Your right on...Steve jobs was one of them. Producing a device the masses can use easily and yet be different then your neighbor. The definition of following the herd is not about driving the same car as your neighbor.
yes/no. his concept is great, just like open floor plan homes with brick fronts and street lights throughout the but what he did is equivalent to implementing an HOA that tells you the color your house can be, what fence you can/can't install and if you can have a basketball hoop out for the kids or a shed in your back yard, etc.
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I really don't care for them. They're too loud and typical America. Sorta remind me of typical soft drink and alcohol ads.
Your cellphone doesn't and shouldn't define you. It's just a tool that is used for multiple things in our everyday lives. Put it in your pocket and forget what other people think.
It's not about a phone defining you, although ironically if you ask my 11yr old, him and his friends want the iPhone because to them it's cool. They can't tell you why they all want the new iP6 other than it's new and again, cool.
It's about having choices in lifestyle and uses. Sony touts splash proof, others like removable media, larger screen, brand names, different camera's, different price points, etc. Also in terms of core apps and what can and can't be installed from a functionality standpoint.
I consider myself a power user of my phone more so than many at my office even other Android users. Not because it's a Note Series, but because of what I use it for and how it does things for me that their phones don't either because of limitations by their phone, OS or even their lack of installing a specific application.
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Intelligent people understand that point very well. A cell phone is a tool, like a screwdriver.
Some have more bits, a built in light, are magnetic and include a screw top to store bits, while ratcheting a the same time, some don't. I wonder if Sears should market an Android Line of Screwdrivers.....thread derailment in place.
