Uh oh. I didn't think I needed an iPhone -- sure, it's pretty and lovely and nice, but $500! And then $70ish a month! Eek. I definitely do need a new phone, though, so I started the evaluation process. Whenever I make a biggish purchase, I put together a semi-complicated spreadsheet with weighted scores on various criteria, just to make sure I get the most empirical, objective, non-negotiable, scientifically certain, unimpeachably perfectest solution.
Which, it turns out, is an iPhone.
In my personalized scoring system, it nets 381.2 out of 580 -- the nearest competitor, the Samsung Sync, staggers in at 284.04. Or, if you want to be more precise, iPhone meets 65.72414% of my criteria, and the Sync only 48.97241%.
Here's a quick view of the results of my examination -- and a bigger, expanded version appears beneath that.
I fear that my next step is clear.
|
Score out of 100 |
iPhone (4gb) |
65.7 |
SYNC by Samsung |
49.0 |
Samsung A717 |
48.9 |
Pantech C3B |
46.4 |
Sony Ericsson W810i |
46.2 |
Nokia 6126 |
44.5 |
Samsung A727 |
43.5 |
Motorola KRZR |
42.6 |
Ericsson w610i |
41.2 |
Nokia 6102i |
41.1 |
Nokia N75 |
41.1 |
Motorola V365 |
36.9 |
MOTORAZR V3xx |
36.0 |
Erisscon w660i |
32.2 |
Cingular 3125 |
32.1 |
Ericsson w300i |
30.9 |
Motorola L6 |
18.4 |
Ericsson s500i |
11.0 |
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