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Android isn't really more difficult to use than ios. And not 650 dollars more difficult. This is just a rationalization to buy the more expensive version. If
by rhino369 10y ago
Android isn't really more difficult to use than ios. And not 650 dollars more difficult.
This is just a rationalization to buy the more expensive version.
If you are poor, an iphone is a shitty use of your money when a Moto G4 exists.
Of course, this won't make or break a person, but if it's representative of their cost/benefit analysis in general, their spending could be a huge problem.
- ceejayoz 10y ago> Android isn't really more difficult to use than ios. Having supported a variety of non-technical folks both in a business and family capacity, this simply isn't true. Hell, even basic directions depend widely on the manufacturer - the OS may look and act totally different depending on whether it's a Samsung device or not.
- rhino369 10y agoI know a mentally challenged person who uses android just fine. Whatever learning curve there is, it's not worth an extra 650 dollars to a poor person. Maybe it's worth extra money to a businessman who refuses to learn a slightly different UI, but he isn't asking for subsides to afford it. If you apply to the same logic to all of a poor person's decision they'd go broke. Cooking it pretty hard. You need pots and pans and stuff. Better eat McDonalds every meal!
- ceejayoz 10y agoAn extra $650? Android phones aren't free, and iPhone SEs are $400 out of pocket.
- yellowapple 10y agoQuite a few Android phones out there might as well be free, especially once they hit the secondhand market. I agree that it's no $650 difference, but it's certainly substantial.
- vilmosi 10y agoAll you said is that the OS is different, not that it's more difficult...
- flukus 10y agoI hear this all the time "iOS is easier", yet no one ever provides any concrete examples.
- unabridged 10y agoYeah, but we all know this stuff because we live on the internet. How much tech experience does the average homeless/poor person have when they buy their first phone (ie get their first internet access)?
- vilmosi 10y agoPoor people aren't necessarily stupid. Seriously...
- stagbeetle 10y agoExperience != Intelligence Phones are a luxury, what percentage of the poor demographic do you think can afford a smartphone? Much less, know how to operate something they've never had experience with.
- vilmosi 10y agoWhat are you talking about?! BILLIONS of people have smartphones. It's not such a new and expensive tech anymore.
- stagbeetle 10y agoStay civil. Around 2 billion people have cellphones (~30% of the population) which is a minority. Although, in the U.S 64% of those in poverty have a smartphone[1]. Maybe you confused my generality for locality. I'm talking in broad strokes, all over the world (not just the developed world). [1] http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/mobile/ http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/mobile/
- vilmosi 10y agoSorry if I came across a bit direct. It's just that your own numbers show that 2/3 poor people own a smartphone, compared to 4/5 in general (in the US). That's not a luxury item by any definition. And you're not including the fact that people might have access to the Internet anyway, even if they don't own a smartphone. Or their friend might have a smartphone... Or they might have a kid who knows about smartphones. Or they see ads for a smartphone. Get it?