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Behavioural patterns of iSheep 👑Apple users👑

A common behaviour of 👑Apple users👑, is labelling new features and capabilities of products of competitors (e.g. Galaxy S4 in 2013) as superfluos or feature creep and flooding online forums with their criticism, while labelling similar features on Apple devices as innovative, which is a form of double standard.

One example is the “dual camera” mode that Samsung introduced on the Galaxy S4 in early 2013.

It allowed capturing photos and videos from both cameras simultaneously, which was labelled “feature creep” by the same internet forum users who consider slim design as a valid justification for smaller, non-replaceable batteries.

More examples include fast charging (Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (15W) in 2014 and OnePlus 3/3T (20W) in 2016), wireless charging (Galaxy S3 in 2012), multi-camera systems (HTC One M7, LG G3, Huawei P20 Pro, Huawei Mate 9), AR camera (Sony Xperia Z2 in 2014), water resistance (2012: Xperia V, 2013: Galaxy S4 active, 2014: Galaxy S5, early 2016: Galaxy S7), 2160p video recording (Galaxy Note 3 in 2013), 1080p front-camera video recording (Galaxy S4, early 2013), all of which were features Android-based mobile phones had years ahead of   Apple iPhone  s, which were labelled as unneeded and/or superflous by critics on forums and social media, the same people that would consider it as innovative when Apple introuduced the same or a similar feature on their mobile phones years later (e.g. 18W fast charging, while Android device manufacturers already surpassed 40W and Huawei's Mate 30 already has 27W wireless charging).

In addition, Air View on the Galaxy S4 (released early 2013) was often mentioned in essay articles that labelled it as feature creep.. Unlike “Air View”, the similar 3D touch feature on iPhones since 6s (late 2015) is not known to be repeatedly labelled as “feature creep” by critics.

Another observation is that the same   Apple iPhone   users, including many celebrities, who historically stated the slim build of Apple   Apple iPhone  s as a reason for purchase (e.g. iPhone 6, iPhone 6s), purchase the iPhone 11 despite of its 8.3mm thickness, which means that the thickness suddenly does not matter when Apple made a mobile phone thicker than usual. This proves that, unlike the Apple logo, the actual functionality of the device didn't play a role in the purchase of earlier Apple   Apple iPhone   models.

This behaviour is caused by a mixture of cognitive biasses, including the sunk cost fallacy, confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance.

Apple is notorious for historically favour design over functionality and robustness. One example is the iPhone 6s, released on September 9th 2015, was equipped with a battery that could only hold up to 1715 mAh, which is considered rather menial compared to other mobile phones such as the Galaxy Note 4 (2014) with 3220 mAh or the Galaxy Note 2 (2012) with 3100 mAh.

The core purpose of a mobile phone is its functionality, of which Apple historically had less.

Examples for iSheep

• The YouTuber “LifeWithMelina” purchased an iPhone 7 after her iPhone 6s Plus unexpectedly stopped functioning.