Angralitux
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| makes sense...
It's not only a pretty gadget, but a durable one too. That explains why people like and prefer apple products to say, a dell in the pc market. I'm not saying Dell quality is inferior (most of their products are far from it), but people are given the choice of a equal quality product, they will choose whatever they feel is more friendly for them.
Being a former iMac owner, I can swear by the quality of apple products.
PS. I haven't own an Ipod/Iphone 
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Hooper
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| Sure the iPhone will be more durable since you can't drop it. People will have to coddle the device. Saw the best one last week. Lady had the iphone in her pocket bent over, phone fell, and crack... screen was shattered. Phone still worked though.
BlackBerries tend to get a little more abused.... |
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | I've dropped my iPhone more than a few times. It dents easy but it's quite resilient. |
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TKJunkMail
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said by Angralitux  :It's not only a pretty gadget, but a durable one too. But don't drop it:
A full 12 percent of iPhone failures are because the owner dropped it, spilled coffee on it, or otherwise stopped treating it like the delicate computer that it is. That compares to a 9 percent failure rate due to accidents for all other phones
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DataDoc
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said by Angralitux :It's not only a pretty gadget, but a durable one too. That explains why people like and prefer apple products to say, a dell in the pc market. ... You're drawing an incorrect conclusion here. This study is about specific products, and you're trying to morph it into a general statement about other products. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
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Valencia, CA | I've dropped my Blackberry (7100i) countless times over the past couple of years. Its a pretty rugged phone, as its meant for Nexthell. |
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TCub
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Yea, my 3G iPhone has gotten quite scratched up pretty quickly, buts its taken quite a few spills and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. I treat it like its any other cell phone. It's surprisingly build pretty tough. Besides, should anything happen... Apple's got my back. |
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Angralitux
join:2004-05-20
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it's not incorrect, I was just extrapolating the sense common people have about apple products; and I'm not morphing anything, numbers on that study speak for themselves.
Dont get me wrong, I'm not an apple fanboy, I'm just a former imac owner, wich in fact wasn't used by me (well just a few times  ), I havent owned an ipod even or any other apple product (besides the imac), nor am I interested, mostly because the price.
most people I know wich own an iphone, dont complain about reliability of the phones. |
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Angralitux
join:2004-05-20
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you can't what? a drop happens to anyone, they are accidents. what I will let you say people tend to baby more their iphones, but drops happen, and more than often. |
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john345845845
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Re: makes sense... if you work in the field
I understand that tech support is handled through apple not att so this is probably just a difference in training and support I work at a wireless retailer and cant tell you how many phones that the customer thinks have a problem we exchange mainly just to get them out the door to be honest. Yesterday I had a guy come in and he insisted that his phone was effective because it dropped a call (like no one has ever have that happen to them) he spoke with the manager and they exchanged his phone |
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Titus Pullo
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join:2004-06-26 | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: makes sense...
Not that big of a difference; still very close to 1 in 10 for all phones.
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said by TCub :Yea, my 3G iPhone has gotten quite scratched up pretty quickly, buts its taken quite a few spills and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. I treat it like its any other cell phone. It's surprisingly build pretty tough. Besides, should anything happen... Apple's got my back. yeah i bet they do |
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