Why I'll Always Stick To An iPhone

[ixodes]

In keeping with the title of this thread...

"Why I'll Always Stick To An iPhone"

At the rate Apple is going (I just read the back will be glass) I can keep my iPhone 4S, never buy another, and it'll always look like the latest.

Apple's going to make a ton of money _per phone_ by recycling the same old look.

This being the third year of glass slabs on front and rear, they can just keep repeating the same old look.

After all, they are selling faster than Apple can make them. What a marketing machine.

 

[The iGentleman]

Everyone give this kid a break! He does have something to say that is actually true for all of us Apple fans. Having a iPhone or owning any Apple product does come with it some level of prestige. What I mean by this is that Apple is a very well liked company... by millions across the globe. We as Apple product owners expect nothing but the best. We as Apple product owners spent our money for our products to be the best of which they are capable of. And these products do not come cheap. We all agree on this! So with that said there is a certain of level prestige that Apple has acquired. So anyone who purchases any Apple product should have the confidence that they are truly buying the best of whats out there right now.

If you believe this, you're just as bad as the kid. There is no more "prestige" in owning an iPhone than anything else. Believing me, owning an iPhone isn't impressing anyone. Maybe you live in some small town where people are easily impressed, but here in Atlanta, nobody cares if you have an iPhone. Pull up in a Maserati, then you're on to something, but a phone that can be had for $50 is hardly prestigious. All that "these don't come cheap", isn't accurate. The majority of the people with iPhones did not spend more than $200 on them. That isn't impressing anyone. Honestly I had more people ask me about my Galaxy Nexus (when they saw the buttons were on the screen) than about my iPhone. Everyone's used to seeing the iPhone, so nobody really cares if you have one.

 

[LightOnAHill]

I feel bad for the OP and the psychology of his words... status, popularity, ... and that word he posted later, perceived.

He's missing out on so much by seeing the outside and not the inside and by listening to society and the rule of majority definition of cool.

When I was a teenager the most popular kid was that was because he thought everybody was worth the time to say hi to and have conversations with and think everybody was cool, and some tried to give him flack over his choices of friends but they would easily be persuaded if they all hung out. Kid had plenty of girlfriends too being that he respected them past society's definition of sexy (a whole nother can of worms like "cool") .... now, because he had such a view of the value of humanity being in the individual, not in common group characteristics, he is wildly successful because of networking and trust, and still popular and happy accepted by nearly everyone except the jealous at heart.

worth is in the individual, not the commonality (because how real is your commonality if it's based off a phone???)

think about it, try it. you'll find it'll make you more popular and then you'll find that doesn't even matter, and then you'll find social happiness.

as to the thread, I won't switch because I've spent time and energy becoming a jailbreak master, and love what i can make the phone do, and I think the iOs is intuitive and perfect for a phone. I won't buy the iPad because it's a phone OS on a wannabe computer. I prefer my MacBook air with dual boot, cause that's a computer OS. iOs for the phone, computer oS for the computer.

HAGDA

 

[daneoni]

My reason(s) is simpler.

Its the most consistent platform i've ever come across; it does what it says it'll do, and does it extremely well 99% of the time.

Also the after sale support from Devs, 3rd party manufacturers and Apple itself is head and shoulders above the others.

 

[Wrathwitch]

Due to the presence of more threads about Apple "fanboys" switching to Android I would like to make one highlighting the reasons why I'll always stick to the iPhone. First, Apple's ecosystem. I love how all my music, movies, and apps are all handled by Apple themselves. For instance, on Android they have a different company to buy music from than google and then have a limited supple. Second, the universal acceptance and yearly update cycle. I hate how Android phones end up fading out only 5 months afte they launch and there aren't many cases offered due to how many new ones come out. Third, no matter who you ask iPhone are always a symbol of money and popularity. As shallow as it is as a teen I do care about how I come off and how my phone comes off as. There are probably more reasons, but this is it for me now. Add why you would never leave iPhone.

