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What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:45 am
by neo-x
Okay guys. I am need some suggestions.
I have never owned an apple product. I have used a few, like the mac-book and iPod. I am not impressed with either.
I recently bought a Google Nexus 4. Very beautiful device, runs on android.

On a spec to spec basis...iphone 5 comes way short of the Nexus 4.

my phone is quadcore...iphone 5 is dual core
nexus has 2gb of ram...iphone 5 has 1gb.
Nexus screen is 4.7 inches HD....iphone's 5 at 4 inch retina
Nexus has NFC...iphone does not have it.

the one thing which makes me wonder even more...the Nexus 4 16gb costs $299...the iphone 5 16gb costs around $648...why? I have no idea.

But a few of my friends who have iphones are constantly talking about the "apple experience". Sadly I have little idea what that means. They have almost persuaded me to try the next iphone when apple launches it. I am not sure. I have always found myself limited by ios, hence I always used windows and andriod and I don't get the fancy price schemes of apple.

I would appreciate if any of you who have tried the "apple experience", can tell me whats different about it? Whats the wow factor that I am missing on andriod?

NOTE: I AM TALKING ABOUT UNLOCKED PHONES...SO WHICH CARRIER I GO WITH HAS NO SAY ON THE MATTER.

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:48 am
by Jac3510
Neo, neo, neo . . . You are asking an impossible question. It is the same here as with all religious claims. Some things can only be known by experience, but once you are enlightened, the whole world just makes sense and you wonder how you could have ever thought anything else.

You will try, and you will see. You will love and praise the mighty A--le, and it shall be in your heart, and you will share the good news of all things i with the world.

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:06 am
by neo-x
Neo, neo, neo . . . You are asking an impossible question. It is the same here as with all religious claims. Some things can only be known by experience, but once you are enlightened, the whole world just makes sense and you wonder how you could have ever thought anything else.

You will try, and you will see. You will love and praise the mighty A--le, and it shall be in your heart, and you will share the good news of all things i with the world.
Yeah...you may be right. The only thing is, it costs a lot of money upfront and i have no idea what I am going for. For instance even my nexus cost $500 in pakistan. The iphone would cost about $800. Thats some amount for me. In pakistan and india, there is no cellphone with network deals. You have to buy the whole thing upfront. I guess that was why I was asking.

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:08 am
by RickD
Neo,
Probably not much help, but I have an iPhone 4. It's my first smart phone, and I have no way to compare it to anything else. I have an iPod, so I didn't have to relearn how to use my new phone. The one thing I don't like, is that I can't copy and paste images. I can't even paste an image from my photos. The few people I've talked to that know anything about smart phones, all say the same thing. Apple is too restrictive. Apple products are more reliable than other phones.

The reason I chose an iPhone 4 is because my phone died, and my iPhone 4 was "free" with my phone company.

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:15 am
by RickD
Neo, the $300-$400 difference is huge.

Just think of all the Taliban you could feed for that kind of cash!
You could even throw a Bacha Bazi party!!!! :shock:

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:17 am
by neo-x
You could even throw a Bacha Bazi party!!!!
:xxpuke:

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:21 am
by neo-x
Neo, the $300-$400 difference is huge.
And I am only talking about a 16gb model. If I go for a 32 gb model. That would probably cost me $900-1100. Is it worth it? I am not sure.

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:29 am
by PaulSacramento
I have the iphone 5, the Samsung 3g and the New BB 10.
I prefer the BB 10 to all of them.
Just saying.

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:30 am
by neo-x
I prefer the BB 10 to all of them.
okay, thats a rarity. Although as a side note. the BB10 is an AWESOME phone as far as specs are concerned.

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:58 am
by RickD
PaulSacramento wrote:I have the iphone 5, the Samsung 3g and the New BB 10.
I prefer the BB 10 to all of them.
Just saying.
Three phones? Now that's good thinkin, Paul. One phone to call the family, one phone to call the mistress, and one phone to call the police when the wife finds out about the mistress! :esurprised:

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:07 am
by PaulSacramento
RickD wrote:
PaulSacramento wrote:I have the iphone 5, the Samsung 3g and the New BB 10.
I prefer the BB 10 to all of them.
Just saying.
Three phones? Now that's good thinkin, Paul. One phone to call the family, one phone to call the mistress, and one phone to call the police when the wife finds out about the mistress! :esurprised:
LMAO !!
the way your mind thinks... :twisted:
Work gave me the Samsung, a friend of mine that works for Apple gave me the iphone and my BIL got me the BB ( He works for Ingram Micro and they get lots of "freebies").

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:08 am
by neo-x
Work gave me the Samsung, a friend of mine that works for Apple gave me the iphone and my BIL got me the BB ( He works for Ingram Micro and they get lots of "freebies").
You have nice friends...lol.

p.s: If you get another iphone as a freebie...send it over to me...I'll pay for the delivery. :mrgreen:

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:37 am
by PaulSacramento
neo-x wrote:
Work gave me the Samsung, a friend of mine that works for Apple gave me the iphone and my BIL got me the BB ( He works for Ingram Micro and they get lots of "freebies").
You have nice friends...lol.

p.s: If you get another iphone as a freebie...send it over to me...I'll pay for the delivery. :mrgreen:
The sheer awesomeness of my awesomeness is only exceeded by how awesome I really am.

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:52 am
by neo-x
lol...judging by the awesomeness, is that a yes? ;)

Re: What's so great about the iphone?

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:03 am
by RickD
Neo, don't forget that PaulSacramento is Canadian. Just trade him straight up, an iPhone for a beer. Canadians will trade away their first born for beer. :cheers: