You know what this suggests to me? That, regardless of whether or not you like the iPhone, or Apple, you have to admit that it is a technological marvel. I mean if a knockoff manufacturer devotes a whole year to do nothing but frikkin' copy it to its bones, and still can't pull it off due to whatever reason (price? hardware? software?), that really says something about what they are trying to imitate.
A technological marvel that can't even send a SMS to more than one person at a time. Or MMS. Or copy-paste. Or record video. Or transmit data faster than dial-up. Or...
The iPhone is the slickest, most beautiful phone I've ever used. It's UI is a thing of wonder. So I guess I'd agree it's an *artistic* marvel. A marketing master piece definitely. A technological marvel? Not so much.
Anyway, your point is moot. The MiniOne's specs are completely different from the iPhone's (assuming it really exists). It's design and, let's say, 'operating philosophy' are the same, but hardware-wise, they're as different as any two random phones.
"A technological marvel that can't even send a SMS to more than one person at a time. Or MMS. Or copy-paste. Or record video. Or transmit data faster than dial-up. Or..."
Actually, everything you mentioned are things that the iPhone "could" do, but don't currently, due to the lack of software (at least, not natively... some of those are addressed by 3rd party software). Besides, that's not the point, really, at all... all those things are, as you know, stuff that other phones can already do, and I agree it sucks that the iPhone can't do them already, but obviously, those things aren't what's limiting Meizu from releasing their rip-off clone.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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You know what this suggests to me? That, regardless of whether or not you like the iPhone, or Apple, you have to admit that it is a technological marvel. I mean if a knockoff manufacturer devotes a whole year to do nothing but frikkin' copy it to its bones, and still can't pull it off due to whatever reason (price? hardware? software?), that really says something about what they are trying to imitate.
A technological marvel that can't even send a SMS to more than one person at a time. Or MMS. Or copy-paste. Or record video. Or transmit data faster than dial-up. Or...
The iPhone is the slickest, most beautiful phone I've ever used. It's UI is a thing of wonder. So I guess I'd agree it's an *artistic* marvel. A marketing master piece definitely. A technological marvel? Not so much.
Anyway, your point is moot. The MiniOne's specs are completely different from the iPhone's (assuming it really exists). It's design and, let's say, 'operating philosophy' are the same, but hardware-wise, they're as different as any two random phones.
@Vëon
"A technological marvel that can't even send a SMS to more than one
person at a time. Or MMS. Or copy-paste. Or record video. Or transmit
data faster than dial-up. Or..."
Actually, everything you mentioned are things that the iPhone "could"
do, but don't currently, due to the lack of software (at least, not
natively... some of those are addressed by 3rd party software).
Besides, that's not the point, really, at all... all those things
are, as you know, stuff that other phones can already do, and I agree
it sucks that the iPhone can't do them already, but obviously, those
things aren't what's limiting Meizu from releasing their rip-off
clone.
rawhead: just for the record, firmware 1.1.3 is able to send SMS to multiple recipients.
@Richard Lai
Thanks for the tip. I knew I'd read that somewhere, but didn't have the source so didn't mention it.