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Why the iPhone will never work, according to PC Magazine

by Kaitlin | March 29, 2007 at 07:59 am

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Engadget is reporting that John Dvorak, a well-known cranky columnist for PC Magazine, is predicting that Apple's iPhone will be a bust. Now, I'm a PC user myself, but this seems like one of those "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" commercials...except instead of being the lovable John Hodgman, it's a cranky old man who's so sour that the young, fresh guy is attempting to change his world that he's going to write a cranky, Grandpa Simpson-style letter to the paper about it.

John Dvorak -- a name synonymous with curmudgeon -- has called on Apple to "pull the plug on the iPhone" and pass it along to some other "suckers" before it's too late. His case? Essentially, as a newcomer "there is no likelihood that Apple can be successful in a [cellphone] business this competitive."

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Jordan Yerman

at 08:24 on March 29th, 2007

I think Dvorak is missing the point, as did LG with the Prada Phone: TRUE WIFI! TRUE WIFI! TRUE WIFI! That's the real triumph here-- touch-screen technology is just window dressing. Literally. LG will sell loads of Prada Phones, because they look cool and they say "Prada" on them (which is why this Salvation-Army brat doesn't want one), but the ability to use the Internet faster and less expensively is the real boon here. Yeah, the iPhone is expensive, but it will sell. I work at a Mac place, and I get calls daily from people who want to buy one of those things. Daily.

lhino9

at 12:41 on April 7th, 2007

All these people that call looking for the iPhone . . . . are they ready to switch to AT&T? And what of the price? Some of us have been purchasing unlocked phones for years so cost wouldn't be an issue. What of those who aren't familiar with unsubsidized prices; will they be willing to shell out that much moolah? If not then their inquiries have no impact on sales (well, a "negative" impact). Interest/inquiries are one thing, ultimately how many will actually drop the cash . . . that's the question/answer that I'm curious about.