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To: JakeStraw who wrote (174056)	9/10/2014 3:25:57 PM
From: Moonray	1 Recommendation Recommended By Frank Walker Respond to of 213177

But how much longer will people go on paying a premium for Apple phones? You need to ask yourself if you would have asked the same question 5 years ago. If so, you have your answer. o~~~ O

To: JakeStraw who wrote (174056)	9/10/2014 3:29:38 PM
From: Doren	2 Recommendations Recommended By jeftuxedo Moonray Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

> Hey, you're certainly entitled to your opinion. Not opinion. I offered you FACTS that disproved what I think is your bias. You said people ONLY buy because of Name/Logo. I proved you wrong because I don't. I think of computers and phones as nothing more than tools. I'm the kind of person who tends to splurge on the best tools I can afford, conversely I'm tight as a trash compactor on luxury/frivolous items. I shop at the salvation army, I could care less about status items. One fuck up on windows would cost me more than the extra cost for a Mac. My time is not worth that much but enough. Probably the same on android. Macs are cost effective to anyone who doesn't like futzing with computers and makes minimum wage. > But how much longer will people go on paying a premium for Apple phones? Probably as long as they did on computers... so far since the start of the computer business.

To: JakeStraw who wrote (174056)	9/10/2014 3:30:40 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

"But how much longer will people go on paying a premium for Apple phones?" Do you feel there's any reason why they would stop doing so? If your premise is that Apple users are being duped, in what way is the duping in jeopardy now vs. the past?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (174056)	9/10/2014 5:54:16 PM
From: rnsmth	1 Recommendation Recommended By 16yearcycle Respond to of 213177

<< But how much longer will people go on paying a premium for Apple phones?>> For as long as Apple is making phones. That is how long.

To: JakeStraw who wrote (174056)	9/10/2014 7:40:35 PM
From: i-node	4 Recommendations Recommended By CHRIS LINELL Jeff Hayden JP Sullivan Stock Puppy Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

>> But how much longer will people go on paying a premium for Apple phones? I really have to disagree about this. Apple IS making a better product. I'm not a hardware expert but I do know something about software, and the software platform for iOS & Mac is superior to anything out there. The libraries are astoundingly good; tight, efficient, well-designed, and there is code there to do about anything you can envision. OTOH, the downside is that if you develop software that hints of being "ordinary" it looks out of place on iOS. Just taking, for example, Core Data -- the iOS concept of a database. At first, it is daunting, because if you have spent the last fifteen years using SQL for everything the tendency is to think, "Gosh, I'm just going to use SQL since I already know it." But after some time working with Core Data, you come to understand that Core Data is highly optimized for the stuff you're doing, it is easy, it just makes too much sense. There's still SQL, but as the developer you're totally insulted from having to deal with it. There are more than a few rough spots, but even those don't look rough in the finished product. Some people don't care about that, just as many had just as soon drive a Toyota. But from my perspective, every Apple product I own delivers the look and feel of a Rolls.