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Re: iPhone 6

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Post by bane »

mrb wrote: post #22

ALL iPhone generations released so far have a CSS pixel width of 320 pixels. But the iPhone 6 is the first to change this. It looks like Apple is finally bumping this up! This means a bit more text can fit on each line when holding the phone vertically for websites using : - iPhone 6 is 1334x750: CSS pixel width is likely 375px (pixel ratio = 2) - iPhone 6 Plus is 1920x1080: CSS pixel width is likely either 432px (pi…

BTW, a quick review of Gruber's analysis.

http://daringfireball.net/2014/08/larger_iphone_display_conj...

Spot on for the 6, off for the 6+. So what does this mean for 6+ users and developers?

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by polym »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #79
polym wrote: post #74

The iPhone 6 Plus is just too big - as big as my hand. I bet, you can't sit down with this monster in your pocket. Stop making it wider and higher!

Look at how popular the Galaxy Note is. I don't understand those people, but they love it. And I think the iPhone 6 Plus is actually smaller than a Note.

Wow, according to Wiki the iPhone 6 Plus is even taller! The Galaxy Note Edge is slimmer, though.

I wouldn't buy it, can't carry it around - forget cycling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_Edge

151.3 mm (5.96 in) H 82.4 mm (3.24 in) W 8.3 mm (0.33 in) D

vs

iPhone 6 Plus

158.1 mm (6.22 in) H 77.8 mm (3.06 in) W 7.1 mm (0.28 in) D

Re: iPhone 6

#133

Post by blueking »

Wouldn't buy the iwatch or the new iphone, and I have been a Apple longterm user. Like the motorola 360 better, round design is a huge win and again Apple are last to market with a inferior product. The iphone's main feature for me was that it was more secure than android phones. But after the celebrity icloud hacks and the iphone backdoors that were revealed (then denied by Apple) I have had enough - Apple products have lost premium status in my eyes. Other than that my nexus 5 had all these features at $350 unlocked last year - including NFC payments. It also doesn't help that my $3000 retina macbook dies after a few months of use bc of bad ram, and now I need a new logic board. Planned obsolescence is a huge problem with Apple. They were caught out slowing the older versions of their phones right before the release of the new ones by analyzing google search data, and this unserviceable expendable model they are pushing just won't fly anymore. Don't tell me laptops without dimm sockets and exchangeable batteries are a necessary design compromise for slimmer devices. Thats total bullshit. My iphone 4s ground to a halt right at the release of the iphone 5. It had become comically slow - a product I would never have bought if it had been presented that way in store. Apple is the worlds largest computer manufacturer and they don't need to pull underhanded tricks like that. It says a lot to me that Apple joined PRISM one year after SJ passed. Right there on the NSA slides.

https://pentest.com/ios_backdoors_attack_points_surveillance...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/upshot/hold-the-phone-a-bi...

Yes the article from the Times has a different opinion, but I wanted to share the slides mostly, as I cant find the original paper by Laura Trucco. His theory is that its the ios release that slows the phone, no denying that they are slowed. But leaving the phone functional should be the first priority. Any developer who tested ios 6 on the iphone 4 and approved it should have been shot.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by pradn »

davidiach wrote: post #71
downandout wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I will buy a 6 for development purposes, I too was disappointed to find out that RAM is staying at 1GB. It's nearly 2015. More RAM does affect battery life, but still...they could have struck a balance here with 2GB.

For what do you need the additional 1GB of RAM on your iPhone?

So you can keep more apps in memory without having the OS put them to sleep.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by polym »

Swizec wrote: post #18

The iPhone6+ looks just like one of those giant Android monsters from Nexus or Samsung. This makes me sad. I have small-person sized hands and often struggle even with the normal iPhone5 and the trend for making phones bigger and bigger makes me angry and sad at the same time. I hate it and always, always , when my friends would ask why I prefer Apple over cheaper and better speced devices, my answer was "Because App…

I agree, these monster are just not made for carrying around - you would have to hold them all the time or store them in a bag.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by [deleted] »

Swizec wrote: post #18

The iPhone6+ looks just like one of those giant Android monsters from Nexus or Samsung. This makes me sad. I have small-person sized hands and often struggle even with the normal iPhone5 and the trend for making phones bigger and bigger makes me angry and sad at the same time. I hate it and always, always , when my friends would ask why I prefer Apple over cheaper and better speced devices, my answer was "Because App…

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Re: iPhone 6

#137

Post by JohnTHaller »

oatmeal_coffee wrote: post #64
cylinder wrote: post #23

Nexus 5 is all the phone one needs, at half the price.

True unless someone has made years of investments in iTunes-sourced content, then moving over to a cheaper phone with the same feature set is no longer an apples-to-apples comparison. I have a collection that goes back to iTunes' and the iPod's very first days. I'm not terribly keen going through any conversion/repurchasing process.

If you bought your music after Apple finally ditched DRM, you can upload your AAC files to Google Music for free and sync/stream them to all your Android devices as well as your laptops/desktops.

If you "bought" your music with Apple DRM, you can pay another fee to actually own it and be able to play it on a non-Apple devices.

If you "bought" your videos with Apple DRM, consider it a lesson learned.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by liviu »

DigitalJack wrote: post #100
tonyhb wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It means instead of waiting for a GPS lock in 30 seconds it's under 10. The barometer makes calculating your position via GPS much quicker, as it has an additional piece of data to simplify some of the maths it does. Edit: here's a source which may confirm - http://pocketnow.com/android/google-confirms-barometer-inten...

Yeah, that doesn't make any sense. Barometers are only good for detecting relative altitude/elevation changes over short periods of time. Over longer periods of time (hours/days) the atmosphere pressure is going to change whether you change altitude or not. Over short periods, the barometer can give a relative change. Without a known starting point, it can't give you absolute altitude/elevation. It has nothing to do…

I think the elevation changes over short periods of time are essentials for the fitness apps.

Re: iPhone 6

#139

Post by artmageddon »

aroman wrote: post #47
Someone1234 wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is more than a little absurd in 2014. Many other manufacturers have at least moved up to 32 GB base. Don't get me started on the utility of a micro-SD card slot.

I have absolutely no need or desire for more than 16gb and certainly no need for a micro-SD card slot on my iPhone 5s. I barely use 8GB. I would imagine many people are the same way.

I keep a lot of pictures and videos I've recorded on my phone, as well as music. In addition I like having TV shows stored on my phone, for instance, every season of Archer, because I love that show and I don't want to use up my battery by streaming it constantly(especially when I'm on 6hr runs). My 5s is the 64GB model so I'm still doing quite fine on space, but I can definitely say I've used more than half of it already.
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