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Originally Posted by insomniac
first of all, if youre a FAN of course youd support the product.... so are you saying if you were a canucks FAN you shouldnt watch as many games as you can? totally two different things, but its the same logic.
and iphones come out every year.. yes there are also tablets too but those update every year too.. but theres so many more android users on rs that went from nexus s -> gnex -> note/s3 etc. i dont know what kind of point youre trying to make here...... 
honestly guys, who the fuck cares what you do with your own hard earned money? you can buy whatever the fuck you want. whyre you mad people are buying apple products? why was no one mad at me for going from g1/g2/nexus s/s1/s2/s3 "EVERY FEW MONTHS LIKE A FAN". |
Solid points, and I whole-heartedly agree with you...
I'm an Android/iPhone and Win. Mo. user at this current moment. I don't have a bias towards one or the other. But, I think he was just giving his $0.02 on the new iPhone 5 and that he doesn't feel that the we can attribute the success of this phone to it's actual features and hardware but rather loyalty. I agree with him to an extent but acknowledge that I'm saying this in an iPhone/iOS thread so it may not be the best place to voice it.
That being said, I don't think the iPhone 5 is anything close to amazing. I upgraded from my 4s to the 5 and I didn't think it was worth my money (bought it outright of course.) For the most part, it was the same device except it now had a longer screen (although I felt it was slightly quicker but I attributed that to the fact that it was a brand new clean phone without any garbage loaded onto it yet.)
We should remember that in the U.S and other countries, carriers work on a 2 Year agreement and so TONS of iPhone 4 users were due for an upgrade at a subsidized price. If they were content with their iOS devices, the logically sound choice would be to upgrade for a rather affordable price, to a new and improved version of the phone you previously had. Even if it's a slight improvement from the device you had, that "slightness" may be reason enough to upgrade to the iPhone 5.
Again, I'm just trying to diffuse the argument which as implied by insomniac is frivolous and trivial. But, if you go back to look at what Hondaracer said, he never said Android > iPhone or anything like that. He just recognized the fact that Apple has created a loyal fan base that will keep them strong indefinitely. There is no doubt, that Apple has successfully and rightfully created a brand that is known, reputable and delivered time after time. There is no way we can contest that it doesn't play into the sales of the iPhone. Whether the same situation is happening with Android is not relevant in this discussion because I don't believe he was comparing the two.