Does the release of huge iPhones finally answer the cry of many Apple fans? Will Apple finally attract Android fans who wanted large displays? Was the iPhone battery improved finally? We look at a couple of Ugandan Apple fans, influencers and general smartphone enthusiasts on what they think about Apple’s latest releases.
Arthur Nakaka
Is a Visual effects director at Addmaya (a leading design firm) and an Apple die-hard. He took note of the fact that the playing field has now been leveled with the iPhone 6. He also comments on how Apple didn’t necessarily invent but perfected what was already present.
— Arthur Nakkaka (@arthurnakkaka) September 9, 2014
Stone Atwine
The CEO of Remit.ug a rapidly growing money transfer startup and also an Apple fanboy shared his thoughts pointing his concerns to the price of the iPhone 6 Plus which he’ll buy anyway.
— Stone Atwine (@StoneAtwine) September 9, 2014
Solomon King
Is the founder Fundi Bots a non profit robotics school among other companies like Nodesix and Elemental Edge. Very keen on design, Solomon evidently doesn’t agree with Jonathan Ive on the design of the Apple Watch while as an entrepreneur, he also quickly recognises the prospects and potential that Apple Pay present.
— Solomon King (@solomonking) September 9, 2014
TMS Ruge
Is a the co- founder of HiveColab a technology incubator and co-working space. He is also the co-founder of Remit (with Stone Atwine above) among many other brave ventures he’s involved in. As an African living and working in the diaspora, He is clearly concerned about the African concept of time. He also is wary of what is being passed around as innovation
— TMS Ruge (@tmsruge) September 9, 2014
Kasabiti
Is a Ugandan Lawyer who was looking for any valid reason to ditch her current Samsung Galaxy S5 but unfortunately found none during the Apple event. She’s majorly concerned about battery life and quality of Camera.
— Kasabiiti (@Kasabiiti) September 9, 2014
— Kasabiiti (@Kasabiiti) September 9, 2014 From the above, we gather that even though the iPhone 6 is expensive, the Apple die-hards will buy it at all costs. Apart from the Apple watch design, we also still see issues that haven’t been addressed like the very key issue of battery that once again may prevent a lot of converts from getting the phone. Lastly we don’t see tweeps buying the iPhone this year. Image: Apple
