The first: It really would not be fair to say that using the iPhone is child's play. Sure it's simple to use out of the box and yeah it just works .... well it does in all but the hands of a child. As can be seen in the photo above, I let my son have a whirl of my trusty old iPhone 3GS war horse. It was so difficult to use that he simple resorted to attempting to eat it! OK it could be said that given half a chance he will try to eat anything that finds its way into his hands, however in a scientific experiment, conducted soon after this iOS usability testing experiment, I gave him a HTC Desire S Android device. This is just as shiny as an iPhone 3GS, however he did NOT try and consume this! So although it might not be child's play the iPhone still clearly tastes better than Android devices.
The Second Design Flaw of the iPhone: Well soon after Peter's smartphone taste testing experiments my iPhone 3GS displayed the following error:
Seriously. I mean this accessory is not optimized for this iPhone? What?! Are they suggesting that my son is an accessory? Crazy stuff. I had not thought that a child was the latest fashion craze. It seems that my son is either too modern, or far too old school and as a result has a compatibility issue with a phone that is after all only just over 2 years old! It's a real scam. When a new phone comes out all the interfaces are changed so the old accessories don't work! So when you buy your new phone you have to upgrade all your accessories as well. I tell you it's a cynical money making exercise! Make sure your new design is subtly different that everything needs upgrading if you want shinier stuff! ;-)
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