 MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | [iPhone] I miss being a sheep in the herd So we all know a common childish insult is to call us "sheep" but I recently left the herd and I'm missing it a little. Benefits of being an iPhone sheep:
* Plentiful accessories everywhere.
* Apple support (no other company comes close). With others you are at the caring, gentle mercy of the likes of AT&T.
* Problems become national news, heads roll and it gets fixed. Problems for the others - hear the crickets chirping?
* Inexpensive repairs and ease of finding parts.
* Highly refined apps that are frequently updated.
* Compatibility with a wide variety of hardware.
* Airplay/Airprint - they just work fantastically. |
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 HiVoltPremium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
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| said by Michail:* Plentiful accessories everywhere.
* Inexpensive repairs and ease of finding parts.
LOL.. try finding any Lightning connector accessories lately? Yeah thats right, the connector was so secret that Apple didn't even care to work with their major accessory partners ahead of time to have stuff ready...
Inexpensive repairs? ROFL... Thats all...
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MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | said by HiVolt:said by Michail:* Plentiful accessories everywhere.
* Inexpensive repairs and ease of finding parts.
LOL.. try finding any Lightning connector accessories lately? Yeah thats right, the connector was so secret that Apple didn't even care to work with their major accessory partners ahead of time to have stuff ready... Inexpensive repairs? ROFL... Thats all... I had my son's home button fixed for $30 while we waited for 15 minutes. Replacing a broken screen on Samsung phone costs 2-3x as much as an iPhone screen does. |
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| When I had my iPhone 4 the screen died a year and 2 months into owning it. I walked into a Apple store 2 months out of warranty and left with a new one at no cost.
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Consumer Reports agrees with you. On their front page they state reliability and service as the #1 reason one should buy Apple products. |
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I tried everything else then bought into iPhone original thru iPhone 5 (only skipping the "S's"). If making a smart buying decision that gives me the best overall user experience makes me a sheep then so be it.
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I like Lewis Black too much.
I'm loyal to only myself. Apple stuff seems to work for me. When it doesn't work, I'll switch.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=36fyPyElrnw
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 NezmoThe name's Bond. James Bond.Premium,MVM
join:2004-11-10
Coppell, TX
kudos:1 | reply to Michail
Re: [iPhone] I miss being a sheep in the herd If you are a newbie to the Apple world are you a lamb? Lamb to the slaughter comes to mind.
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MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | reply to Anon
I'm actually on a Lumia 920 right now. I really love the phone but still miss the iPhone some. I switched mainly to get a bigger screen.
MS really made a good platform this time and Nokia is putting forth a surprisingly good effort as well. It's just a little bleeding edge right now. My phone and OS have only been live a few weeks. So I am expecting some issues.
As far as maps go, they kind of suck on the WP8 platform right now. Nokia Drive is in beta and rumors are it may be getting traffic soon. Nokia has a 2D version that uses the same map engine that does have traffic. |
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I do not have a smart phone (iOS, droid or MS) but have a wifi droid tablet. Since the map on iOS6 is a farce, how about trying out Waze (pronounced as "ways". The application uses wifi or data from your smart phone data plan) for real time traffic? Unfortunately, it doesn't have an offer for Windows Phone.
»www.waze.com/
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MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | said by StyxKee:I do not have a smart phone (iOS, droid or MS) but have a wifi droid tablet. Since the map on iOS6 is a farce, how about trying out Waze (pronounced as "ways". The application uses wifi or data from your smart phone data plan) for real time traffic? Unfortunately, it doesn't have an offer for Windows Phone.
»www.waze.com/
Oops...went way off topic.
Well, not really. This is a good example. Apple botched the maps. However, there was considerable public outcry and Apple went to work hiring some of the best in the industry to work on the problem.
In reality, what Apple offered is better than what is on WP8 right now but nobody is making a stink about it yet. Perhaps they may since Nokia sold out the Lumia 920 last week? |
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join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA
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| said by Michail:In reality, what Apple offered is better than what is on WP8 right now but nobody is making a stink about it yet.
How is it better? The routing? The map accuracy? The spoken street name?
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MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | said by JohnInSJ:said by Michail:In reality, what Apple offered is better than what is on WP8 right now but nobody is making a stink about it yet.
How is it better? The routing? The map accuracy? The spoken street name? There isn't really a native, 3D, Voice, turn by turn navigation app on WP8. You would think MS would have made something native based off of Bing maps. One cool thing with WP8 is you can choose the mapping and GPS apps to execute from system integrated features.
There is AT&T Navigator, which is overpriced at $10/month and rough around the edges. Every spoken street name seems to come out spoken with a different voice.
Nokia Maps isn't bad but it is rather basic. Nokia Drive is in beta and may have some promise if they get a little more phone integration and add traffic.
So just the fact Apple has something is what really makes it better at this point. For an iPhone 4 it's probably dead even since Apple didn't add advanced features there. The little I did get to use on an iPhone 4s wasn't a bad experience. |
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| So the traffic missing from drive is the issue?
I'd rather use drive - at least the routing and maps are accurate. Traffic is easy enough to check in the map app.
Bing maps use Nokia for traffic anyway : »www.bing.com/community/site_blog···ing.aspx
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said by StyxKee:I do not have a smart phone (iOS, droid or MS) but have a wifi droid tabletSince the map on iOS6 is a farce, how about trying out Waze (pronounced as "ways".
Thanks for letting me know the iOS maps are a farce. When I was in NJ in October they worked perfectly to get me where I needed to go. I use them when I go places and for the most part they work very well.
They are not perfect but neither has been the navigation system in my cars or my Tomtom or even my previous Droid X. |
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| said by itguy05:They are not perfect but neither has been the navigation system in my cars or my Tomtom or even my previous Droid X.
Pretty much sums it up for all map apps.
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MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | I'll keep my hopes up for Nokia Drive+. Microsoft and Nokia seem to be on to something. I hope they succeed. We need more than two strong systems in the smartphone market.
I installed the Inrix app to get a quick snapshot of traffic. Traffic routing is important to me on my daily commute. You never know what I95 will be like. |
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