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Don’t Tell Me Your Product Will Kill Something
2 Comments | Posted by Philip Newman in Common Sense, Greater Improvement
I absolutely despise it when something is toted as being a “___ killer”.
Now let me start by saying I have an iPhone, I love it, it does almost everything I need it to, of course there’s room for improvement, but I’m not, by any means, disappointed with it.
Seems every month, neigh, week, some tech write-up is claiming that this new gadget is the iPhone killer. Bow to it, it will be more successful than the iPhone, and will change the world.
First of all, shut up. Second of all, no it won’t.
This week we have the Motorola Droid, running Android, that is slated to kill the iPhone.
First reviews? Its slow, not a chance. That doesn’t stop these guys from writing up about how it will though.
Let’s look into the past, as well.
The Palm Pre, the Blackberry Storm, the list goes on for previous assassins. Did they kill the iPhone? No. Did they come close? No. Did they make a ripple in the water? Barely.
Give me a break people.
If you’re going to make a product, make it to be amazing, without trying to catch up to anything.
Sure you have to be aware of what the competition is doing, but take that, and make it your own.
This is why the iPhone was so successful in the first place, there wasn’t anything like it, it was new, interesting, it broke ground.
If you want success, do the same, don’t copy and cry when it doesn’t work out to be a smashing hit, try harder with your next product.
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2 Comments for Don’t Tell Me Your Product Will Kill Something
zoing | November 11, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Author comment by pnewman | November 11, 2009 at 6:54 pm
If you will have read the article, I wasn't stating that the iPhone is the ultimate in hand-held gadgets, in fact, I actually said there's room for improvement.
I was simply saying stop saying all other things will kill it, and make a product that's original and groundbreaking on its own.
Thank you for your comment, but please read the article before commenting next time.
Oh please. The iPhone didn't even have cut-and-paste until a few months ago, and it still doesn't have Flash. It also can't multitask like the Pre. The only advantage the iPhone really has over the alternatives is its huge app selection, but most of them are unnecessary for most people. No phone is going to kill the iPhone any time soon but there are certainly plenty of phones out there that do many things better than the iPhone.