re: Report: iPhone 6 will come with NFC, wireless charging, and even better 4G

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I've been wanting to switch to Apple, but the thought of having to switch to Itunes or whatever and switch all my desktops to Apple kind of turns me off. I wish it weren't so proprietary, but I guess that's part of their appeal.

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To be honest, that's the biggest misconception about Apple products and iTunes. People think you absolutely have to use iTunes to do anything Apple related and that's just not true. You can buy and iPhone or iPad and never once use the desktop version of iTunes.

Also, you don't "have to have" all Apple products for them to work. They've just designed an ecosystem where if you have an iPhone and MacBook, it just works in sync perfectly. You don't absolutely need to have all of it, but if you do, that's really where their programming and interconnectedness shines.

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I've been wanting to switch to Apple, but the thought of having to switch to Itunes or whatever and switch all my desktops to Apple kind of turns me off.

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I use iTunes ONLY for purposes of transferring music and iPhone backup. If you do your music through another app like Spotify, you may not need to use iTunes at all. I probably use iTunes about 6 times a year, although I don't update my music often. iPhones being proprietary is really overstated. You also don't need Mac desktops. I don't have any. Is there a benefit to it? Sure, the new cloud sync up coming in iOS8 where you can start typing something on your phone and finish it on your desktop or vice versa sounds pretty cool. But it's not remotely close to necessary for to use your iPhone like any other phone.