My first product I am reviewing is the Iphone 5. It is the latest model of the iphone and is suppose to be top of the line when it comes to smartphones. I visited techcrunch.com and found an article entitled With iphone 5, Apple Has Chiseled The Smartphone To Near Perfection by Mg Siegler and found some interesting information. One of the best features about the iphone 5 is how light it really is. Compared to the iphone 4 and even 4s the iphone 5 is like holding a feather. You will pick it up and might think it is fake (Siegler, p.1). Another positive factor on the iphone 5 which is probably the most impressive is how fast it is thanks to LTE. With LTE the iphone 5 moves at lightening quick speeds. According to Siegler, the iphone 5 is even faster than his wifi at his house (Siegler, p.1). One negative factor about the iphone 5 is the new lightening connector. It is much smaller than the original 30-pin connector but the problem is for all your accessories that you plugged your old iphone in cannot be used with the iphone 5. You will need to go out and by the conversion for $30 which is available at apple. Two specific product specifications mentioned in this review is passbooks which is new to IOS 6 and the new maps which is a lot better than the old (Siegler, p.3). The writer compared the iphone 5 to the older iphone versions and according to him the iphone 5 is far superior than the older models. This review is based on hands-on testing because the writer states that he experienced the device first hand. The writers final verdict on this device is that it is very successful.
The next product I looked at is a tablet called the Nexus 10. It is much different from a phone because it is a tablet. I found an article on techcrunch.com entitled Nexus Tablet Sales Estimate Shows The Nexus 10 Is Probably Not A Popular Option by Darrell Etherington and found some interesting news. One unique feature about this tablet is that it is manufactured by OEM and is running on google (Etherington, p.1). These features make is desirable to many consumers who are use to google and android networks. The bad thing about this tablet is that is does not do as much or is as unique as other tablets such as an ipad. This tablet only sold about ten percent of all Nexus 7 devices total which is only about 680,000 (Etherington, p.1). The sales for this tablet is way below what was estimated and it is struggling frankly. This is not because the device is no good, in fact this device will operate fine once you get use to it, but the sales are low due to all the competition with the ipad mini. Two specific product specifications are the improved CPU and GPU which will be presented in the next model of Nexus (Etherington, p.1). The writer compared this product to the ipad mini which released around the same time. Apple got millions of more sales with their tablet than Nexus did with theirs so the writer is stating the ipad is the more favorable to purchase. This review is not 100% accurate because google does not release its numbers to the public.