I agree with you that my new SSGS3 will likely become obsolete within the year, but the very interesting thing with that is that there will be a piece of hardware out there that has shown amazing improvement in software AND hardware before a year is up. With Apple, you get it one year at a time and lately it is in very miserly increments. I did ensure before buying it that I really liked the way the phone works AS IS so that I would not be eating my heart out waiting for the next sweet treat that Android decides to release.

It's still a great phone though (my old iP4), if I didn't think so, I wouldn't have sent it to my technically challenged mother.

As far as money and popularity goes, most people who HAVE money and popularity are too busy doing other things than appraising each other's phone.

 

[batting1000]

I agree with you that my new SSGS3 will likely become obsolete within the year, but the very interesting thing with that is that there will be a piece of hardware out there that has shown amazing improvement in software AND hardware before a year is up. With Apple, you get it one year at a time and lately it is in very miserly increments. I did ensure before buying it that I really liked the way the phone works AS IS so that I would not be eating my heart out waiting for the next sweet treat that Android decides to release.

It's still a great phone though (my old iP4), if I didn't think so, I wouldn't have sent it to my technically challenged mother.

As far as money and popularity goes, most people who HAVE money and popularity are too busy doing other things than appraising each other's phone.

Yeah but you gotta keep wasting money on new phones every few months if you want the latest OS.

 

[Wrathwitch]

Yeah but you gotta keep wasting money on new phones every few months if you want the latest OS.

LOL No, actually I don't. Simply because I am coming into this Android system so green that I don't even know what ICS offers over GB and why JB would be any better! Perhaps in time when I learn more about what JB has to offer I might take some steps to acquire it. But when I researched this phone and went in to test drive it. I made damn sure that I would like the way it runs out of the box.

Face it, iOS has not changed THAT much over the past 2-3 updates that some people are going to feel compelled to buy a new phone just to get what (for example) iOS6 offers for iPhones EXCLUDING the iP4. Meaning half of the features will not be available for the iP4. Does that mean I would have to buy the next iPhone or upgrade to iP4S if I am still happy with the way my phone works as is? No, of course not. I have a good friend that still has the 3GS and is not upgrading. I am sure she doesn't have access to a lot of features in iOS5 and won't be supported for iOS6 either. Mind you, in her case she is waiting to see what Apple offers with their new phone, and if it is the same form factor she says she might jump ship to another phone.

 

[depths]

You'll get an OTA update for JB soon and its a nice little update. Guy above doesn't know what he's talking about.

 

[batting1000]

You'll get an OTA update for JB soon and its a nice little update. Guy above doesn't know what he's talking about.

Yeah, if you've got a Gnex, Nexus S, or a Xoom tablet. Who knows when it'll show up on GS3's or One X's. Samsung JUST started to evaluate whether the S3 will get it or not.

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LOL No, actually I don't. Simply because I am coming into this Android system so green that I don't even know what ICS offers over GB and why JB would be any better! Perhaps in time when I learn more about what JB has to offer I might take some steps to acquire it. But when I researched this phone and went in to test drive it. I made damn sure that I would like the way it runs out of the box.

My point. You admit that Samsung is terrible at getting major updates out in a timely manner and admit you'll have to find a way of getting Jelly Bean. Funny, eh?

 

[jeffe]

You'll get an OTA update for JB soon and its a nice little update. Guy above doesn't know what he's talking about.

But its a non-issue for her. She is happy with her phone w/o the update.

She'll be even happier once she realized she has ICS and not GB too !

 

[Wrathwitch]

Yeah, if you've got a Gnex, Nexus S, or a Xoom tablet. Who knows when it'll show up on GS3's or One X's. Samsung JUST started to evaluate whether the S3 will get it or not.

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My point. You admit that Samsung is terrible at getting major updates out in a timely manner and admit you'll have to find a way of getting Jelly Bean. Funny, eh?

Actually, if you followed mobile tech forums like I do, perhaps 1-2 hours a day of reading, you would know that SSGS3 will have access to JB. Samsung is not so terrible at updating the OS, it's the carriers that waste the extra time frigging around and fine tuning their bloatware when Samsung provides them with the updates.

Either way, whatever this ICS is that is on my phone, is tasty enough for me as it is so I don't feel the need to rush out and Jelly Bean myself. Besides, if I was really that desperate, that's what XDA is all about, root and ROM. I would just have to learn how to do that.

