I don’t buy the implications of this analysis. I see other techno-trends and movements.
3 of the 4 iPhones in my family have been replaced with Android devices (2 HTC1’s and an LG G2). The 4th will replace his iPhone with another HTC1 in two months.
Apple refuses to offer a larger display. I’m older and need a more screen real estate for my aging eyes to support a larger font selection. I guess this is lost on the “human-factors” expert 30-somethings over at Apple. (I don’t need to one-hand a phone that I cannot see.)
Finally, neither I nor my sons want to be tied to OSX or Windows; we’re Linux geeks.
Good point. Often overlooked is android is based on linux. A friend has modified his linux tablet to work as a low power web server for a small website. Linux rules.
That's one of the main reasons I moved to the Galaxy Note II last year, and have a Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 tablet on the way. I still like the iPad, especially for use in music production, but the iPhone remains so small it requires little girl fingers and eyes for maximum utility.
I'm still an OS/X partisan on the desktop, but I like Linux, too.
<I guess this is lost on the “human-factors” expert 30-somethings over at Apple. (I don’t need to one-hand a phone that I cannot see.)
Amen. The problem, as I see it, is that informatics and computer science are almost exclusive domains of the young. I’m a professor in information science and my work strives to inform designers of what users really need. That includes telling the youngsters that they aren’t the only ones on the planet, they aren’t they only ones using the system they design.
I constantly have to remind them of ‘unseen disabilities (defined broadly),’ such as the need for larger or darker print, that make the design good for everyone, not only those with disabilities. They get too much in their own heads, sometimes.
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I use only Macs, my best friend is all Android. He’s got an amazing Samsung Note, which has a lot of features I admire.
It’s just a technology choice...like Ford versus Chevys, and people assign all this denigration to our choices, seems silly to me!
Supposedly the new iPhone will have a larger screen...
Ed