iPhone...Tempting

There was a presentation yesterday in class talking about the new and highly anticipated iPhone from Apple. It not only is a phone, but also a camera and iPod. It also allows the user surf the internet with a variable viewing zoom. It looks to be the next technological trendy product from the savvy Apple. Until we hit the price. $499 for the smaller hard drive and $599 for the larger hard drive.

Ouch.

In my opinion this is wildly over priced. It does have all these feature, but none of them are outstand in specifications. The Camera is only a 2 Mega Pixel resolution which is very very limited in quality. It is a iPod with capabilites of holding 4 or 8 gigabytes, which is not sufficent for most people including me.

One can go out and buy a better verison of all of these for a very similar total price. True, it does add a convience factor of having it all in one place, but for $599 dollars? I don't think so.

Do I think that it will flop? No. I believe it will be the trendy product just like the iPod and will be wildly successful for those who have money to burn, also as the iPod when it was immediatley released. The reason is, Apple may not be the most successful computer company or operating system, but they are the best advertisers. It consistently makes you want this product no matter how ridiculous the price may be. Apple can make ketchup hip to a group of white gloved women. So kudos Apple and best of luck, but the iPhone is not for me.