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Why I’m done with Apple

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Re: Why I’m done with Apple

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

People feel the need to let us know of their feelings about products.

And even more people feel the need to let us know they are "done" with reading such articles. Each time.

I am done with reading comments about being done with reading articles about being done with specific manufacturers.

Re: Why I’m done with Apple

#42
If he thinks battery life is bad, wait until he checks out the alternatives. I don't have an iPhone, but many of my colleagues do, and every single one of them gets more time out of their charge than I have with any of my last ~5 android devices.

Re: Why I’m done with Apple

#44
I'm not a 15 year old die-hard Apple product user, I just got on their mobile bandwagon four years ago but even I already knew that the Apple Watch wasn't ready when they introduced it. One glance at the developers docs told me enough.

With iOS 10 it's ready to use, probably the next hardware generation addresses the other issues. They should call it the Apple Watch 3GS just to make the naming consistent with their other products.

Re: Why I’m done with Apple

#45

> Remember the iPhone 4? I even believed your bullshit about the antenna, but yes, it really didn’t work. I spent a year of my life with dropped calls, thanks for that. translation: I was too stubborn to buy a case / bumper to prevent this and suffered and bitched for a year instead > iPhone: I can’t even get a day’s charge out of it possibly valid, possibly using some rogue app that's killing the battery life, possi…

> > apple TV: Whenever I turn my unit on, without fail I have to rip the plug out of the back and start again.

> Obviously defective unit. too dumb to replace it.

I have the same problem. Unplugging/replugging it always fixes it, even though logically it sounds like it shouldn't.

Re: Why I’m done with Apple

#46

Where developers go, it seems the mass market ends up later on. So you saw a lot of MacBooks at dev conferences from the mid 2000s on, but now.. you're seeing them start to get replaced with Surfaces and other avant garde PCs. MSFT is doing a better job of understanding what developers want lately, and I'm bullish on what this will mean long term if Apple's going to drop the ball on us.

What avant garde PCs have you seen?

Re: Why I’m done with Apple

#47
>What does grate is is that I can’t even get a day’s charge out of it

Then you are doing something seriously wrong. My iPhone's batter lasts 3-4 days on a single charge. I use it for GPS and podcast/spotify consumption through out the day.

I don't know why everyone keeps yelling about smartphones and smartwatches not lasting even for a day. All I can think of is that they are playing games or using some constantly connecting social media app(s) through out the day.

Re: Why I’m done with Apple

#48

Off-topic, but you have duplicated 'is' in the paragraph: "I couldn’t care less that the latest iPhone doesn’t have the best camera on the market. What does grate is is that I can’t even get a day’s charge out of it".

I have worked with someone who spoke like this, the double-"is". It is not a totally uncommon thing. Steven Pinker could probably bend your/my ear about it!

Ah, nice write-up here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2013/09/17/double_...

Re: Why I’m done with Apple

#49
post #29

What i don't get, is why technical people so passionately want to choose camps. Esp. given that most of them can easily use their knowledge to make things work in a heterogeneous environment. Apple makes for a phone that is imho the best compromise. MS makes a desktop that imho is the best compromise. Linux makes imho the best server platform. Fanboyism is neither "cute" nor responsible. Tech writers should actively…

I agree that we should choose the best in class wherever possible, but doesn't Apple assume that you're all-in? The reason I bought an Archos when the first iPods came out was because it let me treat the mp3 player as a portable harddrive i.e. I wasn't locked into iTunes.

Some Apple products are second to none but for reasons of pragmatism, I'm Windows + Linux VM + Android phone.

Re: Why I’m done with Apple

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post #27

> Remember the iPhone 4? I even believed your bullshit about the antenna, but yes, it really didn’t work. I spent a year of my life with dropped calls, thanks for that. translation: I was too stubborn to buy a case / bumper to prevent this and suffered and bitched for a year instead > iPhone: I can’t even get a day’s charge out of it possibly valid, possibly using some rogue app that's killing the battery life, possi…

Not OP and don't care much about this, TBH, but: >> Remember the iPhone 4?[...] > translation: I was too stubborn to buy a case / bumper to prevent this and suffered and bitched for a year instead It might be just me, but a phone that doesn't work as a phone should mean refunds. It's a design problem (industrial design) and the case is a temporary workaround at best. Are we going to start blaming the clients for the…

For those with AppleTV problems, try a new HDMI cable. A cheap cable caused all sorts of problems with mine - easily resolved with a $15 replacement.
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