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Verizon iPhone Sales More Than Double to 4.2 Million in Holiday Quarter

Yeah it so weird that all the "experts" were wrong and the stock investors who actually put down their own money were right. Really counter intuitive to understand why an old model would sell better when new model means supply constraints. Guess you need IQ>fish stick to be a stock investor and IQ<fish stick to be an "expert"...
 
heisetax said:
That's because it could have been so much more that it is. People wanted 4g LTE but that would have been un-Apple like to have this so soon, even without talking about the power usage. A larger screen was wanted by most, me included. My 4.35" Android smartphone screen is so much better sized.

The glass iPhone may look nice, but the one purchased for me is in a double Otter Box case. This makes the length & the width the same as my Android smartphone but then makes it at least 1/3 thicker. No wonder Apple did not put a larger screen on the iPhone 4s. It would have come out to be as big as one of my old Newtons.

Sometimes these rumor sites make it very hard for the final product to be anywhere near what the rumors have grown it into. I know that I do not feel that life would have ended without the iPhone 4s. In fact I haven't even turned it on in the last couple of days. I never turn my Android smartphone off. If we keep our expectations more realistic then maybe there would be more products that are really successful that we would treat like they are successful. Like for a table to be successful of phone the same wouldn't good profits be what we would use as a gauge, not if it sold more than the iPad or iPhone 4. With this in mind I would think that the Kindle Fire, the Nook & the iPhone 4s would be rated as a success.
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Don't know if you noticed the but all the Android phone have glass screens too, that minus some protective case are one fumble away from the same fate as and fumbled iPhone.
 
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JoJoCal19 said:
The big loser of the Verizon iPhone sales increase is RIM. Reading various forums, BlackBerry users are jumping off the SS RIM in droves.
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foodog said:
Don't know if you noticed the but all the Android phone have glass screens too, that minus some protective case are one fumble away from the same fate as and fumbled iPhone.
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Not all that's for sure. Don't spread misinformation. Thanks.
 
roblin said:
Yeah it so weird that all the "experts" were wrong and the stock investors who actually put down their own money were right. Really counter intuitive to understand why an old model would sell better when new model means supply constraints. Guess you need IQ>fish stick to be a stock investor and IQ<fish stick to be an "expert"...
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Every share that was bought by an Apple investor was sold by a former Apple investor. So half of Apple investors are right, half are wrong. Which half, we'll only know in the future.
 
BC2009 said:
but instead he got her a phone with a 4.65-inch screen that will never fit in her small hands.
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There's a joke in here somewhere.


roblin said:
Yeah it so weird that all the "experts" were wrong and the stock investors who actually put down their own money were right. Really counter intuitive to understand why an old model would sell better when new model means supply constraints. Guess you need IQ>fish stick to be a stock investor and IQ<fish stick to be an "expert"...
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Apple was down on October 3rd, the day before the announcement, when word of "only" a 4S really took hold. I got in for a modest amount, and have made 9% on it since then. By the time the 5 comes out, hopefully the interest alone (after tax) will be enough to cover the purchase of a 64GB iPhone 5.
 
genovelle said:
The best way for Apple to ensure I wouldn't buy a new iPhone would be to make it's form figure as huge as the device you are talking about. I prefer not having to figure out which apps work for it and which don't so the screen resolution has to be consistent. I have fairly large hands but like being able to text and operate my phone easily with one hand. I have co-workers who have these huge phones and I hate dealing with them when they ask me to help them figure out how to do something on it. You seem to like these android phones, good for you.
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You are so right, a co worker has one of the new Droids and he needs a trailer to take it anywhere:D
All kidding aside, I do think they are over sized and I don't car for Android as it is very inconsistent, crashes a lot and overall a bad user experience! This comes from several of members of my family & friends and yes I've played around with there phones to see for myself!
Android SUCKS period!
RIP S.J.
 
lilo777 said:
There are many Android phones. Some of them are more responsive than others. Samsung Galaxy SII is indeed more responsive to your finger than iPhone.
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Maybe more responsive than the iPhone 3G, but that's about it. My buddy's wife just got the Galaxy SII and so I finally got some hands-on time with the device. My very first reaction was "wow, this thing does not respond quickly to touch!" I think that an upgrade to ICS which employs more hardware acceleration will certainly help, but your statement that the GS2 is "indeed more responsive" is patently false.

I honestly felt like I was using an iPhone 3G running iOS 4 when I was using the Galaxy SII. The lag between my finger and the screen was very noticeable. I only noticed anything that bad on my 28-month-old iPhone 3GS when the phone was doing something intensive. The GS2 gives me comparable lag when unlocking the home screen.

Other than the lag it was a pretty phone, albeit too big to use it one-handed. Indeed, as I watched her use her phone she was consistently using two hands -- one to hold it and one to tap on it. I do think the lag time is due to Gingerbread since all the videos I have seen with the Galaxy Nexus running ICS show very smooth response to touch. Once the GS2 (with comparable hardware to the Galaxy Nexus) gets an ICS upgrade I think that touch lag will disappear. The hardware is certainly capable in the device.
 
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The "responsiveness" and user feel of the touch screens is the biggest drawback to every single Android phone. Not one of them feels anywhere near as smooth as an iPhone. Not saying they are bad by any means, but they are all different/not as responsive as the iPhone.... I honestly could not go back to Android ever unless they somehow fixed this.

EDIT: I realize I say "not one of them". I have not tested every single Android phone. I have played with everyone of the top models on Verizon though (Thunderbolt, Droid X, Razr, Nexus Prime and a bunch of the older ones).
 
You mean the iPhone wasn't a disappointment?? And that Apple didn't drop the ball? Shocking. Oh...wait.
 
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