Funny N95 vs. iPhone video
This video is hillarious!
I’m still getting an iPhone, though, for Maryam. I’ll probably keep my N95. We’ll see on Saturday, though, after I get a chance to put the iPhone through its paces.
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June 26th, 2007 at 2:04 am
I wonder if the iPhone will connect to the TV, like the iPod 5G?
June 26th, 2007 at 2:26 am
Wow, that was painfully bad. I’m not sure what the craze is with ripping off the Apple ads but people really need to learn that having two guys take on the personas of products is only the very basic element of the Apple ads. The timing and wit of the ads is what makes them great and that’s what makes people think Macs are cool, not the actual comparisons of Mac vs PC. This ad unfortunately gets it all wrong - I’m sure it’s really great to have a good camera in your phone and I’m sure the N95’s camera is better, but the iPhone is cool and this ad just proves that the N95 is for serious geeks with no life.
It’s an emotional reaction and it’s sad that humans are like that but features are not going to matter with advertising like that (hopefully Nokia’s real advertising is a heck of a lot better).
June 26th, 2007 at 2:35 am
Adrian: remind me that I have a life after I spend two days in line waiting for an iPhone. Heheh.
June 26th, 2007 at 3:32 am
heh. I didn’t say perception matched reality. :) It will be interesting to see if the iPhone’s interface is enough to justify all the other limitations - like the iPod, there are competitors with more features or that do things better etc, but the interface is just so good and the marketing makes it so cool that it doesn’t matter.
The N95’s phone simply won’t be enough to beat the iPhone UI, but there may be other features that make it worthwhile and of course we’re yet to see if the iPhone UI really lives up to expectations. The biggest weak-point of the iPhone is most likely the AT&T contract you have to take with it. Once it’s proven though I’m sure Apple will be keen to do deals with other networks.
June 26th, 2007 at 3:53 am
Robert,why do u keep the N95? Do u prefer iPhone?
June 26th, 2007 at 3:59 am
Dario: I don’t know which is the better phone yet. I haven’t had my hands on an iPhone yet. I’ll tell you what I think between the two phones this weekend.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:17 am
@2 - The N95 is for serious geeks that HAVE A LIFE.
Get it right mate… You said that the iPhone is cool. So you want to be cool? People who actually want to be cool, usually aren’t cool at all.
But seriously, I hope you enjoy your new fashion accessory. I’m sure you’ll finally be turning heads for the first time in your life.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:28 am
Shaun: actually, the N95 turns quite a few heads, particularly here in Silicon Valley where there’s lots of geeks who appreciate a great gadget.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:31 am
heh. I have no intention of buying an iPhone -not to mention the fact that being in Australia I couldn’t anyway. Just because I don’t find two lousy actors reciting a boring, pointless script funny doesn’t mean I’m going to rush out and buy a new iPhone.
All these fancy features on phones these days require a decent data plan and in Australia that’s exceptionally expensive. I’m far better off using my phone as a phone and my laptop with wifi (when it can be found) for internet access and all the cool stuff people are trying to do on their phones these days.
Oh and if you knew me - you really wouldn’t be expecting me to buy anything as a fashion accessory.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:45 am
Tiger Canada is selling the N95 for a good price, unlocked.
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3025379&sku=N529-1102
The problem is that there is no network in Canada that can support the phone. The iPhone is also not supported in Canada and won’t be for a very long time.
If you are Canadian stay away from these phones. Rogers, fido ect… will not support their features.
June 26th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Robert - Thanks for embedding our vid! I know it’s lame, it’s not a serious attempt at anything. We were just joking around about how it might be funny, and spent an evening putting videos together.
Obviously we weren’t super concerned about production quality. It’s just for a laugh. However, that’s the 2nd of 6, one for each day leading up till the iPhone. There’s a new one released every day at 6pm.
-Ricky of Symbian-Guru.com
Personally, I like the iPhone. It’s really done a number on the mobile industry already, and whether it flops or not doesn’t matter, it’s already caused a revolution.
June 26th, 2007 at 5:07 am
Nice parody. Re: comments. I seldom comment because so many sites want an “account” setup to post comments, and I can’t be bothered to remember so many passwords, since I prefer strong passwords.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:21 am
Why bother embarrassing yourself for a whole week, Ricky Cadden? To make the same boner over and over again — mistakingly believing that the iPhone competitors can best it by pointing out a better feature or more features — just emphasizes that you don’t understand the issue at all. Your video is the most pathetic thing I’ve seen online since the elephantine fellow got the Zune tattoos.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:33 am
I’m going to have to look into the N95 … after I make deadline and earn the money to pay for the thing! ;-)
June 26th, 2007 at 8:16 am
This video will totally make the Nokia video look lame… one of the best Mc vs PC parodies you’re likely to see: http://www.glumbert.com/media/macorpc
June 26th, 2007 at 8:39 am
@Podesta,
So you don’t like it. That’s cool. There’s no need to be a jerk and get personal with the guy though.
