iPhone vs BlackBerry Bold
By Dusan Belic on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 at 2:12 AM PST In Apple, Devices, RIM (Research in Motion), iPhone
Even though we still wait to see RIM and AT&T (NYSE: T) officially making the Bold available, some people (John Mayer) are already getting the first units. Folks from CrackBerry.com are also among the selected few who got the chance to try out the new Canadian smartphone before the rest of us.
Dieter Bohn from their sister site, The iPhone Blog, got a chance to play with the Bold as well, and he used the opportunity to compare it with his phone of choice — you guessed correctly, it’s the iPhone. The end result is reflected in tons of images, comparing size, UI, web browser, and of course media capabilities. I’m sure you can tell in which areas iPhone excelled and where BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) won the title.
The short comparison is available on The iPhone Blog and so are all the images. The 9-minute long video comparing the two devices follows after the jump.
WHY WON’T 3G BLACKBERRY BEAT THE IPHONE?
The Issue: The Blackberry Bold 9000 has been released – and it has 3G internet capabilities. Yes, it beat the iPhone to the punch. However, it still doesn’t stand a chance to the almighty Apple iPhone.
The Story: Here’s the deal. No matter how great the hardware may be, the BlackBerry Bold 9000 will not out sell the iPhone. It won’t turn heads. It will not succeed – atleast not in the same way the iPhone succeeded. Why is this so? It’s not because the BlackBerry isn’t a good phone – it’s because of the world the iPhone has created.
Marketing.
Just look around. You’re on a site which reviews iPhone applications and discusses important iPhone news. The iPhone generates atleast 5 news stories every day.
The iPhone is a brand. It has swept the market.
There is always something interesting going on in the world of iPhone – for example, the item is literally sold out in all Apple stores right now in both USA and England. Seems unreal. And rather than taking the news and saying “oh wow, they must be selling out fast!”, the whole tech community is shouting: “Hooray! The iPhone 2.0 must be coming! This is the best day of my life!”
The point is – people care about the iPhone. It is innovative. It challenged the norm, and created a new standard. People care enough to speculate and take online quizzes about when they think the 3G iPhone will be released (alright, maybe that’s just the super nerds).
Furthermore, read a little further into the scenario here. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 was designed and released specifically to challenge the iPhone.
By challenging the iPhone, BlackBerry is giving the assumption that the iPhone is the one to beat. This concept gives more to the iPhone than it does to itself.
Here’s an idea: don’t ‘beat the iPhone’. Do what Apple did – be innovative. Challenge the norm. Create a new standard. Don’t target the iPhone as your competition.
Want proof that the iPhone is winning? Approach your grandmother. Ask her if she’s ever heard of BlackBerry – she’ll think you’re talking about the fruit. Ask her if she’s ever heard of an iPhone – and 4 out of 5 times you’ll get a yes.
LINK: http://www.ismashphone.com/2008/05/why-wont-3g-bla.html
Pimp,
Not one thing you wrote is remotely close to a fact. “Blackberry” is also a brand name no matter how many times you want to talk to your grandma. The reason iphones are so popular is because they already had a pre-exisiting fan base of fanboys that dream about apple 24/7. You diehards would have bought a sac of potates if that’s what apple came out with. Open your mind a little and pull your iphone out of your #$%
UMM…IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN, IPHONE ISN’T THE BRAND NAME – APPLE IS. SO STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT.
iphone is for kids who needs for a playground
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Bold is for men…I mean; deffinetely real men who knows how to earn money and leads…