I meant it more in the same vein as there are people who closely identify with a particular brand (Apple, Intel, AMD, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburg Steelers, Boston Red Sox, Ford, Chevy, Xbox, Playstation) and become extremely loyal to that brand (fanboys), whereas there are others who just buy whatever happens to be the best fit for their particular needs at the time. I'm not making a normative argument here - there are plenty of good reasons to take either approach - just that a good portion of people seem to be hardwired for one or the other. And both camps are pretty good at making the "any intelligent person should be doing x" while not really understanding that a lot of this is not based on just an intellectual exercise. Our decision to identify with a particular brand (or not to) is a mix of economic, cultural, emotional, and other factors.
That said, I will say that ALL of these phones are walled gardens to various degrees and will becoming increasingly so over time. People may hate Apple for their "big brother" approach to app approval and their tight fist on the development of their OS, but it has demonstrated real security benefits over the last few years. As more and more of our lives are contained in our mobile phones and people begin to realize just how insecure and vulnerable they are, that will become an increasingly important issue. --------- Brian On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Thane Sherrington < [email protected]> wrote: > At 06:49 PM 15/09/2012, Brian Weeden wrote: > >> I wonder if you took a survey of those that "won't buy apple/love >> Android" and compared to those who "won't buy Intel/love AMD". My guess is >> the correlation would be significant. >> > > I'm in the "won't buy Apple" crowd, and I like Android, but I'm not > writing off the Windows Phones. I'm also in the "buy Intel for power and > AMD for price, when there's a good price difference" crowd. I think that > intelligent people who weigh out the differences are going to go Android > over Apple, unless they are heavily invested in Apple-only software. > > T > >
