Yeah, do you need a fancy 1000 dollar Iphone or are you fine with a 50 dollar ZTE?
Honestly, I think I prefer and use Medscape more often than UtD; its format of intro, presentation, ddx, workup, and treatment is very concise and easier to find what I want than wading through UtD articles, though those do have their place.
Lol, that works, too.
"fancy iPhones" don't cost $1000. The benefits of having a smartphone in med school grossly outweigh the downsides (i.e., cost - which is pretty negligible).
You're being intentionally obtuse.
I am not trying to be difficult, I am just trying to display that fancy phones are indeed expensive.
That's why the vast majority of people don't buy directly from the manufacturer. Also, no one even implied that you needed the most expensive iPhone (or smartphone - though having used both Android and Apple I would never go back to Android). My iPhone 4s from 2013 is still rocking and I paid about $100 for it at the time. My wife has a 7s for which she paid a little over $100 and even after you factor in carrier fees it ends up being much less in the long run than if you bought it direct.
Carriers are done subsidizing phones. I am unsure if you have bought a phone recently, they just make you pay the price of the phone in installments. You are still paying full sticker price of the phone at the end of the day.
Only if you're an idiot about cell plans and negotiating. I've had the same plan since 2009. The only thing that has changed is local tax, and I've "upgraded" my phone 3 times, and was able to add my wife (gf at the time) at no additional cost. If you're really that cheap it shouldn't be too hard to find someone to just give you an old phone, or buy a used or refurbished one.
If you read my question, it specifically asked if a ZTE would be sufficient. until you decided to question that an iphone could cost 1000 dollars. Thanks for contributing though.
Title of thread = "Smartphone for Medical School"
Yeah but ZTE is also a smartphone, so ZTE vs iPhone is kind of confusing in-context (and "$1000 iPhone or $50 ZTE?" set up a false dichotomy that could have resulted in less useful responses).
Read the thread. If the answer was obviously , yes need a smart phone the next question was do I need to buy an expensive one.
I get my rocks off to my trusty 2007 MBP that I'm currently using to type this.
If that was your question than you should have directly asked it. Apple products last forever unless you're careless (as mentioned above my 2007 MBP is still running solid, along with my iPhone 4s, and 1st gen iPod Classic). If you're really a penny pincher buy one from someone you trust, or a refurbished one. Otherwise, go through a wireless carrier and go with the cheapest reasonable plan, and don't upgrade/change your plan unless you absolutely have to.
Are you joking? One of your first replies was a direct response to the post he made that referred to the ZTE. Why are you being so abrasive?
He didn't refer to the ZTE until after I responded, and he set up the absurd dichotomy between an iPhone and ZTE when he did. Sorry for not taking the question literally, given the overall context.
IDK, the pixel XLs are like 800+
I think he meant better in quality not price.
You are absolutely getting what you pay for, which you have never been able to say of any Apple product.
Why do you think Android is orders of magnitude better than Ios or pixel is better than iphone?
Dunno about current generations but it used to be screen resolution/quality, the Chrome browser and the general ability to sync your phone with all your other Google stuff that made it so attractive (e.g. all your passwords are autoentered for you when you go to a site on your phone that you've logged into from your computer in Chrome before; your calendar and googledocs/googlesheets and gmail are all native)
This is absolutely true. Their hardware quality, is pretty decent though compared to run of the mill android manufacturers.
iPhone 7 vs. Google Pixel: The ultimate comparison Hardware alone the pixel blows the iPhone7 out of the water. Just don't take it swimming. And as is constantly seen with Apple products, despite having inferior hardware we see a higher price point.
