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I dunno whether you can call me a fanboy or not when it comes to Apple. I’ve had the first iPhone and the 3GS and I just ordered the 4S, I switched to Mac from Windows completely last year and I’ve had several iPods for many years now for the gym and I also have Apple TV and iPad 1 and 2. I also have a love for all technology. I have a PS3, a Roku and many other gadgets that are not Apple. I’d gladly have an Android device so long as I could buy one that isn’t a phone, much like the relationship between iPhone and iPod Touch. Unfortunately, short of buying an older phone someone has for sale, I won’t be getting this since I don’t believe Android as any such offering. The Amazon Fire might be a solution but I don’t really want another tablet.

There is something I read the other day that really rings true with me. The quote was, “If you want to determine if someone is an Android Fanboy or not, just mention iPhone or Apple and watch them get hot under the collar”. This is so true. There is a guy at the gym that I talk to sometimes that just about goes into meltdown every time you mention Apple. The smug superiority in his town and body  language tell me that he believes all Apple users are just brainwashed. I really don’t get all this hostility. Matter of fact, I am sure that as soon as an Android fanboy reads this post, they will proceed with giving me 40 lashes.

I’ve always been pragmatic about technology. If it works and it goes what I want and doesn’t have limitations that bind me, then I am going to use it. Let’s apply my logic to my recent 4S purchase. If I had a iPhone 4, I wouldn’t have purchased the upgrade because I believe that it just doesn’t constitute a big enough jump in technology, while from 3GS to 4S is a pretty big leap. I was considering waiting on the Samsung Nexus Prime until the announcement got delayed and I started thinking about it a bit more. I don’t particularly care for Android a lot. It is cooler than a polar bear’s toenails but I developed on it a bit and I develop for iOS too. I want to vomit every time I have to look at having to write code for Android and I’m primarily a Java guy. If you didn’t know Java is the chosen language to write your Android app unless you want to do like some idgit suggested to me which was to write Darvik directly. Darvik is the language that the Java code is compiled into so that the device can run it.

Apple fans just don’t seem to be as adamant about bashing Android users although I have seen a few. Most of them are just content to go about their business with the iPhone and leave others alone. Android fans really aren’t. They feel the need to convert you like they are trying to save you from a courtship with the devil. I’ve even seen some Android bloggers say that all iPhone fanboys were hipsters and metrosexuals… I’m a far cry from a hipster, this I can assure you.

Look folks, it all comes down to personal choice. Like I said before I’d love to have an Android device if it wasn’t attached to a phone. Who knows if Android even had the equivalent of the iPod touch and I used it for a while I might even buy an Android phone the next time my contract comes around. I also like to support a company that is based in the US. Sure Google is based in the US just like Apple is but most of the hardware is owned by Japanese companies. I can support Apple and I feel like I am supporting a better buy America program… even though the phones are made in China…but I won’t get into complaining about that here.

It’s all about what we chose, give others reason for choosing one over the other and let them make up their minds. Don’t be stubborn and pigheaded because you don’t like a company because it has billions of dollars. People like Apple because the products are well-polished, they work and they integrate well. People like Android because it is more open, it appeals to the hard core techie, the phones are cheaper depending on the model and the Android OS itself is pretty sophisticated in appearance. I prefer Apple for the following reasons

Apple owns an entire ecosystem of hardware and software solution

iPhone have longer battery life and better cameras than Android phones

I like the closed system approach to the app store where I don’t have 500 flashlight apps

I already have a slew of apps and peripheral devices for my iPhone that I use and a lot of them have no Android App equivilant.

I would like to have a larger screen though… Android phones have larger screens usually. Of course, this creates another problem… Where to put the phone when working out or walking. I don’t like looking like I have a scientific calculator in my pocket.

Oh, well… at least for the next year, I’ll be with the 4S. Who knows, in two years if iPhone 5S isn’t that big of a jump, I’ll switch over to Android, but until then… I’m sticking with my iPhone… if that makes me an Apple fanboy, then I’m ok with that.

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