Well I just like things with a lowercase i at the beginning followed by a capital letter.

I don't trust smart phones yet. I break many things, in unfortunate and unlikely ways. I need a phone that I can trust to make calls and send texts. My simple phone is all that I need. So there.

I have no problem with someone who looks at the phones available and decides to buy an iPhone. It's a nice phone. It's the people who just buy an iPhone because they really think there is no other phone that can do what it does and just didn't look at any others.

Status symbol? Yeah, if there are hundreds of people queuing up at midnight to get the latest iPhone, they're doing it for status. I would never buy a phone before having the chance to read up actual reviews and try it and compare it to other phones.

djkutch: Uchiha_Cycliste: I don't trust smart phones yet. I break many things, in unfortunate and unlikely ways. I need a phone that I can trust to make calls and send texts. My simple phone is all that I need. So there.

But, you can't send peener pics.

why not? Even 20 dollar phones have cameras in them.

that wasn't the right way to respond... was it.

antidisestablishmentarianism: Flint Ironstag: I have no problem with someone who looks at the phones available and decides to buy an iPhone. It's a nice phone. It's the people who just buy an iPhone because they really think there is no other phone that can do what it does and just didn't look at any others.

Status symbol? Yeah, if there are hundreds of people queuing up at midnight to get the latest iPhone, they're doing it for status. I would never buy a phone before having the chance to read up actual reviews and try it and compare it to other phones.

Something I noticed at the airport today, all the passengers with smartphones had cases with ports for the speakers, cameras, and flashes on the back. Only the iPhone cases had a big port that only showed off the apple logo. I am not aware of any functionality associated with the logo on the back of the phone.

I'd never noticed that! I opened ebay and typed "iphone case" and the very first result was this one, which has exactly that. Quite a few others also do, though to be fair there are some that don't.

FlashHarry: 1) the iPhone can be had for as little as $99.
2) it's available from AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.

i think your points may have been valid a few years ago, but i think they may be questionable now.

I'd add the "it's a status symbol" item to that list too.

iPhones are just too widespread now to really be status items - now that hordes of college kids have them, and plenty more people have iPod touches before that (and get iPhones because, well, it's the same thing they're used to using, and they bought whatever apps they wanted already, so why not?).

TFA mentions that lots of people get iPhones because it's a big brand that see lots of others using, THAT one I can get behind but I don't think it's so unreasonable. People want to get something that will be compatible with the services their friends have, etc. Hell, it's the same reason everyone used to insist on Windows for their desktop - people want to use a unified platform that lots of the people they work with use. iPhone is no different - just like people wanted the "real" Office rather than OpenOffice, people want the "real" iPhone apps that they feel will have ongoing support and tons of other users.

Physical keyboard vs. not is a debate that happens inside the Android world too - I've got friends on both sides of that one.

/have an iPhone
//no case
///the one time I did have a case (on my old phone) it did not show the apple logo

Trance750: I drove an Audi and that was the worst piece of crap excuse for a vehicle I had ever purchased. It makes anything by Ford look like a masterpiece

Absolutely. As a matter of fact, I think most German cars are overrated and expensive. Except maybe Porsche and some VWs. From the people I've known with Mercedes, BMW or Audi cars, they tell me it's like a never-ending series of squeaks, electrical failures and expensive mechanical failures. Turbo quitting after two years? Headlights not working after a year? Belts squeaking when turning at low speeds? What is this? 1905?

Some Bass Playing Guy: There was nothing wrong with my Droid X, except some batter life issues.

Well, if you eat it all and leave none for your phone...

I develop apps for Android. I don't develop apps for iPhone because Apple doesn't allow you to develop for iPhone unless you buy one of their very overpriced computers. Dicks.

LouDobbsAwaaaay: Looks more like a blog story about what a particular iPhone user thinks Android users think about iPhone users.



/not really, but hey...

I was awed by the first iPhone but it was out of my price range. Now I'm using android and happy with it. Siri looks like fun and I might consider an iPhone if I was due for a new contract, but once you buy into an ecosystem it's not worth switching.

I enjoy the flexibility of Android and think the OS is better than iOS, but that's only because I put CyanogenMod 7 on my phone. If I was stuck with the stock OS it would be shiat. I think for people who aren't up to putting CM7 on their phone that the iPhone is a much better choice. Fragmentation is a real problem with android.

We feel compelled to defend our big consumer choices with unfair or illogical misgivings about the competition. I'm sure a sophomore psych major or marketing professional could elaborate on this.