After reading a number of your posts, I decided to check on your post history. It appears that you have not had a single kind thing to say about Apple or their products. Furthermore, your remarks have little or no merit and are *obviously* intended to annoy and/or offend. You might want to Google the term "troll."
Oh yes, me buying Apple products, brand new for about 13 years now. I must hate them so much. Just because I buy Macs, means I have to like the iToys? And just because I buy Macs, means I must buy the iToys, and just because I bought an Apple product, means I can't buy any other kind of phone?
I state my opinion, I don't attempt to troll. If you don't like my opinion. Ignore me. Let me tell you exactly how much I care, I care so much, that I don't.
I'm pretty sure I actually scharted just a bit from laughing so hard when you commented that you "actually have a life." Are you implying that people who jump into a thread on occasion at MR's don't have a life? Huh! Interesting observation.
Where did I say people on MR don't have a life? Oh yeah. I didn't. I said people who camp outside of an electronics store for anything really need to take a close look at themselves. I loved my 3GS for the time, I didn't camp out for the 3GS, and I like my GSIII, didn't camp out for that either. Camping out for something like a phone is silly, at best.
And I do come by MR to discuss Apple products, and the company, I've probably bought 20 grand worth of Macs in the past decade, so I think I Have a right to be here, I will criticize Apple products if I don't think they are up to par, and in this case, I don't think the 4/4S was.
can't speak for everyone but I have a beautiful girlfriend, beautiful daughter, wonderful grand kids and more friends than I can list all of whom I spend a *lot* of time with. I also run a successful company, live less than 100' from the edge of the water in San Diego and surf almost every afternoon. Oops. Forgot one thing. I also really like Apple products and stop by MR on occasion to get my rumor mill groove on. I'll tell you one place you will never see me post and that's a site geared towards Android fans. To do so would be kinda creepy considering I don't paticularly care for Android OS and honestly I "actually have a life" and won't waste my time at a site that talks about something I have no interest in. Capesh?
Want a cookie? I also make very good money, though I don't own my own company, I still crack enough salary to have way to much disposable income, thats great that you have all that. However, don't you think camping out for a phone is a bit much?
Well, as far as going to a site geared towards Apple products....at this point in time, I own:
1: Pismo Laptop ( First New Mac I bought for college )
2: iMac G3 ( Bought gently used in high school, had to ring up lots of crap at a super market for that little bad boy )
3: Late G4 Tower ( Bought this second hand as well, loved it )
4: two G5 towers, an dual 1.8, and a quad 2.5 ( this is where that massive 20K number mostly comes from, I bought both these machines decked out )
5: 2011 iMac, 27 inch, mostly optioned out.
6: iPhone 3G/3GS
7: iPhone 4S ( work phone, I guess I don't own it. but I use it all the time ).
8: Old Performa I picked up at a yard sale for 10 bucks, works great.
9: 1st gen G4 mini, bought at a good will for 10 bucks
. I told her it was a piggy bank
So, I think I own enough Apple products to have an opion on them , what I refuse to do, is support a company when they pull stupid **** ( in my opinion anyway ), just because I bought products before hand from that same company.
If I thought Apple made a Phone as good as the Galaxy III, you bet I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Because I don't care what logo is on the case, I care about how welll the product performs.
One last thing. You mentioned that you would never stand in line at an Apple Store for a product release. I highly recommend you do just that. Maybe by doing so, you'll lighten up just a bit. I stood in line at the Fashion Valley store with my daughter for the initial iPhone release and we had a blast! Met some really great people and the funny thing is that the *vast* majority of talk had nothing to do with phones or Apple.
The only thing I ever waited in line for besides Paul McCartney Tickets, was HALO 2 for the Xbox. While I'm sure iPhone waiting is fun and all that, my old phone will work for another 2 days
. The Master Chief waits for no one!
I'll admit, I waited in line for my 3GS, for about half an hour, soley because Apple Retail stores suck at moving people ( cash register with lane? Just one! )
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Apple is concerned with protecting their brand from a company that has tried to gain traction by ripping off the iPhone, blatantly, and passing it off as a clone.
Microsoft has actually, you know, tried to differentiate themselves.
So...different hardware.....different UI....different kernal....different case materials and more buttons? Right.
Microsoft probably has the best phone on the market besides the high end android phones.
You were never an Apple fan; don't try to kid us.
See my post above, just because I don't like iToys doesn't mean I dislike my sexy Macs.
No offence, but you have to be dense to think that there's a difference between Samsung's Android and Apple's iOS.
The packaging, the home screen, the icons, the look and feel, the design - all based on iOS just so Samsung can get a foothold in the marketplace with cheap knock offs to confuse the public.
Umm...
I have zero " hate " towards any company, or product. Because I buy products on how they work, not the brand behind it.
If Apple makes the best phone for the job, I'll buy an Apple Phone, if Samsung makes the best phone, I'll buy that phone. Or HTC, or Nokia, Or whoever. Buy the best for the job.
