If I have 54990 INR to spare, I will buy an iPhone 5...Not !

I am not an 'Apple hater'. I admire the way Apple pays attention to the tiniest aspects. To move forward, it has taken certain risks. No other company has such a loyal fan base as Apple does. Apple comes out with products analysed and predicted by business heads to be a hit with its fan base.

I feel Apple is not targetting the masses but its just focusing on its fan base and loves making the margins they earn with every product (that's a good thing). The user experience is pretty much the same roll out they introduced in 2007. Not much has been done to improve the looks and feel than adding a new row of Apps.

Reasons you might want to exclaim a "iPaid!" :

1) Unreliable Maps.

Apple Maps are not at all reliable.

If travelling and reaching a destination is of utmost importance but getting lost in a city you don't know is an issue then Apple Maps as an App is not something made for you.

2)'Cause You want a bite of the half baked Siri.

3) You want a sleek phone that doesn't look robust, you want a phone that claims the screen is primarily built of aluminium than glass. You want a phone that is light and might not survive a fall from the looks of it.

4) You want the Lightening Connector. For reasons unfathomable to me, you are willing to pay no heed to the fact that this device,iPhone5, is not compatible with industry standard cables. Nor does it have microUSB ports- ports that are a standard way to transfer files.

5)You are ready to compromise on the battery life just so that you will get to use 4G.
Which might not be a concern if you're based in India.

Yes, it does appear that I'm an Apple sympathiser and a Fandroid girl.
I plead guilty on both counts.

To be fair, a few aspects which I really liked about the iPhone 5 , I must enlist below.

High Five, iPhone 5 'cause :

1) You present us handsets with better video compression algorithms. This means we get to compress files yet not degrade quality drastically and have smaller file sizes at the same time.

2)You, Apple, provide us with fantastic resolution and a big screen. You,sir,present me a chance to view pictures and videos better. Yes, it just works!

3)An amazing, fantastic 8 megapixel,front facing camera and video recording capability that extends to 1080 pixels at 30 frames per second.

4)IOS 6: It's a dual core Cortex processor and has fantastic features like Passbook, DND,Facetime over Cellular, a Priority Inbox etc.

5)An improved App Store that satiates your craving for robust Apps. iPhone 5 is a treat if you're an iOS6 developer. It thrills you with Audio and video sampling during playback and you might not escape the flux of Action Sheer.

You can't really ignore the pricetag. You cannot forget that iPhone 5 is nothing but a fantastic update to iPhone 4.

I will not go for an iPhone 5 not just because I am a Fandroid. I also believe I'll get better worth for my money if I invest in an Android phone.

Google has created its own niche in this sector and Android phones are getting increasingly popular than iPhones for a reason. iPhones might target a base audience-its fan base but Android has succeeded appealing to the masses by bringing out better quality phones at affordable,reasonable prices. It also provides better services ( Google Maps! Gtalk ! ).

The reason Google Maps is accurate and reliable is because it initiated the mapping business a decade ago, leased data from other companies, employed 7000 employees at the peak of developing and enhancing Maps and also employed Google StreetView vans that help provide accurate data, which is regularly updated. Apple, in the quest of creating Apple Maps, has acquired data from other sources too but it's lacking in the reliablity and accuracy of maps, disappointing many.

Believing in Apple's "It just works!" might not be enough to shell out on an imported iPhone at this time. If you still want to buy it, wait till November when iPhone 5 comes officially to India, the price then is estimated to be INR 45000.

My choice will be Samsung Galaxy S3 (INR 29000).
SGS3, the Tom Hanks of the current batch of phones, is a phone I will save to splurge on.
(#YesIamaFandroidgirlforlife)