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Weird, how that article mentions an open pit mine in the US, but doesn't mention anywhere that I-junk is made in fricking China.
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Ummm, I think there's a pretty big difference between cheap crap and cheap quality.
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Love my Samgsung... and the extra battery I carry in my pocket if needed...
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And the battery you can take out to really kill the thing.
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I love my flip phone and the 8 day battery life. I also love saving $500 a year on not having a data plan.
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What does this mean? You can buy iPhones at Wal-Mart. How is the Mobil 1 oil I buy at Wal-Mart any different (other than price) from that I buy at AutoZone? Does the Tropicana OJ taste different between retailers? Lots of non-Chinese-made quality stuff for sale at Wal-Mart. I'm able to afford an iPhone because I don't pay more than I need to for so many other things, whose quality is pretty uniform between retailers, but whose prices are not.
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Good luck finding anything electronic that ISN'T made in China or one of the other asian tech centers. Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, etc seem to have a monopoly on that market. You hardly even see anything that is made in Japan anymore.
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BTW, last I heard the I-phone costs 2 to 3 times as much as it's competition. Doesn't sound that cheap to me. |
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Those are all prices for new two yr. contracts. I guess it depends on what Sammy considers to be the iPhone's competition. For my folks that'd be their ancient flip phones sans data plans.
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There are plenty of things to not like about Apple but making things up about pricing is fairly asinine. |
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In defense of Apple, their products seem to work well (most of the time), iPhone data plans were much cheaper than others($20 vs. $50), and customer service is excellent.
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Yeah, that's about right. I have many reasons to hate Walmart, but as long as they're going to be selling stuff, I would personally be happier if its good stuff. A lot of their stuff is just pure crap. IMHO, it makes our society more disposable. I'm guessing 70% of this country furnishes their homes with crap Walmart furniture. You OK with that?
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