So its 18th September 2007, and the Apple press event down in London is in full swing. I’m reading the Engadget liveblog and I’m laughing my balls off. Because as much as I’m a total fanboy for Apple, I’m also a complete tool who loves to see people make tremendously hideous mistakes. And this is one. A BIG one.
OK so lets review what we’ve had announced today. November 9th is the iPhone shipping date in the UK – cool that isn’t far away. They’ve partenered with wifi provider The Cloud to bring free wi-fi access to your iPhone from any of the more than 7,000 Cloud-based hotspots – also pretty cool, it will certainly save on the phone bills.
And that is pretty much where the cool ends. The iPhone we are getting is still the same lumbering hunk of crap that is in the US – maybe you can get away with releasing old technology in a shiny box with a pretty interface there, handsets in the US are not overly advanced. We on the other hand are used to 3G services, we’re coming to expect GPS, good cameras, bluetooth and all these other things that, guess what, the iPhone doesn’t do.
And here’s a little nugget of information for you. There is currently the CEO of O2 on stage with Mr Jobs orgasming about how amazing the iPhone is in comparison to anything else they have seen before. I think Matthew Key, the guy in question needs to take a long hard look at his current catalogue of phones. Because the XDA series have this hunk of junk beat into a cocked hat. And they cost about £100 with a contract (and the phone I’m looking at if Apple don’t get their shit together soon – the Nokia N95 – is going to set me back about £50 with the contract I’m on – oh and hey it has 3G in it that one)
Speaking of price, I’ve saved the best bit til last. With a contract, O2 will let you have an iPhone for the low low price of £269.
What. Where. They. Thinking?
Update: Look I can’t make this as funny as the Q&A session going on right now. Head on over to the Engadget coverage to literaly laugh out loud at these poor deluded people.