In today’s contest for ”Worst analysis in the world” we turn to a spec sheet battle by shinyshiny.tv

Here’s the contestants: The Nokia 5800, the iPhone and the G1. Where does the iPhone place in this contest? A close second? No, a disappointing third. Let’s run through why and why the analysis is horrible:

Round 1: Weight
Lighter is better. The F800 wins this because it is the lightest (109g).
Hey, great in theory, X number is better than Y number and all. But everyone who has every received a present knows that socks weigh less than a really great set of Legos so light weight is not indicative of quality. Plus socks don’t rattle. Anyway, the weight thing is completely ridiculous. What people are really looking for is “as long as it isn’t too heavy” kind of deal. No one wants to carry a slab of chengdeite around in their pocket but people also don’t want to carry something that feels cheap. The point is that there is some weird tipping point between lightness and perceived quality.

iPhone wins screen size at 3.5” compared to 3.2”
Shinyshiny doesn’t elaborate on this much but it doesn’t really matter. The size of the screen isn’t as important as what you do with the pixels.

Camera fail: iPhone
Big win here for the Nokia. To quote “Nokia F800- 3.2 megapixels, Dual LED Flash and Carl Zeiss lens”
That would be huge if people were replacing their digital cameras with phones. But people aren’t . You can tell because there aren’t a lot of cameras around that also feature phone functionality. What people want out the phone is tha ability to take a quick snap, not to take a pic they care about.

Storage fail: iPhone
Apparently the iPhone loses because “iPhone- 8Gbmicro SD card or 16GB” Yeah, it doesn’t make any sense to me either. IT is like they are just regurgitating words that they usually associate with the topic. Works for politicians I guess.

It goes on and on. There’s a bit about the music model of the 5800 (when you buy the phone you get music for a year) and something about the price. They also cover the size. If those things were important to people the iPhone would already be dead and buried. In fact, the iPhone would have been stillborn and the RAZR would reign supreme. Might the 5800 be better than the iPhone? Sure, but you’ll never know from a spec sheet.

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