Exclusive games. Exclusive apps. Unrivaled stability. Unmatched 1st, 2nd and 3rd party support. Uncontested billion-dollar after-market accessory industry catered to Apple. Astounding online community. Seamless multi-class inter-device connectivity.

80% of iOS owners are on iOS5. 7.1% of Android owners are on Android 4.0 (which makes it safe to assume only 7 percent of Android owners are actually power-users with technical expertise, as opposed to the millions of lower-class folk saving money by buying a $20-$50 Android brick). REAL Impressive numbers there, Google :roll:

Unification > Fragmentation (as made apparent with previous updated-user percentile).

"No FLASH!" - 2007. 2012: Flash is being phased out.

"No functionality!" - 2007. 2012: The best function-providing apps are either made for iOS first and released on Android a year or two later, or completely iOS exclusive.

"No physical keyboard or buttons!" - 2007. 2012: Only few lower-end or half-baked devices stubbornly cling to physical keyboards.

Apple won already... They won about five years ago. When will people realize that iOS and the iPhone has accomplished in the mobile space what only Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony could lustfully dream of? Never. Because people are too busy playing with their UI's instead of enjoying actual substance.

/debate

Too bad. it's a work of art.

Wahoo.

lol at the fact Samsung has to publicize carrier pre-orders just to excite shareholders. It will be hysterical when we get our hands on carrier pre-orders for the new iPhone in a few months.

Even more interesting to see what the CUSTOMER pre-orders are. All this hype is just riding on vapor.

In the end, it's all down to developer interest. 9 million carrier pre-orders doesn't equate to the improvement of the current gaming and app situation. A majority of Googles mobile revenues ironically still come from iOS, so the real question is: When will Google actually start profiting more from its own platform instead of relying on a competitor who's about to cut them off?

This is good for Samsung, no doubt... but it's only good for Samsung, and not all the other Android manufacturers. "Choice" is suddenly starting to look pretty obsolete in this case if everyone will just eventually be delegated to the best "choice."

This is most likely why iOS gets all the great exclusives, in terms of games and even apps.

Also explains why 3DS and Vita are doing horribly

Two prominent members of the ATSI board have already confirmed Apple's winning design to be standardized from henceforth. Minor digging will reveal this evidence to be true.

At this point no one will be surprised in the coming weeks. Just pointing that out.

:(

Just to keep you updated:

http://www.fiercemobileit.com/story/etsi-approves-apples-nano-sim-design/2012-06-04

http://www.newmobile.com/uk/063104/6399/ETSI-approves-Apples-nano-SIM.html

http://www.neowin.net/news/apples-nano-sim-card-design-approved-by-etsi

http://www.techspot.com/news/48848-etsi-approves-nano-sim-standard-possibly-apples-design.html

""The group didn?t reveal which format was chosen in the end, saying that ?it is no longer a question of one company or another, the industry has collectively made a decision.? Nevertheless several reports have noted that the dimensions listed by the institutematch those of Apple's proposal.""

"While ETSI did not specifically say that Apple was the winner, a member of the committee, Giesecke & Devrient did,"

After a google search on Giesecke and Devrient, it shows they are indeed members of the committee, and did indeed confirm Apple to be the winner of approval.

Kapootie Forest.

Tell me what you think of it. I'm rather proud of these two levels.

Could be possible that you mistook streaked-oil smudges as hairline scratches. I remember freaking out thinking my iPad had the same hair-line scratches you described only to realize a little later that it was fortunately just smudges streaked across the screen that resembled hair-line scratches. *whew*

anyway, glad you don't notice them now.