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n8ter#AC I'm sorry, but what does a removeable battery have to do with it. Is the Z30's battery embedded or not? Apple's service is simply better, and it is, in fact, a selling point. People like products that they know have 1st party stores (Apple Store, Microsoft Store) down the street/downtown where they can get 1st class support for said product.
You can get Apple Care and by the time it expires you're getting a new phone anyways, since you'll be off contract (not counting if you use a Jump plan or something similar, in which case you can upgrade twice a year if you just trade the device in which means you'll literally never be out of warranty - ever..
You also have to factor in whether other devices are still covered by Manufacturer warranty, even if you have insurance. Insurance does not cover everything. Nothing does. But Apple Care is superior to normal insurance. That is why it exists, to give a better alternative.
Doesn't seem to be working too hot on iOS and Android devices. iMessage + FaceTime works even better between Apple devices, and Hangouts works as well if not better between iOS and Android devices. No offense, but BBM hasn't been a selling point for years now. It isn't even a factor, anymore. Messaging services are commodity.
Apple has iCloud integrated in all their platforms.
Samsung has Link for their devices. Trust me, that is not a selling point to a consumer. Install more bloatware on your PC to access stuff you can simply put on SkyDrive and get via the app? Thanks, but no thanks.
I didn't say it was the same. I said these things exist on Android. Facebook Chat Heads nad Tango Fast Chat are two clear example of this being done (and looking a lot better than on BB10). The APIs to do this is in the Android platform.
You're spinning it.
There is no Flickr. There is no SkyDrive. There is no OneNote. There is no Coach's Eye/UberSense/Dartfish Express. There is no Photoshop Touch, Photoshop Express, GroupPix, or Revel. There is no Camera Awesome. There is no GroupMe. There are no Google Apps (period). There is no Microsoft RD Client (1st party). No Instagram. No Netflix. No Snapchat.
I can go on and on. What is you rdefinition of a "Primary App?" Or, did you mean "Primary App (((In My Opinion)))..."???
Incorrect. Shared Photo Streams - and you don't need an iOS device to access them. It also does Video. iCloud, IIRC, is a 1st party service on iOS. Photo Streams can be Created and Managed from OSX, iOS Devices, and Windows PCs. This is an example of a company utilizing their services infrastructure to provide value to the user.
Another example is how Google Utilized Google Drive as a basis for things like Google Photos, while extending that further and using Google Photos as a platform for photo sharing within the Hangouts experience... Blackberry can't do that, cause their services infrastructure is not set up to facilitate that, while competitors like Microsoft (i.e. Share via SkyDrive in Outlook.com, for example), Apple, and Google are well set up for innovating in those ways.
I've made valid points. You're just complaining.