Theregister writes: thinking of buying a new iPhone 5?
Don't. Owning it will mark you out as an easily-led simpleton - and worse, the
purchase will undermine western democracy.
Here’s why:
1. iPhone and Apple fever are undermining the bedrock of
Western democracy It makes no sense at
all that Apple - whose contributions have consisted mainly of good but not
exceptional UI and case designs - should be one of the most valuable companies
in the world. It makes no sense that the iPhone (which is in many important
respects less good than other smartphones) should command such an outrageous
price premium among consumers, to the point where iPhone sales can measurably
affect US economic performance.
That's massive irrational behaviour - it's money being spent
and invested in ways which are against the decision-makers' interests,
rewarding behaviour which does little or nothing for the common good (or even
in various ways acts against it). As such Apple hysteria is hurting our
economies and undermining one of the main things supporting our way of life.
2. No swappable battery
This, for example, is one of the various reasons why the iPhone is just
plain and simple less good. You don't need 4G data connections to run flat a
smartphone battery of any reasonable capacity very quickly - turning on GPS,
playing video, merely using the thing and keeping its display lit up, all these
things eat up power rapidly. For the serious smartphone user, then, the ability
to swap in a fresh charged-up battery quickly is extremely useful, if not
indispensable. It's trivially easy to provide, and its absence on all iPhones
for fairly cynical reasons should always have been a deal-breaker on its own….
Read about the rest at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/12/iphone_five_reasons/
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