Smart, creative people who think outside the box get an Android, while people who don't want to have to think too much and like to have what the rest of the crowd has, go iPhone.
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I was very close to getting an iPhone this time around. But when I read about the specs, price, etc I decided to stick with Android.
The idea of having a 5.5" Apple is very appealing. Look at all the Apple stores and different telco dealers out there: they're all sold out of the 6 Plus. Some Android people are switching. I just don't think the outright price is justified.
Contract pricing is ridiculous, as well.
One could look at this from another angle. With Apple selling 4 million in the first 24 hours and close to 10 million phones in 3 days, one could argue that Apple is selling their phones to cheaply. Right now the demand is outstripping the supply.
If they truly were over priced, wouldn't the market indicate that by less sales? It sort of happened last year with the poor sales of the 5c. Apple's "discount" phone was grossly overpriced and the sales of the 5c showed that.
Personally, I think the prices seem high but it could be because it seems only Apple, Google and the One+One advertise their unsubsidized prices. It seems everyone else only market their subsidized prices. As Photon has mentioned earlier, the Note4 is priced at over $900.
If they truly were over priced, wouldn't the market indicate that by less sales? It sort of happened last year with the poor sales of the 5c. Apple's "discount" phone was grossly overpriced and the sales of the 5c showed that.
It could just be perception. Think Chaps and Ralph Lauren or Tudor and Rolex.
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My worry isn't as much about brand loyalty, but the planned obsolescence culture we now live in. Highly recommend you guys check out BBCs ongoing series "The men who made us..." this time its about Obsolescence.
If battery life is your thing, this is to help people with the buying decision... along with the previous posts on battery life. Objective from Tom's Hardware http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-6...ews-19591.html
^ That's really interesting. I wonder what would cause such a difference among carriers. Crappy signal strength? Bloatware?
It has to do with the active radios and frequencies used + reception. All cell phone radios adaptively change their transmit power based on the available reception. Certain frequencies are more susceptible to interference than others or the tower may be further away on on carrier than another at the place you are testing leading to differences in transmit power and the amount of battery life you have.
Verizon for example runs on AWS, higher frequency, higher signal attenuation... meaning more power needed for the cell phone to transmit back to the cell tower.
Source: Trained as a wireless telecommunications engineer and worked as one for six years
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Smart, creative people who think outside the box get an Android, while people who don't want to have to think too much and like to have what the rest of the crowd has, go iPhone.
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Android has what, 75% market share? That's way more people outside the box than in. Sounds like a crowd to me. To be fair, though, a significant portion of that android share is made up of crap no name phones or low end garbage.
Android has what, 75% market share? That's way more people outside the box than in. Sounds like a crowd to me. To be fair, though, a significant portion of that android share is made up of crap no name phones or low end garbage.
Please explain "crap no name phones" and "low end garbage."
