Should we reconsider our current dating system in the world?
I wonder if we should change from the BC/AD system we
currently use to the new iP?
Using the dating system of iP, there would be BiP and AiP, which would
stand for Before and After the iPhone. Currently, if we follow this new time
scale, we are currently in 5AiP, as the original iPhone was originally produced
in 2007.
The iPhone has become a revolutionary piece of technology,
taking the mobile phone from a artefact that allowed the user to make calls and
occasionally surf the internet toast fully integrated multimedia device. With
an iPhone the user can store data, surf the Web, store music, and Install apps.
The app has revolutionized the way we view installing programmes. No longer are we required to install programmes
permanently, instead installing and uninstalling is quick and simple with apps.
There is little doubt that the
iPhone set the benchmark that others still try to match. With its fifth
iteration, the game of catch up is back on. Other mobile manufacturers are
innovating causing Apple to occasionally play catch up, although their phone
still retains the number 1 slot.
What is interesting is that other manufacturers
produce a new model every three months or so, Apple produces one new model a
year. Apple currently sells only one phone.
The iconic status of the iPhone is
well founded but it is fascinating that a phone that looks almost unchanged in
five year's still commanding such attention and provenance in the mobile
market. This is evidenced by the queues
of people outside Apple stores internationally awaiting its arrival.
So the question is, should other
manufacturers take Apple's lead, and only focus on one phone design and work
specifically on improving the software and hardware this phone?
If, for example, Samsung concentrated all
their efforts on the Galaxy S and poured their resources into just this model
and stopped innovation on all their other models, would they make their as
convincing an update as Apple do with their new phone?
