Excerpt On What The Competition Thinks Of The iPhone
September 18, 07 by You Teck
Found this interesting article from Crunch Gear and I took a excerpt from it. Before that, I’ll personally noticed that the comments from Nokia are a tag too ‘commercial’, as commented by another fellow blog at CG.
Here’s one part of the except,
Q: The iPhone, at less than half an inch thick, can be described as a ‘thin phone,’ but what comes after the thin phone? How much thinner can you go?
HELIO: FIN is the thinnest clamshell in the U.S., at 0.45 inches, and though it meets our three-hour talk time and one-day usage requirement, it probably doesn’t provide much battery life for heavy data users. The drawback is that as LCDs get larger and the device gets thinner you will basically run into a reliability issue where your phone will snap when you sit while the device is in your back pocket. Also, as we see heavier data usage, battery life will be very important; 17 to 20mm can probably support good battery life without making the device bulky.
MOTOROLA: We’re the inventors of thin, and although it is possible to go thinner, we’ve reached a point where consumers are comfortable with the size and thickness of their handset and, instead, they are demanding more and more functionality. This is where we see real opportunity-by offering handsets with new features, innovations, and supporting great applications/services.
NOKIA: We certainly have a number of thin phones, including the N76, which we are constantly working to refine and improve.
SAMSUNG: We think that we can get quite a bit thinner, provided the device remains durable and feels comfortable. That said, there are certainly limitations inherent in a slim design, which we are hard at work on.
Hmm, while I was pondering about the comments, I scroll back up to the top and check out on the guy who was representing Nokia. Then, I realize that he’s the vice president of sales, multimedia and content. Now I see where all that is coming from.
For full story, please head on down to Crunch Gear.
via [Crunch Gear]
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