The above is a picture of the Nokia N95 phone. It is my current phone and although it lacks in important issues such as battery life and reliability, it is my favourite of all the phones i have had.
Why is it that we want our belongings to do more for us than to function well?
The quality of a product depicts two aspects, function and form. While function is the more important, form truely sells the product. As there are many companies all specialising in the same thing, the differences surronding the product are mainly visual and sensual. This means that a potential user will pick a product depending on how that product makes them feel, or makes them look. Noticably, the best selling products (when referring to phones) are ones that portray the user as sophisicated, modern, stylish and expensive.
This all comes down to todays society and the way the user would think society would look at them. When people buy things like phones, they realise that the rest of there world will view there new purchase as well, so it would be very important for the product to give the right impression.
Why are we willing, as soon as we can afford it, to pay extra for things with appealing forms?
The fact of the matter is that products that look better visually, make us feel better sensually. Again, it boils down to the requirements of the user, which is mostly social and functional satisification.
For example, the difference between and ipod and a mp3 player (with equal functions/memory) is the visual aspect and of course the price (Ipod being the more expensive). The ipod, possibly the best known music player, has been purposely designed to be beautiful, or visually appealing (again it matches todays social requirements of modern, sophisicated, stylish and expensive). This is the reason most people would rather spend the extra money to afford one, rather than a functional rival.
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