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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 5609201" data-attributes="member: 8158">Small screen by current standards is < 4". The iPhone is 3.8". Oh, and my vision is not great, so I'm not a good consumer model in that respect.Did I mention that I own an iPhone? I'm certain I did. That's because it was the better product at the time, and once we actually hear what the heck is in the iPhone 5, I may very well go for an upgrade. Heck, when I was in Manhattan last month, the glass-capped Apple Store was my second or third stop. Kind of lame, because some security jerks were hassling everyone who came near the structure without moving straight to the doors. Far be it that someone have a picture taken standing next to it. Might shatter.I'm pretty even-handed when it comes to acknowledging Apple's innovations and great service, but I'm also painfully aware of their inadequacies and shinanegans. Hyperbole is common in marketing, but outright describing your product as magical is talking down to your customer. "Look! Shiny! Smooth! Neat things happen when you poke this or swipe your finger that way!" If anyone regards Apple loyalists as an unsavvy pack of hipster sheep, it's Apple. What is Apple's depiction of a Microsoft loyalist in their commercials? Some four-eyed nerd who spouts techno-babble. Tell me, Fast Learner, are you just as incensed at their shameless generalization?It's pretty obvious that there is a very strong level of unwaivering loyalty towards the Apple brand, and to its loyalists the flaws of Apple products simply...aren't. For instance, the iPhone has been falling behind the smartphone pack on numerous features (multi-tasking, camera, processor, and then there's the whole Flash thing), and even the iPad's follow-ups coughed a camera before the iPad 2 came out. When Apple finally does incorporate a feature, it's regarded as a revolution rather than a johnny-come-lately. In short, Apple's popularity has become something that exists is in spite of where their product features stand compared to the competition. These days, their big edge in the features department is that they have the best third-party support for their app stores. Apple's brick-and-mortar (and, er, glass) stores are constantly crowded not because of the love of Apple technology, but rather a desire to be seen someplace deemed hip.</blockquote>

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