A Real iPhone Challenger - Barron's [View article]
We have now seen the iPhone 3G, and its pretty boring, with no UI enhancements over the iPhone of old. If they tried to sell this one at the old price sales would have continued to lag. Apple was forced to lower prices - this indicates iPhone features no longer command a premium.
The HTC Touch Diamond however brings something brand new to the already burgeoning Windows Mobile market (20 million sales, 90% YoY growth) Its graphics 3D UI looks much better than even the iphone, its browser is better and more standards compliant, and it already has the library of must-have software and business manageability features that the iPhone is still aspiring to.
In short, HTC already sells more phones that Apple, and the Diamond is a very worthy contender that will limit Apple's supposed 45 million iPhone upside to much less than half that.
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We have now seen the iPhone 3G, and its pretty boring, with no UI enhancements over the iPhone of old. If they tried to sell this one at the old price sales would have continued to lag. Apple was forced to lower prices - this indicates iPhone features no longer command a premium.
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The HTC Touch Diamond however brings something brand new to the already burgeoning Windows Mobile market (20 million sales, 90% YoY growth) Its graphics 3D UI looks much better than even the iphone, its browser is better and more standards compliant, and it already has the library of must-have software and business manageability features that the iPhone is still aspiring to.
In short, HTC already sells more phones that Apple, and the Diamond is a very worthy contender that will limit Apple's supposed 45 million iPhone upside to much less than half that.