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The lack of a headphone jack is simply yet another excellent reason not to buy an iPhone. What confuses me is why so many people continue to buy Apple products
by csense 10y ago
The lack of a headphone jack is simply yet another excellent reason not to buy an iPhone. What confuses me is why so many people continue to buy Apple products when they're overpriced, locked-down and treat developers like crap.
- usaphp 10y agoHow is Apple iPhone more overpriced than other flagship devices from say Samsung? Last I heard the note 7 costs more than the iPhone.
- catdog 10y agoMost other manufacturers in contrast to Apple do not only sell these overpriced "flagship devices" which few people really need these days but also offer devices in a more reasonable price range. The biggest problem is that others often copy stupid or customer unfriendly decisions Apple makes, leading to a lot less choice if you want to avoid it.
- usaphp 10y agoI absolutely don't understand your logic. > "which few people really need these days" According to sales figures people do need/want them. > "The biggest problem is that others often copy stupid or customer unfriendly decisions Apple makes" And how is that Apple's fault that other companies try to copy what works for them?
- djrogers 10y ago> Most other manufacturers in contrast to Apple do not only sell these overpriced "flagship devices" which few people really need these days but also offer devices in a more reasonable price range. Like the 5 lines of iPhone that Apple offers[1]? [1]http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/ http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
- brokenmachine 10y agoSpoilt for choice!! Five overpriced options to choose from!
- jshevek 10y agoThe Android phones that cost the same amount as an iPhone usually have superior hardware - higher quality components within them.
- Tinyyy 10y agoLike better SoCs?
- segmondy 10y agoI have never owned an iphone, I was considering it whenever my nexus5 gives up the ghost, but Apple has made sure that I'll not be buying the iphone anytime soon. I'll stick to android with headphones, I like my headphones, I invested into solid ear and headphones. $50 each. I'm frugal like that.
- bphogan 10y agoBecause consumers don't care how developers are treated, nor do they care about walled gardens like we do. They buy the iPhone because of the brand, or they use Android because that's the free phone that was available, or the one the Verizon store pushed. Geeks like us spend a lot of energy projecting our beliefs onto an audience who simply does not care. I know I've gotten riled up about open standards and DRM and stuff like that; my non-geek friends just roll their eyes at me. Maybe they do it because they don't care. Or maybe they do it because we geeks treat everything like a Chicken-Little sky-is-falling thing.
- darkmouth 10y agoSame reason millions of offices still use Microsoft Windows. It is the brand. It doesn't matter how bad a product is as long as everyone around them is using it and it is viewed as a mark of success and money. Functionality is secondary, people are willing to adapt around it.