The accident cover is an excellent reason to go for the note 3. Still a recent revelation yet people have been gushing over this since even before its announcement. It's that mentality I'm trying to better understand.
Everything you described matches the note 2 as well. I'm already running 4.3 on mine with the focal camera which is brilliant, and let's face it, the gimmicky stuff is really gimmicky. It wears off in a day or two.
What I see from reading the forums and the various forms of brand bashing and brand support, is that there's been this shift without realising it. All of the reasons people use to bash Apple with, are kinda the same reasons why so many Samsung people buy Samsung. The hype, mostly. The baited breath anticipation. I'm referring specifically here to the buying decisions, not the functionality. It strikes me that Samsung and Google have managed to covertly adopt a marketing principle that was once sneered at by Apple bashers. Well I see some similarities at least.
What I don't see is innovation. I see the milking of a loyal consumer base who are happy to over extend themselves financially for a phone. This note 3 for example costs the same or more than a decent new laptop or PC. The only innovative strategy being adopted here is Samsung's warranty, which is fantastic. But it speaks volumes about their lack of innovation within their ranges of phones.
It's a spec war. The consumers are the armies, and I question whether they really agree with their decision to pick up arms and fight this fight on behalf of their overlords. Or whether they've even asked that question of themselves. We used to base our buying decisions on items that cost as much as phones now do, on things that actually made a material difference in our lives. It's consumer complacency at it's finest taking place imo, and the Note 3 exemplifies this.
I used to own the S3. It broke so I bought the Note 2 because I wanted a bigger screen, a stylus, and a better battery. Those were my factors that I took into account when making a decision. Now a new iteration either has to be innovative enough to convince me that it will have a material impact to me, or it has to blow me away in terms of the existing factors and reasons for going this route in the first place. The Note 3 does none of that for me. Hence why I began to question why others are so desperate to get their hands on it. Perhaps there are a few logical reasons for it that I'm not taking into account? But from where I stand right now, it's nothing but a tool for a company to use to take more of your money for very little reward. It's further evidence to me that we value our money very differently in modern society. We have a very different measure for various items and companies like Samsung and Apple play on this notion for their own reward.
Unless I'm wrong, and everyone wants this because the new features and spec enhancements will make a material difference to their lives?
Everything you described matches the note 2 as well. I'm already running 4.3 on mine with the focal camera which is brilliant, and let's face it, the gimmicky stuff is really gimmicky. It wears off in a day or two.
What I see from reading the forums and the various forms of brand bashing and brand support, is that there's been this shift without realising it. All of the reasons people use to bash Apple with, are kinda the same reasons why so many Samsung people buy Samsung. The hype, mostly. The baited breath anticipation. I'm referring specifically here to the buying decisions, not the functionality. It strikes me that Samsung and Google have managed to covertly adopt a marketing principle that was once sneered at by Apple bashers. Well I see some similarities at least.
What I don't see is innovation. I see the milking of a loyal consumer base who are happy to over extend themselves financially for a phone. This note 3 for example costs the same or more than a decent new laptop or PC. The only innovative strategy being adopted here is Samsung's warranty, which is fantastic. But it speaks volumes about their lack of innovation within their ranges of phones.
It's a spec war. The consumers are the armies, and I question whether they really agree with their decision to pick up arms and fight this fight on behalf of their overlords. Or whether they've even asked that question of themselves. We used to base our buying decisions on items that cost as much as phones now do, on things that actually made a material difference in our lives. It's consumer complacency at it's finest taking place imo, and the Note 3 exemplifies this.
I used to own the S3. It broke so I bought the Note 2 because I wanted a bigger screen, a stylus, and a better battery. Those were my factors that I took into account when making a decision. Now a new iteration either has to be innovative enough to convince me that it will have a material impact to me, or it has to blow me away in terms of the existing factors and reasons for going this route in the first place. The Note 3 does none of that for me. Hence why I began to question why others are so desperate to get their hands on it. Perhaps there are a few logical reasons for it that I'm not taking into account? But from where I stand right now, it's nothing but a tool for a company to use to take more of your money for very little reward. It's further evidence to me that we value our money very differently in modern society. We have a very different measure for various items and companies like Samsung and Apple play on this notion for their own reward.
Unless I'm wrong, and everyone wants this because the new features and spec enhancements will make a material difference to their lives?
omin4tr1x :Cough: seem to just insanely buy everything like some crazed iTard for some reason.
