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Re: iPhone X

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Post by foepys »

acconrad wrote: post #358

My god that is the longest product advertising page I have ever seen, and that includes those long form ads selling those gimmicky products.

And about 50% of that is just about the camera. Do phone manufacturers still see the camera as the most important thing in their phone? I'd have thought that years of over-promising lowered the customers expectations anyways.

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Post by CamelCaseName »

dangjc wrote: post #378

Why are people comfortable carrying a $1000 piece of equipment that can be dropped or stolen in an instant in their pocket? My Nexus6p takes great pictures, runs everything smoothly, and I don't have to freak out as much if the $350 suddenly vanishes.

There is a vast spectrum of personal situations where people can easily afford a $1000 phone every month to people who's monthly wage is less than the price of a $100 phone.

Different companies target different demographics who have varied preferences and utility functions.

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Post by SadWebDeveloper »

dangjc wrote: post #378

Why are people comfortable carrying a $1000 piece of equipment that can be dropped or stolen in an instant in their pocket? My Nexus6p takes great pictures, runs everything smoothly, and I don't have to freak out as much if the $350 suddenly vanishes.

You are carrying a time bomb, that phone (Nexus 6P) came with so many manufacturing issues that android 8.0 has added a special feature just to allow you to reset your phone in case of bootloop problems.

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Post by vpresident »

eddieh wrote: post #461
dangjc wrote: post #378

Why are people comfortable carrying a $1000 piece of equipment that can be dropped or stolen in an instant in their pocket? My Nexus6p takes great pictures, runs everything smoothly, and I don't have to freak out as much if the $350 suddenly vanishes.

I carry my iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch, $300 headphones and $200 sunglasses with me everywhere. What's the big deal? I've owned every iPhone from day one and use them without a case and without insurance. I've never had anything broken. I've never had anything stolen either.

Oh, no man. Now you jinxed it...

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Post by agumonkey »

pritambarhate wrote: post #322

Do you think phones are a "done" thing? I mean what we are seeing these days is more of an evolution than revolution. With iPhone X I think we know what the phone industry will move towards for next 4 years. All these features are cool and somewhat exciting but nothing groundbreaking that will change computing/communications forever. VR was supposed to be the game changer but it appears that it will also take around…

These aren't phones anymore anyway. More portable data with communication.

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Post by BinaryIdiot »

naravara wrote: post #399
singularity2001 wrote: post #323

"Our vision has always been to create an iPhone that is entirely screen." so they failed thus far

>"Our vision has always been to create an iPhone that is entirely screen." so they failed thus far This mentality is why our political system is so disfunctional.

> This mentality is why our political system is so disfunctional.

Is it? I thought it was simply a tongue in cheek response. Didn't seem entirely seriously to me.

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Post by fnordsensei »

sunsetMurk wrote: post #331
einrealist wrote: post #304

I cannot get around the missing headphone jack. My headphones cost more than this new iPhone :(

ditto - I'm fearing dongles in all of our futures.

They're clearly banking on wireless chargers becoming mainstream and ubiquitous, leaving the lightning connector for headphones. The dongle madness seems less mad if you can charge all your doodads with the one watchacallit.
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