Has anyone asked if your Note 4 is an iPhone 6+?

[JasW]

I'm tempted to walk into an Apple store, point at an iPhone 6+ and ask if it's the Note. When they say no then I'd ask where do they sell real phones.

Someone should totally do a YouTube video along these lines. Ask if it's the Note, then when they say no, pick up the display model and ask how you pull out the pen. When they say there is no pen, then ask them to show you how the "two windows on the screen at once" thing works. Then ask how to resize app windows. Etc., etc.

 

[anon8126715]

It's not unreasonable to ask if it's an iPhone... After all, in the U.S., the iPhone is the most popular smartphone line by a large margin. It would have been more strange if someone came up to you and said, "Oooh, is that an Oppo??"

I work in IT and I've noticed the only people that have iPhones are the people that don't really have an IT background. The rest typically have Android and mostly Samsungs. The tools available to me on the Android platform blow iOS away. Don't get me wrong, the iPhone is very frustration free, but considering I work in an industry where I'm required to know more than the average computer user, I have no problem with Android. Below is an app I found that I don't think is available on iTunes.

 

[Stwutter]

Some asked me once if my old Blackberry Z30 was an iphone.

They're dead now.

 

[b_slow1]

I work in IT and I've noticed the only people that have iPhones are the people that don't really have an IT background. The rest typically have Android and mostly Samsungs. The tools available to me on the Android platform blow iOS away. Don't get me wrong, the iPhone is very frustration free, but considering I work in an industry where I'm required to know more than the average computer user, I have no problem with Android.

It's perfectly fine to prefer Android over iOS and think that it's a better fit for you. And that goes for everyone else. And any comparisons between the two platforms themselves are perfectly valid. But when you start getting into the area of presuming that Android users are more knowledgeable, or more technical, I have a problem. I think that assessments like that are way off base. It's the equivalent of Apple users who say that the only people who use Android phones are people who "can't afford to buy an iPhone".

 

[Almeuit]

It's perfectly fine to prefer Android over iOS and think that it's a better fit for you. And that goes for everyone else. And any comparisons between the two platforms themselves are perfectly valid. But when you start getting into the area of presuming that Android users are more knowledgeable, or more technical, I have a problem. I think that assessments like that are way off base. It's the equivalent of Apple users who say that the only people who use Android phones are people who "can't afford to buy an iPhone".

He wasn't presuming anything. He said from his experience (from his day to day interactions) he notices more IT related colleagues with Android whereas the non "tech junkies" have iPhones. He simply is stating what he goes through everyday.

I agree that most non-techies will nab an iPhone. Is this 100% true all the time? Of course not .. nothing is 100% in life except death and taxes ... But I would have to agree with this statement as well. I have recommended iPhone plenty to my non-techies friends and they love it.. they can just use it and as TXGTOU said it is frustration free for them.

 

[IamMasterChat]

No one has mistaken my HTC One to an iPhone 6 yet. I don't know if this will ever happen.

 

[SteelGator]

Yes. When I was using Google Wallet to pay at CVS. I promptly corrected them

That won't happen again, CVS and Rite Aid quit taking tap to pay.

 

[dpham00]

Not sure how anyone can mix up the two... Even at a quick glance, Samsung clearly days Samsung on the front and the home button is different. I use the Samsung protective case so there is Samsung on the back too.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4

 

[Brandon Lee Roy]

U should've asked em, "does it look bent to you?" #bendgate

 

[21stNow]

Not sure how anyone can mix up the two... Even at a quick glance, Samsung clearly days Samsung on the front and the home button is different. I use the Samsung protective case so there is Samsung on the back too.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Some people who are really not into phones don't understand that Samsung doesn't make iPhones. To them, all phones with big touchscreens are iPhones.

 

[Android4life47]

Some people who are really not into phones don't understand that Samsung doesn't make iPhones. To them, all phones with big touchscreens are iPhones.

Well it takes 11 companies to make the iPhone and sorry to say Samsung is the main company to make its parts so in a way yes Samsung does make the iPhone

 

[Alexander Burnside]

That's true to an extent, but it's all of the hoopla and hype surrounding Apple Pay that compelled CVS (which along with Best Buy, Walmart, and others is a member of the merchant consortium behind Current C) to stop accepting mobile payments. Obviously, they are afraid widespread adoption of Apple Pay would jeopardize the decidedly inferior Current C, which isn't even scheduled to roll out until next year. If Apple hadn't come out with Apple Pay, we Google Wallet users could have continued on our merry ways.

