I'll buy an iPad the day it runs OSX. But probably this will happen after Microsoft launches the Surface Pro which already has a digitizer pen support... so currently Surface Pro is my first - if not the only - choice.
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iPhone 5 Launch Props Up Apple's Share of Smartphone Market as Samsung Keeps Rolling
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I'll buy an iPad the day it runs OSX. But probably this will happen after Microsoft launches the Surface Pro which already has a digitizer pen support... so currently Surface Pro is my first - if not the only - choice.
In fairness, the other poster said that not only did he not OWN an iPhone, he didn't CARE about anything apple did not mac related.
If you don't CARE about something, it does sort of beg the question why you'd 1) read and 2) reply to a thread about it.
I am. Those earlier (un-upgradable) android phones are in my kids toy room which they use a play phones. Those were some of the crappiest phones I ever owned.
So, you think Apple is intentionally keeping the number of models low to reduce their sales? Brilliant!
I just cant understand this mindset. Why people feel the need to switch out their phone every year or less If the phone works and does everything you need, why do you need a new phone? To me, it only makes sense to switch to another phone if my current one is too slow to run modern apps, lacks an important function that the newest phone has or doesnt work/has issues. Who cares if it looks the same or if I hold onto the phone for 3 to 4 years?
Especially, what I dont get is when people dont care about a phones features and simply want one that looks different and constantly switch phones because of this.
No, no I don't.
I'm using hyperbole to make the point that even without all the newest features at least Apple is adding new features to its older phones consistantly, while Android OEMs rarely update and just push new hardware (which is their business, afterall).
That's really not true here. Why does everyone have to be one or the other? Both make excellent products. I had an iPhone4, it broke, so I bought the Galaxy S3 bc that was the best phone out (i wasn't going to get the 4s bc I knew the 5 was coming out) I loved some things about my iPhone, I love some things about the S3.....why can't people see this?
This is an Apple/Mac forum not just iPhone, so Samsung owners here typically own(ed) other Apple products, many of them have owned iPhone in the past.
Hahaha...
Are you kidding me?
Seriously... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Screens, hard drives, portable drives, CD drives, Blu ray drives, audio systems, DSLRs, video cameras, MP3 players, 3D glasses, projectors, microphones, tablets, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, food processors, coffee machines, microwaves, ovens, cooker hobs, cooker hoods... I'm only touching the tip of the Iceberg here!
Samsung does a million times more than Apple! How can someone be so delusional?
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I just thought I'll come back and add to the list:
Printers, scanners, e-book readers, car radios, watches, wall mounts, freaking cars (Renault Samsung), software, portable projectors, CCTV equipment, media streamers, web cams, light bulbs...
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Really. Why? Other countries have better rules to control on what their companies are reporting unlike here with self regulation, 4 auditing companies and 3 rating companies. Enron, Worldcom all reported very good certified numbers.
Not sure how you got that from the post you quoted, but go on, I'll bite.
Apple is far less concerned about SALES than it is about PROFIT.
Keeping the number of models low might decrease sales/market share, but they are still absolutely WHOMPING Samsung when it comes to overall profit.
I tend to agree with this in part.
Come on. Even though I'm an Apple fan, it's basically 2 phone form factors - the 4 and the 5. Storage. color etc. is not a completely different model.
I would disagree that JB is the best OS, it's a matter of taste- but it does have some excellent features iOS lacks. I still can't stand the fact every Android device I've owned will run apps in the background that I've never opened or used- EVER. But you make some excellent points on build quality and different strokes for different people.
Excellent point about revisiting iOS and comparing this to Mac OS. Not even a complete overhaul but some updating- especially widgets/quick access to the most common settings.
You are cherry-picking "tests". In any case, when Android phone "plastic cover go flying off", typically the phone does not crack. An iPhone 4 would crack most of the time.Well according to all the drop test videos I have seen, the samsung phones crack FIRST or stop working first. So, I'll take a cracked phone over a non functioning plastic phone any day
Well, Samsung made almost as much as Apple in profits in Q3 but I agree with your point. Still, the number of sold phones is important because market share affects app developers priorities and in the long run influences the vitality of the ecosystem (PC vs Mac obviously is a great example).
Any in-house app that my small company develops. On Android one simply writes the freaking code and deploys it. No developer hoops to jump through. None of this provisioning crap. Unlike Apple, Google couldn't care less.
Next question please.
Wrong. I just went to Dropbox on iOS, selected document and opened it, hit the share button at lower left, and selected email and sent link to document.
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Really? What are they then? because it doesn't have, for example, built in turn-by-turn navigation, to name but one.
Well, I can't speak for others, but I bought my Galaxy Note not based on a choice iOS vs. Android. I wanted to have a phone with a large screen and Samsung had a suitable model and therefore got my money and the Marketshare for Samsung increased by one phone....
If Apple had phones with larger screen sizes to choose from, they would have gotten my money instead. This is just one example, but I fail to see, why it is so hard to understand that more choices lead to more Marketshare?
You don't care yet you posted on a thread clearly concerning phones. Does Apple make a "MACphone we aren't aware of?
1. The ability to send and receive my work text messages from my tablet and PC. We do ASAP info over text now - emails are to slow, hahaha!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.desktopsms&hl=en
2. Direct Mount drive capability to my SD card
3. Direct access to all SD card files from inside email client for attachments.
4. Quick access to emails and text list on homescreen.
And yes, extra battery - I've had a 9hr lay over in South Africa after a 14hr flight... no need to worry about charging my phone on business trips. Replace and go.
I love my Macs but my iPhone could not keep up.
Well, I can't speak for others, but I bought my Galaxy Note not based on a choice iOS vs. Android. I wanted to have a phone with a large screen and Samsung had a suitable model and therefore got my money and the Marketshare for Samsung increased by one phone....
If Apple had phones with larger screen sizes to choose from, they would have gotten my money instead. This is just one example, but I fail to see, why it is so hard to understand that more choices lead to more Marketshare?
Oh. So you're saying that you bought an Samsung - but you really wanted an iPhone but couldn't afford it. So you settled for a crappy phone just over screen size.
/sarcasm - but that's how too many on this forum think.
I'm absolutely in agreement with that. Given that the 4S and the 5 are quite similar, they only really address different price points, not different use case/user profiles.
Samsung and the other Android manufacturers make a lot of different phones. If you're cynical about it, you'd say it's a throw-at-the-wall-see-what-sticks approach, but in really it gives their customers a wider choice. It's an approach to business that works well for them.
I believe that it's an inevitability that eventually Apple will diversify into a number of different iPhones that meet different needs of customers - in fact, when their growth slows, they will have to.
And it's not without precedent- they've for a long time sold quite a few different models of iPod - each with their own demographic - and now the iPad mini diversifies the iPad line.