iPhones are a Scam

Your response was not too long and it was very thought out; you make a very convincing argument! I just want to clarify, I'm not calling the company a scam, I actually enjoy some of their products, though overpriced. I am referring to their business practices specifically with the iPhone as a scam, seeing as every year they release a phone with basically the same specifications. For example, in 2016 they released the iPhone 7 with a new processor (A10 Fusion) and took out the headphone jack (unacceptable) and in 2017 they released the iPhone 8 with same processor (A10 Fusion [unacceptable]). The only thing it seems Apple ever makes an effort to do is add 1 new feature that you missed out on with several Android phones they were competing with a few years ago. "Works very well" is a broad statement, seeing as the only thing an iPhone does, is be an iPhone. The iPhone 4 worked "very well" and every phone after it did, but they all did the same thing, nothing more. You would actually receive more power, features, something significant when a new Android phone came out but the iPhone would still only do the same thing: be an iPhone. Sometimes it seems they spend so much money on advertising that they can't afford any actual improvements, especially when the only advertisements you'll ever see for an iPhone are the fact that it's the new iPhone but don't describe any improvements in the commercial, or they advertise parts they didn't even make, i. e, the camera on the iPhone X (Sony). Where when you actually see an advertisement for LG or Samsung, you will see features, performance, and improvements, or if you reference a recent Samsung commercial, all they did is show every way (every year) the iPhone has been several steps behind and they have always had the features you wanted, but you stayed with an iPhone. Yes I did mention they are exploding regardless of the Samsung epidemic. Neither Samsung nor iPhone are the first cell phone to explode, I agree "manufacturing problems exist". The difference is when other companies (like Samsung) have an exploding phone, they compensate and recall, where Apple has done nothing except give you an affordable way to replace it, and continue selling it, regardless of the safety of the customer. This may not be a scam but it is unsafe and irresponsible. "It"s not how powerful the hardware is, it"s how the software uses that power. " I agree more than you know. However, the iPhone uses it's slightly-increased-yearly power to run the same software with very limited new features. The only features they will actually add are features specific to the phone so-as to make other users think they got the wrong phone because they don't know they have that feature. Truth is, you can download almost any feature on Play Store, for any Android phone, regardless of company. Most users don't know half the things their phone can do, because with Android, anything is possible. "they can be optimised to work perfectly together. " This is not my argument. For the older phones, they did make quality parts and the fact they were made specifically for the OS was very impressive, but when they made no effort to improve on these parts and did very minimal work on the software, it gets annoying at some point. Also, Android is optimized and customized by manufacturers to work in a certain way on all Android devices, depending on manufacturer. Not to say I'm biased, but I prefer the way the Android works on Samsung devices because Samsung has features specific to the manufacturer on their OS that I enjoy, such as Ultra Power Saving Mode, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Smart Switch. I may or may not be able to come up with a source proving they barely work properly for a year, this is not an opinion, but it is from personal experience. I've worked for AT&T and Sprint for a couple of years now. On both accounts, I received numerous calls from customers that were having problems with their Apple devices. On very rare occasion I would get calls from people having problems with their Samsung devices (which was literally always a phone with a cracked screen), but not many calls at all from people using phones from other manufacturers (unless it was to say they didn't like the layout and wanted the previous phone back). Also, I don't think it was a coincidence that every time there was a tremendous issue with Apple devices, i. e. the iPhone 6/6S/SE heating up, wearing faster, dying and melting, or the iPhone 7 having the LTE band break for no apparent reason, right after a major software update. Also, as I've been working at Sprint, I've been helping sales reps only, and due to Sprint's security policy, phones can only be activated by calling my department to activate. In my department, I, and my coworkers, get on average 15-25 calls a day from Apple stores. I can't recall ever getting a call to activate a new device or upgrade. I've had Sprint stores call to activate upgraded iPhones, but every call I get from Apple, (EVERY CALL) I am replacing a model with the same model (6 with 6, 6s with 6s, 7 with 7, etc. and most commonly with iPhone X and 8 Plus). The "exploding" remark I made was told to me by an actual Apple store employee. I also saw in the opinions section about iPhone vs Samsung or something like that there was a testimonial by someone that actually works at Apple tech support and vouches that the phones are made horribly and almost all employees avoid the brand. I touched on the "components for their iPhones from different companies" relating to "scam" in the third paragraph. Lastly, "iPhones just work so well on their own and with other Apple products". I just want to say, the way that iPhones work well with other apple devices is synonymous with Android devices. Though I'm not sure whom did what first, I do know that I can have a Samsung phone, an ASUS tablet, and an LG watch and have all of my texts, calendars, e-mails, and applications working together in perfect harmony regardless of their manufacturer, because that's what Android was made to do. I'd also like to say I have an Amazon Echo myself, and enjoy it, but Google Assistant (and Duplex) are about to be the most top-of-the-line AI out there. Can you believe they got it to make intelligent phone calls for you?