Why buying an iPhone if it sucks?

Question

Well, I own myself a Samsung Galaxy S, and think it totally rocks!. I've been thinking why people is so into iPhones when they are so limited. For example the bluetooth thing, it needs to be jailbroken to use it as every other phone in the market does, the videocalls are restricted to the Facetime (they can't do a normal videocall to another phone unless they use Skype or something similar), it's apps are restricted to the ones offered on iTunes (you'll never have a GBA or PSX emulator unless you jailbreak it, thing that voids the warranty), and other thing i've noticed they can't do but all the other smartphones out there can.

Maybe it's something only people like me notice because i'm like obsessed with this devices and get the most of them (i even get mad when it crashes because i know it's able of doing what i'm asking it to do) and i install lots of things just to see how they work and what's my device capable of.

I've always thought it's just a matter of fashion because everybody wants an iphone, whatever an iphone is, and probably they won't use it for nothing more than texting, calls and camera so they'll never miss everything i mention here.

Let me read your opinions

Answer 1

Nothing beats Siri. Plus when I tried a galaxy s in a shop, it was soo slow and unresponsive. Whereas my iPhone (which I had for 2 years now)has never crashed before. 😃📱

Answer 2

iPhone has become a thing of fashion but they are still just as powerful and more reliable than every phone on the market, whether it be an Android, WinMo, or Symbian device. You are correct that out of the box an Android device is more customizable and if you root it you can customize even more.



I jailbreak all of my iDevices and never had any issues. It's much easier to jailbreak now than it was with the original iPhone as simply updating the device would brick the phone and jailbreaks were often tethered. Now that dev teams have advanced and untethered jailbreaks are almost flawless and allow you to jailbreak with the click of a button its very user friendly for those who aren't as technologically advanced.



There are jailbreak tweaks for virtually anything you can think of. Videocalls on wifi only can be resolved by downloading My3G and MyWi lets you tether your internet for a single payment of $20 (i think) and you can avoid monthly carrier charges for tethering, as long as you keep your data at a moderate amount of usage.



You also make a good point that most buy the iPhone now for texting, calls, the camera, and a few apps. The iPhone (IMO) is the best phone on the market for these simple features. I've had all kinds of phones in my time and for what I use a phone for the iPhone fits me the best. I text a lot and iPhone is great for that. The new iOS pops up my threads immediately, where as android would lag after you get a few thousand texts in there. I also didnt like the predictive text and accuracy of the touchscreen when texting. iPhone seems to be much better in this department.



"(you'll never have a GBA or PSX emulator unless you jailbreak it, thing that voids the warranty)" it may void the warranty but if you were to ever have an issue with the device where you would need to bring it to an apple store or your carrier you could just restore the device and that will take your jailbreak off of the phone. if the phone is dead and won't turn on then there's no way of telling.



All in all it's a matter of personal preference if you ask me. When a consumer makes a decision regarding what phone to purchase they should focus on their primary uses and needs of the device. Hundred plus emails a day = Blackberry, Personal phone for apps and texting = iPhone, Customizable out of the box for those who aren't comfortable with jailbreaking = Android, calls and text only = no need for iphone or droid unless you want to make a "fashion statement".

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I completely agree with you! I am a die hard android fan just because of how much it lets you do. iPhones dont have widgets or personalizing, and especially are not integrated with all the amazing google apps and functions. Android phones are generations ahead of Apple. Apple cannot keep up with all of the new technology being released. Seriously go compare the Asus Transformer Prime Tablet against The New iPad. The iPad is blown out of the water. the iPad cant plug into a keyboard that gives you an additional 9 ours of battery and allows you to use a computer mouse with a pointer. There are no SD card or USB slots on the apple keyboard that you can buy for the iPad. MOST of all the thing that Apple lacks the most, is Android 4.0.3 (aka ICS) when pared with the quad-core Tegra 3 processor, it is the easiest most beautiful UI on the planet and the funny thing is.... Asus will soon be releasing the Transformer Infinity Tablet which will put apple even farther behind. They can't just give the next iPad a better screen, that wont cut it anymore. They will have to revolutionize. Apples biggest advancements on their latest products were 1) a pretty cool Virtual Intelligence, Siri and 2) a really HD screen. THAT'S IT!? Look at android and google for one, they paired up (very smart) but I cant even list the achievements they've made. A good way to see is look at Asus and their tablets they are the Flagships for tablets and for android devices. look at the HTC OneX the most beautiful phone ever made, HTC Sense 4.0 layered on top of ICS 4.0.3 it doesn't get better. Android is the first with an 8mp camera on their phones, Hell they even have a 41mp camera on a smartphone its called the Titan II. THEY ARE STILL STUCK ON A 3.5 INCH SCREEN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! Try 5.3in on the Galaxy Note. Apple needs to step it up. People are beginning to realize the capabilities of Android.



Let me tell you why Android haters hate: 2 reasons 1) People are just dumb they go into the store and play with the phone on display and think its "slow" thats because ITS THE DISPLAY PHONE, its been messed with alot its going to have problems. 2) Heres what happens when someone wants to switch to Android, they think "oh, I'm new to android I dont want to spend a whole bunch of money on something new" so guess what happens they spend 50$ and then its "slow" or "glitchy", OF COURSE IT IS YOU SPENT 50$ and now they hate Android. When buying an Android phone it must have at leaste 1.2ghz of processor speed or you will be disappointed



My Opinion

Answer 5

A lot of people don't buy iPhones because of their specs,most buy iPhones because its an iPhone. The name of items sell . For example, lots of rich people would rather buy an lamborghini, Porsche or Ferrari for hundreds of thousands of dollars when they can just buy an corvette zr1 for $90k and beat any of those cars on a drag strip any day any week. Same case with the iPhone. People buy because of the name and not the actual specs.

Answer 6

yeah, but did you have to wait in line for 7 hours the day your precious galaxy was released??



if not, your phone sucx



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good job identifying sarcasm bro

Answer 7

I love my iPhone 😄😊😃☺😉😍😏😝