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To: Doren who wrote (170920)	6/16/2014 12:05:30 AM
From: Ryan Bartholomew	Respond to of 213177

I, personally, think there is no doubt that Apple phones require the least maintenance, particularly if you are a user of multiple apps. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with advertising or marketing. A few years ago, there were notable maintenance, security, reliability, performance gaps. That's no longer the case. Modern (v4.2+) Android is very stable, refined, simple, secure. The relation to marketing is that Apple has been extremely effective in convincing consumers that there's still a gap. Perceived quality and even value are higher for Apple, despite the objective quality (specs, features, price, etc.) of some competing phones. I ran into someone just yesterday who saw me using a combo of predictive typing and key-swipe techniques to compose a quick text, and they said, "I thought you could only do that on an iPhone." I've even run into people who think you can't store/play your own music on your phone unless you use iTunes. It's not that Apple is out there trying to mislead anyone; it's that they've done a superb job perpetuating the reputation they had and deserved a few years ago when no phone could touch an iPhone. Buying multiple items to compare is just too much of a hassle. You can try and return from most carriers, free. Try a phone and if you don't like it, try another.