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Why do people buy into apple BS?
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Gah I got drawn into replying and I edited my original comment too slowly, jesus you guys are like hawks in here.
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"Bish Bash, Bish Bash"
"Who is that coming over myyyyy bridge"
"Oh, look it's an Android user"
"Mwahahahahahahahahahaha"
Please Don't feed the troll
"Who is that coming over myyyyy bridge"
"Oh, look it's an Android user"
"Mwahahahahahahahahahaha"
Please Don't feed the troll
I know someone who has everything Apple, and he's no doubt a damn site smater than most people in this thread I bet
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There problem with this:
And what the OP is saying is that people try to comodify Apple products - comparing the value of the hardware alone. That isn't, I'm afraid, what Apple is selling. That's also why they're one of the most valuable and profitable companies in the world.
Apple sell packages. When you buy an iPhone, you buy into the ecosystem - the most developed and rich App developer ecosystem to date. You buy into the Apple ecosystem as a whole (AirPlay and such). You buy into iTunes, and so forth.
As far as the Macs go - again, you buy into a package. I am not just buying a £1000 or £2000 lump of hardware; I'm buying into Mac OS the best, in my opinion, balanced consumer/geek focused OS there is available.
The same goes for all of Apple's other stuff.
And what the OP is saying is that people try to comodify Apple products - comparing the value of the hardware alone. That isn't, I'm afraid, what Apple is selling. That's also why they're one of the most valuable and profitable companies in the world.
Apple sell packages. When you buy an iPhone, you buy into the ecosystem - the most developed and rich App developer ecosystem to date. You buy into the Apple ecosystem as a whole (AirPlay and such). You buy into iTunes, and so forth.
As far as the Macs go - again, you buy into a package. I am not just buying a £1000 or £2000 lump of hardware; I'm buying into Mac OS the best, in my opinion, balanced consumer/geek focused OS there is available.
The same goes for all of Apple's other stuff.
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You aren't really doing much to disprove his point.
And they do just 'work'
I was talking to someone I know the oher day about my San Francisco, and yes, the customisation is good and appealing, but a lot of every day users don't want that...they want the phone to work, you shouldn't have to buy the phone only to then strip it down yourself to make it work faster
That, and the whole apple range is a god send to some people, it all talks to each other, you can control practically everything in your house from one device, etc etc etc. What's not to like? Yes it's expensive, and its one reason I don't own any of their products.
Also OP, you never answered my question about your Samsung, is it stock or not?
Yep, I'm not suggesting they don't just work - I completely agree that they do.
What I'm saying is, it depends what Apple really want from this platform. If they want it to be the no1 Mobile O/S they're taking the wrong approach.
one is full HD the other is not...
I normally pay a bit extra for NVidia GPU's over ATI because my experience in using them has been better, so I can certainly see why some people would pay extra for an Apple product if they felt the same about them versus others.
I've never understood the Apple craze myself though.
I've never understood the Apple craze myself though.
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Yeh but people are creating pointless threads. It's a troll feast.
Which means nothing if you have no medium to play it on, and most the UK dont.
Additionally, 1080p was less significant back when the IP4 was launched
Most people don't really care. If you reaaally need full HD then clearly the Apple product is not for you. Quite simple.
If, like most people you want 'high quality' images/video then Apple will do just fine.
As I've said before specs are irrelevant to the VAST majority of the users, it's all about perceived performance.
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He doesn't have one! I would never fire up the argument that all Apple users are more or less smarter than Android users. I would say that people that blindly buy into the Apple environment are doing something stupid, not that everyone is stupid...
That's a wildly sweeping statement that can't stand as an argument... hence my take on it being a troll call rather than being reasonable...
It's a year older, the point has no relevance. The iPhone 5 will be full HD and have a better camera than the Galaxy S II (if the iPhone 4 is anything to go by).
As I've said already (and will say again).
Rumor has it that the new IP5 camera will be using an upgraded 8mp Sony sensor compared to the current 'OmniVision' sensor used in the IP4, has potential to be a big improvement.
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My contention with mobile phone cameras is that the 'hole' is just not going to be big enough to get really good images. It's fundamentally about light and until they make that bigger there is going to be a limit on image quality... more MPs doesn't mean a better photo, just a bigger one...
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