I think you are forgetting about how many clueless people exist in the world and how many of them will buy an iPhone because they do not know any better.
All of us on here follow this stuff and care and want the most from our phone experience.
Most others will buy the next iPhone because it is what their grandparents have and it works for them. I can't remember where I saw or heard it, but most iPhone users had no idea what "iOS" is. Smart crowd... huh? Don't believe me? Ask a random iPhone user that isn't sucked into the latest details like we are and see what they say. Not saying that things are different on the Android side but there is no doubt that people buy the iPhone because they simply do not care about learning something else or because they want to look "hip" around their friends.
There was a time when someone could say, "Hey, that person is cool... they have an iPhone." No, the person was not "cool", but they were a trendsetter and recognized a great device. But that is no longer the case. After that, you had a large pool of people (including myself) who bought the iPhone because it was the best phone and it was until last year.
Now, people are buying it as a clueless follower and no longer leading.
Apple has always convinced people to buy their overpriced products instead of putting that money towards moving out of their parents house or apartment and will continue to do so.
That whole thing was a joke, right?
I am currently using a BB 9900, a Samsung SGII Skyrocket, and a 4S. I know why I chose this phone and I use it when the mood strikes. As a choice. I know all three platforms and I use what suits my day's activities.
I could not care less what grandparents, parents, cousins, strangers on the Metro use. I use all three platforms because my curiosity directs me to try something new, different. So I do. I don't care about "cool." No sheep here.
You know what I care about? The absence of bugginess in iOS. When I use my Skyrocket in a forum such as this, or AC, or CB.com and I have to correct a typing mistake, a bug causes the cursor to land in random locations so I have to go on a hunt to correct the corrections. Not so on my iPhone. THAT is one reason I use my iPhone. There are others.
You're right. I don't use cash that use on my iPhone to move out of parents' house or apartment. You're dead right. That's because I already own my own home.
Quit the arrogant oversimplification and generalisation.
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