Criticisms of the Video iPod
The main concern regarding the product was the fact that due to the small screen, so people willing to watch a serious movie on it would be limited. In fact, studies show that most people prefer to feel the actual movie, while watching it in front of a big screen, like the one in the movie theatres. Even more, the new cell phone with a video feature which was so famous in Asia was used for watching movies only for a few minutes, considering the fact that it had a small screen which wouldn’t allow catching all the quality details of the movie. However, critics mentioned the fact that, while being on a bus, in a cab or waiting in line at some office, the video iPod with its tiny screen might be a good solution to waiting around bored. Based on this, the analysts mentioned that if Apple wanted to really hit the market, they should opt for an iPod with a bigger screen, so that customers would be eager to watch even the long movies on this device. The downside to this of course, would be that a bigger screen would need a bigger iPod, and one of the nicest things about iPods is their size. In the case of iPods smaller is better. However, one could argue that a different design of iPod would allow a larger screen on a similar sized product.
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