In the context of a couple of guys joking around and posting it on YouTube, I thought the video was okay.
Personally, I’m not an Apple die-hard like many seem to be (in general). It will be interesting to see the reaction of the mobile market in the following 12-24 months, but I’m not convinced it’s a “killer” piece of hardware.
The N95 seems pretty good, though it appears to have it’s own teething problems (battery hassles etc), and limited infrastructure support in some areas.
At the end of the day though everyone’s a winner - new toys ;)
June 26th, 2007 at 9:49 am
I was hoping they’d take even more swipes in the video. There are other feature wars there to be had.
Risto from Nokia came to PodCamp Europe, and he had me drooling for an N95.
Am I right that I can’t swap out the SIM on the iPhone? Doesn’t that limit the customer base right there?
(BTW, I’m writing this on a macbook, have an ipod, an apple tv, a mac mini and have been with macs since 1984, so no, I’m not a hater, macfanboys).
June 26th, 2007 at 10:01 am
I liked that clip. That was funny :)
June 26th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Take a look at http://www.operamini.com/beta/video/ for another funny knockoff video. This time Opera Mini vs. iphone…
June 26th, 2007 at 10:33 am
There’s something seriously wrong with anyone who think’s Little Ricky’s video is funny because it isn’t. Maybe the anhedonic are the N95’s target audience.
Meanwhile, the rate plans are out for the phone people REALLY want and they are quite reasonable.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djhighlights/200706261113DOWJONESDJONLINE000521.htm
Gartenberg’s take:
http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/gartenberg/archives/2007/06/apple_announces.html
June 26th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Well there’s 45 seconds I’ll never get back.
June 26th, 2007 at 10:51 am
I tried to buy an unlocked Nokia 95 in Bangkok, but they wanted $800 and up for it and I was afraid to spend that kind of money and find out I couldn’t have tMobile support it here. Who is your carrier?
June 26th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
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June 26th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Wow, Mr. Podesta. I’m glad to see you have zero sense of humor. For the record, I don’t think the Nokia N95 (or any other mobile phone, for that matter) competes with the iPhone. The iPhone isn’t targeted to everyone, it’s clearly marketed towards a niche market. And by only expecting to sell 1 million, I’d say Apple acknowledges that, as well.
The idea behind the videos is to show that the marketing hype isn’t all that true. And if you don’t like it, don’t watch it. I don’t care, personally. If you’re so much of an Apple fanboy that you can’t take a laugh now and again, well then that sucks for you.
Sure there’s Nokia fanboys out there, but we’re also not afraid to point out and acknowledge the devices’ shortcomings. Neither should you be.
For those that CAN laugh at a couple guys making asses out of themselves on the Internet, there’s 4 more.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
@20, there is a link to CNN and Jupiter. Even these organizations can’t get the facts right. There are six iPhone plans on Apple’s webpage not 3.
The most expensive one is $219.99 not $99.99.
And they are pretty much the same plan as ATT regularly offers (with free 200 text SMS and Visual Voice mail). About a $5 value. ATT typically gives 200 Text and Media SMS at $5 per month.
These news organization in a race to reach audience faster sometimes act like bloggers:)
June 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Why do phones have cameras in them?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Yeah, because they know it doesn’t have auto-focus?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
By the time the iPhone comes out in UK & Europe Nokia I am sure will have made advances past the N95. The 95 is already starting to become a cheap contract option in the UK.
The numbers of photos on flickr for the 95 had a serious peak but seems to be dropping off - http://www.flickr.com/cameras/nokia/n95/ I wonder if this is due to people using it once then getting frustrated?
June 26th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Little Ricky, there’s no need to be unpleasant. I was just trying to save you from continuing to humiliate yourself. Two less than savory looking guys claiming that pictures they never even show are great wouldn’t cut it for any product. At the very least show something the N95 does instead of just making a claim. You are pretty naive to think that what you’ve done resembles the Get a Mac ads.
