Why does it feel that iPhone is just a device that is ripping people off?

[Deleted User]

Why is it that the only thing I think about people being ripped off every year for just having just a camera upgrade and low specs, they don't even talk about the actual specs, cameras are nice but specs I feel like their giving us minor upgrades but underpowered hardware

 

[Daniel Fernandes]

From what I've seen, most people buy iPhones for the brand.

 

[Dannydet]

In my opinion, Apple has some great applications and hardware, along with Android. Just wish they could make a hybrid of each

 

[Bearsyzf]

the Hybrid would be cool

 

[Clementine_3]

iPhandroid?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

The price is ridiculous. Supposedly lower this year.

The only Macs I'm into are McIntosh products.

 

[bcrichster]

When ppl start bragging to me about the iPhone they have, I just say "oh an iPhone? I'm sorry.." Pull/reinsert my sdcard & go back to tweaking my custom ROMs. The LOOKS they give me, Lmfao!

 

[MoodyBlues]

The only Macs I'm into are McIntosh products.

The only Macs I'm into are Macintosh apples. They taste so good!

 

[ocnbrze]

The only Macs I'm into are Macintosh apples. They taste so good!

meh.....i'm more of a fuji apple kind of guy.....LOL

actually just found a new apple that i really like....honeycrisp. at my local farmers market (not really local, i drive to south Pasadena for them) there is a farmer who produces the best apples and his honeycrisps are amazing.....damn forgot to go today (they have the farmers market every thursday)!!!!!!!!

 

[MoodyBlues]

meh.....i'm more of a fuji apple kind of guy.....LOL

actually just found a new apple that i really like....honeycrisp. at my local farmers market (not really local, i drive to south Pasadena for them) there is a farmer who produces they best apples and his honeycrisps are amazing.....damn forgot to go today (they have the farmers market every thursday)!!!!!!!!

Oh, I love Fuji and Honeycrisp apples, too--along with Gala, Jonagold, and Red Delicious. When I was a kid I was very fond of Golden Delicious apples, but now I can take 'em or leave 'em!

 

[MoodyBlues]

south Pasadena for them) there is a farmer who produces they best apples and his honeycrisps are amazing.....damn forgot to go today (they have the farmers market every thursday)!!!!!!!!

Where in SoPas is that? I'd like to check it out!

 

[ocnbrze]

https://southpasadenafarmersmarket.org/

they have a great papusa stand as well. i usually go for some fruits and veggies and then hit the papusa stand.

edit: sorry op for derailing your thread.

 

[MoodyBlues]

https://southpasadenafarmersmarket.org/

they have a great papusa stand as well. i usually go for some fruits and veggies and then hit the papusa stand.

Thanks. It's almost a straight line west from my house. One of these days...

edit: sorry op for derailing your thread.

Me too.

 

[Bearsyzf]

I'm more of a Granny Smith Apple guy, i like mine a little Tart

 

[MoodyBlues]

I'm more of a Granny Smith Apple guy, i like mine a little Tart

Those are great for making apple pies!

 

[puppykickr]

Reminds me that the old applehouse near my hometown closed down a few years back (Wick's).
When I was a kid we had a field trip from school there, and saw the apples get peeled, cored, and how they made apple sauce and cider.

Now it's gone and that sucks, because I wanted to take my ol'lady there.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

8 months later.

There are Androidians who still rock their fruit phone. I admire them.

They don't feel ripped off.

 

[puppykickr]

Why is it that the only thing I think about people being ripped off every year for just having just a camera upgrade and low specs, they don't even talk about the actual specs, cameras are nice but specs I feel like their giving us minor upgrades but underpowered hardware

Sometimes things really ARE as they seem.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

It is not ripping peoplr off. Just a different platform.

 

[puppykickr]

It is not ripping peoplr off. Just a different platform.

They cost a fortune and break easily.
Six months after you plunk down a car payment's quantity (or more than that) for a fruit phone they come out with a new one, while they make plans to throttle the service on the one you just bought.

Then there is that thing about not being able to customize it- it just seems that you are driving someone else's car with the valet chip activated, while paying for full performance.

Sure, the camera and audio quality are better than Android, but for the cost you can buy an Android AND a decent camcorder.

 

[Hadron]

The lack of customisation annoys me in iOS, which is why I don't have one. But as a counter argument the new iPhone SE had the same internals as the iPhone 11 for half the price of a OnePlus 8 Pro - none of the big name android manufacturers are offering anything like that, and not even Google will support even their flagships for anywhere near as long. There is a real value argument to be made there.

And as for breaks easily, a couple of years back my brother dropped his iPhone 8 in a car park: before he realised and found it it was driven over, thrown on a verge and rained on overnight. But although the screen was useless it still booted (so not that fragile), which meant that Apple accepted it for a couple of hundred quid trade in value. Want to bet on Google or Samsung doing that?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

He still got calls?

 

[Hadron]

He booted it in the shop, I think just used a startup tone to indicate that it was live rather than calling it. It wouldn't have been possible to answer a call with the state the screen was in.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

We all have issues.

 

[maire5]

Those who enjoyed the smaller form factor of the SE and were expecting an updated model, are disappointed that the new one is just another big phone. It would seem more appropriate to have altered the name, but then they think that the public will just go along with any unilateral change, like it or not. While all the manufacturers act that way, it just seems to be more noticeable when Apple does it.