cant compare with cars, it is not the same thing, if you do compare with cars, then apple has some new kind of car where you have to pay every time you change the gears, and the boot space is infinite because apple mysteriously clears unused pillows, tissues, umbrellas, slippers and the like automatically, the car decides for you when to keep the air conditioner on, and you are not allowed to choose that yourself, and the radio only works in some countries... can go on and on, just dont compare because it makes no sense
it's not luxury, it's not a vertu or a cartier, and even samsung had a samsung armani, so that's a totally diff market and the iphone is not in that market
there is a difference between saying its expensive and hate apple for no other reason than that, and understanding that yes, iphones are overpriced because the margins on an iphone is more than the margins on an ipad. at least their pricing is so consistent that nobody is surprised.
till the 3GS and the 4, apple was consistently delivering new stuff, now they seem to have run out of things to replace. think about it this way, this one device is a camera, ebook reader, pmp, gaming console (through airplay), watch... all in all worth more than the price of having one phone. it's replacing every other thing we may think of buying, the app store is still why they are going strong, would jump ship if droids had a similarly active store
also these devices are not delicate darlings, laugh at people who use casings and covers on their idevices, these beautiful devices are meant to be used naked, and they are pretty sturdy, you can forget you have one of these in your back pocket and it will emerge just fine, don't even worry about them when it is drizzling lightly, people said "this is apple, not watermelon"
and what monopoly, they have no monopoly
these devices are meant to be used for a long time, please, the 3gs will still get the next software update, half the droids in the market right now don't run the latest version, and forget about how long the software support will last
also
xperia iphone
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