iPhone - Page 2

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@kaydee50 wrote:
I have a Tracfone flip which I rarely use. Have no need of anything more sophisticated.

Same here. I like being 'un-connected' with the smallest digital footprint that I can live with.

judy0330 · ‎01-03-2011

@Tricolor I have to laugh. I had the opposite experience. I bought mine at the Apple store. The sales person spent quite a bit of time showing me some of the really great things the phone can do. I left the store and approximately 5 seconds later I had forgotten all of it!

ibook · ‎10-22-2020

Website.... MacMost.com. Lots of tutorials, especially when there is a major update.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

Don't they have all the features and tricks in instructions online somewhere? For what you pay for the darn things, they certainly should.

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gardenman · ‎03-09-2010

A lot of phone buyers (Android and Apple) view them as status symbols more than tools. They want the latest and greatest model and use fewer features than I do on my $200 Moto G Stylus. (Which does everything I need a phone to do and then some. )

Kudos to the sales and marketing folks for both phone systems for making people think they need more, but in reality, 95+% of users can get by fine with a very basic smartphone. Kudos to the sales teams for getting people to spend over a thousand dollars on something when a $200 version will do, but what are people thinking? I understand kids wanting to impress, but adults spending their own money?

You see the same thing with computers. People will spend thousands to get a fully specced-out computer when a cheap Chromebook will do for how they use it.

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gadgetgal613 · ‎07-07-2021

@gardenman wrote:
A lot of phone buyers (Android and Apple) view them as status symbols more than tools. They want the latest and greatest model and use fewer features than I do on my $200 Moto G Stylus. (Which does everything I need a phone to do and then some. )

Kudos to the sales and marketing folks for both phone systems for making people think they need more, but in reality, 95+% of users can get by fine with a very basic smartphone. Kudos to the sales teams for getting people to spend over a thousand dollars on something when a $200 version will do, but what are people thinking? I understand kids wanting to impress, but adults spending their own money?

You see the same thing with computers. People will spend thousands to get a fully specced-out computer when a cheap Chromebook will do for how they use it.

While you are entitiled to your opinion, I disagree. All of my computers, my phone and streaming devices are Apple products because I prefer the brand. They work well, work well together and rarely have issues. When I have a problem, Apple tech support is excellant. I owned Microsoft based computers from 1998 until 2013 and wouldn't go back if they were free. I have an iPhone 13 which works as good today as it did when I had it set up out of the box. I'm glad we have choices.

Ainhisg · ‎03-09-2010

I love technology! I have a new Macbook Neo, an iPad mini, a Chromebook, and an android phone. I use them all and for different purposes! As far as quality, you cannot beat an Apple product--cannot beat it. If a person wants reliability and beautiful images, well, once you go Mac, you never go back.

I stay with Tracfone android phones, because I don't have a lot of texts or calls. The cost is ridiculously cheap for what you get, and since I have numerous Google Home smart speakers and smart devices in the house, my Android phone pairs the calendar and phone options with them, since it uses Google. It also pairs with my Chromebook. So I like having an android phone. And my Apple products offer many Google apps, so I have notes, photos, and other apps synced with all my devices--Apple, Chrome, and android.

Since I'm retired and home a lot, I have no need to use my phone as a computer, but if a person didn't have easy access to devices like I do, I can see wanting the best of the best (Apple) if you're going to be spending a lot of time on it. Or if a person is invested in the Apple ecosystem only. As for me, when I have appointments or something out and about where I would normally spend a lot of time on a phone, I take my iPad mini.

I use my phone for calls, texts, the camera, downloaded trails for when we hike, to pickup prescriptions or grocery orders, a fitness tracker, and numerous other ways. It will do most everything a more expensive phone will do. I don't think anyone uses every single feature that a smartphone has, but I probably use more than most and am always up for learning new things it will do.

To each his or her own, but I have never understood people eschewing smart phones and technology in general--and practically bragging about it. Our world is going to rely on technology more and more, and a person's personal stance against it will make no difference except to make the world more difficult in which for them to live. My opinion only!