02-22-2013, 02:35 PM
That doesn't make a lot of sense. Okay, so Windows and Android are on phones by multiple manufacturers, and Apple and Blackberry are just on one. What's the big deal? You are still locked to a platform. You can't run Android apps on an iPhone or Windows phone, and vice versa.
You may say you want to pick from many phones. Well okay, that's your choice, and for that you have to deal with fragmentation, supportability/upgradability issues, and on.
I prefer the phone and OS coming from the same company, with the benefits and optimizations that provides. Does that mean I have less variety in the hardware? Maybe, but that's never been an issue for me. Frankly I don't have time to comparison shop between 100 different phones.
Moving from on iPhone to another is zero effort - couldn't be easier. Done it many times for both me and wife (plus iPads, iPods, etc).
As for different Android manufacturers competing on price and features, don't you think Apple and Microsoft and Nokia and Blackberry are all competing with Android and each other on price and features as well?
Sorry, I just don't see this big differentiation that you do.
You may say you want to pick from many phones. Well okay, that's your choice, and for that you have to deal with fragmentation, supportability/upgradability issues, and on.
I prefer the phone and OS coming from the same company, with the benefits and optimizations that provides. Does that mean I have less variety in the hardware? Maybe, but that's never been an issue for me. Frankly I don't have time to comparison shop between 100 different phones.
Moving from on iPhone to another is zero effort - couldn't be easier. Done it many times for both me and wife (plus iPads, iPods, etc).
As for different Android manufacturers competing on price and features, don't you think Apple and Microsoft and Nokia and Blackberry are all competing with Android and each other on price and features as well?
Sorry, I just don't see this big differentiation that you do.
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