iPhone killer, iPod killer. How often have you heard these terms? Have these ‘killer’ devices lived up well and true to their predictions?
Phones like these are great, of course. They do pretty much what the iPhone can do. But wait, it runs Symbian. Isn’t that the same OS run by hundreds of mobile phone models? So if it can ‘kill’ the iPhone, shouldn’t it have happened long ago?
Matching the iPhone specs and beating them (like cutting your weight by six grams) doesn’t make you a killer. For those who are so quick to slap the label “iPhone-killer” or even “Blackberry killer” are missing the point. If you remember, many of the iPod killers of yesterday have killed themselves. Some ate themselves. Remember the Zune? Oh you’ve never seen anyone use one?
I have a name for these killers. They are green apples. They look good but taste sour. Best taken with a pinch of salt.
