A word of advice to anyone who might be reading this article right now. If you haven't been to Ali Express (aliexpress.com) right now, you're missing out. This website is like Amazon, except things can get a little more interesting the deeper you dig. I've often become disenchanted with what I'm able to find on Amazon. I feel like they're not giving the full scope of what's out there on the market today. That's not what I get from Ali Express at all.
I come from the school of thought that it's impossible to cover a topic in its entirety unless you cover every possible aspect of that topic. You can't separate yourself from your chosen topic and write about a tiny niche of it. You have to be willing to go to the deepest darkest parts of the internet and beyond to find things that other people wouldn't dare to cover. There are hundreds of people talking about Apple and Samsung. While I will talk about them in great detail, I won't talk about just them.
I would love nothing more than to partner with an outside entity for the sole purpose of acquiring a bunch of phones on Ali Express for the purpose of reviews. The phones on the lower end of the spectrum are not expensive at all, which is interesting because they look almost identical to their pricier counterparts. I've always wondered if there's a market for generics in the tech sector like there is with pharmaceuticals. Is it possible to get an iPhone for a cheap price just because it isn't attached to the Apple mystique?
This kind of stuff is why I decided to cover technology more than anything else. I get excited about things that are of no interest to other people. I'm like a dog looking for a bone in the yard that may or may not be there. I find a scent and keep digging until I locate something that I want to show to the world. I know full well that my decision to focus on this topic more broadly will lead to me covering a considerable amount of duds. I don't care. How are people going to know about which phone is the best if all they hear about are the phones that are amazing?
If any outside entity would like to partner with me for this project, please email me at allenglines@gmail.com. I will respond to each and every email I receive because I believe that people deserve that if they take the time to write to me. I'm often annoyed when I spend a lot of time composing an email and the person to whom I send it either doesn't open it or opens it and sends nothing back in return. I'm not saying that every person has to respond when I send them an email. A mere acknowledgement of my existence wouldn't hurt. I'm not afraid of people saying no anymore.
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