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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
To me, this shows that Apple is afraid of the competition. I have an android phone and from what I've seen on iphones that friends have android is way better.
They can't believe that I get Angry Birds for free, I can arrange my homescreen anyway I want, I can install any apps I want from any source, I can load any files from my computer, etc.
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I'd agree that Apple
is incredibly defensive, and that I feel like kicking them in the butt for doing so.
On iPhone versus Android, and I know this is
... I use an iPhone and cannot see the advantages of an Android over it for
myself. I like simplicity usage on the gadgets I have, it's like my getting a MacBook because I simply do not want to deal with defragmenting my hard disk and virus scanning and all that stuff I associate with a PC (they all start to lag on me right out of the box). I'm not saying PCs are bad, but I just want a computer that allows me to surf the internet and type in word documents without having to deal with the technical aspect of caring for it. I don't live to take care of my gadgets.
An Android would be suitable for people who like to personalise and customise their gadgets, and I think it's great. By the way, people who have jailbroken their iPhones could get Angry Bird for free too, it's just an extra troublesome step. Personally, I paid for all my apps because I'm too lazy to do jailbreaking; that's the kind of attitude I hold towards gadgets. I paid so much for the phone and not willing to pay for a simple app? That's silly to me. If I'm too lazy to do jailbreaking and I don't want to pay for an app, then I don't have it.
An iPhone is for lazy bums like me who just wants something to work and do it well. I know people say that Apple products die like nobody's business, especially right after warranty ends. But my iPod is now what? 5 years and the battery might have lost a bit of its life but it still works. My MacBook is 4 years and showing no signs of death (touch wood) and my iPhone 3G is going on 3 years, and just generally slow. The time it died was because I dropped it into the toilet bowl a month ago, but a cheap repair revived it (think US$25). It's now called my toilet phone
Oops, just my two cents lengthened into 6 dollars. Lol sorry.