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Re: iPhone 6

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Post by skreech »

wlesieutre wrote: post #220
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.

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.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by ssmoot »

dwg wrote: post #173
Amezarak wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? From what I understand, sapphire is more brittle than Gorilla Glass (although supposedly scratches can contribute to the likelihood of cracks), so what I think for most people the common breakage case is quite possibly not any better. Additionally, sapphire is more reflective than glass which is problematic all in itself. Apple reserving sapphire screens for watches makes perfect sense to me.

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?

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by base698 »

Fuzzwah wrote: post #38
dominotw wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is that going to be useful?

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.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by iM8t »

Am I the only one that feels a bit dissapointed about the design of this device?

Up till now all of the new iphones seemed to get nicer and nicer design-wise, but this seems like a big step back to iphone 3. Perhaps it's just my taste.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by ssmoot »

ascendantlogic wrote: post #4

Only one gig of RAM and base storage still at 16 gigs really annoys me. I may end up with a Moto X and wait for the 6s.

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, running faster, with more RAM, it will be objectively slower at most things than an iPhone 5C (and that much slower than an iPhone 6 I'm sure). Plus actually using it will eat through battery quicker (it wasn't a 36-hour device for me like the iPhone 5C was, despite similar usage) and (this one surprised me) eats more data.

Not to mention if you have kids, the lack of iMessage and the inability to forward an HD video over to your spouse of the kids is almost a deal-breaker all by itself.

Anecdotal, my 2c, etc. But I owned a Nexus One, every iPhone except the 3GS and 5S, a Samsung Galaxy S2, Moto X, Palm Pre, Palm Veer (loved that little guy, just too buggy) and most recently an LG G2.

Discounting Apple on the basis of hardware and perceived performance would be a big mistake IMO. They're head and shoulders above everything else on those counts IME, and age so much better.

I got so tired of the quirky G2 (I swear there was a 1 in 3 chance that just unlocking the phone would launch the Alarms app for no reason, and that forced Menu button... GRRRR) I swapped my SIM into an old iPhone 4S I had lying around yesterday. It's not quite as snappy. But it's not half bad either. From a perceived performance perspective (say that three times fast!), the G2, a flag-ship Android phone released only 12 months ago, is slower in every way than an iPhone 5, a phone twice it's age (and yup, the G2 has 2GB of RAM, the iPhone 5 had 1GB).

If you prefer Android more power to ya. But if you're a long time iPhone user... Maybe I'll convince you to save some heart-ache (and $$$). ;-)

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by archagon »

Marazan wrote: post #113

Gruber 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 a very reasonable fellow, if aggressive at times.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by l33tbro »

Zikes wrote: post #36
andyfleming wrote: post #21

It's a bummer they are keeping the base model at 16GB. It's pretty obvious that it's an intentional move to force people up to the 64/128GB models.

Especially surprising given how much they're pushing it to replace camcorders as well as DSLRs. I mean, how much raw HD video fits in just 16GB? Or even what's left over after half of that 16GB is filled with various apps and music? I miss when phones used to have easily accessible microSD slots.

".... as well as DSLRs". Dammit, better sell off those Zeiss master primes and get me some Apple glass ;)

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by username3 »

allegory wrote: post #122
mikeash wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have to say that it's not a troll, it's probably a troll.

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…

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Re: iPhone 6

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Post by ascendantlogic »

ripter wrote: post #27
ascendantlogic wrote: post #4

Only one gig of RAM and base storage still at 16 gigs really annoys me. I may end up with a Moto X and wait for the 6s.

Honest question, what do you use the space for? I used to use mine for music, but now I use Pandora and Spotify.

My wife and I had our first child at the beginning of the year. The desire to photograph every second is very real, and photos burn up a LOT of space given these modern phones with their super high res cameras these days.

Not starting with 32 gigs seems like a bean counter somewhere trying to be clever and force more people to opt for the higher storage (read: more expensive) versions. Might just be my tinfoil hat talking.

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by ascendantlogic »

ssmoot wrote: post #245
ascendantlogic wrote: post #4

Only one gig of RAM and base storage still at 16 gigs really annoys me. I may end up with a Moto X and wait for the 6s.

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".
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