A Top Apple Writer Explains Why He Ditched His iPhone For A Samsung Galaxy S3

[JoeM]

"...Famed Apple journalist, Andy Ihnatko is among those who have abandoned their iPhones. Ihnatko ditched his iPhone in 2012 after having it for five years...."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-apple-...00471.html

While I haven't read the whole series, I can't say I disagree with what is listed in the Business Insider piece.

[GuyGene]

I read it. I've read old Andy for years, and he has seemed to be fair. No problem for me if he is liking his droid phone, but not for me. Apple does need to address the issues he brings up though.

[deckeda]

Ihnatko's really a lot like Pogue in that neither are fanboys despite the strong Apple affiliation over the years. The "need" to explain at length about the switch is curious however, particularly since his needs won't translate to everyone else.

[silvarios]

Yeah, seems to be a bit of a trend. Decent amount of Apple people using Android for their main phone, Macs as their main computer, and often iPads as their tablet. I think Apple can make good money with the large slice of tablet market, a decent chunk of PCs, and a smaller piece of the phone market. I'm beginning to wonder if 2012 was the turning point, Apple actually plateaued during the year, even with record phone sales!

I bought an iPad last year, but that might have been my last Apple purchase for a while. When the Lightning video adapter has half the memory as the still sold iPad 2 and iPad mini, there's something weird going on with product development.

[silvarios]

deckeda wrote:
Ihnatko's really a lot like Pogue in that neither are fanboys despite the strong Apple affiliation over the years. The "need" to explain at length about the switch is curious however, particularly since his needs won't translate to everyone else.

He's a tech writer, wouldn't his personal tech choices be of some interest.

[Carnos Jax]

Just some initial thoughts...

His arguments regarding the screen size is something, that in the fractured world of Android can be done more easily (not many Android phones have adopted the larger size). Apple chose what they felt was a more ideal size to appeal to the broadest range of users, while keeping things simple from a developer standpoint (different screen resolutions are a complaint I've heard from those trying to write software for Android).

[Carnos Jax]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
Ihnatko's really a lot like Pogue in that neither are fanboys despite the strong Apple affiliation over the years. The "need" to explain at length about the switch is curious however, particularly since his needs won't translate to everyone else.

He's a tech writer, wouldn't his personal tech choices be of some interest.
Among the geeks/techies/nerds etc. But it was appealing to this subset of society that has kept widespread adoption of technology at bay for so long. It isn't usually until Apple developed a better MP3 player, cell phone, tablet (and even PC) in general that those technologies gained wider adoption. My parents would've never owned a Palm OS or WIndows based smartphone. The iPhone changed that.

[Pam]

I had an Android (Incredible) for 2 years before I got my iPhone 4s (been about 1.5 years now). I was extremely relieved to switch. Everything is so much easier and straight forward on the iPhone. Sure a larger screen would be better, but I don't think it'd fit in my back pocket any more. Where are people putting these things?

[space-time]

Pam wrote:
... Sure a larger screen would be better, but I don't think it'd fit in my back pocket any more. Where are people putting these things?

haven't you noticed how fast some butts are growing? phones barely keep up!

[silvarios]

Pam wrote:
I had an Android (Incredible) for 2 years before I got my iPhone 4s (been about 1.5 years now). I was extremely relieved to switch. Everything is so much easier and straight forward on the iPhone. Sure a larger screen would be better, but I don't think it'd fit in my back pocket any more. Where are people putting these things?

Wait, you are comparing what was a two year old Android phone to what was a brand new iPhone? Wouldn't comparing one of the top Android phones with a newer version of Android be a better comparison? I don't still dislike iOS because of lack of copy/paste, folders, voice dialing, MMS, good camera, or third party multi-tasking as those reasons no longer apply.