Derrick
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Stockholm syndrome, according to Wikipedia, is a psychological response exhibited by hostages who start to show loyalty to their abductors. Apparently, during a six day hostage taking ordeal at a bank in Stockholm in 1973, the hostages started to quite enjoy the company of their captors, and even defended their actions when they were finally freed.
Fast forward to late 2009, and Strand Consult, a Danish research company that specialises in the mobile market has published on their site a piece which likens the loyalty of iPhone users to the psychological response of the Stockholm hostages – and of course, they have dubbed it ‘iPhone Syndrome.”
The Strand article stated: “Apple has launched a beautiful phone with a fantastic user interface that has had a number of technological shortcomings that many iPhone users have accepted and defended, despite those shortcomings resulting in limitations in iPhone users’ daily lives.”
For evidence, Strand lists some of the shortcomings of the iPhone, and the common ‘deluded’ responses that iPhone users offer. “When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us of the famous Stockholm Syndrome,” said Strand.
The list of shortcomings numbers 20 and some of them are outdated; here are a couple to give an idea of Strand’s arguments:
Shortcoming: It is not a real Smartphone, it cannot multitask
Deluded Response: The phone has all the necessary functions and the OS is technically superior compared to other Smartphone OSs currently on the mobile market.
Shortcoming: The iPhone is a low technology phone packaged in a sleek design
Deluded Response: Apple has taken the combination of the design and UI to the next level; therefore the technological specifications don’t really matter.
To put the cherry on top, Strand said: “From an outside perspective there is little doubt that many mobile phone manufacturers are most probably envious of the users on Apple’s platform. In reality the iPhone is surrounded by a multitude of people, media and companies that are happy to bend the truth to defend the product they have purchased from Apple.”
Of course, with such deliciously provocative suggestions, the Internet has been reverberating with defensive and offensive volleys from both sides of the iPhone ‘fanboy’ and ‘non-fanboy’ camps, with the MyBroadband forums being no exception. Be sure to go and have your say.
Fast forward to late 2009, and Strand Consult, a Danish research company that specialises in the mobile market has published on their site a piece which likens the loyalty of iPhone users to the psychological response of the Stockholm hostages – and of course, they have dubbed it ‘iPhone Syndrome.”
The Strand article stated: “Apple has launched a beautiful phone with a fantastic user interface that has had a number of technological shortcomings that many iPhone users have accepted and defended, despite those shortcomings resulting in limitations in iPhone users’ daily lives.”
For evidence, Strand lists some of the shortcomings of the iPhone, and the common ‘deluded’ responses that iPhone users offer. “When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us of the famous Stockholm Syndrome,” said Strand.
The list of shortcomings numbers 20 and some of them are outdated; here are a couple to give an idea of Strand’s arguments:
Shortcoming: It is not a real Smartphone, it cannot multitask
Deluded Response: The phone has all the necessary functions and the OS is technically superior compared to other Smartphone OSs currently on the mobile market.
Shortcoming: The iPhone is a low technology phone packaged in a sleek design
Deluded Response: Apple has taken the combination of the design and UI to the next level; therefore the technological specifications don’t really matter.
To put the cherry on top, Strand said: “From an outside perspective there is little doubt that many mobile phone manufacturers are most probably envious of the users on Apple’s platform. In reality the iPhone is surrounded by a multitude of people, media and companies that are happy to bend the truth to defend the product they have purchased from Apple.”
Of course, with such deliciously provocative suggestions, the Internet has been reverberating with defensive and offensive volleys from both sides of the iPhone ‘fanboy’ and ‘non-fanboy’ camps, with the MyBroadband forums being no exception. Be sure to go and have your say.