If they were genuinely (completely) satisfied, they wouldn't be demanding change.
Yeah, so you've never looked longingly at a female other than your wife/GF, right? Even if you're very happy in your relationship? For some people, "new" is attractive, just like "shiny". Just because some people are attracted to "new" things doesn't mean that the change is a good idea.
I'm not against the case phenomenon. I understand that people want to personalize their phone. There are lots of iPhones out there and a number of people want theirs to look different and thus, install a case. I'm completely fine with that. I just feel that the phone shouldn't require a case to hold up to daily use.
Mine hasn't required a case. I've had a few drops (including on concrete), and the phone has survived just fine. Never broken a screen yet.
the iPhone doesn't use gorilla glass or equivalent, it uses a much cheaper, weaker material than just about all flagship Android devices (the Galaxy Nexus is one exception I can think of). As such, the iPhone objectively has a weaker screen and is hence more likely and more prone to breaking whatever your anecdotes might say. As for the Blackberry I can't comment, but certainly there is objectively some truth in what the GP is saying - the iPhone has a much weaker screen than one would normally expect for the price, particularly when comparing to it's main competition, so it would make sense that on average it ends up with a broken screen more so than at least most equivalent Android (and for that matter, Windows Phone) handsets.
Umm... no. But really lousy try at trolling. The original iPhone was the first device to bring Gorilla Glass to a consumer product, and they have used it ever since. Up until the iPhone was introduced, Gorilla Glass was shelved technology at Corning that they thought would never have a commercial application. Jobs approached the president of Corning because he was unhappy with the prototype screens that were so easily scratched. You can thank Jobs for introducing Gorilla Glass to ALL mobile phones.
... what pot are the smoking when the set the price point
Something wrong with the 'y' key on your keyboard?
He keeps hitting extra "t"s instead? Or maybe the wanker just can't spell.
One of the keys to Apple's success is the unshakeable conviction that "Nobody wants X--until Apple figures out how to do it right."
Meh. Buying Apple is like buying a LEGO kit, where all the bricks are pre-glued together. But I guess the majority of people like it that way.
You're just now figuring out that the vast majority of the population don't live in their mom's basement and spooge over themselves building computers?
So people who work as EMTs or as nurses who have to actually talk to and care for victims, don't you think they'd have the worst PTSD of all? What about people who have to do autopsies?
You're incredibly naive. I'm an emergency physician. I'll bet I've seen more fucked up shit in one week than you will in your lifetime, unless you've served in the military in active combat, and even then I doubt you've seen the outcome of child abuse.
People in my line of work do get burned out, do get PTSD, and do require counseling from time to time, and we only see the aftermath. And we don't actually see the bad deeds happen. It's much easier to distance yourself from the events when you only have to deal with comforting the injured. I've been mugged at gunpoint and been struck on the head multiple times in the mugging, and that had me looking over my shoulder for years. It affected me more than all the other shit I've seen in my life combined.
Autopsies are pretty sterile things. I've been in on a few. Not a big deal. Dead body? Seen lots of those.
Could be Gzmodo's strange slant at work, but Ronald comes across as being an unstable and bitter obsessive. Doesn't mean he's wrong. Does suggest an agenda.
The fact that he is a bitter obsessive is a pretty strong indication that he was in the wrong, as well has having an obvious agenda.
I'd argue nobody in their right mind is buying a new $1500 laptop every three years, even.
And you'd be ridiculously narrow-minded about it. Just because that level of expenditure isn't reasonable for you doesn't mean it isn't reasonable for somebody else who has greater work needs or just a lot more money.
Exactly my plan, because when the detailed specs are ANNOUNCED the rumor becomes news. I suspect it will be a marginal improvement at best.
The 4S was a marginal improvement. It sold more than all previous generations of iPhones combined.
Most recent generation? Works fine on the iPhone 3GS from over three years ago.
No wonder they laid off his whole building.
The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money. -- B. Franklin
