky, mediocre software like crackberrys is a huge step down.
Especially with the introduction of the App store. - inactive, on 07/14/2008, -8/+43I love how articles like this always ignore the fact that Apple has an unbeatable ecosystem called "iTunes." There is a whole generation of tweens growing up right now who don't know anything else and they have lots of disposable allowance money, and it's going straight into iTunes every week. Yes, these kids growing up today actually *GASP* buy their music! So what do you think they're going to choose when sweet sixteen rolls around and they get their first car and phone?
That's right, they're going to get an iPhone. It's the ecosystem, stupid. Complain all you want about the deficiencies with hardware and software, but the ecosystem is going to help Apple continue to dominate.
The HTC Touch Pro is a monster in the hardware department and looks like a great device, but it just won't matter because it's not a brand people trust and it's not hooked into iTunes. - ZeroNeo, on 07/14/2008, -17/+40no mandatory contract....
- postalblowfish7, on 07/15/2008, -2/+22...all won't kill the iPhone.
- superkendall, on 07/15/2008, -4/+22I notice a lot of them have WIndows Mobile, with custom mutli-touch like solutions. All different.
That means, that software developed for them is generally not going to be multi-touch capable since there is not a unified API around touches like the iPhone offers.
Which means the devices are crippled right out of the gate. - theantidote, on 07/15/2008, -3/+21I'm sorry but since when is Mobile IE equal to or better than Mobile Safari? Desktop IE isn't even better than desktop Safari!
You can't just gloss over web browsing saying that they all do it equally as well as the iPhone because that is one of the iPhone's main selling points and coolest features: the web (not just a stripped-down mobile web) in your pocket.
Windows Mobile immediately makes the UI and Web Browser a downgrade from the iPhone. You can put lipstick on a pig with "TouchFlo 3D Super Multi Touch" interfaces for WinMo but it's still a pig underneath it all and it will still frolic in the mud. - Wakuko, on 07/15/2008, -4/+21The whole experience.
Buy one and you'll understand.
As others have pointed out, the ecosystem, the flawless GUI, the pleasure that is to use one, chicks digg it, and many more.
You will never get it until you buy one. - micklerlop, on 07/15/2008, -1/+18yawn...
- earnjam, on 07/15/2008, -6/+19"Whatever features the iPhone lacks in, the Omnia makes up for it in the best possible way. It is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1"
I stopped at windows mobile. - MikeSetera, on 07/15/2008, -3/+16multitouch and mobile browsing, for starters.
- dampeal, on 07/14/2008, -5/+18So let me get this straight.. if it's about the iPhone it gets dugg whether it's good or bad?! Gack..
- superkendall, on 07/15/2008, -5/+17Yeah right you went to the store, all of that was known ages ago. Now what's wrong with that list I wonder:
1) I think you can with jailbreak apps, if you must have video.
2) You can email photos, much nicer for everyone (not everyone has MMS phones)
3) In all the years I owned bluetooth devices that could do that, I didn't
4) Yes you can - in some apps (most notably, safari).
5) Yes you can turn that off, in preferences. But it's the key to fast typing. You hit the "x" on the suggestion to disallow it as well if you do not wish to disable the correction. - holymrack, on 07/15/2008, -5/+17Did you really just say that?
Nokia has roughly 40 phones in production today to Apple's 1. And how many of those phones reported in that number do you think are the free candy bar handsets that come from signing a contract? I would bet a large amount.
Nokia is a great company that makes some truly powerful products...but you simply cannot compare 40:1 and think those metrics have any real meaning. - rytr23, on 07/15/2008, -3/+15give me a break.. outside of the Omnia, none of them have bigger than a 2.8 in screen.. which sucks after using an iphone. Not to mention they use "softwares" in this blog. They looooove WinMo over there... and I love the line "TouchFLO 3d is better than the iphone"...umm, I fail to see how a bolt-on UI enhancement, which only runs a scant few functions is even in the same ballpark as a complete OS UI, by that I mean, everything runs like the iphone UI, not just a few pieces. And, the TF3D is slow and laggy..
If anything, it will be Nokias next version OS(touch, assuming a complete rewrite) or Winmo7 (not holding my breath) or the BB thunder.. those might compete.. these are just the latest revision of the garbage coing from redmond and Espoo..
Great article! Truly batch of "killers". digitgeek =FAIL. - Dracusis, on 07/15/2008, -2/+13It's interesting how, with the iPhone, even with those small pics, I can tell what a lot of it's possible functions are. Save the HTC Touch Pro with it's drab black and white icons, the rest of the phones looks messy and confusing.
Why does the Samsung i900 need three little clock icons on it?
I'm not a apple fan, don't have any of those phones, but at a glance, the iPhone seems one of the more straight forward models. I guess, if you're a phone geek or something then the others with all the little things they do might tickle you in that special place, but won't the majority will still go where the hype is? - digitaldivinci, on 07/14/2008, -4/+15Yes, we all know it lacks those three things. That's all anyone ever talks about, and the battery.
- Scott2, on 07/15/2008, -2/+12It's not a killer until it actually overcomes the iPhone in terms of everything. Up until then, it's an iPhone competitor.
- jswaby, on 07/15/2008, -0/+10Probably not going to kill the iPhone, but what about the Blackberry Bold?
- locojones, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9Everyone who has a phone has an MMS capable phone (except for the iPhone douchebags), that's why it's called a standard, and that's why it's inconceivable that Apple didn't include it.
