[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Sean D.:
Different strokes... plain and simple

Someone on this board made a great analogy to one of the many iPhone vs Kaiser "debates".

It's like comparing one of those calculators with the big buttons, and huge screen to a scientific calculator. The big button'd one is easy to use and pretty much fits the needs of the typical person. The scientific calculator can do everything the other one can, but it also serves a group of people who need something more than simple math.

That said,

One thing that get's me about the Apple/iPhone fanbois is the "when they offer this" angle... okay... what does that mean to YOU? Meaning a person who already owns one. What it means is that "when they offer that" YOU will more than likely have to buy another one for at least the same price you paid for your original iPhone.

3G? Yeah, is that a software upgrade? Seriously... is it? (if it is feel free to correct me)

gps? You'll have to buy another one.

3rd party app? 'bout time, but you best believe you will be charged for them. Not to mention, in typical Apple form, they are going to give you what THEY think you should have more so than what you want.

Slide out keyboard? Hmmmm. Doubt it. It becomes something other than an iPhone if it has this, correct?

Which brings me to this one thing that I absolutely hate about Apple/iPhone. The fact that they hold people hostage to their products is trash. It's not enough that you PAID for it. But in order to use it, you have to do what Apple says, or run the risk of bricking your phone?

Complete horse **** no matter how you look at it.

I also think it was ****ty that a newer version, with 3 times the memory of the original came out just months after the initial release. Why is that ****ty?

The damn thing is an iPod. Who the **** doesn't want an iPod with more memory??? You mean to tell me that Apple could offer a 16g as soon as it did, but couldn't do that when it first came out? Yet has the bawlz to tout it's ipod-like abilities? Nerve.

I know they don't owe it to anybody to be "fair", but that is not being fair to their initial buyers.

Also with being held hostage (once again, just my opinion) they hold you to their own BS fears of "sharing". No BT file transfers, no MMS, no removable memory. Why, why, and why? Fear of people "sharing music". Go ahead and leave out basic cell phone technologies and capabilities just to make sure everyone is paying them for more ****. Pay $500 for the phone, a jacked-up data plan, AND make sure you are paying them for ringtones (if nothing else)... ringtones of songs that you may have already bought from them?? Crap.

I'm not an iPhone hater by any stretch.... really couldn't care less about it beyond the benefits of competition is SHOULD offer to the whole PPC/Smart phone scene. But aside from the nice interface there is really no comparison.

I don't see a need to speak on it's benefits because that **** is done far too much, and blown way the hell out of proportion. I know it's a very popular device and sells well and all of that. But so do Big-Macs... and damn if you are going to convince me that those things are "gourmet".

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