Bought an iPhone

[Sheilbh]

MARTY! BBOY! TO ME!

Even the packaging was beautiful and for some reason I signed up for everything it wanted me to

[CountDeMoney]

Welcome to the Didn't Wanna Do It Because I Hate Fucking Hipsters But I Did It Anyway Club. 

[derspiess]

Had a laugh when my wife asked me if she could get an iPhone as her next phone (I naturally provision all techology for the family).  I told her absolutely.  Then she excitedly asked me how soon and I told her a year & a half since I got her Galaxy S late last year.  She nearly broke into tears.

She has an iPad, so she'll be able to get by until then

[Admiral Yi]

Had a laugh when my wife asked me if she could get an iPhone as her next phone (I naturally provision all techology for the family).  I told her absolutely.  Then she excitedly asked me how soon and I told her a year & a half since I got her Galaxy S late last year.  She nearly broke into tears.

She has an iPad, so she'll be able to get by until then

How many times have you used the "don't cry for me Argentina" line?

[Barrister]

MARTY! BBOY! TO ME!

Even the packaging was beautiful and for some reason I signed up for everything it wanted me to

I don't have an iPhone.  Hell even my iPod is 4 years old.

I fail at being an Apple whore.

[Martinus]

MARTY! BBOY! TO ME!

Even the packaging was beautiful and for some reason I signed up for everything it wanted me to

Apple. It's not hardware. It's a lifestyle. 

[Barrister]

MARTY! BBOY! TO ME!

Even the packaging was beautiful and for some reason I signed up for everything it wanted me to

Apple. It's not hardware. It's a lifestyle. 

Except it really isn't.

Apple is just a company that makes really great consumer electronics.  But that's it.

[Martinus]

But I fully empathize with Sheilbh esthetic impression of Apple products. It's so much unlike most other stuff out there.

[derspiess]

How many times have you used the "don't cry for me Argentina" line?

Me?  None.  Everyone we know?  probably at least ten times each.

[Tamas]

But I fully empathize with Sheilbh esthetic impression of Apple products. It's so much unlike most other stuff out there.

yeah right.

I have an ipad (3). I have bought it because when it comes to tablets, it looked to have the best hardware, and the best application coverage on the stuff that matters (boardgame conversions )

But an iphone? I mean, the iOS is nice enough but it is like Android made with a braindead monkey in mind as target customer. That has some plus points, and some minus points. And I don't care if Android copied the iOS. The point is that with an iphone you are not buying anything you couldnt buy for half, apart from the logo.

[derspiess]

But I fully empathize with Sheilbh esthetic impression of Apple products. It's so much unlike most other stuff out there.

It used to be a world apart.  Nowadays a lot of competitors have caught up on everything except for maybe the Macbook Air.  A buddy of mine got the new one a couple weeks ago & showed it to me.  Pretty slick.  No fans and it boots up in like 5 seconds. 

[garbon]

I thought about it and then decided no thanks.

[Barrister]

But an iphone? I mean, the iOS is nice enough but it is like Android made with a braindead monkey in mind as target customer. That has some plus points, and some minus points. And I don't care if Android copied the iOS. The point is that with an iphone you are not buying anything you couldnt buy for half, apart from the logo.

Putting Macs aside, and looking just at iPhone - you're completely wrong.  In fact there are numerous articles out there saying that because Apple used its enormous cash supplies several years ago, and the enormous quantities they buy in, they get their components (especialy the tricky stuff like touchscreens and batteries) at significant discounts to everyone else.

You can not in fact get the equivalent to an iPhone 4s at half the price.  Yes, you can buy various Android phones at half the price - but they won't have all of the hardware features.

And yes - nobody cares about aesthetics, in particular the aesthetics of packaging, like Apple does.

[mongers]

But an iphone? I mean, the iOS is nice enough but it is like Android made with a braindead monkey in mind as target customer. That has some plus points, and some minus points. And I don't care if Android copied the iOS. The point is that with an iphone you are not buying anything you couldnt buy for half, apart from the logo.

Putting Macs aside, and looking just at iPhone - you're completely wrong.  In fact there are numerous articles out there saying that because Apple used its enormous cash supplies several years ago, and the enormous quantities they buy in, they get their components (especialy the tricky stuff like touchscreens and batteries) at significant discounts to everyone else.

You can not in fact get the equivalent to an iPhone 4s at half the price.  Yes, you can buy various Android phones at half the price - but they won't have all of the hardware features.

And yes - nobody cares about aesthetics, in particular the aesthetics of packaging, like Apple does.

Triumph of form over function, the medium becomes the message etc ? 

[garbon]

And yes - nobody cares about aesthetics, in particular the aesthetics of packaging, like Apple does.

Triumph of form over function, the medium becomes the message etc ? 

It also depends on if you like the aesthetics they are pushing.