Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I don't see how Apple has the upper hand. Android has craploads of apps. Apps were really the only thing that made the iPhone popular and now that app stores aren't an apple only thing the iPhone is no longer special, just expensive.

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Perhaps, but there are still many apps which are iPhone only, that is changing, of course.

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What puzzles me is why Nokia persist with Symbian.....

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They made a mistake in buying it IMO! For it's time, it was good, excellent even. But it's just too old now and needs to be let go. Nokia is working on it's own Linux based OS as a replacement which is a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

JW, I will never have a Mac ;) I can afford one but it's so against everything I stand for it's not funny.

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You were also against buying new cars until you bought one yourself. :p Never say never. ;)

Well I wasn't expecting my 406 to die and for scrappage to come in ;)

The world isn't so black and white when you needs suit. You didn't need scrappage to save £2k though. :p What happened to your iPod anyway. Apple isn't that evil if you purchased one of those when you could have just got an mp3.

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Originally Posted by GridGirl

The world isn't so black and white when you needs suit. You didn't need scrappage to save £2k though. :p

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FFS this again? :confused: You always know everything don't you? The MAXIMUM discount Fiat were giving on the 500 prior to scrappage was £400. That is it, no more than that and I know this because I know people who work in Fiat dealerships from a forum I post on. It's simple supply and demand. Fiat were selling pretty much every 500 they had in the country within days of it landing in Bristol and used cars were the same as well so why would they offer a discount to secure a sale with me when someone else will just come and buy it for full price anyway. They've only this year included it in the employee discount scheme as well.

Can we not have this silly little argument again because you couldn't be more wrong.

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Originally Posted by odykas

I will never pay to get a Mac ;) :p :

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Fell off the back of a truck, eh? I'll meet you in the parking lot behind the strip club. I'm looking for a MacBook Pro, newer model with the Intel. Daniel wants an iMac.

I'll flash my headlights twice. Cash & carry, right?

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This comment of mine comes from no where but - in my life experience I have had many say to me: "I use to have a PC and now I have a MAC, I will never go back!"
I have never heard anybody tell me: "I use to have a MAC and now I have a PC, I will never go back!"

Daniel many have probably heard otherwise :p :

But this is my experience.
:s mokin:

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Originally Posted by odykas

I will never pay to get a Mac ;) :p :

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Well, if you go the other way, you could end up behind bars. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Mark

But don't you see that the same arguments you use against people buying Apple products and Macs you can use against windows when you have Linux distros available for free. And you can do lots of things with them by searching online to find out how to do them!

For me I didn't buy an iPhone because I thought it looked cool or I wanted to impress anyone. I bought it for the same reason people buy Windows, because it has the most applications and the most development effort behind it and as a result I can use it for more things.

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Exactly my point. People could almost always save money by doing some research and using alternative products, but rarely do. Most of us buy these things (along with cars, homes, boats, etc) out of personal wants rather than needs. Being that it's usually more a want than need personal choice and budget dictate the purchase, not the cheapest way to point X.

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Originally Posted by race aficionado

This comment of mine comes from no where but - in my life experience I have had many say to me: "I use to have a PC and now I have a MAC, I will never go back!"
I have never heard anybody tell me: "I use to have a MAC and now I have a PC, I will never go back!"

Daniel many have probably heard otherwise :p :

But this is my experience.
:s mokin:

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I've seen one or two people but not great numbers of people I must confess ;)