Recently I was asked if I would pay for an iPhone. Well to start with I’ve not even gotten up close and personal with an iPhone before so I don’t know if I would pay a lot of money for one. In any case, where I come from, the iPhone is exclusively tied to the use of one particular mobile phone service provider. That’s as far as I know for now.
But I’ve heard great and raving reviews of these iPhones from fellow fans of Apple products. So much so that they’ve gotten their hands on these phones way before they made their way onto our shores.
On the other hand, I also have friends who are fans but not willing to pay so much for an iPhone. So what they do is to get their hands on products that are similar in appearance and functionality as the iPhone. Apparently there are lots of these products in the market and they cost a fraction of the cost of an iPhone.
Having heard from both sides, I do hear some differences between the iPhone and the iPhone-wanna-be products. So at the end of the day, I do ask both sets of friends whether they would trade the price for the actual quality and I get quite a mix view from the two groups. I guess it is as expected.
The iPhone fans, on top of simply loving the iPhone itself, are also very happy with the range of iPhone accessories that come with it. Apple fans being Apple fans, they also always up-play the aesthetic value of the Apple products too, from the phone itself down to the smallest of things like the iPhone car charger and even iPhone case look perfectly beautiful. Actually, I can’t agree more. You have to give it up to Apple when it comes to presentation.
But still, when you ask me if I would pay the price for one of these beautiful gadgets, I can’t say for sure. Perhaps it will depend on my impulse when being approached to buy one of these.
Which side of the fence are you on, an Apple-die-hard fan or the one who could do with an Apple alternative? Any tips to share if there’s someone who wants all the benefits of an iPhone but cannot afford the price?
