Longtime iPhone user goes Android for 4 months. Result? Back to iPhone

[Brian Stirling]

all you peeps wanting giant cell phones makes this old guy think of this..

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/372678895/hands_free_big_number_telephone_for/showimage.html

And so long as Apple continues to stick with sub 4 inch screen phones the market share for Android will continue to increase. Apple will stay about the same until RIM is no more then they will begin to lose market share -- to Android!


Brian

 

[zinfamous]

I don't doubt Android could have fit the bill had I done more research and spent more money when my contract was up. I was just a bit rushed and enamored with huge screens and a price tag of only $49.

Strangely enough, I feel a bit like my Dad with regard to technology in general when it comes to phones: "don't give a shit, just want em to work." It's unlike my attitude toward other computer hardware in every way, but there comes a point where I have to draw the line with regard to how much I allow myself to care about performance and numbers and analyses otherwise. I just know I was very happy with the iPhone for 4 years, and I'm willing to pay a premium to go back. And the effort and time required to find that Android I'd be happy with...yeah it's just easier to go back and get what I know works for me.

that makes far more sense. Honestly, I've considered myself somewhat tech savvy, but I've always been way out of the loop with mobile phone tech--and it seems that each year the jargon and functionality grows exponentially, so I've pretty much given up.

...and I've stayed away simply because what I wanted just wasn't available (as you discovered, using a year-old+ Android device).

I didn't want an iPhone, didn't want to deal with ATT--I think it's a fine device, I just don't want to support Apple.

but Android did not have a thing to offer until very recently that could match the iPhone.

that is quite different now. So, I've finally decided to jump in, as it were.

Though, I remain convinced that had you compared to Samsung's latest offerings, your experience would have been different.