iPhone: Boom or Bust?

The reviews were positive overall and everyonecreate excellent business products, and such a
waited anxiously to give it a try despite the highhigh-end product performing so close to the
price tag. When the iPhone arrived, it was toaverage on the most basic features was a huge
mixed reviews. Some users were ecstatic, andletdown.
others were disappointed. So what’s theThe Bottom Line
bottom line on the iPhone?Of course, many of the features of the iPhone
Living Up to Expectationsare so new and cutting edge nobody else is doing
The iPhone lived up to the expectations of many.them – yet. So for now, even if there are
The touch screen and internet features area few glitches, the iPhone is ahead of the game in
excellent. Pictures and videos are startlingly clearalmost all aspects. Those who have moved
and the large screen makes it fun to play with allbeyond the basic phone and messaging features
kinds of movies and music. All of the featuresof a handheld have few complaints about the
flowed together well, and the iPhone seems like alliPhone. After all, the advanced graphics and media
it was cracked up to be. That is until the first callscapabilities are outstanding by almost any
come in.standard.
Nothing’s PerfectHowever, those who are more focused on basic
There is no such thing as a perfect electronicservices of a mobile phone such as phone calls,
anything. There will always be bugs and there willemail and text messaging may not be rushing to
always be something that can be done better.store to get the iPhone – at least not yet.
That being said, for a high dollar mobile phone, theA Bright Future for iPhone
iPhone certainly left much to be desired for many,Fortunately for highly connected business people
primarily businesspeople.and Apple who targets this customer market,
The actual phone features are weak and thethere is plenty being done to revamp and
audio quality was less than desirable. Textimprove the iPhone. In fact, the first round of
messaging and email are difficult with the virtualupdates has just been released. Many of the
keyboard and even with the autocorrect feature;updates deal heavily with security although there
messages are hard to send in any format. Inhave been a few other modifications made. It is
short, the iPhone is no better than more basiconly a matter of time before Apple, well known
phone products already on the market in regardfor leading the pack in cutting edge products,
to basic functions.fine-tunes the iPhone into an absolute must-have
Needless to say, many business people werefor everyone.
disappointed. Apple has been known for years to