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RE: Meh
By nikon133 on 5/30/2012 7:06:24 PM , Rating: 1
We'll discuss new iPhone when it comes out. Right now, we can only discuss 4 and 4s design wise.

I agree that current iPhone design is it's major weakness. I have seen number of cracked backplates on them. I have seen scratched Samsung (and other brands) backplates, but not broken ones.

That it sells well doesn't mean anything in this argument. People are not buying iPhone because of the design - they buy it because it is iPhone. Have any other company decided to coy that design and create Android phone in came enclosure, I really cannot see it selling well.

RE: Meh
By testerguy on 6/1/2012 11:10:47 AM , Rating: 2
You were doing well until you said:

People are not buying iPhone because of the design

Most Apple haters would have you believe that is ALL they are buying for. It's certainly one of Apples strongest points. You don't get record sales if your design is poor, given that design covers everything which would make a phone desirable.

Just because a rip-off design wouldn't be successful doesn't mean that the original product wasn't successful due to its design. People can see a copy and lack of originality and that would explain your attempted logic.

The bottom line is that design wise, Apple is far and away the most accomplished manufacturer out there, in the eyes of most knowledgeable experts. It is this design which appeals to many people, a simple elegance and absence of plastic amongst other things which makes it appeal. Combine that with industry leading customer satisfaction and reliability ratings, and you can eliminate design as a weakness factually.

