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A little background on me... I have been selling wireless products for twelve years this May. My first "smart device" was a BlackBerry. I have used every device RIM offered up until the OS 7 series devices. I have also used all of Palm's devices up to and including webOS. I have also carried multiple Windows Phone and Android devices. To say I know the field would be a redundancy.
Thinking back to when the iPhone launched, originally, I remember thinking that it was a novel idea but given my very low opinion of WinMo at the time, I didn't understand what would possess still another computer manufacturer to join the smart-phone business. When it was launched without 3G, my first thought was, "Fools, everyone knows that Business/Power-Users need the speed of 3G. I even thought that the whole app concept was complete nonsense. Little did I know how wrong I was.
For the last five years, I have sold iPhones to customers that had no clue why they wanted an iPhone and even to customers that don't realize iPhone is an actual device not a category and cried all the way to the bank. After five years of watching others enjoy, I had to jump into the pool. (I am the only iPhone owner in my store and all of my coworkers swear that my trade from Android (Galaxy SII) to an iPhone 4s is a blasphemy I will live to regret. I rather doubt it. What I cant figure out now is why on earth I waited so long to join the iPhone team. But I digress...
I would like to share why I made the switch and hopefully help some others that are delaying making the change...
1. It "doesnt do anything" that is, it isn't busy. What is arguably Android's biggest selling point has, for me, become its largest drawback. When looking at the screen of an Android, I am regularly inundated with information, unless I remove all the widgets. I don't seem to have that problem with iPhone. I know where to go to get what I want and get it on my terms.
2. Ridiculously accurate. I know its not possible, but I think the phone actually understands my dialect, colloquialisms, and thought processes and then learns to talk like me while I am texting. Despite being an entire inch larger (4.5 inches on the GSII), my GSII) was no where close to as accurate. I cannot believe that I can actually type faster and more accurately on the iPhone.
3. To hell and back reliability With Android, I would have some form of force close at least once every couple days. So far nothing remotely similar on iPhone.
Lastly (for me at least) Turns out there really is an app for that I manage a customer base with approximately 1000 active accounts. There, literally, has not been an app that I have searched for without finding. Everything from CRM, to Salesforce Automation and even relaxation.
I am not a gamer but I realize that many of you are. That being said, there is no arguing the fact that the iPhone offers the best multimedia experience on the market.
I am surprised and very happy to say that I love my new iPhone.
Thinking back to when the iPhone launched, originally, I remember thinking that it was a novel idea but given my very low opinion of WinMo at the time, I didn't understand what would possess still another computer manufacturer to join the smart-phone business. When it was launched without 3G, my first thought was, "Fools, everyone knows that Business/Power-Users need the speed of 3G. I even thought that the whole app concept was complete nonsense. Little did I know how wrong I was.
For the last five years, I have sold iPhones to customers that had no clue why they wanted an iPhone and even to customers that don't realize iPhone is an actual device not a category and cried all the way to the bank. After five years of watching others enjoy, I had to jump into the pool. (I am the only iPhone owner in my store and all of my coworkers swear that my trade from Android (Galaxy SII) to an iPhone 4s is a blasphemy I will live to regret. I rather doubt it. What I cant figure out now is why on earth I waited so long to join the iPhone team. But I digress...
I would like to share why I made the switch and hopefully help some others that are delaying making the change...
1. It "doesnt do anything" that is, it isn't busy. What is arguably Android's biggest selling point has, for me, become its largest drawback. When looking at the screen of an Android, I am regularly inundated with information, unless I remove all the widgets. I don't seem to have that problem with iPhone. I know where to go to get what I want and get it on my terms.
2. Ridiculously accurate. I know its not possible, but I think the phone actually understands my dialect, colloquialisms, and thought processes and then learns to talk like me while I am texting. Despite being an entire inch larger (4.5 inches on the GSII), my GSII) was no where close to as accurate. I cannot believe that I can actually type faster and more accurately on the iPhone.
3. To hell and back reliability With Android, I would have some form of force close at least once every couple days. So far nothing remotely similar on iPhone.
Lastly (for me at least) Turns out there really is an app for that I manage a customer base with approximately 1000 active accounts. There, literally, has not been an app that I have searched for without finding. Everything from CRM, to Salesforce Automation and even relaxation.
I am not a gamer but I realize that many of you are. That being said, there is no arguing the fact that the iPhone offers the best multimedia experience on the market.
I am surprised and very happy to say that I love my new iPhone.