Apple is sacrificing quality

[abecx]

Or a more crude way to put it is dumbed down for the masses.

Why should a lawyer, doctor, sales clerks, garbage man, or waitress give a shit how a phone or device works? Its not dumbed down, it is just intelligently designed.

[Slowhand]

Or a more crude way to put it is dumbed down for the masses.

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.

Because you must be an idiot if you don't want to dedicate 15% of every day to fucking with your phone.

[raider5.0]

i like the way google is going with their maps. The newest press conference talked about street veiw for walking trails, more indoor maps, and most important OFF-LINE maps!

[grove rat]

wait.. so the future iphones wont have google maps?! that's one of my top 5 apps i use on a daily basis. not for directions, but mainly to see what the dallas traffic is up to since it can change in just a few minutes

[SMKR]

wait.. so the future iphones wont have google maps?! that's one of my top 5 apps i use on a daily basis. not for directions, but mainly to see what the dallas traffic is up to since it can change in just a few minutes

Nope, fucking sucks. I use that App like a mofo

[red95gts]

Because you must be an idiot if you don't want to dedicate 15% of every day to fucking with your phone.

Exactly. I love how people in these threads completely miss the fact that the majority of people don't want to spend hours upon hours "customizing" their brand new phone/laptop. Android's biggest selling point is a non-issue for most people.

I own a Fox-Body. The last thing I need is another project to eat up my free time. Apple products do everything I need them to do quickly and easily and they work flawlessly with each other.

[red95gts]

wait.. so the future iphones wont have google maps?! that's one of my top 5 apps i use on a daily basis. not for directions, but mainly to see what the dallas traffic is up to since it can change in just a few minutes

The BETA version of iOS6 has an Apple mapping software as the factory-installed map app. I haven't read anything that leads me to believe Google maps won't still be available via the App Store, most likely for free. Not exactly a deal-breaker if you prefer Google Maps.

[DON SVO]

Or a more crude way to put it is dumbed down for the masses.

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.

Why should a lawyer, doctor, sales clerks, garbage man, or waitress give a shit how a phone or device works? Its not dumbed down, it is just intelligently designed.

Precisely.

It's a very very VERY small portion of the community that wants to be able to unlock/whore out a phone's OS. It was kinda cool when the iPhone first came out, but tons of people bricking their device and getting told my Apple stores to shove it made it something for the truly tech-savvy. Speaking in terms of cellphones... Mama Jones and Uncle Ted want email, an App for sports scores & local biz locator and some Internet browser accessibility.

I liken it to going into the Armory forum here, and seeing umpteen DOZENS of people (like me!) building AR15s from the ground up. Seems like it really popular, until you realize more than 90% of AR15s are originally sold as a completed rifle from a shop or gun show, and 99% of the population doesn't even own an AR15.

Simplified, 99% of the population want a cell phone that just works without havin to fuck with it. The iPhone succeeds and will succeed with or withou Google maps.

[sc281]

Or a more crude way to put it is dumbed down for the masses.

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.

You are very militant in your views, whatever subject we happen to be talking about.

I just switched to a Evo4g with virgin mobile from an I4s from sprint, not because i think it is a better platform, but because I get the service for $35/mo. I don't give a shit about overclocking or undervolting a cpu. I want a phone that can text, surf the web at a decent pace, check email, and use navigation. 95+% of phone users feel exactly the same way I do.

Accept the fact that people think differently than you and some even like Iphones, divorce, atheism etc. We "dumbed down masses" just don't feel like sitting inside tinkering with our phones when we can actually be doing something with our lives, like going outside......in sunlight no less. Our views are in no way inferior to your own, unless you happen to actually BE the God you profess to be saved by.

[Tx Redneck]

It appears that my statement has been received in a way I didn't intend. I meant no ill will by what I said, only that it wasn't/isn't a tinkerers OS.

iOS works and well for the masses, but for those of us who enjoy the freedom from restrictions of the oem, it just isn't suitable.

I in no way meant that I'm superior because I prefer Android, just that I prefer android and it's freedom.

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.

[abecx]

I was thinking about getting an iphone, but ended up with a motorola droid razr and I quite like it.

[racrguy]

I'm one of those people that doesn't want to dick with their phones to make them work. I'm getting a new phone in the coming months, but I haven't decided if I'm going to stay with the iOS or make the jump to Android.

[Taylor]

I'm one of those people that doesn't want to dick with their phones to make them work. I'm getting a new phone in the coming months, but I haven't decided if I'm going to stay with the iOS or make the jump to Android.

Same, I'm still waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S3 to come to Sprint.



Edit: I can preorder the S3 in white or blue. Just did that. Woohoo.

[Rreemo]

Picking nits but.... That's not what really happened. IBM didn't think the Personal Computer was really going to take off and therefore gave the plans away. Couple that w/ "right place/right time" for Bill Gates and a cheap OS+Hardware = lucky success. IBM didn't make "the right" move, it got very lucky. Or unlucky, depending upon your point of view.

Actually further picking nits IBM's decisions weren't actually as intentional as folks may think...the sudden death of Phil Estridge and over half of his team (Delta Flight 191) pretty much forced the outcome.

...and while I agree that timing was a big factor for Gates and Allen, it wasn't just a lucky break that made those guys what they are today...if it wasn't that time it would have been another time.

[Darren M]

Learn something new everyday.