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Will Apple's Second Generation iPhone Buck the Trend?

The key difference between the RAZR and the iPhone is the USER EXPERIENCE. The RAZR became a fashion accessory, but using it for anything other than phone calls was a truly horrible experience. The RAZR User Interface was simply the best example of how not to design a phone - users bought RAZRs in millions but came to hate using them. In contrast the Apple iPhone is getting very substantial improvements, and already has user satisfaction off the wall. I think the analysts have this one right - the iPhone v2 is going to become a mass market device, because the (patented) User Experience is just so much better than any other phone on the market, and it just keeps getting better. The 3G iPhone will continue to be the best in class portable music device/phone combo, the become a ground-breaking gaming device (the apps store is going to deliver some amazing games), and I believe will start making significant inroads into the enterprise given the updated feature set and unprecedented developer support. Watch out Blackberry and Nokia. I'd compare the 3G iPhone with what happened to the 2nd generation iPod - the graphs looked very different!