Apple: What You’re Missing Without an iPhone

[jasonh8806]

It is still so astonishing how many people just love to show their distaste for Apple no matter what the story is that Tom's releases. If you don't like it, don't buy it, end of story. Apple wants control over their hardware/software so they can make sure things work seamlessly together. You get an Android phone (which I own) and you get multiple force closes and problems with different apps. Some people like one product some people like another, it's never going to change and you're not going to convince anybody to not buy an iPhone by screaming about how you hate it. It just makes you look like an android fanboy so why waste the time?

 

[cadder]

I would genuinely like to know what is a better alternative to the locked in iPhone as I am in the market for a better phone. Thanks for any genuine advice.

I think it depends on what features you want. If you want a physical keyboard, go elsewhere. If you want a wifi hotspot without paying extra, go elsewhere. If you want a larger screen, go elsewhere. In reality the android touchscreen phones seem to compare pretty well with the iphones.

I chose the iphone before there were good android options. I envy some of them with their larger screens, 4G networks and the ability to create a wifi hotspot. If I was buying today, I would probably still pick the iphone due to the app store.

 

[noblerabbit]

(the rest of my comment is missing)

anyways, that is the sound of me Slamming my mother's rotary phone handset on you Apple Puppets.

 

[applegetsmelaid]

I have an iphone and it's just a gateway to a bunch of useless apps. Time spent in the john is more entertaining I guess. Wifi is terrible. Don't know what all the fuss is about, I would never wait in line for a device like this.

 

[anthonyla65]

The iPhone is actually quite good, I did hate it until I got hold of one. I do admit its walled, you can't send things through Bluetooth, can't easily use songs as ringtones, don't have radio, battery isn't removable etc. But hey its got a huge selection of useful apps and must say its pretty neat stuff too. They have good quality hardware and software. Name me any phone that is as cool as a iPhone? There is none, the Apple logo just makes the difference and you look higher class with it than any other phone...

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Here's what you're missing if you don't have an iPhone: Part of your life that you'll never get back. There's too many apps out there for this phone, too much time wasted and it's just a waste. Get a DROID.

 

[chick0n]

I like how they "fast forward" some parts of the video to make the picking/installing/using some apps so fast.

Its never that fast, in fact, its 1000 times slower than it shows. My cousin has an iPhone 4 so I know.

Oh also, if I don't have an iPhone, yes I don't have Apps store, but I have all Android/Ovi(If u use Nokia).

if I don't have Apps store, I won't have so many GARBAGE apps.

if I don't have iPod, I can still play/shuffle/playlist/whatever with whatever build into the phone(Nokia's N8 is better at this than current Android)

if I don't have iBooks, cuz I don't give a shit? I buy REAL books made of paper.

if I don't have an iPhone, I can save thousands of dollars over the life of the phone for some else that's more important in life.

 

[chick0n]

[citation][nom]carlhenry[/nom]i think apple pretty much leads the innovation nowadays. every product they come up with, others follows suit and offer prettier specs (though sometimes has a sub-par build quality) and of course, a no-WTF price tag. whatever comes up from apple, we'll see clones from MS, HP, Google, Motorolla, etc... and try to look cool with their advertisements and imply that apple is stupid (which has some valid points especially on walling their OS'es). don't get me wrong, i'm not an apple fanboy and i don't own a single apple product. i just see this new mobile gadgets floating around all because of apple. their inventions are great, but the execution of their products is questionable. make it open apple, and let's see those haters disappear.....in my/our dreams. lol.[/citation]

Apple didn't invent anything. They have been stealing ideas from other people, wait a bit, then "re-release" it and claim "we made it"

Try to name something never exist before Apple made them. iPod? iPhone? iPad ? Desktop computers? OS? nope, nothing.

 

[chick0n]

[citation][nom]anthonyla65[/nom]The iPhone is actually quite good, I did hate it until I got hold of one. I do admit its walled, you can't send things through Bluetooth, can't easily use songs as ringtones, don't have radio, battery isn't removable etc. But hey its got a huge selection of useful apps and must say its pretty neat stuff too. They have good quality hardware and software. Name me any phone that is as cool as a iPhone? There is none, the Apple logo just makes the difference and you look higher class with it than any other phone...[/citation]

You need a "phone" to make you look "high class" ???

wow, you seriously fail @ life.

 

[BulkZerker]

The ability to use the "held it wrong" excuse for dissconnecting someone..

 

[dalethepcman]

Try to name something never exist before Apple made them. iPod? iPhone? iPad ? Desktop computers? OS? nope, nothing.

Millions of people who willing pay $2000.00 a year for a cell phone. Zing! hehe

 

[Guest]

You know I make out just fine with my 5 1/2 year old Motorola V276. It gets great signal strength with Verizon. My co-workers on Verizon and AT&T can't get signal over 50 feet into out metal office building and have towards front door to make a call. I make voice calls just fine and receive/send text messages just fine 100ft into building.

