Why the iPhone 5’s Unveiling Will Beat Out the Nexus Prime’s - One of Apple's first computing hits, the Macintosh, showed people "why 1984 won't be like (George Orwell's) 1984." It was a thinly veiled jab at IBM, Apple's biggest competitor, which -- like today's Android smartphones combined -- had a much greater overall market share.
Now it looks like we've got two events back to back: Apple's "Let's Talk iPhone" event on Tuesday and Samsung Mobile's "Google Episode" on Oct. 11. Word has it these are the events that the iPhone 5 and the Nexus Prime -- the next iteration of Google's flagship Android phone -- will be unveiled at, respectively.
Assuming those rumors are correct, here's why the iPhone event and its subsequent hoopla won't be like the Nexus Prime's!
People will line up to buy the iPhone
And they won't line up to buy the Nexus Prime.
How do we know this? Because unless Samsung and Google unveil some new alien technology from outer space, that cures cancer and brings about world peace, history's going to repeat itself. As Taylor Wimberly of Android and Me put it, "only the hardcore geeks who read tech blogs" are even aware of the Nexus handsets, whereas a new iPhone launch is like the release of a new Star Wars movie. People will be lined up around the block.
The iPhone 5's new features will build on its successes
Because that's how this century's Apple does things: It iterates on top of things that already work.
Sometimes there's a dramatic leap, like the first iPhone itself. But even it took advantage of Apple's iTunes app and infrastructure, and everything since then has built on it. There might be the occasional Ping or Apple TV, but on the whole Apple knows what it wants and takes calm, decisive steps to get there.
Android handsets, on the other hand, have been in many ways a showcase of failed (or at least unpopular) ideas. Trackballs? 3D displays? NFC chips? Some of these are interesting because of their novelty value, while others (like the NFC chips) might one day be commonplace. By and large, though, Android handsets like the Nexus series put heavy emphasis on raw specs, and then have one or two eye-catching flights of fancy incorporated as features.
The iPhone 5 will be the only Apple phone out there
Except for the iPhone 4, which will probably continue to be sold as a low-end handset.
The Nexus Prime? It'll have to compete with a whole slew of Android smartphones, most of which it will barely differ from in any discernable way. Its biggest "feature" is Google's attention to it, and let's face it ... Google's not exactly known for the same TLC that Apple is.
Prove me wrong, Google
If you're reading this, that is. Believe it or not, I'm an Android fan, and I'd love to see something on our side of the fence turn heads from Apple's direction. ( yahoo.com )
I just don't think it's likely.
Now it looks like we've got two events back to back: Apple's "Let's Talk iPhone" event on Tuesday and Samsung Mobile's "Google Episode" on Oct. 11. Word has it these are the events that the iPhone 5 and the Nexus Prime -- the next iteration of Google's flagship Android phone -- will be unveiled at, respectively.
Assuming those rumors are correct, here's why the iPhone event and its subsequent hoopla won't be like the Nexus Prime's!
People will line up to buy the iPhone
And they won't line up to buy the Nexus Prime.
How do we know this? Because unless Samsung and Google unveil some new alien technology from outer space, that cures cancer and brings about world peace, history's going to repeat itself. As Taylor Wimberly of Android and Me put it, "only the hardcore geeks who read tech blogs" are even aware of the Nexus handsets, whereas a new iPhone launch is like the release of a new Star Wars movie. People will be lined up around the block.
The iPhone 5's new features will build on its successes
Because that's how this century's Apple does things: It iterates on top of things that already work.
Sometimes there's a dramatic leap, like the first iPhone itself. But even it took advantage of Apple's iTunes app and infrastructure, and everything since then has built on it. There might be the occasional Ping or Apple TV, but on the whole Apple knows what it wants and takes calm, decisive steps to get there.
Android handsets, on the other hand, have been in many ways a showcase of failed (or at least unpopular) ideas. Trackballs? 3D displays? NFC chips? Some of these are interesting because of their novelty value, while others (like the NFC chips) might one day be commonplace. By and large, though, Android handsets like the Nexus series put heavy emphasis on raw specs, and then have one or two eye-catching flights of fancy incorporated as features.
The iPhone 5 will be the only Apple phone out there
Except for the iPhone 4, which will probably continue to be sold as a low-end handset.
The Nexus Prime? It'll have to compete with a whole slew of Android smartphones, most of which it will barely differ from in any discernable way. Its biggest "feature" is Google's attention to it, and let's face it ... Google's not exactly known for the same TLC that Apple is.
Prove me wrong, Google
If you're reading this, that is. Believe it or not, I'm an Android fan, and I'd love to see something on our side of the fence turn heads from Apple's direction. ( yahoo.com )
I just don't think it's likely.
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