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tl;dr version 1. crappy at&t service. no argument here, except i've yet to find a cell provider that doesn't have crappy service (chicago), including sprint a
by malbiniak 16y ago
tl;dr version
1. crappy at&t service.
no argument here, except i've yet to find a cell provider that doesn't have crappy service (chicago), including sprint and verizon.
2. apple app store policies and requisite adobe/flash dig.
get over it. some people like consistent ui controls between apps (hello, HIG) for a less confusing user experience.
and really folks, flash has never been allowed to be in the store, yet somehow they've built a 200,000+ app ecosystem worth > $4B in revenues.
3. I'd have to buy a new iPhone for 4.0
let's breeze past the android fragmentation topic. 3g, 3gs, and the to-be-name next version iphone are all capable of supporting 4.0. the author has a 3g.
Ultimately, my reason for switching can be summed up thusly: I used to feel that, to get the best smartphone software and hardware experience, I had to live in Apple's walled garden.
like the other points, this is highly subjective and up to each individual. in my opinion, having played with the droid, incredible, and hero, the best hardware/software experience is inside the apple garden.
- daten 16y agoget over it. some people like consistent ui controls between apps (hello, HIG) for a less confusing user experience. and really folks, flash has never been allowed to be in the store, yet somehow they've built a 200,000+ app ecosystem worth > $4B in revenues. "get over it"? why? Can I be the judge of what kind of UI controls I like instead of Apple deciding for me? This hasn't be a problem with any Windows or Linux app I've ever used or any webpage I've ever visited. I guess I don't confuse easily. And without those same app store policies holding them back, how long do you think it will be before Android passes Apple's ecosystem? 200,000+ is a lot of apps, but how many of them are "fart apps" or something equally as useful? The $4B in revenue also sounds like an impressive number, how much of that money is because users had to pay for apps to make up for the lack of flash? And why does it matter to me how much money they've made? Isn't that part of the problem? At the end of the day the app store doesn't exist to serve users, it exists to make Apple as much money as possible, this motivates them to maintain as much control over it as possible no matter what the cost to users or developers is.
- naz 16y ago> "get over it"? why? Because Apple care about the consumer, not some techie with a blog. What matters to techies means nothing to the average consumer.
- devinj 16y agoSo let me get this straight, you're saying he should get over the fact that Apple is acting against his interests, because Apple doesn't care about his interests? How does that make sense? It sounds to me like the sensible choice is not to stick with a company that doesn't care about you, but to switch to one that does. Which is exactly what he did.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoThe iPhone OS 4.0 update will not bring all the features to my iPhone 3G, notably multitasking. Some things may be subjective and down to individual opinion, but lets not go just making up facts to suit our argument.
- malbiniak 16y agoi stand corrected and updated my original comment accordingly.
- not_an_alien 16y agosome people like consistent ui controls between apps Have you ever even bought an iPhone app? There's so much crap there with inconsistent UI.
- thwarted 16y agoget over it. some people like consistent ui controls between apps (hello, HIG) for a less confusing user experience. http://wellplacedpixels.com/ http://wellplacedpixels.com/ is a site that showcases the "UI consistency" among many iPhone apps.