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I think with most Apple products and Apple "fan boys", they try hard to justify Apple's overpriced new products, which usually have features that are way behind

by thex86 13y ago

I think with most Apple products and Apple "fan boys", they try hard to justify Apple's overpriced new products, which usually have features that are way behind other phones. Every year a new phone is released, which has marginal improvements over the previous ones. But you know what? People will still buy it and Apple knows that very well.

jshen 13y ago
The iPhone has many features that best android phones, and I'll give you the most significant in my eyes. My iPhone gets OS updates when the newest version is released. This is not true of the vast vast majority of android phones.
- ChikkaChiChi 13y ago
  Please point me in the direction to a cost-comparative (to the iPhone) Android device to an iPhone that has not received updates. At least Android devices give you the option to upgrade. I've been forced into iOS upgrades on devices we use in the enterprise that have been made obsolete because of new bloat we didn't need (nor can we downgrade).
  - woofyman 13y ago
    How were you forced to upgrade ? It's neither mandatory nor automatic.
  - jshen 13y ago
    I had a droid x2 and it didn't get 3.0 despite being priced similar to an iPhone and it was less than a year old when 3.0 was released. This is very common with android phones.
    - trvr 13y ago
      Android 3.0 was a tablet only release.
      - jshen 13y ago
        I didn't mean 3.0, I meant any version from then on. For a phone that came out in may 2011, it was infuriating to be stuck on 2.x. Other than nexus phones, all android phones are at the mercy of the carrier and manufacturer. None of them get updated on the day a new version of android comes out, most experience long delays, and many see no major version bump. When iOS 7 comes out next week there is no doubt I will be able to install it on my iPhone.
- Pengwin 13y ago
  That is true, however the Nexus 4 is an exception to that rule. I own a nexus 4 and can not think of a single thing which i would switch to an iPhone 5 for. The only thing it is lacking is LTE support, which ill be happy without until my next phone. side by side, they are very similar - http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=5690 http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=... But the amazing thing is, the Nexus 4 (16GB) is now less than half the price of the iphone 5c (16GB). I cant justify ever looking at it compared to what i already have.
  - jshen 13y ago
    LTE is a major difference even if you happen to be happy without it.
cliffu 13y ago
I think being excited for colored enclosures is Gruberian fanboyism. But I will say buying an overpriced iPhone is 1. kind of a status symbol, and that 2. for most people it is safer to have an iPhone because they don't know (and don't care to deal with) policing every single Android app's permission settings. So it's not like Apple's making a fool out of them (even though I see it that way and you seem to also).
jkubicek 13y ago
At least in the US, most customers upgrade their phones on a 2 year cycle. The iPhone 5c is an upgrade over my iPhone 4s and the 5s appears to be a significant upgrade. Each generation may not be a huge improvement from the previous one, but it's always a pretty big improvement over 2 generations ago. I would be amazed if folks were upgrading from the iPhone 5 to the 5c in significant numbers.
teilo 13y ago
Actually, there is a financial advantage to upgrading every year in certain circumstances. I have staggered contracts on my plan. A phone comes up every year. If I upgrade every year, I can re-sell my existing phone for more money than it will cost me to upgrade. If I wait every two years, this is no longer true. I pay more. By upgrading every year, I actually save money.

by thex86 13y ago

jshen 13y ago

The iPhone has many features that best android phones, and I'll give you the most significant in my eyes. My iPhone gets OS updates when the newest version is released. This is not true of the vast vast majority of android phones.

ChikkaChiChi 13y ago
Please point me in the direction to a cost-comparative (to the iPhone) Android device to an iPhone that has not received updates. At least Android devices give you the option to upgrade. I've been forced into iOS upgrades on devices we use in the enterprise that have been made obsolete because of new bloat we didn't need (nor can we downgrade).
- woofyman 13y ago
  How were you forced to upgrade ? It's neither mandatory nor automatic.
- jshen 13y ago
  I had a droid x2 and it didn't get 3.0 despite being priced similar to an iPhone and it was less than a year old when 3.0 was released. This is very common with android phones.
  - trvr 13y ago
    Android 3.0 was a tablet only release.
    - jshen 13y ago
      I didn't mean 3.0, I meant any version from then on. For a phone that came out in may 2011, it was infuriating to be stuck on 2.x. Other than nexus phones, all android phones are at the mercy of the carrier and manufacturer. None of them get updated on the day a new version of android comes out, most experience long delays, and many see no major version bump. When iOS 7 comes out next week there is no doubt I will be able to install it on my iPhone.
Pengwin 13y ago
That is true, however the Nexus 4 is an exception to that rule. I own a nexus 4 and can not think of a single thing which i would switch to an iPhone 5 for. The only thing it is lacking is LTE support, which ill be happy without until my next phone. side by side, they are very similar - http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=5690 http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=... But the amazing thing is, the Nexus 4 (16GB) is now less than half the price of the iphone 5c (16GB). I cant justify ever looking at it compared to what i already have.
- jshen 13y ago
  LTE is a major difference even if you happen to be happy without it.

cliffu 13y ago

I think being excited for colored enclosures is Gruberian fanboyism. But I will say buying an overpriced iPhone is 1. kind of a status symbol, and that 2. for most people it is safer to have an iPhone because they don't know (and don't care to deal with) policing every single Android app's permission settings. So it's not like Apple's making a fool out of them (even though I see it that way and you seem to also).

jkubicek 13y ago

At least in the US, most customers upgrade their phones on a 2 year cycle. The iPhone 5c is an upgrade over my iPhone 4s and the 5s appears to be a significant upgrade. Each generation may not be a huge improvement from the previous one, but it's always a pretty big improvement over 2 generations ago. I would be amazed if folks were upgrading from the iPhone 5 to the 5c in significant numbers.

teilo 13y ago

Actually, there is a financial advantage to upgrading every year in certain circumstances. I have staggered contracts on my plan. A phone comes up every year. If I upgrade every year, I can re-sell my existing phone for more money than it will cost me to upgrade. If I wait every two years, this is no longer true. I pay more. By upgrading every year, I actually save money.