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Re: iPhone 5c

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Out of curiosity what would you say Googles innovative product was recently? In my opinion they're like Apple, they iterate well on existing concepts.

Google Glass for starters. Self Driving Cars as a good second. Then we also have the ChromeCast and ChromeOS. And Apple didn't use to iterate over existing concepts. They were actually innovative. The iPhone for one. It created a pocket sized computer that can also make calls. Some people might think that There were others doing that before, but they weren't. Every other "Smartphone" before the iPhone was a Super Pho…

The thing is, Jobs didn't settle for just one product. He wanted to do something Apple hadn't done before. He did a phone. Then he did a tablet.

What else needs to be redesigned to make it better? What other markets need disrupting? That's what Appe should be asking.

Re: iPhone 5c

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Nokia's bragging point is that Apple caught up to them on...color? Hey, how's the processing power on those industry-leading colorful devices? and the biometric security?

Note that biometrics are identifiers , they cannot be used for authentication (not securely anyway).

Identity is one part of authentication.

Re: iPhone 5c

#183

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Google Glass for starters. Self Driving Cars as a good second. Then we also have the ChromeCast and ChromeOS. And Apple didn't use to iterate over existing concepts. They were actually innovative. The iPhone for one. It created a pocket sized computer that can also make calls. Some people might think that There were others doing that before, but they weren't. Every other "Smartphone" before the iPhone was a Super Pho…

The thing is, Jobs didn't settle for just one product. He wanted to do something Apple hadn't done before. He did a phone. Then he did a tablet. What else needs to be redesigned to make it better? What other markets need disrupting? That's what Appe should be asking.

That is right. That is why Google and Tesla are so inspiring for me. Even thought the idea for Glass is not new, they way Google solved it is. I know it is not ready, but it is still an amazing idea.

Re: iPhone 5c

#184

It's cheaper to buy the 5S off contract at $650 and take it to Straight Talk ($45 a month AYCE data/minutes) than to buy the 5C and pay $100 a month at AT&T for two years.

with no LTE and no MMS Text Messaging.

Correction: with no MMS text messaging (I think? I've never had anyone try to send me an MMS in the year I've had it). LTE is a go, for the same $45 a month[1].

[1] http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57602923-251/straight-t...

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