Glad to have a Samsung phone again

My Samsung Galaxy S had an unfortunate run in with the washing machine.  I had to borrow my friend's old iPhone for two weeks.  I was not happy.  I, unlike some Apple designers, can tell the difference between an Apple phone and a Samsung phone.

For starters, I like having a back button.  Androids have back buttons.  Windows phones have back buttons.  Non-smart phones have back buttons.  The B button of my N64 acted as a back button.  Is Apple so forward thinking that they don't need back buttons?  Just like they don't need a right-click on their mouse.

I like open standards.  Open standards make things cheaper and more flexible.  I like the fact that 5 of the last 7 phones that my wife and I have owned use the same charger.  Who would have thought that Motorola, Samsung and Research in Motion can invent the same exact technology.  O wait.  They didn't.  They used the USB standard.  What an interesting innovation.

Why does Apple have its own "data plan?". I am on AT&T.  I pay for a data plan.  Why is it that when I put my Sim card into an iPhone, I get a popup every once in a while complaining that I don't have a data plan.  Data is data.  Why is Apple special?  We are transmitting 1's and 0's.  Do they use 2's as well?

I am now a proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy S 2.  Yes, I know, the S 3 is out.  I tend to wait for the latest technology to come out so that I can by the older generation for much less.