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Originally Posted by acropolite
I won't go in to a lengthy explanation of my previous points but I will expand on just a couple.
S1. The first is the issue of battery replacement.
I can't recall any other cellphone that can't simply have the back removed and another battery slipped in without tools, without hassles.
Cost is usually $50- $100 for replacement batteries. The cost of appleshop battery placement for the IPhone is around the $250 mark, that is unacceptable. I'm fortunate in that replacing a battery is no big deal but the average punter has no such option.
A1: You don't need to replace the battery a new model will be released in 12 months
S2. My iPad has been managed no differently than any other, software updates done when available, cache regularly flushed battery charging regime carefully managed etc, I don't have much music or images onboard so remaining space isn't an issue. There are many reports of identical issues out in the real world, the unortunate thing is that not all people experience these issues. (differing hardware revisions within model versions perhaps)
A2. You don't need to worry about software bugs there will be a new version released every month for free
S.3 I really can't be bothered chasing these problems, I spend a good deal of my working day chasing software problems in Pabx instalations; I simply don't enjoy fixing bug issues any more. Like many others i'm hoping they will go away with the next revision.
A3. refer A2
S4. Remember, the catch cry from Apple tragics is that these OS's are bug free, just work, dont crash, are easy to use, I don't expect my iPad to be a rocketship, I do expect a system as locked down as the iOS is to be stable and I expect things to work as expected (see the image removal reference)
A4. refer A2
S5. Finally regarding Apple treating it's customers with contempt, look above to the battery example, then consider the case where users can't revert to previously stable versions of the OS. IMO that's treating your customers with contempt.
A5. Refer Microsoft no different
S6. 18 months may be considered "long in the tooth" for the 3Gs, but I have an old Nokia that cost just $70 that is audibly superior ( the 3Gs it would seem has no noise cancellation on it's mic) and gives better coverage than the IPhone depite being on it's second battery ($45 if my memory serves me correctly) and overe 4 years old.
A6 refer A1
As I said I love my iDevices just as I love my PC, when it comes to reliability and robustness my PC wins hands down, despite Microsofts obvious deficiencies.
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They both have good and bad points
As an example for some reason all of a sudden my ACER PC decides not to boot the first time it justs hangs before it gets to the Starting Windows screen, the next time it boots after switching off by holding the power key for 6 seconds it goes to a Diagnostics Startup screen which asks if I want to run Startup repair or Start Windows normally. I ran the Startup Repair, tried it a couple of times, didn't find anything wrong.
Tried to run restore wouldn't work. Looked for a solution via the Web couldn't find anything that made sense, the only option I could see was to reload Windows completely which would mean I'd loose everything and waste hrs reinstalling all my software programs.
Couldn't be bothered, so now I have to switch it on etc as outlined above and other times it will load normally without ado.
My IPod battery has been fine for 2 years not a problem same with the Iphone although the Iphone doesn't hold its charge as long as it used too.
