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@SteamingPenguin @jamesoemingThe whole Apple ecosystem, collectively, tends to be pricey. Of course, there are isolated cases where Apple stuff is cheaper; but, overall, the ecosystem is expensive -- like going to Disneyland: expect the trip to be costly. A good number of iPhone users decide paying the fees of the Apple ecosystem is not worth it. Coincidentally, just yesterday, I was talking to a five-year dyed-in-the-wool iPhone user, a co-worker. "I was an evangelist," he said. "I felt sort of like a member of the elite." He had been promoted in our company a while back, and was offered any phone he wanted as his new executive-contact phone. Because he already had an iPhone as his personal phone, he thought he'd try an Android/Samsung phone. Eventually, he switched over entirely to the Android/Samsung phone for both personal and business use because, he said, he could download stuff more cheaply, and do various things more freely. He said that his iPhone is very seldom used now. Of course the iPhone universe is not at all a bad universe to be in. However, I do think that it is costly, overall, for the perks received -- and with the right amount of tech savvy, one doesn't have to pay those costs. It rather reminds me of paying an extra $60/night or so to stay at a hotel that puts mints under your pillow and a newspaper at your door in the morning... this is very nice, but it is expensive compared to the benefits received. One thing about iPhones is that they are predictable. Not the case with Android. It is important to know how "tweaked" the Android OS is on a given phone/carrier before signing up. Not all implementations of Android are created equal. To use that hotel analogy again, but in a different way, buying an iPhone is like checking into a Holiday Inn (a motel chain in the U.S.): you know exactly what you are going to get when you check in. Going the Android path is a little bit more like camping -- you may well have to improvise a bit before settling in, because all campgrounds are not the same. You have to be prepared to work at it a little bit before you settle in and get comfortable.
Read more: http://techland.time.com/2013/04/16/ios-vs-android/#ixzz2VZTuHyhF
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