A case will help a lot to prevent damage. I have a Speck candyshell on my iPhone but a Griffin Survivor protects better (I got one for my iPad after my kids broke the screen).
Top of the line Android and iOS devices are both great and both similar in cost. Pros and cons for both. I like the open access of Android, my old iPhone was jailbroken (you break into the OS and can add apps not approved by apple) but I haven't needed it so I don't know if I can with my new iPhone).
The biggest advantage of Apple for me is ease of use and time savings (because it's easy to figure out and so many things can happen automatically). I can take photos of a climb and walk in the door to my house and it syncs automatically over wifi, I can turn on my TV with AppleTV and my photos are there ready to be viewed. The photos and other stuff like contacts, calendars, bookmarks, etc. sync through iCloud so my wife's phone and my iPad are also automatically updated. You can probably do all that stuff with Android but I doubt it's as easy and quick to setup.
One thing Android can't do is free instant messages with almost all my friends and families that are on iOS devices with iMessage, I don't pay for a texting plan. And facetime is a great easy to use video conferencing tool. I know Android or even other apps do it, but my folks and my inlaws can use facetime, it's super easy.
Apples customer service is also awesome. I brought my iPad in to an apple store with a cracked screen and even though it was caused by an impact they replaced it on the spot. Of course I sweet talked the girl there and they could have charged me, but a lot of other people I know have been well taken care of by Apple.
I have one. They are bomber. ya the phone is a little fat and the edges can be hard to get to and the touchscreen, but once you get used to it, it's bomber. Protects the camera too.
the fet, sounds like you've been assimilated as well!
awwwww snap. i just put the valley super topo book on my iphone and it looks good. all the detail is there. views great with the retina display. crystal clear.
Apples customer service is also awesome. I brought my iPad in to an apple store with a cracked screen and even though it was caused by an impact they replaced it on the spot. Of course I sweet talked the girl there and they could have charged me, but a lot of other people I know have been well taken care of by Apple.
Yep. In this respect Apple is sort of the Patagonia of cellphones.
Now, who is the beneficiary of such a law. I thought Congress was in a state of permanent gridlock. This one must be very important to have gotten through.
Ha you made a good choice. I had three different androids and the most they did was make calls and send emails. Couldn't get videos to load to save my life and the cameras for the most part are garbage. You dodged a bullet with the Samsung!! :)
I will admit that Apple does make a nice product. However I have a problem with the business model of making everything proprietary. iTunes is a great example. Apple screwed the pooch when they sued Franklin in the early 80s. Apple computers lost market share and IBM took over the computer market as a direct result.
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