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To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (169604)	5/20/2014 8:16:15 AM
From: pyslent	3 Recommendations Recommended By HerbVic JP Sullivan MGV Respond to of 213176

And you need not spend $750 either. I agree, I've been happy with a 5C which goes for $550 off contract, or the 16 GB 5S is only $650. On the other hand, since Techlover is on Sprint (my condolences), I don't believe they have an off-contract rate discount, so an iPhone probably won't cost him any more than $200.

To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (169604)	5/20/2014 9:54:09 AM
From: JP Sullivan	1 Recommendation Recommended By MGV Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

no one forgets " antennagate", Only in North America and then only for a small number of whinny users was this ever an issue. Unfortunately, the matter got blown completely out of proportion by an all-too-eager media reeking with schadenfruede. There was not a peep out of any user in the rest of the world. How strange! And it certainly didn't affect sales of the iPhone that season. Steve Jobs was absolutely right when he said don't hold it like that. As far as I can tell, it was not a common or natural way to hold a mobile phone while talking. If I remember correctly, one practically had to envelope all sides of the phone with their hand for the signal to drop to an unacceptable level. The issue, IMHO, was contrived to discredit the device and its design. the iPhone 5S had some as well that were addressed with a patch, including the lockscreen vulnerabilities I have a 5s and cannot recall the issues you are referring to. As for the lockscreen vulnerability, what has that got to do with "it just works"? As far as the average user (and I offer myself as an example) is concerned, the bug didn't exist until someone pointed it out. It never interfered with my enjoyment or experience of the device, nor did it affect my impression of iOS one iota. As far as I'm concerned -- and I'll wager that the sentiment applies to just about every other non-techie user -- it was a bug that got fixed. Nothing to see there. but it is perhaps most fitting for many newer Android phones Which ones? And have you personally used them?