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Very disappointing that they couldn't get the 5C closer to the rumored $399 or $450 off-contract prices... $549 is very steep for 1-year old technology wrapped in a $2 plastic case. I'd sell my AAPL stock today (if I had any left) before Wall Street crunches their numbers.
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First the NSA, now the wife, what's up with people in HN? Are you all planning a coup with your mistresses? If you're married and your SO can't just ask you for your PIN code - and you will, without even thinking about it, give it to them - you might want to take some time to think hard about your relationship.
I can't imagine why I'd need to ask my SO's PIN or she'd need to ask mine - I actually would, as you say, probably give it without even thinking about it; but if you have a healthy relationship then noone feels any need to check the other's phone/email/diary/whatever.
"Your dad sent a text, want me to read it to you while you're washing dishes? I know your mom's in the hospital."
"Mind if I use your phone to call our friends and tell them we're running late? I left mine at home and you're driving."
"Is it OK if I use your phone to put on some music? It's already paired with the reciever."
And so on. Checking a partner's phone doesn't have to include spying. Sometimes it's just the most convenient thing to do.
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2x as fast as the A6 for CPU and GPU. the 40x CPU and 56x GPU numbers are referencing the 5S against the original iPhone (as a 'look how far we've come' retrospective)
Do they mention the baseline being the iPhone 1 in the article? Anyway, thanks for the explanation.
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More importantly, what are they talking about when they say 64-bit? The architecture uses 64-bit addresses? The processor uses 64-bit registers? What are the main advantages to current CPUs?
Almost certainly this means they are supporting ARMv8: http://www.arm.com/files/downloads/ARMv8_Architecture.pdf From the deck: -32bit RISC Instructions -64bit GP registers -64bit operands -64bit pointers
Also, just 33 votes on HN atm - made me realize that probasbly people are already using HN votes as input for their stock trading aslgorithms :-)
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On the other hand, my 4S has a persistent mobile data connection, so storing music locally is of no great benefit to me. I guess all we can conclude is that 16GB can be huge, or tiny, depending on how you want to use your device.
Ever done a road trip? Amazing how many places out there on major interstates have like no data coverage. On-device storage is important for cases like these.
This is what I don't like about apple the 5s $199 version has 16GB and the 5c $199 version has 32GB. They should have at-lease giving us 24GB for 5s $199. Apple being apple trying to keep margins high. The new colors kind of suck but great for high school girls.
It took quite some time for me to fill up the 16GB. I'm more of a power user now, so I'll be upgrading to the 32GB but, for most 16GB is plenty.
My younger brother has filled up two 16GB iPod Touches (second gen and fourth gen) with music and videos.
My extremely non-technical father has filled up the 8GB SD card his phone came with, with just music. I'm sure if he could, he'd use more space but a €30 microSD card is more than he's consider spending on phone extras considering he paid €90 for the phone on prepay.
People use more storage than you think. If it was not a big deal, why would phone companies use it as the sole upsell towards their more expensive phones?
Now that we have to consider the iPhones to be backdoored by the NSA, I wonder whether I really want to give them my fingerprint together with the rest of my data. I'm also not so sure whether a fingerprint can't still be easily faked (like it was possible on that Mythbusters episode for example). Personally, I think I'd rather stay with my passcode. Did you btw know that you can turn off "simple passcode" and then u…
Are you similarly worried about the GPS in your iPhone that you presumably keep in your pocket wherever you go, which is tied to your credit card and billing account with the telephone company?
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You could place a sticker over the reader/home button to block covert reading.
you accidentally touch it one time without cover - done. And all the stores where people come and try the devices... (personally as an immigrant i already have my fingerprints on file, so i have nothing to worry about, it is just very amusing to see how another couple of billions would be gathered as well once Android phones replicate the feature :) Welcome to the Total Information Awareness world.
I visualize this: husband is sleeping deeply, wife picks up the phone and taps the home button while he's sleeping and unlocks the phone. Release the kraken.
