re: Samsung's shite phones made the US Army switch to iphones

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So they swapped from a galaxy note that's basically ancient to a new iPhone and they are impressed with the speed ??

Holy shite. Water is wet.

Let's give them iPhone 3s and let them try the new s7.


Some of you need to read

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Thank you. This is literally all that happened. But they were using Note IIs, not the original Note. Before that, they were using some other Motorola Android phone for 3 years.

Upgrade time again, so they solicited bids again. In my experience with Army bids and contracts, it could've very well been awarded on a "lowest cost, technically acceptable" basis, or Apple made a compelling "best value" argument and assured the Govt. that transitioning to a new platform would be quick and seamless. They may have needed to spend a crapload of funds before they expired in September.

Apple may have also guaranteed 5+-year functionality, because I imagine the Army doesn't want to have to deal with recompeting this contract every 3 years. It's helpful that Apple has complete control over 100% of the hardware and software, which may have also contributed to them being the lowest bidder. Or, the Army just has a lot of funds to burn for Nett Warrior and will rebid it in another 3 years, in which case Samsung or some other company may or may not win.

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I fully support our military buying American

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That you think this is "American". Just about every single part is from overseas and manufactured overseas. Apple is big in China.