[antiRepublicrat]

Well then, the study would be faulty, no matter who conducted it. A study asking a question of the general public, about a product that they haven't used, would be completely flawed.

Are you being purposely dense? Everybody is being asked questions about companies they deal with and products they use. It is random among all users, not targeted to die-hard fans of any product. This means that for smart phones they ask users of at least Nokia, HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Apple and Blackberry how they like their products.

As noted, nobody has ever scored as high as Apple does. Also, note that Motorola and Blackberry users are liking their phones less and less recently.

as we all know, they are fanatical about Apple stuff, no matter what it is, or how good or bad it is

They ask a random cross section. Apple has sold at least 200 million iPhones to all types of customers, from casual people who just want a phone and liked that one best to total "fanatics." The odds of the survey being loaded with "fanatics" are extremely slim. You are the one having problems with reality if you think there are actually that many "fanatics" out there.

It would be like asking a hard-core. life-long democrat, how he feels about Obama. Right or wrong, and no matter his performance, that democrat will never say anything bad about Obama.

You are, of course, absolutely wrong. He has caught a lot of heat from the left for not closing Guantanamo, keeping up those deadly drone attacks, and stepping up prosecution of marijuana dispensaries. The anti-gun crowd is really pissed because, based on his record, they expected some gun bans to have come through by now, and the only gun legislation he's signed allowed carry in national parks.

[adorno]

You're the one that's still being very dense about understanding the flaws in the survey, and the questions I posed. Look, a survey of people, asking them how they feel, about their choices on a particular product, like the iPhone, for example, would be completely flawed, especially with the people who own Apple stuff. The people who purchase anything from Apple, already start with a preference and a bias towards all things Apple. Thus, a satisfaction survey which includes Apple stuff, would always indicate that, the Apple fanatics are very satisfied with their purchases. It's like asking Obama's cabinet members how they feel about Obama's policies and accomplishments and skills. You're going to get an automatically skewed set of results, all answering towards the positive for Obama.

A satisfaction survey can only be conducted on a product by product basis, and when it comes to anything Apple, they will always get a high rating, since, those people have probably never, or rarely, used anything else.