So three years after they both debut, Apple copies our beloved Note and Google Wallet, f-ing things up for us. Thanks, Apple!

I disagree.

Those companies are all subject to a non-compete order which prevents them from accepting any mobile payment method other than CurrentC. NFC payments would have gone down regardless of Apple Pay's existence. In a year or so when the non-compete expires, they will likely start taking NFC again, because I presume they aren't stupid enough to cut out a huge chunk of their user base who have access to and want to use NFC enabled mobile devices.

Particularly if when CurrentC explodes on take off.

 

[JasW]

I disagree.

Those companies are all subject to a non-compete order which prevents them from accepting any mobile payment method other than CurrentC. NFC payments would have gone down regardless of Apple Pay's existence. In a year or so when the non-compete expires, they will likely start taking NFC again, because I presume they aren't stupid enough to cut out a huge chunk of their user base who have access to and want to use NFC enabled mobile devices.

Particularly if when CurrentC explodes on take off.

You seem to be privy to information that the media is not. Nothing I've read, at least as of this morning, identified any specific reason for CVS's decision, let alone a noncompete. That would have apparently just been signed/gone into effect. A quick news search doesn't reveal any new information since this morning; what's your source?

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[l No Use For A Name l]

You know what does annoy me? When iphone people make fun of your phone because of the size. I had three friends with new iPhone 6 so far since I purchased my note 4 be like "how's the whiteboard sized phone treating you" and comments like that. Wanna slap them lol

 

[anon8126715]

It's perfectly fine to prefer Android over iOS and think that it's a better fit for you. And that goes for everyone else. And any comparisons between the two platforms themselves are perfectly valid. But when you start getting into the area of presuming that Android users are more knowledgeable, or more technical, I have a problem. I think that assessments like that are way off base. It's the equivalent of Apple users who say that the only people who use Android phones are people who "can't afford to buy an iPhone".

I'm just reporting what is the norm where I work and where I've worked. It's funny talking to some of the IT people that have iPhones, they don't really like talking shop nor talking about computers in general. I even had one guy point blank tell me that he doesn't do anything on his computer when he gets home.

 

[molybear]

Nope my friends know I wouldnt have iPhone.

 

[Alexander Burnside]

You seem to be privy to information that the media is not. Nothing I've read, at least as of this morning, identified any specific reason for CVS's decision, let alone a noncompete. That would have apparently just been signed/gone into effect. A quick news search doesn't reveal any new information since this morning; what's your source?

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Here are a few:

Wal-Mart's Answer To Apple Pay, CurrentC - Business Insider
Blocking Apple Pay Is a Stupid Move for Retailers
CurrentC Is The Big Retailers’ Clunky Attempt To Kill Apple Pay And Credit Card Fees | TechCrunch

 

[JasW]

Here are a few:

Wal-Mart's Answer To Apple Pay, CurrentC - Business Insider
Blocking Apple Pay Is a Stupid Move for Retailers
CurrentC Is The Big Retailers’ Clunky Attempt To Kill Apple Pay And Credit Card Fees | TechCrunch

Interesting that only the Mashable article mentions the non-compete. In any event, Current C looks like a clumsy, archaic system set up to benefit retailers only -- certainly not consumers. (At least not directly, although I'm sure the marketing flacks will spout some mullarkey about retailers passing along the savings in fees from credit card companies.) I certainly wouldn't go through all the steps required to use Current C at checkout. If I can't just swipe my phone, I'll simply swipe my debit card and put in my pin.

 

[Alexander Burnside]

Those links all mention an agreement as members of MCX to not use other mobile payment methods. However, yes, only Mashable was calling it a non-compete. I agree that it's all hearsay, so it's up to the reader to decide what they want to believe. Regardless, I'll be shocked if it doesn't bomb hard. They thought NFC wasn't getting used? Wait until they get a load of that CurrentC crap.

CurrentCrap? That's gonna stick, just wait.

 

[Stephen Martino]

That won't happen again, CVS and Rite Aid quit taking tap to pay.

I know. Very sad. There is always Walgreens!!!!