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LurkerJ on 02 August 2016
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Pemalite said:
Soundwave said:

The iPhone is pretty damn good product too. That helps. 

People who push the reasoning that the iPhone is some cheap/crap product that succeeds only because of marketing are the ones who are off base IMO. 

iPhones are always in actual benchmarks perform about as well if not better than the top tier Android phones most of the time. The build quality I find is usually quite good too. A lot of people don't want 1039483494 different options with their smart phone, the reason they like smart devices is because they are easy and intuitive and streamlined to use. 


The iPhone is very good for those who want a smart phone... But also wan't it kept simple... And also wan't it to look nice.
The App Store is a little more refined than Androids too.

But I don't like the fact Apple uses low-resolution screens, abandons ports so you have to buy breakout cables/adapters (They might be removing the Headphone jack.) and lock down the OS removing allot of potential customization (Apple also tends to support it's devices for longer.).
And refuses to adopt a standard that the entire industry from Printers, Scanners, Camera, Hard Drives, USB Drives, Consoles, Cars, Planes, Power Plugs use... Like. Oh. I dunno? USB?
How inconvenient going somewhere and not being able to charge your device or transfer data because of the stubborness of a manufacturer.

And they bundle with pretty poor amounts of Ram, which impacts multi-tasking and pretty average cameras.

I never grabbed an iPhone or an iPad and went "this is so low-res".

I don't get the resolution war on such small devices, most people, if not all, can't recognize the difference. Apple was the first smartphone manufacturer to recognize the importance of higher res screens on smartphones, other companies took a long while to catch up to the iPhone 4 display quality. I acknowledge that others offer screens with higher resolutions, but at this point, I don't consider it a big advantage. It's definitely not something I would consider when I upgrade my smartphone, both options are great enough.

iOS has always been locked down, but also always allowed customization options that took too long to be on other devices, if ever. Apple got "notifications" right way before anyone else. "Permissions" to what Apps can access was the reason I switched to iPhone. I got tired of my android apps having access to of all my contacts and info without me being able to stop them. That changed with Android M, which only 10%, or less, of Android users have access to. That's just another privilege I get with an iPhone, guaranteed long-term support. So yeah, I didn't care for all the customization options on Android because on the other hand, my data and privacy wasn't under my control, I didn't get the latest software on capable hardware. I considered these as superior customization options that I couldn't get on Android.

Pretty average cameras? Year after year, the iPhone is the among the Top 3 smartphones with the best cameras, I am pretty sure it was number 1 on many of these years too. Your claim is highly inaccurate here.

RAM. Again, grab an iPhone 5s or 6 and use it for a day. I don't think you will have complaints about the low RAM. It rarely hurts the user-experience on iPhones. Year after year, the iPhone is considered among the top performing smartphones despite the low RAM. 


You have a point with the iPhone not having a USB port. But with everything else, you kinda missed the mark.