On 9/14/13 6:19 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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I'm aware of many of those differences. Very few have any significance
or importance for me. As I stated, I tried out a new Samsung. Nice
phone, but nothing to make me consider switching.

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As a casual and basically disinterested bystander in the cell
phone/smart phone thing, I've come the opinion that Apple has done a
superb marketing job on their products, with a following who can't live
without having the latest and greatest , either in phone models or ever
changing operating systems.

Seems to me that most of the hype is about new gimmicks and apps that
are initially fun to use but quickly fade into programs using memory
that you rarely use.

I like the apple products, but I don't use that many applications or
features on my iPhone, and the improvements I want no cell phone maker
is offering. I've got an iPhone 5 and I don't think I will upgrade to
the iPhone 5S that was just announced. But my wife has an iPhone 4S and
she might be interested in an upgrade. She can trade in or sell her
phone and get the 5S for just about nothing out of pocket.