"Victor Henry" <pug@zip> wrote in message
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> So what are some of the worst phones VZW has sold over the years--- and
> what made them bad?
If you look at the various ratings sites, it seems like for any given model,
there are some people who say it's the best phone they've owned and others
who say it's the worst. Come to think of it, this is true for just about any
consumer product that customers are able to rate in significant numbers.
This is puzzling. It could mean that people often come with strong biases
and their decision is made beforehand. It could also mean that first
impressions are lasting impressions, and people seize on one bit of data or
one experience and build their conclusion on that. Or maybe it's a sign of
poor quality control - that of the thousands of instances of a given model,
some work flawlessly and others are lemons. One interesting question would
be where cell phones - or the components that go into them - are
manufactured. If they are made in batches at whichever factory submitted the
lowest bid, then there might be a quality difference between the factories.
Presumably, the lot number is stamped on or in it somewhere, but unless you
know how to interpret that information, you can't do any meaningful
statistical analysis.
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