“Anything you can do, I can do better” has been the ongoing slogan for cell phone manufactures for years. Android manufacturers and Apple update their phone models every year in attempt to outdo the other. There is only so much one can do with a phone, so, eventually, it becomes trying to beat each other to the punch. As a result, the owners of these phones have created a divide, and each side thinks they are the owner of the best cellular device, when they’re actually equal.
The truth is that the two types of phones do just about the same thing, and if there is a feature the two do not share, give it a few months because it’s coming. Android and Apple devices have touch screens, cool features, apps, and updates, and their manufactures crank out new models in what seems to be every 2 seconds. What is there to debate? People choose their phones based on comfort, and just because a phone seems simple and easier to navigate does not mean the next person has the same opinion.
The funny thing is that the huge argument between phone users is what keeps companies making money. People are so caught up on having the better phone and the latest technology that they are right there and first in line when Samsung or Apple’s latest gadget comes out. They are doing exactly what the company’s want: buying their phones.
People think they are winning because they buy the latest phones, and, for a month or two, have the more up-to-date phone model than the opposing team. But people are actually paying hundreds of dollars for features that are hardly used when all the phone is really needed for is to make a call. — apps are a luxury.
This is not to be taken as a declaration for everyone to throw away their smartphones. All this means is that smartphones should not own people, nor are particular models better than anyone else’s. The debate is old and tired. One may think his or her phone is the best, but it’s best that he or she keeps that to him- or herself.
The constant back and forth between smartphone users is just one more representation of how technology-struck the millennial generation really is. People are dying of insect bites and STDs, yet a college student’s biggest worry is whether or not his or her iPhone is better than his or her friend’s Android. Can there please be some priority checks in aisle one?
It’s just a cell phone. iPhone or Android, and the models are all just phones. This tired debate with last month’s software update needs to end and people need to stop finding reasons to divide the population. All those who agree, say “I.”
