I'm down with the BITOG level of cheapness though.. For my own cell phone, my cap is ~$200.
Mine is $156.00... Which is what I spent on my new Motorola.
I'm down with the BITOG level of cheapness though.. For my own cell phone, my cap is ~$200.
Mine is $156.00... Which is what I spent on my new Motorola.
What do you mean, "what can I do with it"? I can make and receive calls. I can access the Internet. I can run the lousy navigation in my Toyota with it.What can you do with that Chinese Motorola?
Very well analyzed and spoken.There was a time in the past ( around 10 years ago ) when an iPhone did have some significant benefits ( for example, a very good local sync, which Apple killed off as part of its efforts to herd people into using iCloud ). It's my opinion that many of those Apple-specific benefits are gone, and that if you're not seriously locked in to the Apple "ecosystem", an Android phone might be a perfectly good choice. I say this having been a hard-core fan of Apple products since the first Macintosh was sold.
Apple's software and hardware quality has really gone downhill under the "leadership" of Tim Cook. Cook might be a nice guy but Steve Jobs was the sort of leader who was able to strike fear into the hearts of employees and that tended to result in much better hardware and software.
I do not see Apple stuff being worth the premium any more, and that's because I am no longer getting the quality of user experience that justifies in my mind the extra cost of Apple products. I am aware that Apple has been making lots of money, but that does not mitigate my disappointment in the lower quality of user experience I get with Apple products. Obviously the preceding is only my opinion, but my next phone will be an Android and my next laptop will run Linux. I'm done paying extra when the quality of user experience no longer justifies the premium. In my view Apple has shifted to the mass market ( Beats headphones ? ) and with that shift the excellent user experience has been sacrificed in the pursuit of profits. Apple used to be Ruth's Chris Steak House, and now it is edging toward being Burger King.
Very well analyzed and spoken.
..... All this stuff should be viewed as a consumable anyway - an iPhone is not a Rolex and a few years after you buy one it is very
close to worthless in terms of resale value. So why buy into a higher price structure when the user experience doesn't justify the higher price ?
? I don't understand the question because as I read it I am wondering who can't text a group with an iPhone. I do it all the time.Why can't the people with iPhones in a group text respond to the entire group? I mean they want and mean to, but they don't just the text initiator. I obviously am a forever Android user, but did have a through back 5i (my "old" number, when I had two phones), but never used it for texting.
Curious - is this a feature?
PS I have no issues with Android and apps, hate any phone without a replaceable BATTERY. I guess I am a hater!!
Well, honestly, now you explained the question better.I thought I made myself clear. Some people with iphones have difficulty replying to ALL when most/all others in group are Android phones. It happens with all sorts of groups. If I knew WHY I would not have asked the question. My brother, by sister in law, ex- coworkers with iPhones. My wife with an Android has noticed the same thing with other groups. Maybe it's AT&T??
Built in privacy and security is far superior in Apple products then Android. That is what I use Apple products for....
Apple is pushing quantity and quality has gone out the window. You can get an Android phone which has a superb camera and pay less than you'd pay for an iPhone which has a comparable feature set. Unless the Apple logo is important to you, there are plenty of good alternatives to
Apple products. All this stuff should be viewed as a consumable anyway - an iPhone is not a Rolex and a few years after you buy one it is very
close to worthless in terms of resale value. So why buy into a higher price structure when the user experience doesn't justify the higher price ?
That is exactly my point of view on all of this high tech stuff. Everything lasts 15 minutes, and is then an outdated also ran. Look at big screen TV's. I remember back in 2003 the owner of the company I worked for at the time spent $14,000.00 to have a 42" Plasma TV installed in his motor home.
Today you can walk into Wal-Mart and buy a 75" 4K LCD for under $700.00. TV's, like computers and smartphones, are nothing but disposable items, that have little to no worth in just several months.
It is why I buy, and will continue to buy, the cheapest phone I can find. The difference between it and the top of the line, is right around 20 months or less.
I don't need a $700 dollar phone when $160 dollar phone does everything I require. That's $540 dollars I can spend on something else. Money doesn't grow on trees.You just compared two tv’s nearly 20 years apart. Smart phones are only 15 years old.
You can buy cheap phones every two years and toss them or you can buy good phones and trade them in/sell them. The actual cost difference isn’t all that much. A $1000 iPhone is still worth $700 or so a couple years later assuming it isn’t destroyed.
The apple platforms strength is in the organization, cleanliness of the interface, and product longevity.
As for lifespan I get quite a long life out of the apple devices having had a 6s since 2015, I've replaced one battery for 75.00, and I have no intention of getting a new one until its locked out of future upgrades. I just put a basic rubberized thin case on them.
I never had more than 3 years out of an android phone before some sort of major failure, and the interface is cluttered and the whole UI just messy. Considering I would have had to buy at least 2 if not 3 in the span of my one Iphone the Apple product becomes a bargain.
The only reason to get anything more than a basic phone/ Iphone is to get a better camera, because a more expensive phone doenst really do much more for you unless you game on it a lot which I never do.
It's a phone. iPhones are made in ChinaWhat can you do with that Chinese Motorola?
I'm glad Facebook doesn't make money off me. Simply because i dont use Facebook
One thing that ALWAYS drove me nuts is bloatware, some Andriod phones are famous for this, including Samsung's. Doesn't happen with Apple.
It's a phone. iPhones are made in China