Hi Ed - you're right, for you. I have had many situations where, enroute to a meeting somewhere, I had to edit content on a Powerpoint, Excel or Word document, then e-mail that newly updated item to the caller - who is still on the phone. That is 3 simultaneous sessions activating various parts of the phone I use. I can't afford the risks of dropped calls, phones that choke in the middle of document edits or are too consumed or busy to fire something out. It has to be able to perform under all these scenarios. Are all my days like that - no, but 3-4X a week I am in that situation. I buy for the busiest, worst case scenarios I have failed in before due to hardware bought that was not to spec, despite all the slick marketing. I invest against failures, not to the most reasonable option.
That said, I make recommendations to others regarding usage parameters, inclusive of worst case scenarios. Sometimes, they forgot to tell me things they had experienced, so they have a phone that might handle that anomalie under ideal conditions, but not always, under any condition. And you're right - price points for certain capabilities are always evolving, usually downward. My biggest challenge is keeping up with it, and reading early adopters' experiences with that specific device. That usually informs me best vs. the marketing pieces.
M
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