“Wow. Josh Topolsky is mad,” MG Siegler writes for parislemon. “And that by itself is fine — he’s clearly passionate about technology, which is great. What’s not fine is the fact that he’s way off-base in his rant. So far off-base that I need to respond.”
“First and foremost, Topolsky has decided to turn my thoughts on the Galaxy Nexus into full on class warfare between Android and iOS,” Siegler writes. “That is, he twists my comparison of attention to detail into an argument about rich vs. poor people.”
“I mean, he actually tries to do this,” Siegler writes. “One little problem.”
“The Galaxy Nexus starts at $299. The iPhone 4S starts at $199. (Both with contracts, obviously.) In other words, by Topolsky’s own standards, the Galaxy Nexus is the premium product,” Siegler writes. “It’s the one rich people will buy. It’s the one the 1% should buy.”
MacDailyNews Take: Yeah, the 1% who occupy the leftmost side of the Bell Curve.
Siegler writes, “Topolsky seems to be attempting to leverage the newfound fervor over class warfare given the 99% vs. 1% Occupy movement to mold some sort of point. It’s ridiculous. Again, his argument crumbles before it gets any foothold because the Galaxy Nexus is $100 more than the baseline iPhone 4S. It’s the luxury player in the market.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Ooh, nerd fight! In his full takedown, MG Siegler also scores many points for pointing out Topolsky’s, and tech reviewers’ in general, disposition for insipid, Mossbergian, wishy-washiness. And, the winner, by a knockout: MG Siegler!