Your comments are most sincerely appreciated.

However, you write about consumers having, at the very least, the opportunity to explore the more 'techie' aspects of XYZ product. The article, or rather the Apple Insider quote, suggests culling that very opportunity.

Regardless, I would simply suggest that your initial suspicion of this type of marketing approach by Apple (and being adopted by others) is/was deserving of further consideration, as one is either an informed consumer or just … a consumer. I further suggest that the choice(s) made by your family members regarding the purchase/utilization of the iPhone was influenced directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by you, a person who garnered the information necessary to form an intelligent opinion based on fact.

If we (in our totality as consumers, techie and laymen alike) allow the very ideals of caveat emptor or merchantable quality to be defined by the very same manufacturer of said product, then we have all lost as the line by which we judge quality is mired not in fact but upon utter supposition.

I believe, for the most part, that we do not seek to be sold on a product by the manufacturer simply because the manufacturer says it’s a better product, we seek to know “why” it’s a better product. Using terms like “It Just Works [Better]” simply doesn’t work anymore. We are smart consumers who are becoming smarter and informative sites like “justanotheriphoneblog” lends to expanding overall product knowledge prior to any such purchase. That is why, for the most part, we are all here, and as an author/site contributor, you must know this. If not, then you have unfortunately misjudged your constituency. We are not guppies feeding from the hand of superior knowledge, but your peers.

Ask yourself what is more important; the correct answer, or the method by which one achieves the correct answer?

People in general care about the experience and not the technical aspects. However, the technical specs should be provided for those who are interested.

Just to expand a bit – it's not Apple specific marketing tactic though,

I'm no marketing expert, but this is called "red-blue ocean strategy" basically differentiating yourself based on other values than rest of the market.

Nintendo did this with Wii, ignoring the cpu/gpu/memory/shaders war going on in the console industry, and simply making something that neither of the competitors even thought about (delivering different experience, and this parallels with iPhone) using to be honest quite crappy HW.

My point in this post was not about whether we all have a right to ask and know what the specs are – of course we do – but rather that Apple's choosing which elements of the iPhone to * emphasize * in their marketing efforts, is a very smart one. The vast majority of iPhone users, and potential buyers, are not techies – they don't know RAM from ROM, or care much for processor speeds etc. And – all of these are things that can easily be matched, and have been matched by other smartphones. If that was my only reason for getting an iPhone – from back at V1 right up to now – then I likely never would have. There are plenty of other smartphones around with a little more this, and a fair bit more that etc.

This post is purely about how – I think – it is smart for Apple to market the iPhone.

Oh, and I've had my V1 and 3G iPhones jailbroken 99% of the time until firmware 2.0 came out, and at times (though not so often) since then as well. There are lots of posts on this site about jailbreak, jailbreak apps, and also lots that question and criticize Apple's decisions in various areas – so I don't think of myself as a 'yes sir, no sir, 3 bags full sir' person who always believes Apple is right etc.

In your keen observance of all things iPhone thus far, had you not ever noticed that nobody uses a capital I in iPhone? 🙂

You advocate, just listen to them and don't ask questions, seems alittle like the tactics in Russia or Cuba. Like government control tactics.

So I also guess when Apple told you to not jailbreak your Iphone, cause it was something they didn't want you to do, I assumed you listened to that as well,,,aye. So your one who has never jailbroken your phone I am assuming. (yeah right…)

Anyway you cut it, this is BS,,,especially when I am forking over my hard earned money for a product that isupply will most likely say costs 180-190 to build (as in the 3g) ,,,,and I paying 499 to 699 to get. Then to add insult to injury,being told like a kid,,,,"now run along son,,,,don't worry about whats in it,,,,only us apple executive grown ups are allowed to know."

F-that.

Thats my opinion.