Coming Not So Soon: The iPhone Product Line
January 11, 2007 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Apple, Mobile Monitor, iPhone
Ever wonder why Apple only released ONE iPhone? Of course! There’s no need to wonder. This is Apple’s experiment into the uncharted waters of the GSM / CDMA industry.
Let’s take some example from Nokia – whenever the Finns release a new product, it comes with a “line” of other phones – take the N series for instance. These are merely rebranded phones from their “6″ line with better multimedia capabilities. Also, the Finns have taught other phone manufacturers that there has been a diverse taste in hardware configs with consumers – the “same phone” gets molded into three different types … the clamshell, the candybar and the slider – turning one product into three different phones. And then the marketing department kicks in to create a campaign promoting each phone as “different!”
Sony Ericsson slowly followed suite after the success of the W800i Walkman phone. They branched out to the W550i, the W810i , the W900i and many many more.
So what’s the point? If the iPhone turns out to be a success, we’ll probably be seeing more versions of the iPhone by end of this year. Maybe a version that does away with the touch screen in favor of hardware buttons. Or a model that kicks in more storage and battery life to simulate the new iPod. Or a more basic model with 1GB of storage and no screen …. think different ladies and gents!!!
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Oh almost forgot. Asia isn’t getting the phone till 2008 anyway. Bummer.
