We all know that internet polls are about as reliable as a flat-pack company delivery man, but the latest iPhone poll on MSN Tech & Gadgets appears to have unveiled some bizarre quirks in public opinion.
The poll aks what people would need to see change with the iPhone before they'd be willing to part with their hard-earned cash. Almost inevitably, the runaway leader is 'lower price', followed by 'a wider range of networks'.
Not 3G
Bizarrely, the number three improvement that people voted for isn’t the much called-for 3G – something that is widely expected to make a real-life appearance come the summer months, but a better camera.
Now, one of the criticisms of the current iPhone is its less-than-stellar 2MP camera, which falls a long way short of LG’s Viewty, for example.
But it’s something of a surprise that a not inconsiderable 11% of over 2,000 voters suggest that a better camera might actually push them to pick up Apple’s baby.
MB or MP?
That’s a full per cent higher than the 3G option which has garnered 10% of the vote, and streets ahead of the normally popular ‘other category’.
It remains to be seen if a better camera is really that high up the iPhone desired list – but MSN’s audience appear to favour the thrifty over the nifty, and the megapixels over megabytes or downloads.
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calcio
April 15th 2008
2. Very true. I think you could suggest that the people calling for 3G are a very vocal minority. Be interesting to see how the old skool iPhone sells against the new 3G version when the price disparity is announced.
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redredzimmer
April 14th 2008
1. The problem with a 3G iPhone in the UK is that for most, very little will change as the O2 network offers little or no 3G coverage in huge parts of the UK... and if you do stumble across some coverage, we all know that O2 are likely to have capped your data rate anyway!!
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