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What's the marginal utility over a 500$ Galaxy S8?

• rahimnathwani 9y ago
  Let's assume the cameras (hardware and software) are equally good. If the person I described already uses iOS (and has done for the last few years), then I expect they'd find switching to Samsung-flavoured Android would cause at least a few hours of inconvenience up-front to get most things they need set up, and then little annoyances here and there for a long period afterwards. At least that was my experience switching my primary mobile device from iOS to Android. And I'd have the same amount of inconvenience if I were to switch from Android to iOS. Some people value their time highly, and don't find it enjoyable to find solutions to technical or usability problems. So switching to/from iOS has significant disutility.
  • Certhas 9y ago
    Sure, so you pay for having locked yourself into a particular ecosystem. Even then, the relative utility of an X over an 8 is not utility.
    • rahimnathwani 9y ago
      An iPhone X doesn't provide a better user experience to my hypothetical user than an iPhone 8?
      • CRConrad 9y ago
        Nope. For some reason a myth of the iPhone's superiority persists -- perhaps mainly among iPhone owners? -- but according to most reputable reviews I've read over the years (and a few people I know who have owned both), that hasn't been true any more for about half a decade now.