Comparing apples and… well, not apples
Seriously. Unless you’re a gadget nut, write a tech blog, or are particularly dependent on your cell phone, you’re not going to give a shit about this post. Even if you are, you probably still won’t care. But I’m annoyed.
So.. Apple iPhone. Pretty. And LG’s newly-announced KE850. Also pretty. Yes, they look similar. No, it doesn’t mean shit.
Freaking tech blogs are filling up with comments about how similar they look. Did LG rip off Apple? Did Apple rip off LG? Does LG really make the Apple iPhone? Will it have similar features? Is there a lawsuit brewing?
Newsflash: THE PHONES ARE 90% FUCKING SCREEN.
Not a lot of design variants when your phone is nothing but a big honking screen. It’s pretty much screen and a couple of buttons. Beyond that, the only thing that’s similar about the phones is that they’re both black.
“Look, they both use plastic for their screens. And both of their screens are… er… black when they’re turned off. Conspiracy! OMG! LOLZ!”
Please shut up.
Different operating systems. Different feature sets. Different price tags. Different internal memory. Different GUIs. Different… well, everything else.
I know, I know. The iPhone is pretty, you had a little geekgasm, and then you found out it’s only Cingular and it’s not out until June. So in lieu of actually having an iPhone – or, y’know, a girlfriend – you prowl the tech chats and yatter about it.
But seriously, leave it be. There’s nothing there. And you’re wasting perfectly good porn-surfing time.