Phone was $49.95 5 1/2 years ago more than paid for itself. I pay $40 exactly every month for unlimited calling and texting. (with Vz prepay there are no bogus taxes, it's $1 per day and $10 for unlimted texting) Everyone has Verizon that I talk to during the day (free in-network), if they don't I call from landline (rarely run into this). At night/weekend calls are free (in or out of network). No it's not a big deal to figure out who's Verizon just a few main exchanges/prefixes to figure out.

Battery lasts for 2 days w/o recharging, I've changed the battery once in 5 1/2 years

 

[bejabbers]

If you don't have an iPhone, then you have a brain.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]Smochina[/nom]And who's at fault for Iphone's walled it OS? You moron, when you pirate software, music you are pushing developers towards walled it environments. You know, those people that work their asses off to make applications, to create music, art, books. All those people have families to feed and take care off. So screw you and your 'freedom'.[/citation]
The reason the iOS is closed has nothing to do with piracy. If it was they would allow other application stores, which they don't. It's all about making profit, this way apple wins money every single time an app is sold.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]Yoder54[/nom]You seem to be the confused one here. If you look at Apple and Microsoft, then you can see what the "open" business model got MS...they are slowly going extinct, while Apple continues to grow and innovate.[/citation]
I didn't know that having a market share higher than 90% in desktop/laptop means slowly becoming extinct. Or posting record profits, profits that are higher than apple's.
[citation][nom]Yoder54[/nom]There is something to be said for keeping a certain business model in place and restricting access to the core components. Once just anyone is allowed to go in and program/do what they want, then they end-up creating products that do not fall in line with the business model. Apple has hundreds of pages of text on just what a Mac interface should look like. Some may criticize this, but when you are selling to the general public you need to produce a product that provides the same look, works in a predictable manner, while at the same time is robust/stable.Calling Apple's attitude "fascist" indicates that you understand little about how a business works, and that you really do not know what the term means.[/citation]
To my knowledge Apple doesn't prevent any kind of programs from being launched on the mac, just on the ios. So I can make any kind of program with whatever GUI for Mac OS.
[citation][nom]Yoder54[/nom]To classify Apple users as "sheep" also just shows the world how ignorant you are of people, and how intolerant you are of those who happen to think differently and practice different consumer activities than you. You imply that Apple makes inferior products, yet today the street set their stock target price at $500.[/citation]
Sorry but most apple user are sheep that buy whatever comes out of the apple factory be it a good product or a bad one. Don't come with an excuse that it's because I don't know what it's like to use an apple product because I have 3 apple notebooks.
[citation][nom]Yoder54[/nom]Furthermore, you probably have not seen 10 year old Apple labs still being used, while their Windows counterparts are breaking down after about 3-5 years of use.[/citation]
I certainly lold about this comment. The failure rate between apple laptops and their windows counterparts isn't that difference. I can show you quite a few statistics that show that apple isn't even ahead in terms of reliability. Unless of course you're comparing a netbook to a macbook pro, like a customer of mine today did. In his head macs are way faster than windows laptops because his macbook pro was faster than a 5 times cheaper netbook.

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]Flynn_Serlant[/nom]Wow... You, uh, realize that Apple's fascist attitude toward its hardware and software has little to do with piracy, and everything to do with control? They literally have a stranglehold on a demographic who will throw money at them whenever they release a new product, regardless of functionality/quality. If Apple allows their sheep to be exposed to the outside world, then they risk losing that stranglehold, and they're going to f**k that chicken for as long as they possibly can.[/citation]

No I totally agree. It's a restrictive platform... sometimes. I think they've achieved a much cleaner user experience because of their control. I mean, I own both. But I think each have their place.
Tower for gaming ($800... maybe) and an old macbook for "work". I'm still a big proponent of them being different, not better or worse. :\

 

[smeker]

TROLL FOOD!!!

Feed the trolls, they are getting hungry

 

[xambron]

I guess I'm missing out on spending a lot of money, using apps that I don't need or care to use, and a 2-year contract. I'm missing out on quite a bit.

 

[Von Death]

Imagine a man who buys his cars from a specific car salesman. He pays a great deal of money, but is very satisfied by the quality of car. The car salesman assures him that the car is superior to anything else on the market. In every way this is the definition of an ethical business translation. Both parties are satisfied.

Now that man gets to talking to his friend who is very mechanical and has the technical skill to assemble whole cars, engine and all, out of spare parts. The mechanical friend tells the man that the salesman has actually been quite misleading and that for the cost in parts and for the functionality, the dealer should be giving two cars instead of one.

The man is naturally shocked to hear this and readily responds "You are such a hater, if you hate that car salesman so much you should not buy from him and just keep your mouth shut." The mechanic friend then kept his mouth shut, knowing that the man before him would die lonely and old, fingers still clasping at an iPad 9000 as the darkness crept slowly into his mind.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]fyasko[/nom]yes i am aware the osx is unix, ironic how an open source os is no longer open...[/citation]
OSX is not UNIX. However, the Darwin project that forms the core of OSX contains a significant amount of BSD-derived code. Guess what, you can still download the source for it.