Showing posts with label IPhone Loyalty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IPhone Loyalty. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Damn!: iPhone 5 Named Most Hated Smartphone?

A study conducted by the U.K.-based agency We Are Social found that customers are more interested in Samsung vs. the iPhone 5 or BlackBerry Z10. After each phone's release, the company tracked various social media outlets (Twitter, blogs, and forums) to gage an area of interest. 


The breakdown is as follows: After tracking the responses and comparing each of the four devices, the firm found that 20% of the posts discussing the iPhone 5 were complaints. This compares to 18% of posts that complained about the BlackBerry Z10 and 15% that griped about Nokia's Lumia 920. Just 11% of posts covering the Galaxy S4 were complaints, leading We Are Social to conclude that Samsung's flagship phone is the “most loved” handset on the market.

 Of all the phones the iPhone 5 was most noted. Following its debut, We Are Social tracked 1.7 million conversations about the device, compared to only 300,000 for the Blackberry Z10, and 140,0000 for Samsung's Galaxy S4. However, customers complained about several things including the iPhone 5's appearance (not so much of an upgrade from the previous model, aside from its size) and the Apple Maps app. 

Monday, June 3, 2013

No Words: Bronx DJ Dies Trying To Get Fallen iPhone Off Subway Tracks

The loyalty of an iPhone user should never ben questioned, from this point forward. Tragically, one New York man was electrocuted, and then struck by a Subway train while trying to get his fallen gadget off the tracks.

Francisco Diego, aka Teck Trackz, was a 22-year-old DJ from the Bronx. He was killed Saturday (June 1), and finished off by a No. 2 train, at the he Wakefield-241St. stop, the last on its route.

After his iPhone fell, sources say Diego managed to get in between two train cars and onto the tracks. He was shocked to death after touching the third rail, followed by the train hitting his body as it pulled into the station.  Diego hosted parties at the Bronx nightclub Maximo's Place, one of which recently went down over Memorial Day Weekend.

Some were surprised that he would risk his life, for a phone. "He's not the type to jump into the subway to get it," said a 16-year-old friend. "He would just go et a new one. That's why this is so shocking."

Unfortunately, the weekend's incident wasn't the first time Diego made it onto the tracks. "He's done it before," his sister Nandy, said. "Which is why he tried to do it again. But this time it wasn't successful. I feel like my heart has been ripped out."

He was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, but was unable to be revived.  A friend described Diego as "super friendly" and always had a smile on his face. His marked the second death by a No. 2 train over a 24-hour period.

Early Friday (May 31), a man died after being hit by a northbound train at the E. 174th station. The victim was reportedly pinned between the train and the platform.- See more at: http://hiphopwired.com/2013/06/03/bronx-dj-dies-trying-to-get-fallen-iphone-off-subway-tracks/#sthash.3p0l6HSN.dpuf