With hype high, iPhone may have to fight a flop

Iria

Source: Yahoo! News
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Not since Alexander Graham Bell has so much attention been lavished on a phone.

But the hype surrounding Apple Inc.'s media-playing iPhone could be a prelude to disappointment if it does not capture a wide market, technology veterans say.

As the press feeds the iPhone frenzy ahead of its U.S. launch on Friday, experts say the wireless device could easily top a long list of digital duds, all of them once touted as "The Next Big Thing."

LHC

All these articles about the iPhone hype are really bothering me to be honest, because truthfully, I personally don't see the hype at all.

Outside of these articles, I have rarely, if ever, seen/heard of somebody talking about how cool the iPhone will be. Whenever a commercial comes on for the iPhone, I don't see anybody being mesmerized by its sheer beauty

I dunno, maybe I'm just in the wrong part of the country, but I certainly don't see a big hype for the iPhone as all these articles are stating