Comments on: Don’t ship broken http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/dont-ship-broken/ a blog about user experience design Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:46:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Haitham http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/dont-ship-broken/#comment-735 Haitham Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:31:22 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2272#comment-735 Couldn't have said it better. My iPod Classic and iPhone 3GS both came in boxes barely larger than the devices themselves. Now, I'm all for efficiency and reduction of packaging, but a $300 mp3 player and a $800 smartphone should come with more.<br><br>I remember when I bought my Sony Ericsson P990i a few years back ... it came with headphones, case, separate data cable and charger, replacement styluses, a desk stand/dock, a cable loop holder thing and a bluetooth headset ... all that for much less than what the iPhone costs, and back in its day it was an impressive piece of kit. Couldn't have said it better. My iPod Classic and iPhone 3GS both came in boxes barely larger than the devices themselves. Now, I'm all for efficiency and reduction of packaging, but a $300 mp3 player and a $800 smartphone should come with more.

I remember when I bought my Sony Ericsson P990i a few years back … it came with headphones, case, separate data cable and charger, replacement styluses, a desk stand/dock, a cable loop holder thing and a bluetooth headset … all that for much less than what the iPhone costs, and back in its day it was an impressive piece of kit.

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