Quote Originally Posted by homer13j View Post
I used to have the same attitude until I actually got one (Android)...
I was the same, but with an iPhone.

Apps I use regularly: e-mail, phone, calendar, messaging, calculator + programming calculator, notes, web, camera, MyRadar, maps (apple maps, I find, is more accurate than google maps).

Intermittently: AeroWeather, iHeartRadio, HandLoad (ammunition load tracker), WoW armory, WoW authenticator.

I have had my iPhone for 2 1/2 years, it's in perfect condition since I have a huge, massive, rubber case for it, but have dropped it on concrete and in dirt and rain a good few times (box has been replaced twice).

I have looked at replacing it, as the charge doesn't seem to hold as well as it once did (excuse for a new phone...) but it has no performance issues. The Windows Phone still looks superior to the Androids, though.

What is interesting, though, is that here, we have VB6 programmers who have iPhones, Android and Windows phone - that we choose the device based on performance, requirements, needs, etc. and not what our favorite development tool is (whether we program that device or not). The vast majority of users are looking for a tool to do the job, and not what tools are used to make it. While it may be true that a .NET programmer may favor the Windows Phone over an iPhone, for example, if they are going to develop for the device, for those that have the choice, I'd say the wise developer would choose a device that does the job for the end user, not a device which fits their world.