Ranked Vote: What is the Best Smartphone?

Winner: Google Phone/Android!
(click for detailed results)

Ranked Vote: Discussion Thread

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Alright folks! Its finally time. Time to begin voting that is.
But note, this particular vote is not the usual pick only one option Plurality vote we're used to.
Instead, in this vote, you have the option to rank the choices in order of your preference.

Scenario:

Lets say that these phone companies are offering an awesome deal on phones. The catch is, the deals are only good if I buy the phones in bulk, and I have just enough money to buy a phone for all of us if I pick just one offer to go with. (<not really, but you get the idea ) So I basically want you guys to help me out by telling me which phone out of the bunch you like best, so that I can maximize our group's satisfaction.​

Since this is the first vote like this I'm setting up, I wanted to keep the list relatively limited for now. But more ranked votes are to come, and I may be asking for options. Also may be experimenting with other alternative voting methods. For this vote though, you can rank and order as many options as you'd like, or you can simply vote for the one option you prefer the most (if you want to be boring ).
So without further ado, here are the options:

What is the Best Smartphone?:

A. Google Phone/Android
B. Samsung Galaxy
C. Apple iPhone
D. BlackBerry

and a special bonus option,​

E. LG Flip Phone​

To participate in this vote, simply list out the letters of the options in your order of preference.
For example: If you really like Apple and Android phones, you'd post something like this,

C, A, D, B, E
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Simple right? But if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.
And remember, you can rank how ever many options you'd like; all of them, some of them, or just one if you want. But keep in mind that there is no downside to ranking additional options. The additional rankings after your first pick will generally only matter if your first pick gets eliminated.

On that note, I guess I should mention that I'll be using three different methods to tally up the results of this vote.
Instant Runoff, Ranked Pairs, and I'll also be extrapolating a Plurality Vote winner for comparison.
The vote will run from now to next Friday (4/20). One vote per person please.
After the results have been tallied up, we can have a discussion on how folks feel about them.

For additional information, feel free to take a read through the following if you haven't already:
Case for Dumping Plurality and Using a Ranked System
Solutions Oriented Approach to Restoring Meaningful Civil Discourse

Last thing, is that in observance of today being Friday the 13th, please also checkout these sweet black cat Phone cases!




And with that, let the voting commence!

Winner: Google Phone/Android!
(click for detailed results)

-Meta

 

OK, guess I'll go first.
Here's my vote:

E, D, B

I ranked E first because,...what can I say? I like practicality.
Didn't rank A and C because I have limited experience with them, so left them out.
I can't compare them against each other, and I don't know if they're any better than the
phones I've used in the past. So, playin it safe y'know.

That's the justification for my vote, but you guys can justify yours however you like.
Or just post a vote with no justification of course.
So don't be shy, feel free to have at it, no wrong answers here.

-Meta

 

C,A,B

 

You should vote for the LG Flip Phone then. Option E.
Sounds like you, like me, favor practicality over all the new fangled bells and whistles of modern smart phones.
Nothing wrong with that imo.

Yeah, those would make more sense now that you mention it, but hey this is only one vote in a whole list of planned votes.
I can add your suggestions to the list for latter. This coming Monday there is one planned for favorite ice-cream flavor,
and favorite pet to own after that to be kicked off next Friday.

The list of planned votes is at the bottom of this post:
http://www.politicalforum.com/index...sfunction-in-politics.529608/#post-1068884281

I should probably put the list in its own post somewhere though so that its easier to find and folks don't have to scroll to get to it...

Thanks!

-Meta

 

A feature phone? What's that? I've never heard of it...
Is it like a souped up Zune or something?

 

Well, based on what you've written, it sounds like you prefer iPhones and Androids to other phones.
And between those two, it sounds like you'd rather have an iPhone over an Android device.
So if you had to put them down in order of preference, would I be safe in assuming your vote would be something like

C, A​

?

-Meta

 

Wow, I never realized there were so many 'old school' type folks on this site.
I thought I'd be the only one. Figured the rest of you would all be tech enthusiasts or something. Lol!

 

But if you had to pick from the list provided, how would you rank them?
I'm guessing you'd be in the Flip Phone camp as well??

 

So if someone were to offer you a free phone from the list, which would you prefer?
The 5% of the time you use the Samsung, does it get the job done? Would you be interested in trying out any of the others?
And if so, which ones interest you more than the others??

 

Lol! Then which one from the list would you get for a friend who told you they wanted a smartphone?

 

Yep, if there's one thing I've learned already, its that we aren't at all a bunch that's big on smart phone usage here at politicalforum. Lol!

 

Bias is perfectly acceptable in this particular vote. It isn't meant to be a strictly objective contest regarding the phones' technical merits or anything like that. Of course, you can base your rankings on that if you want, but you could also rank based solely on which phone's look and feel you find more appealing, or on simply which phones you've used and liked in the past if you want. You can be completely subjective with it, and I guess I should have specified that in the OP. O well, will keep that in mind for the next vote.

Based on the sentiments you expressed though, would it be fair to say that your vote would be something like,

C, A​

? Or has your experience with Google left you with such a negative opinion of their phones that you'd rank the other options above it?

-Meta