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Did the passing of Steve Jobs change your mind about getting the iphone 4s?.
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Or unless I can get them from a seller on Craigslist. By the time Christmas roll around these should be in abundance on Craigslist.
We all know that buying iPhone 4S will not make Steve come back to life. But I don't think it is lunatic to want or like the phone more so now.
It's all about Utility (Economics 101). Those who like Steve and want to remember him or even keep this phone forever, have a higher utility towards the 4S now than before. Utility comes from satisfaction, happiness and in this case, a physical product "invented" by Steve that one can connect to emotionally.
You know how people keep stuff belonging to their lost grandma? you wouldn't do that when she's around but it is not lunatic to do so after she passed away. It's human.
Why do people put flowers in front of Apple stores? Flowers cost $$ but they get utility from the action!
It's all about Utility (Economics 101). Those who like Steve and want to remember him or even keep this phone forever, have a higher utility towards the 4S now than before. Utility comes from satisfaction, happiness and in this case, a physical product "invented" by Steve that one can connect to emotionally.
You know how people keep stuff belonging to their lost grandma? you wouldn't do that when she's around but it is not lunatic to do so after she passed away. It's human.
Why do people put flowers in front of Apple stores? Flowers cost $$ but they get utility from the action!
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I think I am getting the 4S, because now the update to 5 won't be as good as from 3GS to 4 because of... well... you know.
But Steve Jobs isn't our grandma. None of us know him. We don't know anything about him as a person.
I don't get how someone dying should influence your purchasing decisions. Especially a decision that will either
-cost you $500+
-extend your contract
You people act as though you knew him... You want to support his legacy? Buy the next Apple product that you actually *want*
If you thought the 4S was a mediocre device, and not worthy of your hard-earned cash, why should Jobs passing away change your opinion. To us normal, rational people, It is still the same, mediocre update over the 4... whether he is alive or not.
Sheesh
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I wasn't going to get iP 4S it before SJ died and I'm still not getting it.
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Totally absurd!
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Totally absurd!
Wait, you're comparing the passing of someone's grandmother's to the death of Steve Jobs, a complete stranger to most of us at best?
If that's the truth, then there truly is no hope left... Someone comparing an act of remembrance pertaining to the death of Steve Jobs (the CEO of a company that produces a product with no connection to the user other than profiting from the sale of such product) to the act of remembrance related to the death of someones grandmother (human which, lets say, cared and nurtured a human being during childhood/adolescence).
I'm not saying you are wrong, or that people shouldn't do what they want with their time and money, I'm just saying it's pathetic and disgraceful.
I rest my case.
I'm sorry, but people are taking this just way too far. We have service members over in Iraq and Afghanistan wo are dying or being maimed everyday, but we are mourning a loss of a single indidual nobody on here even remotely knew, who at the very best symbolizes the America's addiction with materialism and corporate greed. He did make a damn good product though!
I am a very sentimental guy, so I wouldn't expect many of you to understand.Totally absurd!
I wasn't going to get it before and I am still not going to get it. Although spending money is what Steve would've wanted, it isn't going to bring him back.
I don't have an iPhone 4 to start with so it might be different for me. But even iPhone 4 users who like an upgrade could be rational. Being rational is like their gain from utility exceeding the costs. Well to you and me, $500 is a lot of money, but to some others, the remembrance of some great innovative human could be worth more than $500.
We don't know him like we know our grandma. But it's just like going to an NBA game, seeing your favourite team play in person. You don't know Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, but yet you might want a team jersey to put on. A trip and a jersey cost more than $500 but people still do that everyday all over the world. Why? They think it's worth it.
nope, but having a day or two to think about the new features compared to the 3gs (e.g., twice the download speed, twice the memory, much better screen, much better camera, etc) has made me less on-the-fence about it.
It'll all come down to how Apple can innovate further. Yeah the next couple years will be fine, but how many speed-bumps and screen improvements can you make before it gets dull? If Apple couldn't come out with the next innovative way that we interact with our devices, then they'll be in trouble.
And I'm sure SJ had already saw and approved the designs and features of the next serveral iPhones. Apple's roadmap is well defined, until it hits a brick wall or the competition comes up with something new and being the first and best at it.
