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Re: iPhone 6

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Post by gareim »

vacri wrote: post #299
coldtea wrote: post #292

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> I have a black Samsung Galaxy S3. I held it up against the image of the iPhone 6, and they're barely different. Was talking about the watches. But since you mentioned it, I had a look: http://www.hitechmobiles.co.nz/uploads/images/Samsung_Galaxy... This is like iPhone 6 in the sense that Times New Roman is like Helvetica. They are both fonts after all. Different buttons, different curves, different materials, diffe…

The iPhone 6 looks like the Galaxy S3 in the same way that the Galaxy S2 looked like the iPhone. Not to mention the whole "huge touch screen, minimal buttons smartphone" thing was pioneared by Apple already So? It's irrelevant to my point: Apple took Samsung to the cleaners over a visual design patent (amongst others), and I'm saying that this phone looks a hell of a lot like the S3. Yes, if you look at the screen, i…

Did you really just say earpiece?

S2 doesn't look like iPhone enough for Samsung to get sued (my opinion as an Android user that loves iOS as well), but.. earpiece? Really? The curled edges I'd agree with. But that's about it.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by gareim »

mgcross wrote: post #288
tylermac1 wrote: post #33

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I'd like to see Galaxy Note compatible jeans.

The 6 plus is actually larger http://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/Apple-iPhone-6,Sams...

Should probably compare the Note 4, but yeah, the iPhone 6 Plus is definitely taller. Note 4 sliiiiiiiightly wider.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by gareim »

matt4711 wrote: post #279
baddox wrote: post #237

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Nope. It looks like I'll be at an impasse when I next want to upgrade my phone. It seems like no one is making high end <= 4" phones any more.

besides the sony z1 compact which is actually quite nice. there will probably be a z2 compact soon.

Oh man, there's a Z3 Compact (skipped Z2) and it looks fantastic! Look into it!!

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by allegory »

username3 wrote: post #248
allegory wrote: post #122

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No it's not. There's really not much difference in spec between the two devices other than the status points obtained. And it's about 1/4-1/3 of the cost. Edit - plus my experience: Possibly going aganist the grain here, but I've owned TOO MANY Apple products not to explode here. I'm sitting on a 2011 MacBook Pro with a big dark spot on the screen where it is starting to fail for example. Bring on the ThinkPad X230 t…

Sync bookmarks to iCloud Sync with Chrome on Windows using iCloud extension Export

Tried that. No bookmarks appeared in iCloud...

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by petercooper »

frandroid wrote: post #263
petercooper wrote: post #213

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I am in both Android and iOS camps and I'd say the Note 3's camera comes very close, perhaps even beating it on stills and certainly on 4K recording. The Note's auto-focus is absolutely hideous though so for short videos/vlogging/Vine/Facetime/Skype the iPhone is still the winner. I'm still getting the 6 Plus instead of the Note 4 though.. simply because it's three fewer weeks to wait ;-P

The multi-tone flash on the iPhone is a killer feature that even expensive DSLRs don't have...

I'll check it out. I never use the flash on any camera (even my DSLR) simply because it never looks good, but it sounds like the iPhone's might be worth a go.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by coldtea »

bane wrote: post #294
coldtea wrote: post #291

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> Sources or guessing? Neither. For one, it's obvious that any such products needs at least 1-2 years to design, manufacture prototypes, etc. Second, we've seen several previous exposes of how Apple developed new stuff (iPad was in the labs for 7-8 years, the iPhone the same, etc, and there have been galleries of the tons of prototypes they checked published). So, I was basically just stating the obvious. > I think t…

> Neither. For one, it's obvious that any such products needs at least 1-2 years to design, manufacture prototypes, etc. Second, we've seen several previous exposes of how Apple developed new stuff (iPad was in the labs for 7-8 years, the iPhone the same, etc, and there have been galleries of the tons of prototypes they checked published). So, I was basically just stating the obvious. Good, so then you must agree tha…

Seems there's corroboration on the "years in the making" think: "Apple Watch is first device category developed under Tim Cook, took years to complete" (video interviews here: http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/09/apple-watch-is-fir... ).

>Good, so then you must agree that Samsung couldn't possibly have just slapped together a design and manufactured hundreds of thousands of watches in a few months

The "hundreds of thousands" is not an issue time-wise given their manufacturing expertise. It's the design, programming etc stage that takes time. I'd say they've spend a year or so. The first one (Gear) was using Android, and was mostly like a shrank phone, with not much thought. That the Gear 2 switched to Tizen shows that at the time they released the first they didn't have a long term plan nor had settled their basics, like OS choice.

>Apple's refinement of Samsung's ideas aren't even particularly tasteful. Imagine if the interface looked like this instead http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/7/5477768/gabor-balogh-circul.... or this https://dribbble.com/shots/1197072-My-iWatch-Concept-Overvie...

There's nothing particularly tasteful or well thought out in either mockup. The circular display, for one, is limiting and too watch-inspired for use with apps. That's why both mockups just show a few basic functions.

But, really what "refinement of Samsung's ideas" or "copying"?

Most everything we've seen on the Watch (and Gear) were already out there in the rumors for the iWatch, years ago. Some pressumably leaked from Apple's tests too.

Samsung rushed ahead and did a (ho-hum) implementation of them, Apple did a more mature one. It's not like there's anything in Gear 1/2 that either Apple didn't already have in the iPhone or everybody was not already expecting in the iWatch rumors years before either watch was released.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by wlesieutre »

skreech wrote: post #241
wlesieutre wrote: post #220

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They don't have to worry about losing any customers to Android though, because nobody makes a 4" phone anymore. Unless you're looking for some Chinese generic with a 320x240 screen and no reviews. I don't get this trend. I just want a phone that does calls/texts, maps, alarms, music, and occasionally browses the web. Why does it need to be enormous?

The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact has a 4.3" screen, seems to be the smallest high-end brand name phone out.

Guess I'm hanging on to my 3.5" 4S until it dies, and then probably trying to fix it for as long as I can :-\

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by jonifico »

danbruc wrote: post #44
jonifico wrote: post #20

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How much elevation are we talking about? Will it detect if I crouch and stand up, or you mean more geo-based elevation?

They are sensitive to altitude changes on the order of centimeters.

Thanks! That sounds amazing and quite useful.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by [deleted] »

rlu wrote: post #171

I like the look of my iPhone 5s much better. This iPhone 6 thing looks like a Galaxy. The throwback to iPhone 1 is interesting but count me out. Not liking the design at all The protruding camera is also really weird. I wonder if Jobs would have signed off on that... Who knows though. Maybe once I hold one personally I'll end up liking it more than the 5s. But I would be surprised :)

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Re: iPhone 6

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Post by JimmaDaRustla »

eisa01 wrote: post #78

Too bad there is no longer a high end 4" model. The iPhone 5S won't support Apple Pay since it doesn't have NFC, and it is no longer available in 64 GB. I would have thought that Apple understood they have customers that actually prefer the 4" size, or else they wouldn't have had any sales the last years. Let's hope for a iPhone 6S mini next year.

Even if the iPhone 5 or 5S had NFC, payments wouldn't be possible because there wouldn't be a secure element.
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