Apple's supreme expertise is marketing. Perhaps the finest in the world. Combine that with a massive cult like following and you have an unbeatable, hugely compliant customer base.
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Apple's supreme expertise is marketing. Perhaps the finest in the world. Combine that with a massive cult like following and you have an unbeatable, hugely compliant customer base.
Apple also makes great products that think of the details in ways that most other companies don't bother with. That's why you can give an elderly relative an iPad and see this PC user instantly fall in love with a device. This has nothing to do with your insulting cult lie, and everything to do with good products that people like.
So while there are Apple cult types out there, most people like Apple because they just like their products. Techies don't get this. The other 90% of humanity doesn't care what techies think of OS wars.
I still can't believe they won't budge for an early upgrade like AT&T did when the new iPhones were released, I have my droid Inc for about 9 months and want this iPhone but I am not spending $600 on it, its not worth that much at this point, for $200 though I would get it.
Why should they budge for you? You've only had your Droid for 9 months. It doesn't matter what AT&T did. If you're sorry you got the Droid, that's not Verizon's fault. I don't think most Verizon customers who own Droids are sorry about their purchases now that the Verizon iPhone was announced...or are they? Sometimes a company can "bend" a contract, but you shouldn't expect them to do so because you feel you've made a mistake.
Actually, maybe Verizon is doing you a favor by making you wait. iPhone 5?
You were a lot more than wrong. You were awfully naive, frustratingly stubborn, and annoyingly foolish. Rumors come and go, but when major news outlets and publications like CNN or WSJ begin publishing information as facts, the information is true. Although specific variables of the information, such as timing, may vary from reports (which can happen even with official announcements made by the firm), the news reported will be materially correct, especially when there is an unwaveringly strong, clear, and persistent message, no contradictory reports (from established and informed sources, not people like you), and an extremely close proximity to the event. Those outlets, unlike you, would not jeopardize their credibility based on hearsay and personal opinions. Those outlets, unlike you, actually have inside information.
Additionally, if there was not going to have been a Verizon iPhone release, Verizon and/or Apple would have denied such speculation within the last week, if not earlier, for a number of reasons, including avoiding any formal complaint filings or inquiries, lawsuits, or government investigations regarding misleading investors or manipulating stock prices, as Apple has already been of interest to the SEC in recent years for having a wildly fluctuating stock price for a firm of its size.
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Why should they budge for you? You've only had your Droid for 9 months. It doesn't matter what AT&T did. If you're sorry you got the Droid, that's not Verizon's fault. I don't think most Verizon customers who own Droids are sorry about their purchases now that the Verizon iPhone was announced...or are they? Sometimes a company can "bend" a contract, but you shouldn't expect them to do so because you feel you've made a mistake.
Actually, maybe Verizon is doing you a favor by making you wait. iPhone 5?
So, how much could you sell that droid for? Subtract that amount from the $600, and that's how much you'll really have to spend.
Yea, upon hearing the news, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was very optimistic about his company's position: "4 YEARS DOWN, 4 TO GO!"
The Dev-Team, I mean T-Mobile was unavailable for comment as they were too busy cutting sim cards.
This is kind of correct .. but Apple also has the ability to make things that just work. By limiting carriers, they also made some very big marketing moves.
I swear to you, the day I posted the link it was there in two photos alongside the black iPhone 4... you are right, it is not there now- pretty bizarre coincidence... but it was that day