First of all, you mean like this? I don't mention the competition here at all. Just that the projected specs of the 5S are disappointing to me.
Or this? Which mentions a mere fact that they have catching up to do, not specifying any particular competitor.
The only time I brought up the competition (Samsung) was to ask you a question specifically about Apple vs. Samsung, which I recalled you were quite disappointed with Samsung's minor upgrades yet perfectly accept and are even apologetic to Apple's [arguably really] minor upgrades. I think that was a fair time to bring up the competition since it related to my question.
Which leads me to my second point:
You're in a thread titled "Do You Plan to Jump Form Android, Keeping IPhone, or jump to Android?"
How can comparisons not be made?
You're in an Alternative iOS forum.
How can comparisons not be made?
You often post in threads that involve discussion of multiple platforms.
How can comparisons not be made?
And third, why the heck shouldn't comparisons be made regardless? How else do we gauge what we want? Would I know I want a bigger screen had I not tried a bigger screen? Just one example. I understand we can talk about isolated iOS problems, and I did in my thread about my 30 day iPhone experience. I very specifically highlighted iOS shortcomings, only rarely mentioning Android. So I get it, but regardless, why can't comparisons be made? What are you so afraid of? That one might be deemed better than the other?
I had no problem when people compared iOS back up system to Android's [stock] back up system. I readily admitted Android needed to start expanding that feature, though understood it's not very easy cause of different skins, resolutions, etc. I get why it isn't as robust as iOS, but still happily said they should figure it out somehow. I didn't say "hey hey, stop comparing iOS to Android. Let's just talk independently about Android's back up shortcomings without mentioning how great iOS' is."
Amazingly possible.
What I posted wasn't a comparison - comparisons involve two sides, usually pros and cons of each.
What happens here is:
-Android does X,Y and Z better than Apple.
And anytime someone says
-Well, actually Apple can do this. Or, well that wouldn't be consistent with their philosophy.
The response:
-FANBOY! BURN HIM AT THE STAKE! (a bit overdramatic, I'm aware).
I've already stated, I'm not holding Samsung to some different standard. You keep bringing that up as if to try and make true this narrative that I am easy on Apple and tough on everyone else, when the truth is I. DON'T. CARE.
My GS4 is great. My HTC was great. My iPhone 5 was great.
There are things about all of them I'd like to change. But all-in-all, I like them all. My SPECIFIC response with regards to the upgrades was brought on because someone was hailing how INNOVATIVE Samsung was for the GS3 > GS4 upgrade. I simply pointed out that, while I do think it was a nice upgrade, I didn't get how one could say such things about Samsung and completely lambaste Apple for the 4S > 5 (in my mind a similarly nice upgrade).
Go ahead and knock that little anecdote out of your argument repertoire.
I try to add a balance to discussions. There are no shortage of Android cheerleaders here, so I don't feel the need to chime in on what I like about Android as often. Unfortunately, when I saying something positive about Apple, I get labeled a fanboy and things escalate. Comparisons have their place, but again claiming one as greater than the other, disallowing any evidence to be made the other way, is not a comparison.....
