Apple is trying to save you money by encouraging you to lie to your friends (well, kind of). Wait what? Has theTZAR gone mad? Well no. For those of you who have ever owned an older Apple product you’ve most probably have been asked the following question, “OH is that an i(insert gadget name) (insert model number)?”… and for a slight moment you will stop and think how honest should I be? How will they know? Nah they’ll never know, and so you reply “Yes… Yes it is!”
That ability to lie is what most Apple users will pay a great premium for, without actually realising they are purchasing the item for that reason. Funny isn’t it? Let me give you an example, over three years ago I purchased my now wife an Apple Macbook 13″ in Aluminium Casing. Great little laptop, however she was due for an upgrade, so I sold that laptop and upgraded her to the 2011 Macbook Pro. Let’s just say no one even noticed. Better still, the young lady who we sold the laptop to now has the “privilege” of looking like she owns the latest Macbook at a fraction of the price! Win-Win!
Must be using Olay… It hasn’t aged one bit
So how may you ask is this saving you money? Well it’s simple. Apple does not make you look like a cheapskate, hence it is not forcing you to purchase a new device anytime soon, and trust me this is a great thing. One thing that Apple learnt is that the best way to upgrade your product is by upgrading what’s inside and not what’s on the outside. That way people who do not own that device are excited to buy it and customers who purchased something like the iPhone 4 on a 24 month plan from someone like Vodafone, one week before the iPhone 4S came out, can stay happy because they have the ability to “lie” about their device and bitch about Vodafone’s reception!
“If You Have a Galaxy S or an S II Your Just Not Cool Anymore” – Imaginary Quote by an Imaginary Samsung Executive
As you can see Apple’s greatest rival Samsung does not share in the belief that they should save you money. Sure their new handsets are tempting… but they don’t give you the option to lie. They force you to tell the truth. The conversation might go something a little like this:
You pull out your Galaxy S II to make a call.
Friend: ”OH is that a Samsung Galaxy S III?”
You: ”Why yes it is!”
Friend: ”LIAR!!!!”
You: ”UH WHAT”
Friend: ”What else have you lied to me about! I HATE YOU”
See what i mean… tragic… However, if you have one of these:
TA DA!
The conversation in the same scenario can go a little something like this:
Friend: ”OH is that the new iPhone 4S”
You: ”Yes… Yes it is”
Friend: ”COOOOOOOOOLLLLLL”
You: ” Yes… Yes it is!”
Friend: ”Can i play with Siri”
You: ”NO”
Friend: ”Why?”
You: ”I don’t want her cheating on me”
Friend: ” WOW deep man…”
This is the moment you can slowly look up to the sky and say, “thanks Steve!”
theTZAR has spoken.
Abe Tok
July 16, 2012
you cant say the same about ipad or the iphone! your compared 3 generations of samsung galaxy phone but only 1 gen of iphones. put the iphone 3gs and 4s side by side and you will spot the difference instantly.
and finally, please tell me how apple saves you money when their stupid screens crack and break if they are dropped? the repair bill as you know and discussed in an earlier article is ridiculous and the average consumer is not as tech-savvy as you are, and hence would be significantly out of pocket.
theTzar
July 17, 2012
Thank you for stopping by Abe. Whilst this post was really trying to address the general Apple portfolio and not just the iPhone or iPad i will touch on those two devices to clarify my argument. You are correct in pointing out that i did not compare the first gen iPhone vs the iPhone 4s, i must draw your attention to the comparison of iPhone 4 (4th gen) vs iPhone 4S (5th gen). I suppose the same comparison can be made with the iPhone (1st gen), iPhone 3G (2nd gen) and iPhone 3GS (3rd gen) and whilst i agree the very first iPad was a bit boxier, it looks very similar to the 2nd gen iPad, that looks almost identical to the 3rd gen iPad. The same cannot be said for any of the Galaxy phones or Tablets. Please have a look at the release dates for the the galaxy phone vs the iPhone.
Release dates:
Galaxy S 4 June 2010
Galaxy SII 13 February 2011
Galaxy Note February 2012
Galaxy SIII 3 May 2012
iPhone 3 29 June 2007
iPhone 3G 11 July 2008
iPhone 3GS 19 June 2009
iPhone 4 24 June 2010
iPhone 4S 14 october 2011
So what can be deducted from this is that by buying the very first iPhone on 29th of June 2007, you could keep it for 3 years without feeling like you have an absolute obsolete model (apart from the back of the device being aluminium in the 1st gen), followed by upgrading to the iPhone 4 on the 24th of June 2010 and you would have kept it for over 2 years now (allowing you to complete your usual telecommunication contract in Australia) and still feel like you had the most current model of the iPhone, ready to purchase your new iPhone when it gets announced on another 24 month plan. As a consumer you are happy to purchase the new phone knowing with confidence that you will have the latest looking device for the next 2 years or so.
If you tried to keep up with the look of the Galaxy phone, in the last 2 years 4 models have been released, each significantly different from the other.
I hope that clears that question up for you and you can give credit where credit is due…
In regards to your point about the screen cracking… to be honest i have never owned a galaxy tab therefore i have not had to fix one, but I am sure they would be expensive to fix too. By doing a quick search i saw that costs quoted are over $250. Cheaper if you do it yourself and whilst Apple replaces my device, i am not sure if the same is the case for Galaxy Tablets. If anyone has information on that it would be great.
Whilst Apple might not have invented the smartphone (Blackberry and others take that title in early 2000), Nor did apple make the first MP3 player, what they did do is perfect it in one small package and start a smartphone boom, followed by a tablet boom. The denial cannot be there… Apple produces great products for the masses, and if not for them I think that the smart phone environment would not be what it is today… that is hard to deny. So next time you look at your Galaxy device, remember to thank Steve and Apple.