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Hardware Is Dead — At Least Most Expensive Hardware Is
First time accepted submitter ze_jua writes "In this article, Jay Goldberg, a financial analyst who travels to Shenzhen several times a year, analyses the potential consequences of the very low cost of hardware he found there on the consumer electronic industry worldwide.
He wrote this piece of text after he found a very nice $45 Android 4 tablet. Are we so close to given-away tablets?"
Yes, and the lemmings are the more vocal but rare among the crowd of iPhone users. I was actually lucky enough to pre-order a new iPhone 5. I knew they were going to be a hot item which is why I waited till 3am to plug my order. This BTW would be my first iPhone in a long string of Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Droid phones. I just want a smart phone that fucking works. It would seem that Apple got it right based on playing around with other iPhones out in the field.
This week, my Droid 2 is going away. I really hate that phone! Wish I kept my Black Berry Curve instead while I had the chance.
Life is not for the lazy.
You talk like every other fandroid. "Herp! You bought an iPhonez? There's no reason to buy teh iPhone!!!!1111!!!!"
It works. It has less inconsistencies than the Android culture does. Apple backs it with applications like iTunes, iMatch, AirPlay and iCloud that work with our other hardware. Get over it. Some of us have a very good reason for owning an iPhone.
"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
There's always another idiot that thinks good devices are about feature checklists rather than user experience.