Apple's iPhone stirs up rivals, who question 'revolutionary' claim

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May Wong, Canadian Press

Published: Thursday, February 01, 2007

 

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Pablo Gonzalez, a Prada shoe-wearing cellphone connoisseur who jumps from one new handset to the next, is ready to ditch his US$1,000 touch-screen cellphone for Apple's IPhone when it becomes available in June.

 

Tark Abed, on the other hand, just got the new Samsung BlackJack smart phone a month ago. The industrial designer at Palo Alto-based Speck Design isn't keen on spending $500 even though he finds the iPhone's sleek interface alluring and innovative.

"I upgraded to an unlimited data plan and got the BlackJack for $149," he said, "and that's a lot of phone already for $149."

 

Their divergent views underscore why Apple Inc.'s much-hyped seminal cellphone is all the rage and why, at the same time, incumbent rivals are stirred but say they are not shaken.

 

The IPhone got everybody - from techie bloggers to late-night TV hosts - talking when it arrived fashionably late on the wireless communications scene. Would-be rivals are welcoming the challenge but questioning Apple's claim that the IPhone is "revolutionary."

 

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Edited February 2, 2007 by goodtime

[Zealot]

i think there`s no question .

The interface by itself its just revolutionary.

[Urbz]

I agree.

[Guest goodtime]

i think there`s no question .

The interface by itself its just revolutionary.

 

I agree too!

 

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