After two years (see my old post about iPhone 3G here) of intense usage, I replaced today my iPhone with the newest version, the 4S, in a 16GB, black flavor.
this post will not, of course, be a review of the device. If you need one, please see here...
Let's state first of all one thing: I am NOT an apple fan boy. I don't like many things they do, including pretty much all of their over-priced computers. And I owned and used two of them before forming this opinion.
This said, let's make a second statement: iPhone has been, since its first day, and still is, the best mobile phone ever produced. I know, I know. Sounds drastic. A whole bunch of Blackberry, Win Mobile and Android users is ready out there to prove me wrong. But the truth is, all in all, that despite all the hardware features and characteristics that make every mobile phone different, iPhone will always win until other companies also will start focusing on usability.
What is usability? Usability is NOT giving a device a 8MP Sensor (most high-end smartphones feature one). It is NOT embedding a voice-recognition system (both iPhone and Android phones have one). It's not to provide the same user interface.
Instead, usability is actually making sure that the camera mounted on the device is always able to take satisfactory pictures. It's making that voice-recognition system a useful alternative to the usual tactile interface (SIRI) and not just an interesting experiment to play with (any other similar system). Usability is to implant in everyday life new ways of doing things, that after the first usage seem so natural that we can't imagine how could we live without. And I'm thinking of multitouch gestures, momentum scrolling, springboard-style interface, touch-to-focus, mag-safe connectors, and another million inventions that Apple brought to us.
A technology that bundles such a huge load of usability studies like iPhone, is almost frustration-free. Apple proved itself to be leader in user-centered design.
Once more, I just became an even happier iPhone user.
this post will not, of course, be a review of the device. If you need one, please see here...
This said, let's make a second statement: iPhone has been, since its first day, and still is, the best mobile phone ever produced. I know, I know. Sounds drastic. A whole bunch of Blackberry, Win Mobile and Android users is ready out there to prove me wrong. But the truth is, all in all, that despite all the hardware features and characteristics that make every mobile phone different, iPhone will always win until other companies also will start focusing on usability.
What is usability? Usability is NOT giving a device a 8MP Sensor (most high-end smartphones feature one). It is NOT embedding a voice-recognition system (both iPhone and Android phones have one). It's not to provide the same user interface.
Instead, usability is actually making sure that the camera mounted on the device is always able to take satisfactory pictures. It's making that voice-recognition system a useful alternative to the usual tactile interface (SIRI) and not just an interesting experiment to play with (any other similar system). Usability is to implant in everyday life new ways of doing things, that after the first usage seem so natural that we can't imagine how could we live without. And I'm thinking of multitouch gestures, momentum scrolling, springboard-style interface, touch-to-focus, mag-safe connectors, and another million inventions that Apple brought to us.
A technology that bundles such a huge load of usability studies like iPhone, is almost frustration-free. Apple proved itself to be leader in user-centered design.
Once more, I just became an even happier iPhone user.
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