Was RIM behind the "Wake Up" protests outside that Australian Apple Store?

4. Lucas777 posted on 29 Apr 2012, 23:02 5

have u ever considered that they enjoy their iphones and dont need anything else?

and as for rim, idk what phone they expect ios users to "wake-up" to… maybe an android or wp device...

27. PhoneArenaUser posted on 30 Apr 2012, 08:45 3

I don't care who did that Samsung or RIM, but that was good! :)

34. taco50 (banned) posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:06 0

Too bad study after study shows Apple users are more tech savvy

37. remixfa posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:40 3

to bad study after study shows that samsung outsold apple in Q1 2012 so therefore you should not be posting any longer.

sup honorless liar.

53. taco50 (banned) posted on 01 May 2012, 02:22 0

So will you stop posting since I linked Apple winning by 3 million smartphones?

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42. Sniggly posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:47 3

Do I really need to repost the link to the survey you are misquoting to prove ONCE AGAIN that you're wrong about iPhone users being tech savvy?

43. remixfa posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:48 4

you know he cant read sniggly, so why even try?

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44. Sniggly posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:52 2

Mainly so our audience gets a clear picture of just what a f**king moron Taco is.

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45. remixfa posted on 30 Apr 2012, 12:00 2

ha. can it be more clear? they already know he was a mindless troll, but now they can add honorless liar to it as well since he so obviously is not honoring his end of the bet that he touted for months.

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47. networkdood posted on 30 Apr 2012, 13:10 0

Dude, I literally know over 100 iphone owners and maybe 1 is semi-techy savvy. I know of 10 people like me who own Android and we considered the tech geeks of my town.

52. taco50 (banned) posted on 01 May 2012, 02:21 0

Let's go with your "friends" instead of real data then

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55. Sniggly posted on 01 May 2012, 02:35 0

But the real data doesn't support you either, Taco. I f**king LINKED that study you keep misquoting. In it, iPhone owners were identified as more likely to be early adopters, but of course that's explained by the zerg rush on every single new Apple product since the original iPod. Android owners tend to be later adopters; in other words, we will wait and see what's coming out before making our purchases.

Also in that study, the part you missed, iPhone owners were identified as preferring a prettier gadget which only did a few things, whereas Android owners preferred an uglier device that did a ton of things.

ALSO, iPhone owners identified themselves as higher maintenance, a trait of someone who's not tech savvy, as they need to be babied along with their devices.

So no, according to the study that you're thinking of, iPhone owners are NOT. f**kING. TECH. SAVVY.

So DROP it already. Like you did a few days ago when I shut you down with these inconvenient truths.

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48. RageQuit posted on 30 Apr 2012, 14:48 0

When the studys apply to the same price brackets($200 per phone) it reversed. go take your useless statistice elsewere to troll.

50. frydaexiii posted on 01 May 2012, 00:38 0

Too bad study after study shows that Taco is an idiot who can't come up with proper statistics other than those shown on Mac fansite?

41. jmoita2 posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:45 1

ish**p simply refuse to take the red pill. They are happy enough to remain in the Matrix.

7. plgladio posted on 29 Apr 2012, 23:20 5

Well said...

28. ZEUS.the.thunder.god posted on 30 Apr 2012, 08:46 1

its iPA and obiously biased. these guys wont let go of a chance to bash android, samsung or google. this is not the first time PA has come up with a misleading article. apart from Michael H. try to anyone`s article and you would know.
+1 for you for speaking the truth.

9. matrix_neo posted on 29 Apr 2012, 23:57 8

I agree, it created confusion to the readers. he did also a bad publicity to samsung coz launching of galaxy s3 is few days away. Directly accusing samsung as the mastermind but with rim he's playing safe. Pretty obvious which side you're in, baaa baaa black sheep?! Maybe in he's next article is nokia or HTC.

Everyday I read news here in pa but this one really pissed me off, be fair in writing an article no matter what company is involved.

