Many investors and iPhone users think Apple will not be affected by the plethora of news about iPhone 4′s defective antenna. Think again! The smart phone market is a very competitive one. Everybody will try to take down the leader of the market. Unfortunately for Apple, right when Apple has all the trust from its fans, the defective antenna infects many iPhone 4(s) to a very visible degree.
Powerful competitor such as Motorola and Google use Droid X to combat iPhone 4(s) shrinking popularity. From this blog post, it appears Motorola has an ad out that is subtly making fun of iPhone 4 by saying Droid X doesn’t need a jacket! How about the news of Mark Zuckerberg has picked up an Android smart phone as a replacement for his iPhone? Other people complain how they experience weak signals or no signal from AT&T network when they’re using iPhone(s). Combining the complaints about the AT&T data network and iPhone 4′s defective antennas, some people may still have faith in Apple, but many other people may switch to other popular smart phones!
The smart phone market has many players, and each player has all the motives to outsmart everyone else in the smart phone market. Apple has been in a full defensive mode as it tries to tell its fans that not only iPhone 4 has a defective antenna, but its competitors’ smart phones are also having the same exact problem. It could be a bad move for Apple and backfire against Apple for making more enemies. Luckily for Apple, iPad is still going strong and free of problems! iPad’s still leading the way, but for how long?
The technology market is a volatile market by nature. To advance the quality of life and create better entertainment and provide answers for curious minds and everything else, new waves of discoveries have often drowned out the old waves of discoveries, and this is why technology is such a volatile market. Apple has proved that it’s one of the new waves, but for how long?
Vinh Nguyen
