I care, going back to android phone but keeping my ipad and mac. Not worth paying over 900.00 (well over 1000. Here in mexico) and feeling like things are missing.
My reasoning is not going to be the same as everyones. I started with computers in the 80's and have always been a "tweaker". I like messing with the systems, etc. To me android is a "tweaker" system and ios is just a vehicle for apps and games, well plus being a phone. When i had android I always had my phone in hand doing things, with my iphone it's mostly for phone calls. Lanchers, widgets on the home screen, a file system, sdhc card and being able to back the phone up on it. I didn't realize how much i missed it until we got the kids new 3rd gen mogo g's with lolipop. I am just uninspired with the iphone and i miss the android experience. It's not just about apps and phone calls.
On the other hand my ipad is all about games and apps so it's perfect. OSX is not closed down so I like it a lot. Who knows in a few years though, I also like windows 10.
So, again my experience is mine and to me it IS all about the hype to pay more for an iphone. I am waiting for best buy to get the moto x pure 32 in stock again and I will have one forwarded. Believe it or not my iphone is going to a 10 year old niece because nobody else wants it over their android. The wife still has an iphone but she wants to go back also, mostly for itunes and no file system.
I have a great distaste for hype and for buying something that others deem trendy. However, I just replaced my iPhone 4S that I bought in October 2011 with an iPhone 6s. I tried to find something somewhat comparable for less money that would integrate well with my iPad Air and rMBP, but many things require some 3rd party workaround that, from what I've read, don't always work well.
I don't care for tweaking, so that aspect of Android doesn't really appeal to me. When they are released, flagship Samsungs cost about the same if not more than iPhones, so it's not like iPhones are starkly overpriced. Still, if a Moto X Style (though I'd prefer smaller than the Style) could integrate smoothly with my Air and rMBP, I would have bought it. I do have a visceral reaction to paying almost $800 for a 64GB 6s.
the only thing holding me back still is the price, I can deal with everything else. ~$800 after tax for a 64gig 6S is just too much. It's not that I cant afford it, moreso the principle of it. My last two phones were $700 after tax, not sure why another $100 is such a mental hurdle for me, probably because my current phone is just fine and I just really want the 6S because it is awesome.
I know the feeling. I realize that I'm in the minority around here, but I intend to keep my 6s for four years as I did my 4S. Looking at it that way, it costs me some $200 a year, and someone else will eventually use it. Were I to save $250 buying an Android, that would be a savings of less than $65 a year. That difference is worth the seamless integration I get with the 6s.
Yep. The folks buying Apple phones without subsidies are certainly in the minority.
in the US it is cheaper to be on prepaid service (ATT Gophone in my case) and buy your phones outright, thats my perspective at least.
I also use a prepaid service and buy my phone outright. It's less expensive than being on a subsidized plan, but even those plans are being phased out except for current customers of the postpaid carriers that still do subsidizing.
Yea you're not helping me feel like less of a crazy person for planning to drop $800 on a phone.
I have to keep mentally justifying that it is really a computer and a phone, so in a way it is a good value
All the justifying that I can do fails to make me really satisfied about the cost. Still, no one put a gun to my head and forced me to buy the 6s. I just didn't see a better option, given the whole scheme of my setup and usage.
