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VentureBeat: Apple’s Tim Cook scoffs at iPhone competitors

  • Name · 2 months ago
    Cook didn’t offer any specific criticism != "scoffs at"
  • Anthony Ha · 2 months ago
    "I think they’re trying to catch up with the first iPhone that we released two years ago," == "scoffs at"
  • scpanza · 2 months ago
    tim cook - hubris always procede downfall , iphone thrives through telcos subsidies , and he is misleading consumers, re telcos charging more , with android hot on apple's heel , telcos want to offer more choices to consumers, allocating subsidies to other phones
  • youngluck · 2 months ago
    This is the Gem of the meeting:

    Gene Munster – Piper Jaffray

    So when you go from exclusive to multiple carriers, you wouldn’t necessarily see change in pricing that you are charging the carrier? Is that correct?

    Timothy D. Cook:

    That’s correct.
  • Name · 2 months ago
    Gimme my Google Voice App or I'm dropping the iPhone like a hot potato just as soon as my contract is up.
  • efrty · 2 months ago
    “I think they’re trying to catch up with the first iPhone that we released two years ago, and we’ve long since moved beyond that,” he said.

    I laughed hard at this, it's more the other way around. Apple is 2 years behind on hardware, and it's software is starting to age too. There's little that iPhone has to offer over Android 1.6
  • narf · 2 months ago
    uh, don't you mean Android 2.0? I want my Android 2.0 SDK!
  • teke367 · 2 months ago
    Trying to catch up with the iPhone from two years ago? So that means they're removing MMS working off a crappy EDGE network?

    Really, the iPhone may be great and all, but it's not all that different between variations. If a phone gets the multitouch down, along with the ease of use, pretty much the only thing that would truly separate the phones would be the apps. And while I don't see any of these phones getting 85,000 anytime soon, open sourcing could be a subsitute for many.

    Apple loyalty is a strong factor, but AT&T hate is almost as strong. Even if a phone is only 90% what the iPhone is, there may be a lot of people willing to make the switch.
  • Anthony Ha · 2 months ago
    "Apple loyalty is a strong factor, but AT&T hate is almost as strong. Even if a phone is only 90% what the iPhone is, there may be a lot of people willing to make the switch."

    Agreed.
  • Name · 2 months ago
    Apple iPhone 1.0 - No Cut,copy and paste, not a very SMART phone then.