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Other than specific cases of irrational negativity towards Apple, as with Jesus Diaz, in which bloggers have a chip on their shoulders about Apple because they were rebuffed for doing brain-dead or illegal things (like paying for a stolen iPhone 4 prototype, and trying to use it to blackmail Apple into revealing unreleased information about the product), there is a general malaise suffered by some people when it comes to Apple, its products, and users of its products. In the comments sections of some blogs and articles dealing specifically with Apple's iPhone, or other Apple products, there are disparaging remarks from, almost exclusively, Android users/fans. The reactive, aggressive, and often juvenile comments that attempt to denigrate Apple, its products, and its users, come from insecure people who feel threatened by the existence of a high quality product and ecosystem that is different (and in many ways objectively better) than the one they chose for themselves. Alternatively, it's not that often (if at all) that you will come across iPhone users going out of their way to waste their time writing insulting comments attacking Android phones and users on Android blogs and articles. In the few cases you might find, those iPhone users may be just hitting back after reading derogatory comments about them from Android fans. But those Android fans, feeling uncertainty (and probably also regret) about the alternative they have chosen for themselves, try to build up their own egos by attacking others who have chosen differently, and who are very happy with the Apple product they have chosen. Those negative reactions are one of the strongest indications (in addition to Apple's financial success, the huge numbers of products the company sells, and the highest customer satisfaction ratings from its users) that Apple has developed and introduced another highly successful product. In a way, iPhone users should take comfort in the reinforcement that these irrational insults represent. 😉

Other than specific cases of irrational negativity towards Apple, as with Jesus Diaz, in which bloggers have a chip on their shoulders about Apple because they were rebuffed for doing brain-dead or illegal things (like paying for a stolen iPhone 4 prototype, and trying to use it to blackmail Apple into revealing unreleased information about the product), there is a general malaise suffered by some people when it comes to Apple, its products, and users of its products. In the comments sections of some blogs and articles dealing specifically with Apple's iPhone, or other Apple products, there are disparaging remarks from, almost exclusively, Android users/fans. The reactive, aggressive, and often juvenile comments that attempt to denigrate Apple, its products, and its users, come from insecure people who feel threatened by the existence of a high quality product and ecosystem that is different (and in many ways objectively better) than the one they chose for themselves. Alternatively, it's not that often (if at all) that you will come across iPhone users going out of their way to waste their time writing insulting comments attacking Android phones and users on Android blogs and articles. In the few cases you might find, those iPhone users may be just hitting back after reading derogatory comments about them from Android fans. But those Android fans, feeling uncertainty (and probably also regret) about the alternative they have chosen for themselves, try to build up their own egos by attacking others who have chosen differently, and who are very happy with the Apple product they have chosen. Those negative reactions are one of the strongest indications (in addition to Apple's financial success, the huge numbers of products the company sells, and the highest customer satisfaction ratings from its users) that Apple has developed and introduced another highly successful product. In a way, iPhone users should take comfort in the reinforcement that these irrational insults represent. 😉

macxpress said:

BatteryGate!!!!

Uhhh... No "WhateverGate" is needed with MUCH LESS than 1 in 1,000,000 occurrences (only 2 out of the tens of millions of new iPhones sold so far). But when we get to thousands of occurrences, and instead of just swollen batteries, have the defective batteries exploding and catching fire, sending people to the hospital and burning down cars and houses.... As happened with Samsung's Note 7... THEN you can go ahead and start thinking up some silly "Gate" names.

Until then, you are just making a fool of yourself.

muthuk_vanalingam said:

By doing business with Samsung, Apple contributes MILLIONS of times to Samsung's coffers than ANY individual buying phones/other products from them. When people in this forum call those Samsung phone buyers various names, what would they call Apple as? I don't have anything against Apple, just calling out the "hypocrisy" shown by MANY people in this forum.

My own view - There is nothing wrong in Apple doing business with Samsung, because that is what it is - business. In the same way, people who buy Samsung products should not be called with derogatory terms. It is just NOT on. It would be extremely hypocritical to call "individuals" names when "appreciating/admiring" a company (Apple) for doing business with the "same" company (Samsung).

As far as I know, Apple is not buying Samsung-made NAND to use in Android phones. Apple is buying it to use in iPhones. Whereas people who buy Samsung-made smartphones are buying into the Android OS ecosystem, and all of the problems that it entails.

So no, Apple is not being "hypocritical", and neither are people who criticize others for buying Android phones (including Samsung's smartphones) but who see nothing wrong with Apple buying some necessary components for the iPhone from Samsung.

Of course, Samsung has always been a "frenemy" of Apple's, so it would be preferable if Apple chose to buy all of its components from non-Samsung sources. And in fact, Apple has been moving much of its purchases to other suppliers (for example, the A-series processors are now being fabricated by TSMC instead of Samsung). But for the time being, Samsung is still one of Apple's suppliers for some of the iPhone's components.

"Kuo says Apple has "cancelled" plans to embed a fingerprint recognition solution in the next-generation flagship iPhone." It sounds a bit fishy that Apple would just now (a month before release) cancel a major feature of the new iPhone. All features were likely locked-in a year ago. There is no way that Apple would just now be making a major change to their product, which probably had contracts for all components established at least a year ago, and probably is already in production in order to have a stockpile for next month's release.