- eyepatch100, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9especially since there are six...in the top 5...
- sonofalink, on 07/15/2008, -5/+14Right, because all the other cell phones don't have a monthly charge.
- sonar1, on 07/14/2008, -2/+11those phones are expensive.
- DeathJux, on 07/15/2008, -3/+12It's difficult to think of all the little touches Apple puts into their systems, as many of the most enjoyable bits are the subtleties.
For example, a really nice feature I like on the iPhone is the timer function, as you can be listening to music, and when the time rings it will gently fade out the music, and fade in the song/tone you choose to alert you. Other devices like this typically switch from music to alarm with a jarring suddenness. - eyepatch100, on 07/15/2008, -0/+8The Six Top Five iPhone Killers.
- abagchee, on 07/15/2008, -1/+9Dugg down for using "killer"
- enigmaneo, on 07/15/2008, -1/+9let's start a movement to rid dig of all of these stupid lists.
- placidified, on 07/15/2008, -2/+10OK lets try that;
"I love how articles like this always ignore the fact that Microsoft has an unbeatable OS called "Windows". There is a whole generation of tweens growing up right now who don't know anything else and they have lots of disposable allowance money, and it's going straight into Windows every week. Yes, these kids growing up today actually *GASP* buy their music! So what do you think they're going to choose when sweet sixteen rolls around and they get their first car and phone?
That's right, they're going to get an P.C. It's the OS, stupid. Complain all you want about the deficiencies with hardware and software, but the OS is going to help Microsoft continue to dominate.
The HTC Touch Pro is a monster in the hardware department and looks like a great device, but it just won't matter because it's not a brand people trust and it's not hooked into Windows." - amadeusdemarzi, on 07/15/2008, -1/+9I think the point being made is not that the iPhone is the first phone to have email, or internet. Let's face it, most smart phones had/have a ***** user experience. That is not to say the iPhone is perfect, but Apple brought usability to the forefront in the cellphone market and now we are beginning to have phones that are accessible to nearly anyone, regardless of their feature sets.
It's not the features, it's how you use them! :P - dizilbdog, on 07/15/2008, -2/+10You know an Iphone Killer doesn't have to be a Touch Screen. Too bad Nokia can't get ATT to subsidize some of there better phones.
- inactive, on 07/15/2008, -3/+10Other phones don't have:
1. A Wide Screen Video iPod
2. Multi-Touch
3. Safari Mobile
4. An App Store or iTunes Music
5. Visual Voice Mail, Visual Call Swap, Visual Call Merge
And I don't know where you got the idea that you can't turn the keyboard sideways to type. You can do this with Safari, but it's not enabled for e-mail YET... Remember when everyone was complaining about the lack of a Wi-Fi Store, Ringtones, double tap for periods, 3G, GPS, mass e-mail delete, etc, etc?
It's called a software update. Apple is not standing still and neither are iPhone developers. - ObamaWins08, on 07/15/2008, -6/+13killer shmiller. It is all about personal preference. I was two seconds away from buying my wife an iPhone as a surprise when I found out it could not do mms. It is one of her favorite things to do, so I reconsidered, and bought a Tilt for that reason and a few others. (No Instinct as I had Sprint for service for my work cell and I don't think highly of the phone service.)
However, there are tons of apps the iPhone does well, and some interesting features (like free GPS compared to an extra $10 a month for Telenav with the Tilt).
Do the research, and get what is important to you! - jnordb, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7FTA : "The other features are almost same as the Touch Pro which mean that it pretty much pawns the iPhone 3G except in the UI department." At least it doesn't rook the iPhone......
- superkendall, on 07/15/2008, -1/+8I'll go further and say desktop IE is not as good as mobile Safari.
Certainly not as standards compliant anyway. - amadeusdemarzi, on 07/15/2008, -3/+10Just about everything. It's clunky, quirky, ugly and unintuitive. I hate sitting there scrolling the delicate mouse wheel while trying to select those tiny icons...
- macgiants, on 07/15/2008, -1/+7It's pretty difficult to use when the thing is so damn slow you can watch the rectangles draw when hitting the Start menu. It's also pretty damn difficult to use when you look at the time and realize the clock is off by an hour and a half - because the damn thing crashed. Blame the user (me) all you want. I just want a phone that works, and unfortunately WM isn't up to snuff.
- EtherGnat, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6Apparently you're not aware of the difference between RAM and flash memory.
- Palaceguard, on 07/15/2008, -3/+9The phone is $299. That's what it cost. No one includes the extra crap into the cost. Then why don't people include gas for cars, cable tv for televisions. Lame BS
- orph3us, on 07/15/2008, -3/+9i would guess primarily the web browser and interface. I personally don't like the track ball. Looking around Google maps, being able to pinch and zoom in pictures, seeking in movies by tapping exactly where you want to be...
- digjam, on 07/15/2008, -3/+9When Verizon came out with Motorola v710 claiming it to be a bluetooth phone while in reality it did not allow file transfers....Verizon got sued...Now Apple and ATT are doing the same thing..and no one talks a thing!
HYPOCRISY at its BEST! - joel8x, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6That argument... Really? I guess you also don't like a hot chick who can't cook, clean, or balance your checking account, but can ***** like a porn star and mix a mean drink for you after she makes you finish on her chin. Sometimes you gotta let the overwhelming positives overshadow the negatives my virgin friend.
- coloneltcb, on 07/15/2008, -0/+5don't forget the ever-important SD slot
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