Comments on: PC World on Disappointment List http://www.imore.com/2007/12/19/pc-world-on-disappointment-list/ More of everything iPhone and iPad Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rene Ritchie http://www.imore.com/2007/12/19/pc-world-on-disappointment-list/comment-page-1/#comment-5223 Rene Ritchie Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:57:48 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/12/19/pc-world-on-disappointment-list/#comment-5223 <p>Editorial standards, as in the plummeting levels of, never cease to amaze me (even after one editor told me they wanted the reading level of all articles never to exceed that of a 13 year old...)</p> <p>Apple never baited nor switched the price. Bait and switch is almost the opposite of what they did; promising something attractive and then, once you're hooked on the attractive bait, switching it for something less attractive. If they'd offered a $399 iPhone and then, when you were ready to buy, charged you for a different $599 version, that would be bait and switch.</p> <p>Love iPhone or hate it, Apple delivered exactly what Jobs promised at MacWorld 07. That (some) people wanted other than what Jobs promised is a problem with expectations (which Apple can certainly take advantage of with future updates) but not delivery.</p> <p>So, jeers to PC World for continued shoddy editorial and contributing towards the dumbing down of the tech community.</p> <p>BTW - I quite like Leopard and Vista as well.</p> Editorial standards, as in the plummeting levels of, never cease to amaze me (even after one editor told me they wanted the reading level of all articles never to exceed that of a 13 year old…)

Apple never baited nor switched the price. Bait and switch is almost the opposite of what they did; promising something attractive and then, once you’re hooked on the attractive bait, switching it for something less attractive. If they’d offered a $399 iPhone and then, when you were ready to buy, charged you for a different $599 version, that would be bait and switch.

Love iPhone or hate it, Apple delivered exactly what Jobs promised at MacWorld 07. That (some) people wanted other than what Jobs promised is a problem with expectations (which Apple can certainly take advantage of with future updates) but not delivery.

So, jeers to PC World for continued shoddy editorial and contributing towards the dumbing down of the tech community.

BTW – I quite like Leopard and Vista as well.

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