[citation][nom]rh_dog[/nom]Why does everything have to turn into Apple love or Apple hate? My wife loves Apple products because they have a sleek design and are mostly easy to use. I like Android stuff because I can (generally) root them and do what I want with them. I'm a geek, my wife is not. The majority of people in the world aren't geeks so Apple stuff is fine for them. The geek community who "hates" Apple ought to have realized this by now.I for one have wanted a Droid with LTE since Jan of 2011 when Verizon said they were turning on LTE. I was really disappointed with the Droid 3 since it did not have LTE. I hope the Droid 4 comes out soon. What I really want is a camera with a fast aperture (like F/1.8 at least) and little to no shutter lag. I do not care about megapixels because with a small CCD, megapixels don't matter. Manufacturers talk about how much "horsepower" their processors have, but why don't these processors have software that's optimized for quick image processing? I'm tired of having to carry a DSLR and my phone to my kid's functions. I don't need professional quality photos, the camera only needs to be good enough to catch the little speedsters running around.[/citation]
I think the perception that Android for geeks is both true and illogical.
The geeks tend to confuse complexity and wasting time on something with it being better or more complicated or more capable. It isn't. They also tend to mistakenly compare specifications like 1.2 vs 0.8 Ghz and think it means more performance. Ironically, they should know better, as the geeks. This is why Android is purchased more by younger, less educated people, with less income. I also think trying to save money is a primary reason.
I'm highly successful and arguably a geek, but this leads me to look at actual performance for gaming, responsiveness, app capabilities, reliability, security, and the iPhone wins on all fronts. For successful geeks, the iPhone is the phone of choice. For young pretenders with less money, Android is an alternative which they can argue is as good.
I also think for a lot of immature tech people they feel they can't have the same technology as their friends because they 'know better'. It takes a certain self security to not mind buying the same if it's the best, and not needing to find a 'cheaper equivalent' (and failing).
The people who I know who buy Android tend to be the sort of guys who buy clothes from charity shops and do most of their work at home through DIY. That's admirable, nothing against that, but most professionals value their time more than it would cost to employ someone to do that. I think the same applies to phones.