I like my iPhone, don’t get me wrong, but it was not my 1st choice in a smartphone. My wife wanted one, and got one, for Christmas and I couldn’t beat the price on two refurbs; so I got one too.
However nice the iPhone is, there are several irritation factors to it that really drive me crazy.
If these things are truly supposed to be pocket-sized computers with an added cell phone, I don’t like to be forced into someone else’s notion of how i should use it.
“These all can be fixed with updates...”
As a consumer, I welcome competition to Apple from Android and Microsoft. However, am I the only one tired of Microsoft always coming up with software that always needs to be tweaked later? Windows has been around for literally decades now, and it still not great compared to some competitor operating systems, after several major upgrades that people had to pay to obtain. Apple just seems to come up with gadgets that offer a high level of functionality and a pleasant customer experience from the very first version. All things being equal, I’d prefer rewarding a company like that rather than get back on Microsoft’s by now predictable business model.