16 Smartphones That Were Deemed ‘iPhone Killers’ But Failed
An interesting list published at Yahoo! Tech highlights the 16 smartphones that were deemed as ‘iPhone Killers’ by various tech publications at the time of their launch, between 2008-2011 (via Daring Fireball). However, last year alone, Apple sold over 190 million iPhones, so one can safely say that the iPhone has not in fact been killed.
Here’s the ‘epic #fail’ list:
- Google Nexus One
- BlackBerry Torch 9800
- Palm Pre
- Galaxy S II
- Motorola Droid
- Else phone
- The entirety of Windows Phone 7
- BlackBerry Storm
- HTC Evo 4G
- Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10
- HTC HD2
- LG KU990
- LG Viewty KU990
- Samsung SGH-F480
- HTC Touch
- LG Voyager image
Hit up the source link to learn more about each one.