The official tablet (and other useless electronics) thread!

[G.Irish]

the cheap plastic iPhone coming in the fall is going to give fruit marketshare a resurgence, but it could be too little, too late. Apple should have done that 2 years ago.

Agreed, Apple should've done that a long time ago. I kind of feel like at this point this is Apple just making a marketshare grab rather than focusing on taking the smartphone game forward. It almost seems like they've given up on leading the way in new features. Apple was behind on 4g, behind on bigger screens, still doesn't have wireless charging, no NFC, hasn't done any touchless functionality, etc. Some of the stuff Android phones are doing now are probably not going to last, but there's no excuse for Apple being last to the party on 4g.

I don't think going downmarket now will hurt Apple per se, but if the 5S doesn't bring some new hotness to the game it will definitely tarnish Apple's luster.