Only in North America and then only for a small number of whinny users was this ever an issue. Small number or not, Apple ended up issuing $15 checks to settle the claims and many users weren't happy. Perhaps it was overblown, but I was just citing as an example of where it didn't "just work" for everyone.
I have a 5s and cannot recall the issues you are referring to. More applied to the 5, not 5s. They didn't bother (nor were noticed by) everyone, but they were certainly a big enough issue that Apple addressed with a patch and many customers weren't happy, returned the phone, etc.
As for the lockscreen vulnerability, what has that got to do with "it just works"?
It mattered only to those concerned about security, as someone who expects a key function of a phone to be the security of their data, it's not working if it fails to provide that. My mom couldn't care less, while my business partner would care immensely, and I'm in the middle.
Which ones? And have you personally used them? I've used several extensively, but the one I use as my personal phone is a Moto X. No bloatware, hasn't crashed once, and was incredibly simple and intuitive right out of the box. An amateur user wouldn't have to learn a thing to use it with ease - it's so simple. Meets the definition of "just works" quite nicely. Of course, if you want to tweak it to be immensely powerful and efficient, it takes some effort and skill, but even that's easy to learn. And when you tweak, you get functionality you can't get on an iPhone. |
