Can the Nokia N900 or Ericsson x10 Dethrone Apple’s iPhone?
Consumers have lovingly embraced Apple’s iPhone for several years now, making it the hottest smart phone on the market in record time. The user friendly interface and strong capabilities of the phone have made it a very popular device with every demographic from teens to business professionals to soccer moms. Apple’s dominance in the market place may be facing some extensively strong competition in the future, however. With the arrival of the long awaited Nokia n900, the mobile internet browsing community now has an extra choice with a very large screen and a great deal of processing power which threatens the stakes that Apple has so firmly entrenched in its new market. The fact that the n900 will now be capable of running the Fennec mobile browser further strengthens Nokia’s offering and gives Apple a competitor which just may be strong enough to take a serious bite out of its market share.
This, coupled with the fact that Nokia is not the only phone coming onto the market now is making the execs of Apple a understandably nervous about their current position. While consumers often favor the underdog, the iPhone has a very strong grass roots fan base that is going to be exceptionally difficult to win over. The Sony Ericcson x10 is attempting to do exactly that by bringing to bear the power of Google. The new smart phone will be one of the first to make extensive use of Google’s much hyped Android operating system and with the fact that it can run at speeds of 3G+ it may make it quite difficult for Apple to keep its position, particularly when coupled with the fact that many consumers prefer the x10’s T-Mobile network over the iPhone’s traditional exclusive deal with AT&T. Only time and strategy will tell who is the victor, but consumers certainly stand to win this battle no matter which giant is hailed the king.
Tags: ericsson x10, nokia 900