16. plgladio posted on 30 Apr 2012, 00:58 0

A good news I went through, just thought to share:
http://www.techday.co.nz/netguide/news/whos-behind-the-apple-wake-up-campaign/23282/

29. ZEUS.the.thunder.god posted on 30 Apr 2012, 08:49 0

its not just Alan or Ray S but its everyone from iPA except Michael H.

20. Lucas777 posted on 30 Apr 2012, 01:31 0

the problem is rim has nothing to "wake up" to… and staging protests outside competitors stores is not a good advertising campaign…

and if someone wants 4g, or a ginormous screen, they would get an android device… but people who have iphones want their iphones and like their iphones… as satisfaction surveys have shown

21. thebikerboi2 posted on 30 Apr 2012, 01:45 0

it just depends on what phone you enjoy more, i've been a happy owner of an iPhone 4 since march last year not thinking of changing any time soon

22. mas11 posted on 30 Apr 2012, 02:16 1

They may enjoy their iPhones, but a lot of iPhone users want 4G Lte and a bigger screen in the next iPhone. Why wait when you could get that now in an Android or Windows Phone device. And if you're happy with you're iPhone that's great, but I encourage people to try new phones. I've used my friends' iPhones and found that I enjoy Android devices more. I would also love to try out a Windows Phone, but they are pretty rare right now. I'm just saying a lot of iPhone users have never tried another phone they will just buy whatever Apple decides to sell them.

35. taco50 (banned) posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:08 0

A lot of iPhone users have tried android and found out it has bad battery life, is buggy, force closes and lags. So they prefer iPhone.

Tally me for trying android and not liking it.

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38. remixfa posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:42 1

amazing since iOS5 users report tons of issues as well as bottom barrel battery life as PROVEN by the GSM Arena study in which the iphone barely stays on the battery life charts.

Taco your such a liar its not funny.

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46. mas11 posted on 30 Apr 2012, 12:55 0

Dude you're trying the wrong Android phones. I had a Samsung Intercept and it sucked. I would have rather had an iPhone, but then I got a DROID 4 and it's very smooth and I’ve had no issues with it. Now the battery life is good for a 4G Lte phone and I know an iPhone's battery lasts a little longer, but an iPhone isn't running a 1.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor, lighting up a 4" screen and a physical keyboard, and running on 4G Lte. So the iPhone sacrifices those features for a better battery life. Plus look at the DROID RAZR MAXX it lasts way longer than an iPhone and it has all those features listed above minus the physical keyboard, but with a larger screen and still manages to be thinner than the iPhone.

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39. remixfa posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:43 0

if its a build up to something, then its not a waist of time. It gets the buzz out there because people are curious to who is doing it. If the original article was "RIM pays people to protest apple stores".. we all would have just laughed at its stupidity and not thought about it again.
If this is some sort of teaser for their BB10 campaign it may just be a small piece of the total puzzle.

26. PhoneArenaUser posted on 30 Apr 2012, 08:44 2

"Apple fans don't need to wake up. They are in good hands with Tim Cook"

Seams that you like to be in someones hands, shepherds hands...

24. groupsacc posted on 30 Apr 2012, 02:33 0

lol .

32. PhoneArenaUser posted on 30 Apr 2012, 09:27 1

He wil say something like:
We...
We...
We...
And so on...

36. taco50 (banned) posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:10 0

Apple had their best quarter ever after he passed and had a huge quarter in Q1.

40. remixfa posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:45 4

yea, that was christmas quarter with a new phone. that had nothing to do with him being alive or dead.
they had less sales in Q1 than samsung did...
wait.. wasnt there a bet that if samsung outsold Apple, you would no longer post??

yup, your a liar.

54. taco50 (banned) posted on 01 May 2012, 02:23 0

iPhone beat Samsung by 3 million. Please honor your word and stop posting here.

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