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The first post of THIS blog can be found here.   I made it as a good resource for people to go to, to view my view on the iPhone.

I have left space on this blog for two more posts.   I've been meaning to get around to summarize my findings, and make an official recommendation chart based on a number of criteria, but I just have not gotten to it.

   If you enjoyed this blog and dont hate me, then you can join me on my other blog HERE.   Fair warning, my Android Phanboy Blog does no attempt to be neutral in the smartphone wars.   If you love your iPhone and feel insulted by anything posted in this blog, please stay away.

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Sprint just put itself out of business

Facts:

Sprint has agreed to purchase 30 million iPhones over the next 4 years

Sprint currently has around 50 millions customers

Assumptions:


50% of wireless subscribers use smartphone (google search)

85% of sprint Smartphones have been android users for 2 years. (assumption)

Opinions:


Assuming no growth in subscribers (it has lost for the last three years) and no growth in smartphone users(not likely, but assumption) 

Sprint has to sell 30 million iPhones to 25 million smartphone users over the next 4 years.  To put it simply, Sprint has to convince 60% of its subscribers to purchase an iPhone 4s immediately.   Then in two years they have to convince them all to buy again.  Current iPhone market-share is 28% and most of those are on AT&T

The problem is, have you ever tried to convince an Android user to use an iPhone, or visa versa?   Its not easy, its nearly impossible.

UPDATE: Planned obsolescence

I forgot to mention in this article how Apple leaves IMPORTANT features out of the devices, so that they can release a NEW device next year that includes the feature, so that users will buy it.

The iPad 2 only has a 0.7 MP rear facing camera?   Really? Is that a joke?

The iPad 2 does not have a GPS.

The iPhone 4 doesn't have 4g's even though it was available at the time

The original iphone could not picture message or take videos, even though phones had been doing it for more than 3 years prior.

The iPhone 3g did not support pictures messaging either (this phone was released in 2008, and couldn't picture message?)

The original iPhone was only a 2g device, even though 3g was the standard at the time

Here are some random articles.   Lots of these features i ASSUMED were included in a BASIC phone, but for some reason Apple leaves them out.   It just boggles my mind...

Missing from 3g
Missing from 3gs

I just dont understand how the media views these devices as the best thing since sliced bread.  The answer?  Apples awesome marketing and brand control.

Apple and the media

One of the most frustrating things for me is reading how the media views apple products.   Here are some examples I found recently, and a couple of thoughts.

Apple Needs iPhone 5 to Fend Off Surging Android

Really?  There is no "fending off" at this point   Android has 56% market-share while Apple has 28% market share.  The article should read "Apple Needs iPhone 5 to CATCH UP with Android:"   Why is Apple always in the better position?

Rumor: Assistant Will Be the iPhone 5 Game Changer

Really?   Android has had advanced voice-to text and voice control for OVER TWO YEARS!!!  Sure it looks like Apple is adding the usual spit and polish, but this writer is seriously confused on what "game changing means"

Why doesn't the media pay more attention to the 0.7 MP rear facing camera on the iPad?

This whole iCloud thing.... its nothing new.   There are multiple file-syncing apps already for the iPhone.   I do see how iPhone users are excited about the cloud though, as on the iPhone you cannot reliably use a syncing app, because the phone can and will shut it down when it chooses to do so.

The android app "dropsync" is a system process app that does two-way file syncing in the background, with your computer and with other devices.    This is the best syncing app i've used so far, but many many many others exist.

It seems like anything Apple does, no matter how its been used before, it always the best most advanced thing ever invented.    In my opinion, Apple has fallen behind on their technological advances, now most everything they do is to catch up with everybody else.

I'll save that for later

One of the things that was puzzling to me about my iPhone is why I couldn't download files off the internet.    Say for example you found a menu online, and you wanted to save it to your phone.  

  The iPhone does not allow this.   It has no problem viewing the menu(assuming its not flash), but if you want to save it to your phone you can't do it.

The same goes for all file types.  

Wierd...