You forgot my favorite one: Idiot Savant.

But yes. A much smarter choice would be the phone company that throttles use without telling the ignorant user before he's off to replace the phone for $1,000.

That just *sounds* smart.

And it is, if you're the company bending over your own ignorant users for it. It's little different than what VW did. Apple gamed the system by releasing a device that would not perform at all consistently over its lifetime. But they got to come out on release day and heat up the market with spec test after spec test. But what were those results? If they're unsustainable due to software intentionally manipulated, they're LIES- just like VW. Apple *knew* it and they lied to millions. I can't wait to find out which other devices they're throttling.

$39 Battery? Yeah. How 'bout Apple makes a phone that can perform with the available hardware instead? How about some (non-buggy) software that *doesn't* cause your phone to go to sh!t? How about Apple do *something* other than head to the iPhone ATM every month to spend money on driver-less space shuttles. YoooHooo! Over here! It's your user base! The people funding the space ship!

And that's why I can't say much.

My wife and daughter have always run the Apples in the house. iDevices, MacMini, IMac, and even the jacked up phones. I even replaced the hard drive and boosted the ole MacMini to 16GB last Fall. Damn thing flies. I just can't believe that Apple tried to use a device- with ZERO moving parts- that wasn't able to perform as well as it did on the day we bought them. And Apple KNEW it. Apple tried to HIDE it (by silencing it). And only once someone else exposed them did Apple ADMIT it.

My teenage daughter even has an iWatch (or whatever). They're great little toys for a kid her age. My wife wouldn't buy one though I bet she'd take one if offered. They're very popular with females. In fact, 100% of the females in this house adore them!

But then, 100% of the females can't put an X5 watch face on their device.

Remember folks, this is for a device they're supposed to 'trust' what the designers think is the best experience. Seriously? It'd all be laughable if it weren't so unethical that it should be criminal. And to the millions of other idiots just like us who did the research, read the (fake) specs and then bought the Diesel Jetta. I mean iPhone.

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