Me thinks thou doth protest too much?
English translation ; You can't spot it unless ya got it?
Support Our Troops!!!
<><
Note8
DroidForums.net | Android Forum & News
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
So the Apple watch is a flop....
- Thread starter PereDroid
- Start date
Me thinks thou doth protest too much?
English translation ; You can't spot it unless ya got it?
Support Our Troops!!!
<><
Note8
LoneWolfArcher
Silver Member
Just strange that certain posters spend so much time on an Android site, claim to own Android phones, and defend the evil fruit company to the death at every turn.
So you're saying technology in general is evil?
I love all technology. I don't have to own it to appreciate what Apple brings to the industry.
I don't understand fanboisim at all. People rooting for an American company to fail? Really? So they can gloat and say "ahahahaha, I told you Android was better!!!"
Apple makes good products. They just aren't for me.
As I said earlier, I'd probably hate Android if they had a huge monopoly on the market.
Is that because they make the others buy their products, or because their products appeal to others?
Android doesn't appeal to everyone, I love it for many reasons, especially the ability to make it my way, so many just want easy, Apple has that market, Android doesn't.
I have a buddy back home that spent some time in IT for a while, though he's not quite as tech-nerdy as I am. I went home for a visit a few years ago with my (now) wife and he was asking me when I was going to switch to an iPhone. Even SHE laughed at him.
But you're right. It's all about personal preference. Some people want simple. I'm (obviously) with you guys who like to customize and make it my own.
I tried an iPhone 4 or 4s years back when it was the new one. Hated it. Took it back to vzw after a few days. I missed my widgets and other customization options. I tried. I paid for some apps that were similar to ones I used all the time on android. I just didn't like it.
I do like to try and convert people, but only because I enjoy android so much. I always tell people that ask me questions about their iProducts that "I don't use these things. I can probably figure it out, but I'd be able to help you much quicker if it was android."
The story of Apple right now is the iPhone in China - Quartz
I'm also going to bet that 80% worldwide lead is shrinking.
I'm also going to bet that 80% worldwide lead is shrinking.
If and when I show others my phone, as I'm using it I gave up on trying to show others advantages a long time ago, I lose them on the home screen when they see 1 app icon that has been resized and centered with a custom photo instead of default icon look and dock with all custom photos on in place of default ones. By the time I scroll a dock to get to another app in another dock they've already gone cross eyed. And yet I find ios far too complicated in its simplicity. A co-worker showed me his Apple watch. Too small but I didn't say anything. He's got the sport model and it looked like an Armitron watch to me but I again said nothing. Then he started showing me what it'll do. Tap, wait. Tap again, wait again. Then he made a phone call and it turned his phone to speakerphone and went from there. All I could think of to say was that's nice but my old eyes would need that zoom feature on the side knob for everything. I like that feature best.I have a buddy back home that spent some time in IT for a while, though he's not quite as tech-nerdy as I am. I went home for a visit a few years ago with my (now) wife and he was asking me when I was going to switch to an iPhone. Even SHE laughed at him.
But you're right. It's all about personal preference. Some people want simple. I'm (obviously) with you guys who like to customize and make it my own.
I tried an iPhone 4 or 4s years back when it was the new one. Hated it. Took it back to vzw after a few days. I missed my widgets and other customization options. I tried. I paid for some apps that were similar to ones I used all the time on android. I just didn't like it.
I do like to try and convert people, but only because I enjoy android so much. I always tell people that ask me questions about their iProducts that "I don't use these things. I can probably figure it out, but I'd be able to help you much quicker if it was android."
I honestly think they're all missing the boat on capabilities. Part of that is the laws in the U.S.that prevent devices from using the same phone number across devices. Most don't need their smartphone capabilities 24/7 but many do need to be in touch capable. How often do we see smartphones being used on speakerphone yet those same users complain that a watch on speakerphone would be annoying? How easy would it make things if instead of your phone connecting to the Bluetooth in your automobile your watch could do it? The software side of them all is light years behind the hardware capability and as they catch up with each other the U.S.carriers are sticking their hands into the cash pile and muddying it up by locking them to themselves. A good, unlocked, smartwatch that is cdma and gsm capable would be a huge win for the consumer, nevermind data only network capability . Add the carriers drop their old phone call signals in favor of LTE for calls then they could add LTE into the mix.
If Apple doesn't add more standalone capability into its offering it'll never reach target sales. Why should you need your phone to do simple calculator functions like the Data Bank has done forever? Apple started the whole apps craze so why not have apps for their watch that work standalone on the watch? Why do you need your phone to do a voice memo when instead you could record on the watch and later sync to the phone if you choose? Why do we need our phone for a simple bar code screen show at our local grocery store? How hard would it be to have an app on the watch that saves bar codes to display, such as Apple pay ?
The future is a bright possibility but hopefully the future doesn't get hijacked by the share holders and the boardroom that sees only the Benjamins. This is truly where Steve Jobs being dead is worst for Apple.
Support Our Troops !!!
<><
Beast Mode 4
LoneWolfArcher
Silver Member
FTR, I hated Apphole long before Android.
The story of Apple right now is the iPhone in China - Quartz
I'm also going to bet that 80% worldwide lead is shrinking.
Sure it will shrink until the top tier phone market is saturated. Apple will never be No.1 simply because the majority of people in the world cannot and never will be able to afford them.
Were Apple to release a cheaper model around $50-$100 they would reign supreme. Overnight.
We tend to forget that we are fortunate to have money to make choices. We are the minority.