On 10/18/11 4:36 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 17/10/2011 5:56 PM, BAR wrote:

Crap, he's posting from his iPhone now.

Made non-union in China too.

Unfortunately, most so-called "smart" phones, and most cell phones, are
now assembled in the PRC, and many are manufactured there, too, even
Nokias. In the last couple of years, nearly all cell phone assembly has
been "outsourced" to the PRC. My rule against buying merchandise from
the PRC is, "can I find a similar or better product manufactured
elsewhere?" Since most "smart" phones are coming out of the PRC, the
answer, sadly, is no.

My previous "smart" phone, an HTC Incredible that uses the Android OS,
was nearing the end of its two year contract. I paid $199 for it and
sold it over the weekend on a cell phone message board for about 75% of
what I paid for it. It held its value because it is now an off-contract
phone and you don't need a new contract to reinitialize it.

I also had a $50 gift card from Apple. So, between the bucks I got for
selling the old phone and the gift card, the new iPhone cost me only
what I had to pay in sales tax.

There's a lot to like about the new iPhones, but, as with all of these
devices, there's quite a list of annoyances. The virtual keyboard is
bigger and better on the iPhone than it was on the HTC, and the usenet
app is somewhat better, too, though it is complicated.

Such is life.