Re:Pre-sales of ‘disappointing’ iPhone 4S fail to disappoint
by kenjackson on Saturday October 08, 2011 @02:01PM
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There are several things at play here.
I said when it was announced that it was an underwhelming release (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3072514) and it is. With that said it's an improvement on what is widely considered the best phone on the market. The iPhone 4s is certainly no worse than the iPhone4. It continues to be what will generally be considered the best phone on the market.
Couple this with the fact that a lot of people were likely holding off on iPhone purchases until this announcement. And unless this new iPhone was a complete stinker, they were going to get one. It's not a stinker and so you have all this pent up demand from the past 4 months -- and the fact that the smartphone market is growing each day.
So I don't think it's inconsistent that this is a somewhat disappointing rev, yet will likely be their best-selling phone to date.
I said when it was announced that it was an underwhelming release (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3072514) and it is. With that said it's an improvement on what is widely considered the best phone on the market. The iPhone 4s is certainly no worse than the iPhone4. It continues to be what will generally be considered the best phone on the market.
Couple this with the fact that a lot of people were likely holding off on iPhone purchases until this announcement. And unless this new iPhone was a complete stinker, they were going to get one. It's not a stinker and so you have all this pent up demand from the past 4 months -- and the fact that the smartphone market is growing each day.
So I don't think it's inconsistent that this is a somewhat disappointing rev, yet will likely be their best-selling phone to date.