The following phrase struck me as very odd:
"No, you want your phone book to be managed by Google or Apple"
I suspect lots of people will never ever want any company to manage their phone books.
"No, you want your phone book to be managed by Google or Apple"
I suspect lots of people will never ever want any company to manage their phone books.
The people who don't want this experience are a small minority.
With the older iphones, the phone book was backed up every time you synced. The phone numbers are still accessible on the computer and you could even get vcards from it. Then, when you upgrade (like I did from 3GS to 4S) transferring numbers was a snap: just connect and hit sync.
Note that no phone numbers were stored on google's or apple's servers. A very significant portion of the iPhone crowd still sync via cable.
I think given the choice, most consumers usually pick the later since convenience trumps privacy concerns...that is until privacy/ownership bites them in the behind...
Although, I would prefer to have that choice rather than being forced to go one way or the other...