iphone 3G - S (ucks) - Cont.
Just for the record - I don't blindly hate Apple. In fact, quite the opposite. I am in awe of them. Apple continually screws its core customer base and yet they beg for more. They have so successfully marketed a superiority complex (overpay for our products or you'll be like that geeky PC guy in our commercials) that what I consider to be otherwise extremely intelligent people shut their brains off and say "please sir may I have another". They’ve pushed planned obsolescence to new extremes with product life cycles that are under a year, and their customers seem far too busy making their phones fart and burp to notice that the EVERY independent review of the iPhone AS A PHONE, has rated at the very bottom for sound quality, connection stability (dropped calls) and battery life. (no, it's not AT&T - it's your iPhone).
I recently (and arguably hypocritically) got an ipod touch - because my old ipod died. I was understandably very skeptical at first but I found the interface very easy to use, and the apps alot of fun. I found a portable bridge player that I think is just amazing. But for me - this is just a smaller more convenient PSP. And when I compare it to that product - it has most of the features I want and is comparably priced. (Although the lack of external media ports and battery are disadvantages) Had I paid $499 for a poor quality phone that is now being offered for $99 dollars (80% less!!) a little more than a year later, I, like any objective consumer, would be livid.
As usual, The Simpsons got this just right in a recent episode. While Lisa is at the 'Mapple' store shopping for a 'mypod' - 'Steve Mobs' comes on the in-store big screen monitor and says " I have an announcement to make…" - the scene cuts to all the customers desperately yanking cash out of their wallets and throwing it at the cashier before they even know what they are buying.
For what it's worth that's what I can't stand - that brain washed, mob mentality, of anything Apple does is awesome even when they are doing stuff that is pretty clearly un-awesome.
I recently (and arguably hypocritically) got an ipod touch - because my old ipod died. I was understandably very skeptical at first but I found the interface very easy to use, and the apps alot of fun. I found a portable bridge player that I think is just amazing. But for me - this is just a smaller more convenient PSP. And when I compare it to that product - it has most of the features I want and is comparably priced. (Although the lack of external media ports and battery are disadvantages) Had I paid $499 for a poor quality phone that is now being offered for $99 dollars (80% less!!) a little more than a year later, I, like any objective consumer, would be livid.
As usual, The Simpsons got this just right in a recent episode. While Lisa is at the 'Mapple' store shopping for a 'mypod' - 'Steve Mobs' comes on the in-store big screen monitor and says " I have an announcement to make…" - the scene cuts to all the customers desperately yanking cash out of their wallets and throwing it at the cashier before they even know what they are buying.
For what it's worth that's what I can't stand - that brain washed, mob mentality, of anything Apple does is awesome even when they are doing stuff that is pretty clearly un-awesome.