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But its a non-issue for her. She is happy with her phone w/o the update.

She'll be even happier once she realized she has ICS and not GB too !

I already knew I had ICS on it my friend, I just don't know what the improvements are on it compared to GB is what I meant in my post.

 

[batting1000]

Either way, whatever this ICS is that is on my phone, is tasty enough for me as it is so I don't feel the need to rush out and Jelly Bean myself. Besides, if I was really that desperate, that's what XDA is all about, root and ROM. I would just have to learn how to do that.

It's unfortunate that you are forced to root your phone to get the latest update in a timely manner. That's my point.

 

[Vegastouch]

Yeah, if you've got a Gnex, Nexus S, or a Xoom tablet. Who knows when it'll show up on GS3's or One X's. Samsung JUST started to evaluate whether the S3 will get it or not.

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My point. You admit that Samsung is terrible at getting major updates out in a timely manner and admit you'll have to find a way of getting Jelly Bean. Funny, eh?

Its going to get it. One of the stipulations said the device would be evaluated to see if the specs can handle it (or something to that effect) ...well the GS3 is more capable than the GNex specs wise, so that isnt going to be an issue.

Im pretty confident the GS3 will get it. Its the top of the line right now. I just hope it will still be in Q4. If not, i can always just sell it and get the latest Nexus. Surely it will have a better camera.

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It's unfortunate that you are forced to root your phone to get the latest update in a timely manner. That's my point.

Well you know it is another task that isnt hard. All you need to do is follow instructions.

I reset my Vibrant back to stock from a Custom ROM of Froyo yesterday. Now it has the official Froyo on it and it is just like it came out of the box and it took about 5 minutes from start to finish. Now it is ready to sell.

This is just yet another element of Android that you cant do on the iPhone.

 

[batting1000]

Its going to get it. One of the stipulations said the device would be evaluated to see if the specs can handle it (or something to that effect) ...well the GS3 is more capable than the GNex specs wise, so that isnt going to be an issue.

Im pretty confident the GS3 will get it. Its the top of the line right now. I just hope it will still be in Q4. If not, i will just sell it and get the latest Nexus. Surely it will have a better camera.

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Well you know it is another task that isnt hard. All you need to do is follow instructions.

I reset my Vibrant back to stock from a Custom ROM of Froyo yesterday. Now it has the official Froyo on it and it took about 5 minutes from start to finish. Now it is ready to sell.

This is just yet another element of Android that you cant do on the iPhone.

It doesn't matter how easy it is. The user experience is made worse by the fact that your device manufacturer isn't prioritizing a major software update and you feel the company doesn't have your back.

Putting custom ROMs on your iPhone isn't necessary and it's not something most people would do considering how iOS is already a fairly simple OS UI-wise.

 

[Vegastouch]

It doesn't matter how easy it is. The user experience is made worse by the fact that your device manufacturer isn't prioritizing a major software update and you feel the company doesn't have your back.

Bro, i had to jailbreak my iPhone to get a good experience period. IMO the iPhone isnt worth having if it isnt jailbroken because the user experience is lacking too much.

And you know, ICS works just fine on the GS3. It is fast as hell and there are no complaints.

Me, ill wait it out to see what will happen with JB on it and like i said, if i want to, i can sell the GS3 like many do with their iPhones and ill get the latest Nexus....depending on what the specs are on that. It hasnt had a Micro card with any of themso far and imo that is a dealbreaker unless they give it at least 32 GB of space. That is bare minimum for me. I have 48 Gigs on my GS3 right now.

Its not that big a deal. ICS is better than iOS6 so im ahead of the game of iPhone users.

 

[Dolorian]

Bro, i had to jailbreak my iPhone to get a good experience period. IMO the iPhone isnt worth having if it isnt jailbroken because the user experience is lacking too much.

What things did you get by jail breaking that allowed you to have a good user experience in the iPhone?

 

[Dontazemebro]

In China, it definitely is a symbol of wealth/social standing.

Don't know how it is in U.S.A.

