We just got new iPhones the other day. Both Hubby and I got the iPhone 10 (or commonly known as the “iPhone X”). Al has been in need of a new phone for awhile now; his “6” (or 6s, I forget which) has had a couple of issues such as the battery not holding its charge, and the speaker hasn’t been working well. I’ve been using a 7 for just over a year; there are no complaints about it and it has worked fine, but being in the “upgrade program” qualified me to get a new version every year, so after my bet with Jonathan was called off, we moved forward on the purchase of the new phones.
The delivery was scheduled for 12/1, and I had taken a vacation day to meet it since a signature was required. But alas, UPS rescheduled the delivery to the 4th, and fortunately I was able to have our tenant sign for it and hold onto the parcel until I got back home from work that day. Over the weekend though, Al and I went to a friend’s for dinner, and a conversation came up about smartphones.
Like politics, there is a lot of debate between which platform is “better”, iOS or Android. And there is much passion about it. At a friend’s holiday dinner last weekend, the subject of us getting new smartphones came up. The discussion didn’t get particularly heated, but there was a bit of discontent among the majority who dislike the iPhone (and/or Apple, and one was switching from Apple to a Samsung). I posed a question today on Facebook if anyone has switched from one platform to the other, which met with only a couple of responses as I write this. And both mentioned that they refuse to purchase an Apple product.
I’ve had both.
My first smartphone was the iPhone 3S that I purchased sometime in 2009 or 2010, and the only carrier for it at the time was AT&T. Prior to purchasing the 3S, I had been a Verizon Wireless customer and I simply wanted a smartphone and then moved forward, signing up with AT&T. My experience with their customer service wasn’t bad, but the coverage was less-than-satisfactory. I experienced a LOT of dropped calls and later decided to ditch the phone and service, and head back to Verizon Wireless.
Because Verizon Wireless was still not supporting the iPhone at the time, I wound up getting the Samsung Galaxy. The coverage was much improved, but that phone took a little getting used to because it was Android-based device and there was a learning curve. For the time I had it, I didn’t find it particularly intuitive. It didn’t play my iTunes music. And worse, the phone would “lock up” pretty often; I couldn’t power it down and had to open the phone up, remove the battery, reinsert it, and finally power the phone back up. I dealt with it for awhile, and once the Verizon’s data and voice plan became available on the iPhone 4, I purchased it at full-price and ditched the Samsung once and for all.
I’ve been an iPhone user ever since.
I have a friend who recently recommended that I should ditch Apple and get the Google Pixel, again Android-based. He never loses an opportunity to bash Apple and play up how wonderful the Google phone is. For me, it’s just that I’m more comfortable with the iOS devices. I’m familiar with them. I’m not knocking the competition as I write this and think that both platforms and the various brands have their strengths and weaknesses.
At the end of the day, it boils down to what our comfort level is and the features that are most important to us. They’re smartphones…not the Second Coming.
The delivery was scheduled for 12/1, and I had taken a vacation day to meet it since a signature was required. But alas, UPS rescheduled the delivery to the 4th, and fortunately I was able to have our tenant sign for it and hold onto the parcel until I got back home from work that day. Over the weekend though, Al and I went to a friend’s for dinner, and a conversation came up about smartphones.
Like politics, there is a lot of debate between which platform is “better”, iOS or Android. And there is much passion about it. At a friend’s holiday dinner last weekend, the subject of us getting new smartphones came up. The discussion didn’t get particularly heated, but there was a bit of discontent among the majority who dislike the iPhone (and/or Apple, and one was switching from Apple to a Samsung). I posed a question today on Facebook if anyone has switched from one platform to the other, which met with only a couple of responses as I write this. And both mentioned that they refuse to purchase an Apple product.
I’ve had both.
My first smartphone was the iPhone 3S that I purchased sometime in 2009 or 2010, and the only carrier for it at the time was AT&T. Prior to purchasing the 3S, I had been a Verizon Wireless customer and I simply wanted a smartphone and then moved forward, signing up with AT&T. My experience with their customer service wasn’t bad, but the coverage was less-than-satisfactory. I experienced a LOT of dropped calls and later decided to ditch the phone and service, and head back to Verizon Wireless.
Because Verizon Wireless was still not supporting the iPhone at the time, I wound up getting the Samsung Galaxy. The coverage was much improved, but that phone took a little getting used to because it was Android-based device and there was a learning curve. For the time I had it, I didn’t find it particularly intuitive. It didn’t play my iTunes music. And worse, the phone would “lock up” pretty often; I couldn’t power it down and had to open the phone up, remove the battery, reinsert it, and finally power the phone back up. I dealt with it for awhile, and once the Verizon’s data and voice plan became available on the iPhone 4, I purchased it at full-price and ditched the Samsung once and for all.
I’ve been an iPhone user ever since.
I have a friend who recently recommended that I should ditch Apple and get the Google Pixel, again Android-based. He never loses an opportunity to bash Apple and play up how wonderful the Google phone is. For me, it’s just that I’m more comfortable with the iOS devices. I’m familiar with them. I’m not knocking the competition as I write this and think that both platforms and the various brands have their strengths and weaknesses.
At the end of the day, it boils down to what our comfort level is and the features that are most important to us. They’re smartphones…not the Second Coming.
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