I have seen way more than enough negative press about Apple and iPhone 4 recently. Being a proud user of Apple’s computers and electronics and happy about small surprises now and then, it does not feel good to see out-of-proportion report on everything negative about (not necessarily of) iPhone. For god’s sake, we don’t need a video tutorial to teach people how to make your phone to drop calls; it’s like we don’t need a code sample that purposely make your computer memory-hungry and crawl like it’s drunk. Apparently the old wisdom about there is nothing perfect still applies in this 21st century.
CNN Money reports that despite a very vocal group of detractors, most iPhone users love AT&T. It is noted that
77% of iPhone owners say they’ll buy another iPhone, compared to 20% of Android customers who say they’ll buy another Android phone
Statistics is a tricky thing, and I find it difficult to trust this statement. However, it is good to see a better depiction of reality. I particularly like MobileTatsu-NJG’s comment on this report
But… but.. but… the headlines on all the ad-supported news sites and blogs I read say that Apple phones don’t work, the factory workers kill themselves, no apps get approved, moisture sensors get tripped, there are useful features on the phone but you don’t really want to jailbreak it, and that the iPad is a clone of an unsuccessful device from the 90’s. Based on that, only millions of exceptionally stupid people would buy the phone!!1!
iPhone is never perfect. It might not even be good for some people. Yet it is good enough for millions.