Many people fear that the Technology Giants have lost their spark, ever since Steve Jobs died in October 2011, leaving their products looking quite similar and maybe 'out dated'. That's what the Android lovers think, in other people's eyes Apple have been creating great products that are always years ahead of the competition. Let's take the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the iPhone 5 for example. The S4 has a rather dull plastic backing, while the iPhone 5 has a very modern, sleek and beautiful aluminium and glass backing, notice a difference? Yes, the S4 is considerably larger than the iPhone, but do you really want to be carrying such a big device around with you? Bearing in mind that it hardly fits into anyone's pocket. The iPhone 5 is not only incredibly thin, but very light as well; and most importantly it's not the size of a 7-inch plastic tablet. The S4's screen resolution is slightly higher, but who can even notice the minuscule difference? The iPhone has a stunning Retina display which is clear, crisp and very sharp, giving you the best experience. 'What about apps and games?' I hear you ask. The App Store has over 775,000 apps and games to download, more than 300,000 of them are specifically for the iPad. The Google Play Store only has about 675,000 apps and games available at the moment, some of which are stretched to fit the tablets.
In the final quarter of 2012, Apple sold 43.5 million iPhones, Samsung beat that amount and sold 64.5 million smartphones. That either says very little or a lot. People say that Apple is 'less inspiring' than it was 3 years ago, really? The people there have stuck to their guns, working hard even though they've lost a valued member of their team, even though they have had some tricky court battles; and even though their sales have dipped in the past few months. If that's not inspiring then I don't know what is.
This is possibly the most biased article I have ever read in my life, not to mention horrifically inaccurate. First off, it should come as common sense that the Galaxy S4 is NOT 7 inches in size. That would make the 'phone' a tablet at around the same size as a Nexus 7 or just smaller than an iPad mini. Also, your math is out by a rather large margin. You say the Play store has only 675,000 apps, some of which streched for tablets. This would make all of the 675,000 avaliable on the Galaxy S4. Then the App Store has 775,000 apps, of which 300,000 are made specifically for the iPad. Therefore 775,000 - 300,000 = 475,000 which is a LOWER NUMBER THAN 675,000. And it seems many people DO want to be carrying such a large device around, as shown by the higher sales. Are you actually being paid by Apple to write these?
ReplyDeleteShouldn't you have been in a lesson at 3 minutes past 2 on a school day? Hmmm...
DeleteWe had time to go on the computers and do whatever we wanted, if you're wondering. There was nothing much better to do, since the school systems block anything remotely entertaining.
DeleteSpeaking of which, shouldn't you have been in registration at 08:31 on a school day? Where were you in that literacy test too... Hmmmmm...
DeleteNow; Part 2. You never know, we could make a trilogy of this. I, for one, can certainly think of many products as beautiful as the iScams. Sony's phones and tablets are very nice, particually their Z range. Microsoft's surface is quite nice, The HTC One has that all-important 'aluminium backing' and ASUS tablets are good looking too. Plus, at least with the S4 you can remove the back panel; forgot to mention that, didn't you. Also, the S4 can easily fit into pockets or IT WOULDN'T BE A PHONE! It's funny, you almost complimented the screen, yet dismissed it because people would not be able to notice the difference. However the inferior screen on the iPhone is apparently brilliant in your eyes. NEWSFLASH: A bigger, brighter and clearer screen is a MAJOR DIFFERENCE. Additionally, the Samsung is ALSO thin and light (in relation to it's size). In the article you make it seem as if the iPhone is much thinner, when in reality the difference is only 1mm. Come back next time when I'll be talking about why Apple doesn't have a care in the world for you and why fangirling makes you one of the most irritating, delusional and arrogant people on the internet. Have a nice day.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the next episode of 'putting your beloved iScams in the grave for amusement'. Just so you know, Mr Carr asked me to write a conter argument, so it's his fault. Deal with it. So, we've already established this article is full of absolute nonsense. I could do the same for all of your other articles, but I have better things to do than write about tech companies on the internet. Now, what I fail to understand is that you don't even own an iPhone. Or an S4. So, you have no knowledge of the devices, and no need to know. If you really think iPhone is so much better, go and buy it. I have nothing against them. You know why? BECAUSE THEY ARE A COMPANY. A cooperation designed to sell you a product. You are arguing passionately about a peice of metal and glass. You know who wins? Not you. They win. You are providing them with free advertising they did not even ask for. And the companies eat it up. So they get more money, you get nothing. You don't even own the product. Like I said, I have nothing against Apple. I am not a Google or Samsung fanboy. It is just that this article is biased beyond belief. Don't worry, they'll be more tomorrow. Join us again. Good night.
