I held out for years using Blackberries, Nokias,Samsungs,Motorolas ( nearly always hand me downs from others upgrades ) along with Windows/MS computing kit ( Tiny DX66,HP,Sony Vaio and Dells )- but finally at the tail end of last year went Apple. ALL of my children,ex wife,grand children have iPhones and mac kit, and have done for years.
Having a son work for Apple helps - not only for the impressive discount for family,but as a guruzy genius when coming up against the odd thing that this here old lump hasn't come across before using previous tech.
I got the whole shebang: iPad Ret Mini / Mac Air / Mac Mini / Apple TV and iPhone5s - have been mightily impressed with how everything thus far just works, no headaches,no hours spent faffing around , everything syncs perfectly, no virus' etc - the mac mini is great ( used a spare Samsung HD Tele for the screen ) and so small and quiet. My home office is like a peaceful sanctuary now instead of the hot,dusty whirring thing before.
Baby loves the iPad mini - and he has pretty much stolen that, it's full of stupid Zombie Games now, nonetheless, I can see what he is checking out on the net,as it shows me on the mac mini. Mac Air and the iPhone where he is surfing - normally StampyLongNose.
The Mac Air ( 13incher) lasts for ages on a single charge ( UNLIKE the iPhone ) - I got this as a refurb, and you would never know,it really was like a new unit - as a refurb I got extra RAM and Space and still cheap.With a Magic Mouse...just great to use ( though a retina screen like the iPad would of been even nicerer) - so skinny and light.
I'm pretty undemanding of kit really, I don't want to do heaps of fancy stuff, just don't want to spend hours under the hood like previously ( The vaio picked up virus for fun, and was finally kidnapped by CTB Locker - ,Grrrrrrr luckily I had backed up the photos of baby) , and with the Dells, went through at least 2 Hard drives. So I guess it's not being used to it's full potential. I really do feel more at peace with the tech stuff now.
After my old dad ( in his 80's) saw the office , and the way the kit worked, he went and got an iPhone, and now an iPad , he LOATHES computers , and he was always on the phone to me for something,he finds the iPad easier to use with his fat sausage fingers.
He's just this minute called asking me to plumb his iPhone into his new car - oh well
The iPhone5s is KARP for battery life- it really is the worst I have known, but getting lots of apps switched off helped ,and especially turning the battery % indicator off- this is a mind trick, but does help the paranoia.It is still poor though.Just used to it now.
Great little camera and video,the Panorama shot is impressive and Facetime is great for keeping in touch with the kiddies/exes- I likes to lip read.
The screen is really clear and surfing is fast and easy ( the Blackberry was Slow fat pig to surf with). the few Apps I do use were easy to download and just run.
I would of just gone for a simple phone, but for business needed a smart phone to take payments remotely - not set that up yet - we'll .I got it without a contract - currently using 3 which for me seems to last forever only just got another £15 loaded, the other lasted from before xmas.
It IS expensive - but having said that,it really does appear to be lovely kit - I can see why people have raved over it for years, but that's their business model, and it is what they want to charge.