Yeah I can see that. In some parts of Africa, it's a symbol status if you have a blackberry.

 

[jeffe]

It's unfortunate that you are forced to root your phone to get the latest update in a timely manner. That's my point.

It may be unfortunate to some but look at the positive side. By purchasing the galaxy S3, the user is making a choice that they prefer Samsung's add-ons to Android over quick updates to Android's framework.

Samsung takes considerable amount of time to add features to Android that are not on stock Android. These things benefit many users..but it also means longer times to receive updates. The galaxy S3 is a really popular device and only a small subset of users complain about this so i think this means the majority of people really don't care or not as much as they enjoy Samsungs updates. Those that do care will buy a Nexus, Iphone, or another device.

 

[SurferMan]

It doesn't matter how easy it is. The user experience is made worse by the fact that your device manufacturer isn't prioritizing a major software update and you feel the company doesn't have your back.

Putting custom ROMs on your iPhone isn't necessary and it's not something most people would do considering how iOS is already a fairly simple OS UI-wise.

Don't know about that, I refuse to use an iPhone that isn't jailbroken, way to many good and "smart" things that Apple should have thought of or already implemented by now, that make the phone 100% better more efficient to use (and not just talking themes, but actual legit apps that defies logic as to why Apple doesn't implement).

Rooting and Rom'ing isn't that hard, fairly quick and easy, jail-breaking is a little easier though. I'm not even running the official ICS Rom for my phone b/c the custom one I'm running already has nifty tricks and tweaking beyond the stock Rom that make it even better.

I do agree the carriers lagging on updates sucks in a way. Should be better towards end of this year and next as Samsung and AT&T are working together on a new system to get timelier updates vs the lag before, and pry the same with other carriers.

 

[AbyssImpact]

You also buy beats by Dr. Dre huh? You are probably 15 years old. Caring about what others think... lmao.

 

[nyfliiboy]

I get the kids point. When i was a teen the "it" phones were boost mobile and sidekicks. Everyone young and old had to have one. Then somewhere along the lines blackberry took over but now you see where rim is at after the iPhone craze. I do see the iPhone craze ending soon with android becoming a better system. Always have to remember that no one stays on top forever.

 

[Mac.World]

What things did you get by jail breaking that allowed you to have a good user experience in the iPhone?

If you have to ask this question, you shouldn't jailbreak your phone. Here's is just one minor thing... Open email. Type email. Attach a doc and photo. Send. Try doing that with your iphone right now. Good luck.

 

[AbyssImpact]

This thread is so dumb that I might decide to sell my iPhone and get the Nexus with jellybean.

 

[AppleBoyFreak]

You also buy beats by Dr. Dre huh? You are probably 15 years old. Caring about what others think... lmao.

I am 15. It says it right in my signature and actually I don't have the Dre Beats because the Apple headphones suffice for me and I buy all my gadgets with my own money. Therefore if I want the new iPhone I can't afford the earphones at the same time. I already have half the money for the iPhone 5. And I like how you're being condescending. Let me guess as a teenager, kid, or even an adult you never cared about what others thought and now you think that makes you seem better. Okay...

I get the kids point. When i was a teen the "it" phones were boost mobile and sidekicks. Everyone young and old had to have one. Then somewhere along the lines blackberry took over but now you see where rim is at after the iPhone craze. I do see the iPhone craze ending soon with android becoming a better system. Always have to remember that no one stays on top forever.

Thank you for getting the point I was trying to make. It seems that everyone is trying to deny that their generation had some weird fad everyone had to have.

 

[Mac.World]

I am 15. It says it right in my signature and actually I don't have the Dre Beats because the Apple headphones suffice for me and I buy all my gadgets with my own money. Therefore if I want the new iPhone I can't afford the earphones at the same time. I already have half the money for the iPhone 5. And I like how you're being condescending. Let me guess as a teenager, kid, or even an adult you never cared about what others thought and now you think that makes you seem better. Okay...


Thank you for getting the point I was trying to make. It seems that everyone is trying to deny that their generation had some weird fad everyone had to have.

Yeah, but you wouldn't understand fads from the 70's. I doubt you know what an LP or 8 track is.