And how much fun would it be to only buy Buick? 'cause that is what you guys are doing and say others should join you .Being closed and not offering every possible flavor are two different things. Buick isn't closed but doesn't offer a sports car either.
I hope you guys one day objective look at these arguments. What you just said is that you worship the god who bring you gifts once a year. What decision can you base on that once a year gift from heaven? How do you know if it is a 4s or a 5? How can you be content with Apple deciding if you should or should not have a larger screen? I love my wireless charging. I bet you would too if you could try it. What if Apple doesn't provide it? It is OK because you can wait until next September???Actually we know each September or so there will be a new phone. And that last years new model will be discounted. It's been very regular and you know what your choices will be minus new features on the new phone which nobody divulges officially beforehand.
Apple doesn't say anything about new products because it is good for them to keep their competitors in the dark. That is not pro-consumer. It is pro-Apple.
When you have more than one manufacturer, their cadence is out of sync and you have new stuff every few months. And Android companies tend to pre-announce their stuff so you can have better view of what is coming. My HTC phone for example was launched in Japan and I knew about it that way and waited a couple of months and it came here. With Apple that never happens.The decision to wait or not with tech always has to do with personal timing. Need a new phone, should I get the S3 or wait a couple of months for the S4, whatever it may be? There's always something at the end of the rainbow with tech.
It takes me five minutes to learn the new "skin." What I do all the time never changes. Find apps. Run apps. Make phone calls. Done.Not licensing iOS yields the seamlessness, ease and consistency of interface (how many versions of Android are being actively used now and how many customs skins?) many value highly.
It closes you out of what I have. I bought a phone with better features than any iPhone. It allowed my family members to get different models to suit their needs as I mentioned. Hundreds of millions of Android phones have shipped to people in all levels of live and skill level. The notion that folks in this forum would find something hard about Android just doesn't resonate with me.Apple has around 85% of all smartphone profits. Their model is entirely different from Google's. They rely on hardware for profits, so yeah, they're not going to give that away but again, I (and many ) find the products their model spawns to be best in the utility and experiences I care about. And again, can somebody tell me what this model closes me out of?
Say that you love the look, you love the company and everything else is secondary and I buy that. Beyond that what used to be the differentiation is essentially gone. There is a reason Apple is suing Samsung. They know the edge is gone. The brand and customer loyalty as we are witnessing here is a strong asset for them to be sure. But again, that is what is good for Apple. Not what is good for consumers.
I guess the larger argument is that an amazing thing has happened. Google has developed something that shouldn't have been possible: matching Apple in what they had a significant lead in. And getting the apps. It is hard to imagine that this was done but it has. For this to have happened, the product had to work. Had to be good. Had to create appeal. The virtues you all talk about has to, by definition, also has to be true of Android or there would be no way they could come from behind and catch up to Apple. No amount of saying Android is not good will not pass this existence test. The worst part for Apple is that Google gives away the OS for free. This is Microsoft competing with them times 100. Microsoft charged for Windows. Apple does not. They want the default search advantage which they are getting.
The marketplace has voted and has said that Android is every bit as good, capable, etc. as iOS when it comes to phones. We can argue about a lot but can't argue about that .