Comments on: Clayton Christensen says Apple iPhone will fail! http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Anonymous Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:34:16 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/#comment-619 Good point Rohan. I think Christensen doesn't count these innovations as disruptive. My point though is, why should anything be disruptive? Google is simply the better search engine and ipod simply a better mp3player. By christen's definition neither of these were disruptive per se but are game changers. - Sukumar Good point Rohan. I think Christensen doesn’t count these innovations as disruptive. My point though is, why should anything be disruptive? Google is simply the better search engine and ipod simply a better mp3player. By christen’s definition neither of these were disruptive per se but are game changers. – Sukumar

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Anonymous Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:12:28 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/#comment-618 I wonder why doing away with the traditional keypad / stylus / joystick type of input devices doesn't count for disruptiveness. The pinch / tap kind of features will surely create a new device, and one thinks that these features will be refined and eventually be used on handheld devices in time to come. Having said that, the current release is only with AT&T, and that may slow down the offtake of the product. However, this isn't a product that rests on Apple's brand equity, rather it strives to give a new experience to the user, and as long as there are no major flaws, it should be a big hit in the high end phone / PDA segment. The hype is already there, it's time for the bite (of the apple)! I wonder why doing away with the traditional keypad / stylus / joystick type of input devices doesn’t count for disruptiveness. The pinch / tap kind of features will surely create a new device, and one thinks that these features will be refined and eventually be used on handheld devices in time to come.

Having said that, the current release is only with AT&T, and that may slow down the offtake of the product. However, this isn’t a product that rests on Apple’s brand equity, rather it strives to give a new experience to the user, and as long as there are no major flaws, it should be a big hit in the high end phone / PDA segment.

The hype is already there, it’s time for the bite (of the apple)!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Anonymous Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:06:42 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/#comment-617 Good points Vamsi. Yes, it will be interesting to see how the multi-touch interface is going to work. Good points Vamsi. Yes, it will be interesting to see how the multi-touch interface is going to work.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Anonymous Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:40:34 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/06/18/clayton-christensen-says-apple-iphone-will-fail/#comment-616 Well Sukumar. You just stirred the still waters. My take - Having a disruptive idea is one thing, market success is another. While there is a strong correlation, we cannot speak for success until at least 3 months in market. a) iPhone is a convergence device. It is first time phone, internet and ipod are brought into one device where all the three are placed at the same level. b) Unlike Symbian OS and Windows Mobile, here the OS is a first class entity a stripped down Unix. It will be interesting to see the kind of software Apple allows to be marketed around iPhone. That will ensure long term success, whereas the interest in Apple's fans will ensure that there is a demand for the initial few months. One factor that may work against iPhone is "usability". Yes. The transition between traditional keypad to touch sensitive keyboard may not be that easy. It could be a single risk factor. But like iPod revolutionized the UI of mobile music, iPhone may trigger more rich touch sensitive UI devices that may forever change the way we interact with gadgets. Let us wait and see. Well Sukumar. You just stirred the still waters.
My take – Having a disruptive idea is one thing, market success is another. While there is a strong correlation, we cannot speak for success until at least 3 months in market.
a) iPhone is a convergence device. It is first time phone, internet and ipod are brought into one device where all the three are placed at the same level.
b) Unlike Symbian OS and Windows Mobile, here the OS is a first class entity a stripped down Unix. It will be interesting to see the kind of software Apple allows to be marketed around iPhone. That will ensure long term success, whereas the interest in Apple’s fans will ensure that there is a demand for the initial few months.
One factor that may work against iPhone is “usability”. Yes. The transition between traditional keypad to touch sensitive keyboard may not be that easy. It could be a single risk factor. But like iPod revolutionized the UI of mobile music, iPhone may trigger more rich touch sensitive UI devices that may forever change the way we interact with gadgets.
Let us wait and see.

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