ReplyDeleteWell, well, well. The fact that you were told by Mr Carr to write this tells me that you didn't really want to. You also sound like one of those raging Android fans who hate Apple and pick up on the smallest mistakes. As well as that, I am an Apple fan, therefore my posts WILL be biased. Deal with it. Oh and ever heard of an action called reading? You're doing it now. That's what I do to find out information. And have you ever heard of phone shops? Yes. I go there and do my research. You got a problem with that? Yes, I can't afford an iPhone, but I'm saving up for one.
DeleteYou're the first of my many tens of thousands of readers who actually disapproves of what I write. My blog is targeted at Apple fans.
About the 'winning' bit - I win too. This blog will help me find a job in the future. In fact, it already has.
'Your' comments don't sound like you. It seems like Mr Carr literally put words into your mouth. Hehe ;) and you made a spelling mistake: it's COUNTER not CONTER.
Oh, I don't own an iPhone, do I? Hmmm....
DeleteI'm a little confused as to why you didn't actually comment on any of the factual points I mentioned. Oh well; they always say you can't argue with facts... Anyway
ReplyDeleteLets go over some things. I should probably have made it clearer that Mr Carr did not force me to write it. I brought up the blog in general and some of it's problems, and he suggested it. That was a mistake on my part. Point #2. As I said in literally the LAST FEW LINES, I have absolutely NOTHING against Apple or for Android. I thought I made that pretty clear. Obviously I didn't. Or have you not heard of this action called 'reading'. At the end of the day, they're just companies. They want to get as much money as possible. Nothing they do has any meaningful impact on me. Do you think Tim Cook, Larry Page or Bill Gates has ever thought 'You know, we really value each individual person who bought our product and writes nice things about it on the internet. We should really do something for them'. No. You, me and everybody else not on the board of executives is just a piggy bank. You are customer #63,576,375 on a spreadsheet. Nothing more. So I really couldn't give a care in the world. And, for the record, I was not picking up on 'the smallest mistakes'. I was correcting you whilst you were picking up on the smallest mistakes. You started nitpicking first (e.g. size, weight, apps, materials.), not me.
As a matter of fact, I do know about an action called reading (Here's a tip: next time try to think of an activity that a. is not blatantly obvious I'm doing at that moment b. supports your argument (more on that later) and c. has some kind of impact. You may as well have said 'have you heard of an action called breathing!?'. Or, you know, 'have you heard of an action called subtracting 300,000 from 775,000. Sorry, I couldn't resist.). Here is the problem; just because you are reading information, it does not mean you are reading the correct information. For example, this article. I'm reading it, and it is incorrect (if you haven't got this by now, then you really did not understand the first 2 comments.). I don't know where you're getting all this from, but it is wrong. And your article shows. Sorry. It does. And as for your 'research'; If you are calling a phone 7 inches in size, your research is lackluster at best, nonexistent at worst. Are you sure you were looking at an S4? You know the tablets look quite similar too...
Even if you were looking at the right device, little of that article could possibly have been based on research, other than maybe the asthetics (and even that is down to personal preference. I mean, I would agree that the iPhone is the better looking device (like I said, I don't hate Apple or any other company), but others would beg to differ.). The vast majority was you stating facts from a *false* spec sheet. And no, I never said I had a problem with you going to 'phone shops'. What are you talking about? You're making up things that I have not even said!
Next point. You don't have an iPhone. So, you cannot be entitled to say it is so much better when you have not lived with it every day. What if Apple Maps accidentally sent you the completely wrong way (which is perfectly possible considering it's, let's say, rough accuracy.) and you were lost and couldn't find your way home? What if your alarm did not go off for some unknown reason and you were an hour late to school? Would you still say the iPhone is faultless in every way? You can't test those on the shelf at an Apple store. And, before you even bring it up, nowhere did I say the S4 was better than the iPhone or any other phone. I realise that I am stating facts from an *accurate* spec sheet. I am not entitled to say it is so much better, thus why I have not said it.
I wrote so much that Blogger wouldn't let me post it. So, moving on...
