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To counter what others are saying, switching to a samsung phone was a breeze and the camera is better. I don't have a gazillion iphone accessories so it helped.
by cblconfederate 5y ago
To counter what others are saying, switching to a samsung phone was a breeze and the camera is better. I don't have a gazillion iphone accessories so it helped. My take is: phones have peaked in their potential years ago, it's no longer 2012 and people can't keep rationalizing their purchases on technical superiority. Most people i meet who own iphones are heavily into the cult of the brand to the point where they 'll feel the need to comment about phones when they see you don't have one (for me phones are never a subject i'd bring up). My take is iphones are like LV bags: there is a lot of social signaling around phones and a lot of hyperbole over the superiority of apple to the point where it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. And unlike other signaling purhcases like cars, these are actually affordable. That's why , i think, phone sales are higher than their other products: cause you carry the phone everywhere. I like iphones; but i ve become accustomed to the freedom of androids now which i value more.
- pjmlp 5y agoThe only bummer assuming you got a flagship Samsung, you will at least get one major OS update, while a large majority of Android phones get zero. Google focus on flagship models on their security improvements and Treble adoption related talks for a reason.
- cblconfederate 5y agoi use an S10 currently which is already old, iirc it still prompts me for updates. In any case realistically i ll buy another phone in a 1-2 years. The interesting thing is that these iPhone buyers do the same, they keep buying the new models instead of keeping their old or buying used ones, so it can't be the superior updates support. Frankly i think the biggest driver for iphone replacement is screens breaking. It's very costly to replace that on an iphone
- Jcowell 5y agoThis is not considering whether or not the majority of iPhone users replace their phone or not and not taking into account that apple care (which can bet a monthly $5) makes screen repair $30.
- cblconfederate 5y agoBut if the share of iphones in the market is not increasing, yet sales keep going up, then it means most users are replacing them
- throwawayzRUU6f 5y agoimho this is the correct answer. It's also the reason why Apple seemingly can't make up their mind - making the phone thinner, wider, taller, shorter, camera notches, buttons, colors, etc. It's intentional - there must be some easily identifiable way to tell apart those with money and status from the pauper peasants who embarrass themselves with last year phones. BMW plays the same game with the grill on their cars. And the whole fashion industry is basically 100% built on this dynamic.