{"id":6176,"date":"2016-08-31T23:12:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T23:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6176"},"modified":"2016-08-30T23:13:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T23:13:24","slug":"linked-straight-talk-and-ios-versus-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/31\/linked-straight-talk-and-ios-versus-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: Straight Talk and iOS versus Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Try to buy a phone in San Francisco for Straight Talk Wireless, a pay as you go provider who sells phones for cost w\/ no contract or extra fees.<\/p>\n<p>iPhones Available <strong>11<\/strong> (iPhone 5S, 6 and 6S in only 16GB Storage)<\/p>\n<p>Android Phones Available <strong>62<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Android Phones here range from free to $200 with the majority of these being under $50. iPhones starts at $150 to $500. Another interesting thing, the iPhones Straight Talk sells are only Apple\u2019s 16GB model whereas most of the Android phones have a Micro SD slot where the storage can be increased to 64GB with as little as $20 spent on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>The point of this post was when you see Android beating Apple, no one should be surprised.<\/p>\n<p>I have a friend who has a $50 Straight Talk Android she bought last year. Clicking the power button, wait 3 seconds and the screen appears. Open Facebook, wait 10 seconds, click post a photo, wait 10 seconds and she\u2019s constantly deleting content to save space on the phone. The phone is slow or it could have a Worm \/ Virus and she doesn\u2019t know because why would she pay an annual fee to Norton for antivirus on her $50 phone?<\/p>\n<p>She wants an iPhone and was amazed that they have ones for $150 but then I had to convince her from that because the 16GB model simply wouldn\u2019t be enough w\/o lowering her overall satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Android will consistently win the market share race just as Windows did in the 90s. A $99 laptop over a $999 laptop is no contest and that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopstraighttalk.com\/bpdirect\/straighttalk\/Start.do?action=view&amp;zip=94102&amp;productFamily=Phones&amp;locale=en&amp;siteType=&amp;market=GSM5ATSPRCO&amp;gotoPhonelist=true&amp;city=SAN%20FRANCISCO&amp;state=null&amp;__utma=null&amp;__utmb=null&amp;__utmc=null&amp;__utmx=null&amp;__utmz=null&amp;__utmv=null&amp;__utmk=null#Z7_D0JM3QAH2JN410ID8N3FU630E5?&amp;__utma=null&amp;__utmb=null&amp;__utmc=null&amp;__utmx=null&amp;__utmz=null&amp;__utmv=null&amp;__utmk=null\">Link to buy a phone on Straight Talk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Try to buy a phone in San Francisco for Straight Talk Wireless, a pay as you go 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