She quite fancied a Samsung Galaxy S3 but they didn't have any more (the S4 has just landed) so after flirting with an iPhone and a Huawei she settled on a Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
What a really nice piece of kit. The screen is quite big, a bit too big for a full blooded 'stuff it in your pocket' macho person like me, but as a handbag carrying
Samsung products have overtaken Apple stuff in both technical aspects and on price (sorry Craig and Ivan but whilst your phones are quite good they're so last year), in fact the whole phone market has become very competitive with some really nice bits of kit on offer.
If you're old fashioned and stuck in a rut then Apple is for you but if you consider yourself a forward thrusting bright young thing then you really should move on.
Stop worshipping at the Apple altar mes braves there's a whole lot of good things going on out there. Don't get left behind.
Surprisingly Alex, I'm not going to disagree with you. It's not that Apple is going backwards, just that Samsung have been very aggressive, smart and creative with their new product introductions.
ReplyDeleteBut I like IOS and I'm not convinced that I would like Android as much.
Finally, with an i-Phone, when IOS introduces an upgrade, it's available to most i-Phones. That's not always the case with Android and their latest rev level and if you don't have the latest kit, you may not get the latest rev.
But fair play to Samsung, and have fun Jan!
And I agree with you as well.
DeleteI think the major issue here is competition. There are lots of phone manufacturers using the Android OS all competing against each other to produce better and better models. This also means that innovation isn't limited to once a year.
Apple competes with nobody and traditionally only innovates annually therefore putting itself at a bit of a commercial disadvantage.
All good fun.
Oh dear, I just can't get excited about all this stuff, or perturbed about the idea that I might not have the latest, fastest, sexiest bit of techno gadgetry, however good it is. For one thing, it's all so jolly expensive.
ReplyDeleteI sympathise with what you are saying Jean but thank goodness life moves on.
DeleteJean, I totally agree with you about the race to have the 'latest' whatever. But if I'm going to change, then I'd like to be a bit future proof. I probably will not even use most of the technology or widgets (mostly because I won't understand them), but I do like the big screen. I can actually see what I'm doing!
ReplyDeleteAnyway it's fun to make Alex rather jealous!
For that alone, it's worth every penny !!
DeleteJan, how did the 'future proof' thinking end up with Alex?
ReplyDelete... or did you decide to retain a bit of heritage stuff for comparison?
Sometimes one just has to put up with the old, traditional, well used and familiar model.
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