Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3
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@JaredBusch said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
The referral to sign up process is nothing new and is a proven method to control expansion.
@Dashrender has no right to complain when he used the invite system with NextDoor.
Sure I used the invite system, but if you found it on your own, you weren't prevented from signing up. NextDoor is completely different.
At this point I can't recall if Google Offered a notification when it became generally available or not.
It's one thing to use an invite only approach when the product is new, but after the first model you still have to resort to invitation only people, you're just missing a lot of opportunity. When the second gen came out, they should have enabled an interest/future notification list, not just had an invitation only approach.
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@Breffni-Potter said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
@Dashrender said
What makes your product so f'n cool?
And yet how many people use Gmail worldwide now?
Long term, did it do more harm or good to the product?
You're talking more than 5 years ago now. I bet it lead to slower adoption than was needed - if they didn't have an interest sign up list, I just can't recall if they did or not.
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@Dashrender - But how does it hurt them as a commercial company? How many start-up products fall flat on their face because they commit to more then they can handle at the start?
A lot of companies have had success with this model, why is it a bad thing long term to have a closed process at the start?
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@Breffni-Potter said in [Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3]
A lot of companies have had success with this model, why is it a bad thing long term to have a closed process at the start?
^ This. (I may be taking it slightly out of context)... but how is this any different than say... a closed beta limited to X number of people at first?
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@Breffni-Potter said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
@Dashrender - But how does it hurt them as a commercial company? How many start-up products fall flat on their face because they commit to more then they can handle at the start?
A lot of companies have had success with this model, why is it a bad thing long term to have a closed process at the start?
I don't have a problem with closed. I have a problem with a note basically telling me - piss off, we don't know you, we can't be bothered to create a mailing lists for you to leave your contact info so when the project does open up the vendor can contact you.
If the page says - Invite only, have a nice day and that's all - how is that not an F you? Having an interest list allows the vendor to not over commit at all. When the vendor can open to more users, they have a per-existing list they can tap for most customers. If you just turn me away, it's likely I'll forget about you for a long time.
I don't think I opened my gmail account until open enrollment was open for 2 years. If they would have asked for an email contact for me when I learned about it.. I probably would have been a day 1 open enrollment account.
So assuming there's value in having me as an account holder, then they lost 2 years of value all because they didn't keep an interest list.
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@dafyre said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
@Breffni-Potter said in [Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3]
A lot of companies have had success with this model, why is it a bad thing long term to have a closed process at the start?
^ This. (I may be taking it slightly out of context)... but how is this any different than say... a closed beta limited to X number of people at first?
it's not, and assuming there is no interest list there either, it's just as bad.
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@Dashrender said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
@dafyre said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
@Breffni-Potter said in [Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3]
A lot of companies have had success with this model, why is it a bad thing long term to have a closed process at the start?
^ This. (I may be taking it slightly out of context)... but how is this any different than say... a closed beta limited to X number of people at first?
it's not, and assuming there is no interest list there either, it's just as bad.
Right. Every app I've ever used in closed beta has always at least gotten my email so they could let me know when public beta, or general availability was announced.
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@Breffni-Potter said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
It's time to say goodbye.
I've had an IPhone 3Gs and had a 4s and 5s respectively.
You are uninspiring
Dull
Over-priced hunk of electronics.Having read reviews of alternatives:
https://oneplus.net/uk/3I'm settling on this. The reviews basically say it has almost all the specs of the Note 7 and Iphone 7 but is half the price, amazing reviews of a good company with good support, so a good move across to Android. It'll be here later in the month, will post my thoughts on it.
Just wanted to make sure that you are aware that there are no card slot for this and available internal storage is 64GB (based on GSM Arena specs details.
http://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_3-7995.php -
GoogleVoice used to be invite, etc.
Ha I forgot about that. Inbox was invite only also for a while.
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@Ambarishrh said
Just wanted to make sure that you are aware that there are no card slot for this and available internal storage is 64GB (based on GSM Arena specs details.
http://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_3-7995.phpThanks but my current phone is a 32GB which I'm only half filling at the moment, 64GB is plenty.
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Hmm, this looks inviting. It seems to be almost Nexus-like in their updates and pricing. I might look into one of these when I get off of Windows Phone.
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Are these available in the US? I heard about them, but at the time, they weren't available on this side of the planet.
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@dafyre said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
Are these available in the US? I heard about them, but at the time, they weren't available on this side of the planet.
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@Kelly said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
Hmm, this looks inviting. It seems to be almost Nexus-like in their updates and pricing. I might look into one of these when I get off of Windows Phone.
I'll let you know when I have it in my hands. (soon.tm)
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@dafyre said in Breaking up with Apple, Hello OnePlus 3:
Are these available in the US? I heard about them, but at the time, they weren't available on this side of the planet.
Leo LaPorte has one, talks about it on his TWIT network all the time... but it's never a front running phone, just a me too one.
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Any updates on this @Breffni-Potter? I've been eyeing this one and the ZTE Axon 7. I still might get the Moto G4 Play though. It is hard to beat $99 for those specs (Amazon Prime deal).
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Well, It's been a fantastic phone. Good camera, great battery, decent size for doing things. Really pleased with it.
