XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: arlenholder@nospam.net   
      
   On 17 Sep 2018 14:16:01 GMT, sms wrote:   
      
   > The cost is not astronomical when compared to flagship phones from other   
   > manufacturers.   
      
   You make the same mistake all Apple Apologists make, which is to compare   
   the absolutely *worst* solutions from companies copying exactly Apple's   
   admittedly successful marketing strategies, even down to notches,   
   non-removable batteries, and lack of basic functionality.   
      
   Of course those carbon-copy phones will have atrocious ownership costs.   
      
   > I have never seen anyone claim that comparable Android phones are not   
   > less expensive than iPhones, at least initially.   
      
   The total cost of ownership is the only "cost" metric that matters.   
      
   *Even the software, on iPhones, costs more than Android!*   
      
   HINT: There is more freeware on Android than on iOS by far.   
      
   And, because iPhones are limited in what they can do, you have to buy   
   additional *hardware* to do the even simplest of things on iPhones!   
      
   Only a fool could state the ridiculously unsupported premise that the total   
   cost of ownership of iPhones is NOT astronomical.   
      
   Everything on an iPhone costs more. Everything.   
      
   Name *one* thing on an iPhone that does NOT cost more than on Android?   
   Name just one.   
      
   > You have to look at the big picture and also look at total cost of   
   > ownership. How often does the average person change phones? What is the   
   > resale value of an old phone? How long will the manufacturer issue   
   > operating system updates? How easy is it to get the product repaired?   
   > Most experts agree that the iPhone has a lower total cost of ownership   
   > when compared to flagship Android phones.   
      
   You have to be joking.   
      
   Show me a reliable calculation that does *not* show that the total cost of   
   ownership of Apple iPhones is astronomical compared to that of an   
   *intelligently chosen equivalent hardware* Android phone.   
      
   HINT: You won't find it because iPhone cost of ownership is astronomical.   
      
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