So does anyone actually like the IPhone 6"?
iPhone 6
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Re: iPhone 6
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This is going to throw advertising firms into an epic tizzy. The de facto mobile web ad size has been standardized around the 320px (320x50 usually) width of portrait iPhones since basically the dawn of smartphone advertising. Now suddenly they have 3 widths to worry about just for iPhone.
We've been showing 320x ads on wider Androids just fine...
By blowing them up or centering them at 1.0 scale?
Re: iPhone 6
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I'm in a very small niche of users, but I'm a skydiver and have an app on my GS3 which tracks freefall speed: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.platypii.b... Having a barometer was a key feature I looked for in a phone.
Also a skydiver, and looks like you jump at Elsinore judging from the pictures in your app. My wife and I are there occasionally. I hope the sampling of data is fast enough to use in skydiving. Maybe an integrated log book/flysight.
My poor wording has tricked you. I didn't create the app, I've just bought a copy of it.
My home DZ is Arizona, but I occasionally get over to Perris. I'm a boring belly flier :)
Re: iPhone 6
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I had a Moto X. If you're a current iPhone user, and haven't been a dedicated Android user, my advice would be don't. You'll regret it. "Active Notifications" are in all ways inferior to Apple's Notifications, and that's about the only thing the Moto X has going for it over a Nexus 5 besides being a bit smaller/lighter and having better battery life. RAM matters a lot more on an Android, and even with more cores, run…
There's a new Moto X about to come out and The Verge reviewed it, calling it "The best Android smartphone ever made".
IME that could very well be true and still make direct hardware comparisons an apples to oranges issue.
Among Android devices I did like the Moto X the best...
Re: iPhone 6
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If that is true, why does it make sense on the watch even?
You're less likely to drop a watch (the band), and more likely to scratch it (brushing up against stuff). That's my guess anyways. I thought it was interesting that the "Watch Sport" actually comes with the glass display. Which seems like they put some thought into it?
That definitely makes sense then, if sapphire is more scratch resistant
Re: iPhone 6
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I wonder if this has anything to do with the gyroscope for image stabilization.
Isn't that only in the 6+ version though? The camera is sticking out in both phones.
Didn't catch that stabilization is only available on plus. That's a bummer! Anyway, they may have decided to make it protrude on the 6 in order to match the 6 plus, which has the constraint. Just guessing..
Re: iPhone 6
#257The protruding camera kind of bothers me, probably much more than it really should. But I feel like Apple's obsession with thinness may have gone too far if they need to protrude the camera like this.
The strangest part is that they don't even show the bulge in the product renders on the site: http://images.apple.com/iphone-6/overview/images/design_deta... It's as if they're in denial.
Oh wow, good catch. I didn't even see that.
Re: iPhone 6
#258Gruber is going to have to set aside about a month's worth of updates to get through all the claim chowder from the people who gave the Galaxy Note shit for being 'hilariously' or 'ridiculously' or 'stupidly' large.
Gruber talks about this in the latest episode of the Talk Show. He admits that trends change, and what looked stupid a few years ago might not look so stupid anymore now that everyone is doing it. Also, phones are no longer used for actual phone calls so much, making the "brick next to your ear" factor less meaningful. I wish people didn't feel the need to "gotcha" Gruber at every possible opportunity. He's generally…
It's because he's an aggressive dick who's "gotcha" passive-agressive Claim Chowder pieces are often disingenuously dishonest.
His habit of trawling for people's reaction to the very first iPhone ( the glorified feature phone with a 2G connection, no ability to do voice-and-data and no ability to write apps for it who's sales figures were basically a rounding error) and present them as if they are talking abut the latest juggernaut selling release of the iPhone with the justification that they should have seen what 10 iterations and 7 years of development was going to bring makes him an easy and satisfying target to skewer when he so grossly fucks up with his own opinions.
Re: iPhone 6
#259Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gruber talks about this in the latest episode of the Talk Show. He admits that trends change, and what looked stupid a few years ago might not look so stupid anymore now that everyone is doing it. Also, phones are no longer used for actual phone calls so much, making the "brick next to your ear" factor less meaningful. I wish people didn't feel the need to "gotcha" Gruber at every possible opportunity. He's generally…
It's because he's an aggressive dick who's "gotcha" passive-agressive Claim Chowder pieces are often disingenuously dishonest. His habit of trawling for people's reaction to the very first iPhone ( the glorified feature phone with a 2G connection, no ability to do voice-and-data and no ability to write apps for it who's sales figures were basically a rounding error) and present them as if they are talking abut the la…
When I started reading Gruber, before I was even an Apple fan, I loved how he plowed through the anti-Apple BS that showed up so regularly on tech websites (and that I didn't even recognize as such before I started reading him). I think his style is a reaction to all the nerd bullying that Apple users have been subjected to over the years. (And really, you still see it everywhere in the tech sphere. "How's that one-button mouse?" "Mac gamers? LOL!" "iSheep" etc. Try asking a question related to Macs or OSX on any tech website: you'll get a hundred comments laughing at you for having bought a Mac. If you're into Apple products, it's hard to not grow angry and bitter after a while. Hence the endless flame wars between Apple and Android users on sites like The Verge.)
Re: iPhone 6
#260Earlier 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.
Exactly how much does it affect battery life? I wouldn't be at all surprised if the answer is "a lot ". I'm sure engineers at Apple would love to be able to provide 2GB of RAM (after all, they're using this device too!), but the fact that they're not either means it is cost-prohibitive (unlikely) or has an unacceptable impact on battery.
Samsung has managed to do it and still maintains (arguably) reasonable battery life. I like Apple products in general, but the whole overpriced/underpowered thing gets a little old.