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With every new product that comes out to revolutionize the world there will be many different competitors that are trying to take over the sales. With Apple's recent release of the iPhone there are many different competitors that have come around. The iPhone competition has worked to incorporate many of the features that the iPhone has into their products.

One of the first things that Apple did in an attempt to get into the mobile phone industry was to incorporate the iTunes software into phones. However, limited size of previous phones have kept this from happening. While this can be used on the iPhone there are competitors that are using this as part of their iPhone alternatives. Motorola's Razr series have this program available on phones through the Verizon and Sprint networks.

Certain parts of the iPhone have become common in many of the iPhone alternatives. While these products do not have all of the features that are common in the iPhone they do have some of the key parts. Touch screens are becoming useful, and some companies are working to try and get their phones to be as touch sensitive as that of the iPhone.

A built in hard drive has been used by many competitors and with the high capacity of the iPhone's hard drive more competitors are trying to get their hard drives to work better. iPhones come with four and eight gigabyte hard drives depending on the model that is bought. More companies are trying to use these larger drives in their phones.

Easy Internet access is also something to consider. While the iPhone has Wi-Fi Internet access other phones are looking to get this same service on their phones.

One of the main concerns about the iPhone is whether or not a user will be able to see the iPhone screen clearly enough. Competitors are looking to make alternatives with larger screens as a result.

The last thing that iPhone alternatives are looking to do in order to compete with the product is to improve their Internet connections. While many of these phones are using Wi-Fi connections not all of them will work perfectly. Apple's new product uses the AT&T system, and this is considered to be one of the best for mobile Internet use. Other companies are looking to get improvements on their mobile Internet qualities and are looking to the iPhone system for ideas.

It is no surprise that with the success of the Apple iPhone that there is already iPhone competition. Most companies are looking to make products that are going to be similar to that of the iPhone but others are looking to improve on it. Either way, in the future the competition in the world of mobile phones will continue to go on and Apple will still be looking for a good fight.

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