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Radio Shack trying to push SGS3 on me today...
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The reps. Certain shops have certain sales goals. They might be required to push a certain product on a specific day.
Android is more customizeable.....What use is that even if it is a fact? Why do we need all those fancy widgets for anyways?
Just coming from android over to the iphone 5 and ios is like a nightmare ending in heaven....
I will go back to android in a heart beat if they make better quality phones, better apps, better customer support. I walked into the genius bar and they replaced my iphone 5 because they didnt want me having the camera issue again even though they fixed the first one....thats customer service!
I just dont know what good the tweaking on android is actually good for except maybe OCD. At the end of the day you really get nothing from it.....At least I didnt. At least with apple I know that Im going to get updates and I dont have to hack my phone for it to run as good as possible
True. Had a gs3 and had to root and overclock it with jelly bean custom firmware. Sick of it and just ordered an iphone 5
No iPhone in stock so sell what you have! I've done it several times! Can't blame her for trying I eat! She has to make a living too
I don't get this and hear it all the time. If you don't get signal in places that you frequent often. Don't go with that network!! Pay the extra $5 so you can use it?!
I get a signal 99 percent of the time but every once and a while I work somewhere that I don't so I keep a Verizon prepaid phone that I flashed. I'm not complaining so don't worry about what company I use and stop trying to stir up ****.
More durable? Hasn't the iP5 won all the drop tests? And I hate how they assumed you only care about looks / aren't tech-savvy because you're a Mac user, I would have walked out right then. Seriously, I swear there's some kind of underground commission or bribe system relating to Android vs iPhone, they're always pushing Android even if they have tons of iPhones.
Exactly, as if I was oblivious to other devices. iPhone sold out worldwide and Radio Shack trying to offload their surplus of Galaxy phones off on people who arent even interested in them. Wonder why that is.
I think its just the employee you talked to. I went to radioshack to buy an s3 and the guy pulled me aside from his co-workers and told me to wait for the iphone 5 announcement, because it would be a better phone. I asked him if he got commission on phones sales and he told me ya.
after seeing the iphone 5 I bought an s3 at at&t (since I was bored of the same iOS UI for 5 years and android has more features. not trying to bash iOS, its great but a little stale for me), so I highly doubt there employers are told to push android phones over iphones. and radioshack kinda sucks anyways.
after seeing the iphone 5 I bought an s3 at at&t (since I was bored of the same iOS UI for 5 years and android has more features. not trying to bash iOS, its great but a little stale for me), so I highly doubt there employers are told to push android phones over iphones. and radioshack kinda sucks anyways.
I don't think they are pushing the S3 due to 'tons of stock'. Regardless of volumes of iPhones in stock, as they sell themselves S3 comparisons can make the stock go further. Think, if they sell or two a day, that's 1 or 2 extra sales a day as I the iPhones will go regardless.
I am an Apple user but is the S3 really that bad?!
RadioShack employees make the same amount of money whether it is android or iPhone. It was probably just that the store had the GSIII in stock. If it was the opposite situation where you wanted the GSIII and it was out of stock, I am sure the person would have tried to sell you an iPhone if they had it.
Sure, but I can't imagine where a situation like that might arise...in the world.
No one is disputing that any Android device has better tinkerability than any iOS device. With that tinkerability comes a lot of trade-offs though:
- A fractured ecosystem where not all apps work the same way across the platform, or at all
- Specific features that are okay to have if all your friends happen to have the exact same Android device you do (yes S-Beam ad ShareShot, I'm looking at you) and duplicate features that are already availablle cross-platform via social media sites
- Interface quirks that aren't intuitive (Tilt to zoom? Palm Touch Mute Pause? Really, Samsung?)
Going Android is not a slam dunk. For some people these trade offs are worth it. But not for everyone.
Not, not all "techy nerds." I for one enjoy using technology, but there's technology I want to tinker with, and technology that must work consistently and reliably. For me, my phone is the latter case; it must do its job, or I can't do mine. Work keeps me plenty busy with other things I can customize and mess with.
Now, I understand that's not the case for everyone, and if that's not you, then hey, enjoy your SGS3. But to say "every tech savvy" user wants Android isn't the case at all.
Everything he said is completely true, except for the making more money from android thing. Not sure if that is true.
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Guess you aren't a techy nerd than.