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35% Consumers Want iPhone 5... Sight Unseen
judgecorp writes "Apple's iPhone 5 is not announced yet, but 35 percent of consumers say they will buy it, when it comes out, even though they know nothing about it. The figure comes from an online survey of 3,000 US consumers by Experian's PriceGrabber shopping website."
No, it means that 35% are fanbois that care more about being seen as well off than with the quality of the product. And the remaining 65% are assorted fanbois of over platforms, critical thinkiers and people that don't want a smart phone at all.
Sheep will be sheep. The fads will change, but the followers will follow them, whether it's playing Sudoku, wearing dirty jeans, drinking Starbucks, wearing lip gloss, playing World of Warcraft, using Facebook, collecting beanie babies, eating edamame, or buying iPhones.
I'm just surprised the figure isn't higher than 35% - could it be because it's out of many people's price range?
A company that to justify actual problems with its phone antenna has its CEO saying "You're holding it wrong!" is good brand that people have come to trust?
Unless you classify a brand good if it "Causes Religious Reaction In Brains of Fans" stuff ( http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1410245/Apple-Causes-Religious-Reaction-In-Brains-of-Fans )
iphones still cannot do basic smartphone stuff like run arbitrary code. its you who is non-technical, if you think iphone is a smartphone. iphone is a dumb phone designed for idiots who wanna look cool. why else would they buy a phone that doesn't even have a fucking file manager? the thing with smartphones is 90% people who think they need a smartphone do not need it. they just need voice, text and the web. if you are one of these people, iphone is ideal. if not, there are many true smartphones out there.
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