But yeah, SJ did have an influence on me now wanting the 4S more so than the day it was announced.
And I'm sure SJ had already saw and approved the designs and features of the next serveral iPhones. Apple's roadmap is well defined, until it hits a brick wall or the competition comes up with something new and being the first and best at it.
But yeah, SJ did have an influence on me now wanting the 4S more so than the day it was announced.
I don't want to sounds crass but how many more of these pointless threads are going to swamp the forum.
Any loss of life is sad but its a fact of our human existence.......
There are two certain facts in life = A beginning and an end.
Any loss of life is sad but its a fact of our human existence.......
There are two certain facts in life = A beginning and an end.
Actually it did influence my decision. I was really hoping for the iPhone 5 instead of the 4S and I was a little disappointed. So I was considering waiting longer for the iPhone 5. But now I am definitely getting the 4S and I'm excited about it. I felt bad for feeling disappointed in Apple and I want to celebrate Steve by buying his latest creation.
First, I'm talking about the people that were *not* going to get the 4S, saying it's not a worthy upgrade. Now that he's dead, they want to buy it? That doesn't make sense. They are dropping money on a phone that less than 24hrs before they were bashing.
Secondly, I understand the whole utility thing, but there is a difference between that and this. Imagine if someone said "i would never pay to see Jimi Hendrix play live". The next day Jimi announces that he will play one last live show, and that he will stop making and performing music after it. It is perfectly normal for the person to change his tune and drop $500 to see him live. They are getting something out of the experience.
In this case, people claim to be buying a 4s in "remembrance" if steve jobs... How is this so? I'm pretty sure:
-Jobs didn't design the phone (the designers did)
-Jobs didn't touch the phone you're about to buy
-Steve Jobs isn't an iphone
-Every time you unlock your phone, you're not gonna be thinking "RIP Steve"
So really, what are they gaining? I love Fossil watches. If Fossil released a slightly tweaked version of the watch I'm currently wearing, it seems ludicrous of me to buy the new version because their ceo passes away. Especially if I had been going I message boards for the past 48 hours talking about how the new watch isn't worth my money.
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There is no doubt that it has affected my decision to buy. I'd say that I was 80% sure I was going to upgrade anyway, but now I am 100% sure that I want to upgrade to the 4s because I want to own the last device that Steve Jobs had a hand in developing. Also, I will not ever sell my 4s for this same reason.
I have an iPhone 4, my wife is going to be getting the IP4S as her very first iPhone. Frankly, I am disgusted at what the reaction was to the keynote, it always works this way, a major product intro with a new design and then an "S" version. All the no life tech heads perpetuated rumors of an iPhone 5, I laughed, knew it was not going to happen. And then a lot of you bought into it, got all wrapped up in a device.
You need to get a life and get over it, the iphone 5 will have Steve's imprint on it in various ways and you will be able to get it. There is nothing wrong with the iPhone4 as is and the S is a perfect addition to the line up. I made enough off of this show of my iPhone4 work to buy ten full priced iPhone4S / 64GB versions, I am keeping it until the 5.
Read my last post before this one....think about it...
You need to get a life and get over it, the iphone 5 will have Steve's imprint on it in various ways and you will be able to get it. There is nothing wrong with the iPhone4 as is and the S is a perfect addition to the line up. I made enough off of this show of my iPhone4 work to buy ten full priced iPhone4S / 64GB versions, I am keeping it until the 5.
Read my last post before this one....think about it...
In your Jimi's live performance example, you assume that someone is getting something out of the experience that "he would never pay" to have and now happily pays $500 for that.
What's the difference here? It's not like giving away $500 for nothing. You get a phone!
You don't think there is any relationship between the 4S and Steve. But some people (including myself) do. like he was involved in the project earlier on or he approved it or something. and don't forget the name can mean iPhone for Steve.
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I was also on the fence. His dying didn't make me want to get the phone, but it reminded me how awesome the device is and how much effort and time is put into it, somehow. I also figured that I'll somehow use my Mom's upgrade to get the 5, and so I don't lose anything.