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Originally Posted by marcol
You may have some sort of point for A2DP but not really for 3G. iPhone not having 3G is a hardware decision and is no more 'Soviet' than, e.g., HTC selling devices with a 320x240 screens or Palm selling Treos without Wifi. There's no compulsion here. If you want a high-res screen don't buy a Tilt, if you want Wifi don't buy a Treo, if want 3G don't buy an iPhone.
For the record, I think 3G, high res screens and Wifi are all great. A2DP, not so much.
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I, of course, disagree. In this case the motivation counts. Apple consciously decided to use 2002 technology when everyone else was already 3G for 2 years now, to "protect their uses from battery life issues", and in the process deprived their users of the choice of sacrificing battery life for speed.
In this case its the paternalistic attitude which is galling, and its pretty funny seeing so many Apple fans buying into the "Jobs knows best" attitude.
HTC not using high res screens in their mid-range devices have always been an issue, and while you could find some people defending it, most wished they did use higher-res screens. We know HTC is just doing it to save money. HTC does not go around telling us they are doing it for our own good.
Surur