17 August 2008

Weekend watching:
iPhone 3G - Advertising versus Reality!

Over the last few months the world has been bombarded with technical and advertising speak regarding the various pros and cons of an iPhone and Apple’s patented technologies behind it; but unfortunately it is once again proven that what you see is not always what you get.

It's a shame that final product never looks as good as it does in advertisements and iPhone is the really nice example of the nasty and false advertising.

In a matter of fact in case of the iPhone it is more like the Myth vs. Reality!?

I’m not an ardently anti-Apple, not at all, I just can’t resist to say that iPhone is nothing but the piece of the glass and steel with a nice screen over it and the extremely good fake advertising behind it. In other words Steve Jobs is a big fat liar and nothing he claims can be trusted without checking twice and it’s hard not to be angered and frustrated knowing that Mr. Jobs usually only telling the half-truth at best.

Actually, if you've been here for long enough then you're well aware of my opinion abut the iPhone, it was already discussed numerous times and I am not interesting in opening the same discussion again.

The iPhone brings nothing new to the market, except multi touch of course; actually; if it brings anything new, it’s the look, and honestly, slim and sleek design has been seen before, and it will be done again, Prada is nice example and it going to be even better and better equipped phone with more features.

We all know that iPhone is nothing but the crap, but general public won't know that and most of them won't even realize that when they actually buy one. iPhone is nothing but the it’s a piece of hardware with nice screen over it and extremely good marketing behind.

Anyway, here is the video which shows a side by side performance comparison running through an identical set of actions and applications, fake advertising versus shameless reality

Apple's "Unslow" 3G iPhone commercial pretends to demonstrated the performance of the device over the 3G network. One disappointed user has took his own 3G iPhone to the heart of AT&T's coverage area in MA (Boylston St. in Boston just across the street from Apple's flagship store) and make some tests with disappointing results.