Ok, I don't usually bite this bullet, but this is ridiculous. I never bought an Apple product, because it is shiny or because everybody cool is getting it. I o

Ok, I don't usually bite this bullet, but this is ridiculous. I never bought an Apple product, because it is shiny or because everybody cool is getting it. I only bought Apple products because they were better. They were better because, they work reliably, have awesome support (infact, they are industry's best), are well thought out(UX wise, Apple usually beats everybody else) and hence intuitive. A shiny pig does not merit a second look. I understand this is anecdotal, but I don't wear any thing blingy(not even a ring), wear fancy clothes, or shoes. There are some of us who recognize and appreciate the qualities I listed above. I also never bought an Apple product just because it has better CPU, memory or camera. For me, those are meaningless without a well working package. Android might have the latest/greatest features, but we know not every phone can get the latest OS, nor can you get all phones without crapware installed, nor can you find a local store that fixes your HTC phone(or others). Remember when only Android phones had NFC and no body used Google Wallet? Why is that? It is not about the features your gadget has, but what I as a consumer can do with it. Your camera might have fancy lens, but the end of the day, nobody is impressed by your camera, but only by your photos. This usually applies to any tool. How consistently it performs, how easy is to use so you may use it in ways original, describes the quality of output. Good tools do this by getting out of your way and solving the problem completely. Steve Jobs understood this and hence Apple products work seamlessly. This, is Apple's contribution to society, not cell phone or a watch.