The only thing bout the 4s that I liked my 4 over was battery life. But the camera, that lil sl%T SIRI makes up for it

 

I love my apple electronics they have great resell value.

 

Im probably going to pick up a 4s once the new on comes out and everyone upgrades. Ought to be able to pick one up for a decent price. Im due for an upgrade in April so if I like it Ill get the new one then.

 

This guy summed it up pretty well:

I personally dislike apple because they are anti-competition, and in many ways slow down progress of the market by trying to dominate it.

Also have a samsung galaxy s3 and its awesome....and my ipod shuffle I use is pretty good too.

 

I like my iphone, and i have a few autisic qualities so i fear change. I will stick with apples so my world is good.

Usually i stick with one thing good or bad until it pisses me off then i switch.

 

yeh the nice thing about appeals, is as they wonder thru the molasses of the court system they can build a better defense, one that is ready for appellate panel of judges, not a jury of people who likely doesn't understand all the technical garble let alone the crazy patent system around it.

 

I wish all the android manufacturers would get their heads out of their asses and create phones with the same basic structure. Like the connector in the same spot on the bottom so third party companies could make docking stations. The biggest allure for me is how everything is geared towards the iphone. Ive got two ihome docking stations that could be used for charging and playing music if I had an iphone. Would be awesome if the same was available for say an S3 or 4GLTE EVO.

 

Here is the one thing I wanna point out from that opinion you posted...


Well of course it is! Apple is the company at the forefront, creating the market, and leading the trend these days because of the products that they invent. Their idea have revolutionized the industry for the last 8+ years. Nobody is stopping Samsung/Nokia/etc... from doing the same but instead they choose to replicate Apple's products and modify them to add their own touches to it to make it their own. I'm not saying they aren't allowed to do that, AND at the same time I'm not sure I agree with the jury's decision to favor with Apple. But I do side with apple's frustration with their "competition" piggy-backing their ideas. It's the nature of the beast, that's understandable and I again don't agree with the Jury's decision, but...
Before the first Iphone the blackberry was what was hot and dominating the market and everyone was trying to better the blackberry blueprint to take some of the market away from them. Then Apple came out with the Iphone and the whole market shifted away from the Blackberry, to the point where RIM is now on the brink of going backrupt I believe. Apple, for all intensive purposes invented the idea of today's Smart phone and the it's versatility with the App system.
They did it again with the Ipad, nobody really thought of CREATING a new market with a product that was inbetween a phone and a computer. Why should I be pissed at them for being so innovative and daring? Afterall they were the ones that risked the most should the Ipad market fail to materialize. Their competitors just jumped into the market that Apple created by basically copying what apple did.
And back before the Iphone Apple did the same thing with the Ipod. It's the same plot over and over. Apple invents/creates a market and everyone copies their design and come out with products that are similar to take their market share away. I'm not upset with that, at all, and again I don't agree with the Jury siding with Apple but I can totally understand where/why apple feels a need to defend it's intellectual property and rights.

What's stopping Apple's competitors from Leading the market instead of following what apple does?

 

AGREED ^^^ with Frenchy.

 

1)Price point. Nobody can afford to innovate and buy patents like Apple without selling their products for 30% more. Apple is bigger than Exxon. Others innovate to a small degree, no where near to the degree of Apple who is a zillion dollar company. Heck, they are all making a product to work with an open source OS from someone else. 2) Unlike Apple who is building the whole thing, OS and product. I agree with the whole premise of the battle though, I'd be pissed too if I was Apple. To be honest they had to go to court. They had to.

Apple, Mr Jobs knew to get into everybody's head as the best thing since mangled's pecker (I've heard stories) that Apple had to build a basic device that a 7 year old could operate and then build all other product platforms from the same concept. It is genius. That same 7 yr old will be 16, 24, 30 and all along the way buy a smart phone. Or any mobility product. Genius. Pure genius. They have a great and organized set up. Android stuff is all over the place. The downside of open source. Google is a little late to the game in trying to create a central organizing place for you and all your ****, but they are the only other company who has enough power ($$$) to compete with Apple on that front. But they still have to rely on other companies to make the handset/other products for you. (who purchased motorola?) I just think they should lose this particular/specific patent battle. It is not good for consumers that they won. They had to fight it, but they need to lose.

Any of you guys read up on or hear the scoop on how these large firms do all of their patents? They buy more patents than they make on their own. When you are a 500 Billion dollar company you can pay crazy amounts of money to own (and shelf) any idea that is competitive to you.

mangled stop texting about your love affairs.