ReplyDeleteAs for your low disapproval rating, I think I may have come up with a explanation. It literally took me 5 seconds. It goes like this - people who are not interested in Apple DON'T SEARCH FOR BLOGS ABOUT APPLE. The only reason I read this is because it was on the journalist blog. Those who like Apple want to be told that they are the best, just the same for 'fans' of other companies, so they look at those sorts of blogs and don't complain. I am impartial; Apple is the same in my eyes as Android, Windows Phone and even Blackberry. So I really don't like these kind of articles, from anyone. Forgive me for assumption, but I would guess that I'm not alone in my stance. It's just these people don't read it (and I wish I hadn't). And if they did, I doubt many would be prepared to write paragraph upon paragraph about it (I'm doing so because a. I really don't have much else to do right now and b. it counts as journalist work, so why not.).
And you win too? Well then, I'm glad they enjoy biased, incorrect and delusio
..nal articles at whatever firm has already employed you (pretty sure that counts as child labour, too). I'm just being blunt. You could 'win' by posting stories about relevant news across the entire technology industry. Or you could even just stick to what you're doing, just being a little less pessimistic about anything that does not have the holy Apple logo slapped onto it.
ReplyDelete(ps. I realised I had spelt counter wrong the moment it was published, I was typing too fast for my own good. If you want to start getting picky about spelling and grammar, outrun is one word, following a hyphen with 'which was a grand record' does not sound right (it would be better as '- a grand record'.), outdated is one word, it should be 'Samsung are seen' ('Samsung is seen' makes it seem like Samsung is a person.), the 'Samsung' after '43.5 million iPhones' should be a new sentence, 'very little or a lot' does not flow as well as 'a little or a lot' (Not a grammatical mistake as such but it reads odd.), the 'and' after 'battles' should not be there (makes it seem as if there is something else following but there isn't.), you used 'even though' 3 times in the same sentence (again, not an error, but you could have at least looked in a thesaurus.), the comma after perfectionists should not be there, there should be a comma between 'Oh' and 'and' in your comment, it should be 'and have you ever' instead of 'and ever', there should be a 'have' infront of 'you got a problem' and there is a contradiction in your comment (it should read 'No, I can't' instead of 'Yes, I can't'.). Hehe ;).).
Try replying to that then...
ReplyDelete(ps. I also have no idea why the second half of the text split in two.)
I just remembered something I forgot in the comments above. And don't say 'Shouldn't you be in lesson', because the same thing applies as the first comment.
ReplyDeleteAbout your 'WILL be biased'? If this articled was called 'Why I prefer Apple to Android', this would be expected. It would still be factually incorrect in almost every sense of the word, but we'll gloss over that. But that isn't the title of the article. The title is 'Apple Apparently 'Less Inspiring''. This isn't supposed to be an opinion article, it is supposed to tell people about Apple being less inspiring. You go into no detail about the headline itself, instead you write an advertisment. The headline does not match the article. You essentially say 'Well, people consider Apple to be less inspiring. They're wrong. I'm right. And to prove it, here's an entire paragraph of hot air. Enjoy!'.
Also, how can a company be inspiring in the first place. As I said, they're out to get as much money as possible. You don't know what is more inspiring than that? How about charities that work on very little pay to help as many people as possible? How about people who do sponsored runs, skydives and any number of other activities out of their own goodwill, not out of profit? Are they not inspiring? Let me ask you this; when exactly did Apple inspire you to do something? Did the latest iPhone make you think 'I'm going to do my very best in everything I do. Thank you Apple'? If it did, you need to get your priorities straight.
Each one of your 'inspiring' things Apple has done is really not all that inspiring. 'The people there have stuck to their guns'. That's because that is their job. The people there make phones, tablets and computers. You think just because they sell less phones than another company, they will pull out of the industry? With that logic, any time you sell less of something, you should stop. 'Oh No! The local newsagents sold 35 newspapers yesterday, but today they only sold 34! Better shut the doors!'. No. That's ridiculous.
'Working hard even though they've lost a valued member of the team'. Well, yes. If their team revolves around one person, it really isn't a team, is it? 'Even though they've had some tricky court battles'. These were brought on by themselves. THEY were the ones who accused other companies, so if they are complaining about it then they officially have the memory span of a goldfish. 'Even though their sales have dipped'. Wonder why? Maybe because people are NOT AS INTERESTED. In which case, they need to work harder, don't they, and come up with some revolutionary ideas again. Sorry, making a phone thinner and lighter is not an engineering masterpiece. You argument is invalid.
Try replying to THAT then...
Hmm... So, you'll reply to the fake 'Apple fan!' account on your more recent story, but you still won't reply to this. Can't think of anything to say? Don't worry, I understand...
ReplyDelete(I'll keep the owner of the account a secret. See if you can guess who it is. Here's a clue: It's not me.)