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>"Unless you're a techie or demand a larger display, Apple's iPhone will offer the better experience" Apple IPhone offers a better experience? Maybe for the au

by jaxytee 13y ago

>"Unless you're a techie or demand a larger display, Apple's iPhone will offer the better experience" Apple IPhone offers a better experience? Maybe for the author. I have Android phones and an IPhone. I find the IPhone's lack of a back button counter intuitive. I also cringe at the idea of using Apple Maps. I don't know why these tech writers keep claiming the superiority of Apple's UX as an objective truth.

ivanca 13y ago
Even Timothy Cook cringes at the idea of using Apple Maps; and overall the design of iOS 7 is also counter intuitive and far from being a seamless experience, especially for new users.
w1ntermute 13y ago
Journalists have long had a special affinity for Apple. During the 90s, journalism was one of the last bastions of Mac usage. This fervor translated into iPhone fanboyism.
- _Simon 13y ago
  Fanboyism? Oh please. How old are you? Paraonid jerk.
yalogin 13y ago
You are techie. But I think its fair to say for a non-techie that perception (true or not) is there.
Zigurd 13y ago
For a lot of people. My mother is a happy OSX and iPhone user and I would not think of putting a Windows or Linux OS in front of her. Lots of people want Apple's certainty and level of customer service at Apple stores. The price difference to have these benefits is a few hundred dollars. Easily worth it to Apple's customers who dread spending hours on a problem with no Genius Bar to fall back on. Android scored spectactular wins with OEMs and carriers, and someone ought to put a statue of Andy Rubin on horseback on the Google campus. But, much of Android's rapid growth can be accounted for with products and markets where Apple has not gone and in many cases does not want to go. Conversely the winning strategies highlighted in the article will take many years to mature. I could make a case that Google has bungled Android tablet marketing, and should be much farther along in having an enterprise strategy based on tablets. None of this spells doom for iPhone.
- StavrosK 13y ago
  I don't understand what these claims are supposed to show. My dad is a happy Ubuntu and Android user and I wouldn't put OS X and an iPhone in front of him. So what?

by jaxytee 13y ago

ivanca 13y ago

Even Timothy Cook cringes at the idea of using Apple Maps; and overall the design of iOS 7 is also counter intuitive and far from being a seamless experience, especially for new users.

w1ntermute 13y ago

Journalists have long had a special affinity for Apple. During the 90s, journalism was one of the last bastions of Mac usage. This fervor translated into iPhone fanboyism.

_Simon 13y ago
Fanboyism? Oh please. How old are you? Paraonid jerk.

yalogin 13y ago

You are techie. But I think its fair to say for a non-techie that perception (true or not) is there.

Zigurd 13y ago

For a lot of people. My mother is a happy OSX and iPhone user and I would not think of putting a Windows or Linux OS in front of her. Lots of people want Apple's certainty and level of customer service at Apple stores. The price difference to have these benefits is a few hundred dollars. Easily worth it to Apple's customers who dread spending hours on a problem with no Genius Bar to fall back on. Android scored spectactular wins with OEMs and carriers, and someone ought to put a statue of Andy Rubin on horseback on the Google campus. But, much of Android's rapid growth can be accounted for with products and markets where Apple has not gone and in many cases does not want to go. Conversely the winning strategies highlighted in the article will take many years to mature. I could make a case that Google has bungled Android tablet marketing, and should be much farther along in having an enterprise strategy based on tablets. None of this spells doom for iPhone.

StavrosK 13y ago
I don't understand what these claims are supposed to show. My dad is a happy Ubuntu and Android user and I wouldn't put OS X and an iPhone in front of him. So what?