Nick, there is also a interview with the CEO at ARM dings the N95 at CNET:
It’s the industrial design and the user interface design, which is different. This (gestures at the N95) is constrained by the user interface that you get with the Symbian operating system. And Nokia has a legacy of industrial design. You wouldn’t actually need the Nokia (logo) on there to know that it was a Nokia phone. That’s a good thing, but it’s also slightly a constraining thing. Likewise, you probably don’t need to know that it comes from Apple when you see the iPhone.
Quite a lot of the user interfaces you find are actually quite clunky. They’re written by engineers for engineers rather than by engineers for consumers.
The different thing about Apple is the combination of the industrial design and the user interface. It creates a desirable product, and from what I’ve seen in the demonstrations of the user interface, a very usable product as well.
http://news.com.com/ARM+says+its+ready+for+the+iPhone+-+page+2/2008-1006_3-6192601-2.html?tag=st.num
June 26th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Hooray for comparing two devices based solely on the biased interest in a singular feature that defines one of the said devices.
That was terrible.
June 26th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Little Podesta - Don’t take life so seriously, you’ll never get out alive. Have a great day!
June 26th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
It’s too late now, Little Ricky. Fake Steve is on to you.
June 26th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Why do you keep comparing the N95 to the iPhone? Two totally, completely different markets. The N95 is a great mobile camera that takes calls and does the web OK (maybe). The iPhone is… well, we all know what it is, but from a camera perspective it’s no great shakes. How do you figure they are comparable.
Honestly, if someone was not interested in, or cared about, the N95’s excellent camera, would you otherwise recommend it? What would they be getting for their $750?
The iPhone may or may not succeed at being a “three-trick pony”, but the N95 is clearly a “one-trick pony”.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Hahahahahha….. Good stuff to make your oponent go craze…
http://mclip.wordpress.com
June 26th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Shhhh, Tom. Little Ricky goes out of the way not to mention that the N95 is more expensive than the iPhone at his Apple bashing blog. He keeps citing the N91’s price instead, but then resorting to the N95 when he is ‘comparing.’ Now, you’ve gone and let the cat out of the bag.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
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June 26th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Not a novel concept but it made it’s point. Effective.
I’d blog it. ;)
June 26th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
This is getting pretty damn funny. I don’t recall ever “Apple bashing” on my blog. I do, however, recall complementing them on a great marketing job, and telling Nokia that they should be doing similar in the marketing department. I’m so glad you’re able to read, Mr. Podesta.
I also don’t recall saying that the iPhone sucks, or is inferior to the N95, or any other phone, for that matter. I do, however, recall pointing out areas in which the iPhone does not particularly shine. You can’t really argue that it does, in fact, support MMS (because it doesn’t) nor can you really seriously argue that a 2MP cam is going to come anywhere near comparing to a 5MP cam, autofocus or not. And in regards to today’s video, you also can’t seriously attempt to state that the iPhone is the first phone to bring “the full internet” to mobiles.
Again, if you can’t handle someone pointing out areas in which a specific device is limited, well then, I’m sorry. And if you can’t laugh about it, as well, then that’s a personal issue that you’re just going to have to work through.
June 26th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Ricky, just another internet troll don’t worry about it. The majority of people who watched our video found it hilarious!
To everyone else: 3 are released and 3 are coming out, we hope you enjoy them all!
June 27th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Ricky, Ricky, Ricky, if people are laughing its because the video features two guys with funny shaped heads who don’t know what they are talking about. They are laughing AT you, not WITH you.
Perhaps you can at least grasp the key point David made. The iPhone does not claim to BE a camera. It claims to be a phone, an iPod and a Internet access device. The camera is a feature, not the raison d’etre as you think. (I know some of this language will challenge you, but with help from the Zune tattoo guy you may figure it out.)
Nor is your claim about cameras even accurate. It is possible that a lower megapixel camera can take comparable pictures to a higher megapixel camera.
I normally just let silly people make fools of themselves without remark. But, when blatant misrepresentation is occurring (that means, lying) I do feel a duty to speak up.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:21 am
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July 6th, 2007 at 1:36 am
I wonder if the iPhone will connect to the TV, like the iPod 4G?
July 7th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Chris, re: Canada:
Not completely true. Rogers already has HSDPA 3G service in Toronto’s “Golden Horseshoe” region, with further expansion in other centers in late 2007/2008.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Funny. But the iPhone is no competition for N95. Touch Screen-Cool but GPS-Auto Focus 5MP camera-S60(Open to knew ideas)…Much more cooler.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
N95 rules no question about that. Only score for Iphone is their touch screen and nothing else.