Why get excited about a particular Smartphone?
This perplexes me considering they are all so similar. A HTC, a Samsung Galaxy, an iPhone 4s, they are 95% the same and outdated within 6 months? They often have the same components and even the design styles are so similar. Basically…they are pretty boring the way modern cars are too.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
the launcher programs are different like HTC’s Sense, Motorola’s MotorBlur etc, they make difference and decide in the end which android handset you’re going to buy. And of course there are a little design differences as well as the price.
[quote]Why get excited about a particular lover?
This perplexes me considering they are all so similar. They are 95% the same and outdated within 6 months. They often have the same components and even the design styles are so similar. Basically, after you take them out of the wrapper and fool around for a bit, they are pretty boring.[/quote]
But the subtle differences make some a whole lot more responsive and fun. And some operating systems are a pleasure, while others are psychotic.
Why get excited about smartphones?
For me it’s like getting excited about a coffee machine or wallpaper.
You, obviously, have the wrong coffee machine.
Or generally see goods as interchangeable.
You must have a really shitty coffee machine. 
He he…you should see my wallpaper 
Wallpaper and the right smartphone are important. Make a meditation cave so much more pleasant over the winter.
Different people gravitate to different things. Once they find something they’re interested in, they tend to dig deeper into it than people with no interest at all do. They also notice the subtleties and all the background manoeuvring that goes on. That’s where the excitement for them lies. And some people make their living through it.
However, it’s interesting to watch people become obsessed with something. You can really see people who have unbalanced personalities or else lack anything meaningful in their lives.
I’m more interested in the impact these phones have on society as a whole rather than any particular minute software feature.
I disagree in that respect. I’m constantly trying to use my knowledge and experience of cars for example to offer people the best information on what car will provide themselves with the best all round function and reward for their money, in order that they save their money, instead of wasting it on over hyped, useless garbage. My insightfulness, I hope, saves people from misinterpreting what is good from what is crap due to media and sales marketing hype. In terms of cars, it’s my belief that a car only gets worse as it breaches the [roughly] 2 million NT bracket, and in fact, the more expensive it becomes over that range, the more comparable it is to the lowest budget range of vehicles in terms of usefulness and reliability.
I don’t think the majority of people understand this, and so my thoughts are as your own in one aspect, and that’s that people above a certain budget range are often suffering from unbalanced personalities and lack of more meaningfulness in their lives.
I believe the same can be said for many products out there. I don’t think lack of insight however is a good thing. It’s always good to know more so that one can make more accurate decisions for themselves, no matter what the subject at hand.
My dad, an experienced veteran guitarist would say, that it doesn’t matter what your playing on as long as it holds a tune and is enjoyable to play and listen to. Big brands and gizmos are more often for the beginner. It takes knowledge and experience however to come to these types of realizations. Discussion can be a part of realization in this aspect.
I have to say that all that aside, many modern smartphones offer very similar functions.
My present HTC Desire is just about at the limits of my expectations these days however. It’s internal memory is beginning to be too small for my needs and I would also prefer a non HTC now for one reason only, and that is that they aren’t very compatible with the app ‘Torque’.
That is however the only one factor for me wishing to eventually switch brands. Otherwise I would say HTC has been superb for my needs.
I still suspect that it will be hard to beat in all other aspects, and so I would still recommend one to anyone who doesn’t wish to run the programme Torque.
Ask most mechanics in Taiwan what kind of car they prefer or drive after working on countless brands.
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My present HTC Desire is just about at the limits of my expectations these days however. It’s internal memory is beginning to be too small for my needs [/quote]
There’s a hack out there somewhere that will increase the internal memory when used with the Oxygen ROM. I can’t remember where I found it, but it was easy to flash and gave me an extra 200MB of internal memory that I could access.
Thats good to know. I tried one once, but to know avail. I don’t know what I did wrong. I’m running Oxygen right now and its great.
I disagree in that respect…[/quote]
Reading through your post, I can’t find any point on which we disagree. I think you have a very well-balanced opinion. I wish more people were like you (and your dad).
[quote=“headhonchoII”]Why get excited about a particular Smartphone?
This perplexes me considering they are all so similar. A HTC, a Samsung Galaxy, an iPhone 4s, they are 95% the same and outdated within 6 months? They often have the same components and even the design styles are so similar. Basically…they are pretty boring the way modern cars are too.[/quote]
I’d agree that deciding between Android devices can be a task. There’s more differentiation between iPhone and Android though. The software available on them is quite different. There are several apps on the iPhone that aren’t on Android and vice versa. Apple has Siri, iCloud - Android has its equivalents.
If you have an iPad, then it’s better to have an iPhone, since you can buy the same app for both devices. Photos and other data can be automatically synced between the devices.