I wrote a piece about the recent iPhone 5 criticism. For some reason when submitting the link, it doesn't show up. Anyways, I wanted to share it with everyone. Would love to get your thoughts.
Seems like you're just going against the grain for the attention. The iPhone 5 is being criticised because of a few things.<p>1. Apple are known for innovation and inspiring design. The iPhone 5 only innovates with its acceptance of the new 4G LTE standard, which is brilliant. In other areas it's rejected innovations like wireless charging and NFC payments. The criticism is well earned because these innovations will be held back without Apple's much needed support. Apple have also missed a trick by introducing anything completely new to the mainstream this time around, but we can't blame them too much for that, we can't expect miracles like Siri every time.<p>2. They're also being criticised for how obvious they've made their efforts to milk their fanbase for money this time round. The adapter debacle, smaller, but for no functional reason. It means a whole host of accessories will no longer work, stereos, speakers, docks, chargers etc. Adapters can be bought, but they'll ruin clean attachments and aesthetics. Couple that with the seemingly identical look of the phone and people are left wondering why this is the iPhone 5 and not just another incarnation of the 4.<p>It may well be a good phone, after all it's only been improved. But Apple have a lot more than that to live up to. I could forgive them partially if they were at the top of their game, but they're not, Samsung, HTC and Nokia are still producing better phones, and for better value. Apple are coasting with this phone, which could be dangerous considering how desperate HTC and Nokia are to prove themselves especially.<p>Apple can't afford to be complacent right now, they now that their fanatic fanbase run on fads and fashions, and by stagnating their phone line with this update that fanatacism could threaten to perform a shift to another manufacturer. I'd predict Samsung, if they can move away from Apple-ish designs.