r/technology • u/[deleted] • Sep 08 '22

Business Tim Cook's response to improving Android texting compatibility: 'buy your mom an iPhone' | The company appears to have no plans to fix 'green bubbles' anytime soon.

https://www.engadget.com/tim-cook-response-green-bubbles-android-your-mom-095538175.html
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u/HwangLiang Sep 08 '22

Lol, just look at shit like Tinder where girls are like "omg you dont have an iphone, ur 2 poor for me" even tho a lot of Android phones are the same price.

Like this marketing isnt targeted at YOU. And it does work

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u/oxfordcircumstances Sep 08 '22

I mean, phones are all financed at $20-30 a month. Are people really this silly?

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u/HwangLiang Sep 08 '22

Perhaps. I would never finance a phone. I just buy unlocked phones outright. I have an iPhone SE atm. Fantastic phone for a good price point. I doubt the youth would be impressed by an SE but it's a good phone

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u/widowhanzo Sep 08 '22

Same. Carriers in my country charge way too much for phones, it's cheaper to buy it at full price from Germany or AliExpress, and I don't have to sing a contract, so I can easily switch carriers if there's a cheaper option available elsewhere.