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Re: iPhone 8

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Post by CydeWeys »

dawnerd wrote: post #274
DigitalJack wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think apple would be laughed out of Cupertino if they came out with a rubber iphone. Not saying there is anything wrong with that... my moto x had a faux leather back. really cheap, but the phone was nice.

They wouldn't call it rubber, they'd use some space age sounding term for it and journalists would eat it right up.

"Polymer" is the word you're looking for. It's used all the time in the firearms industry, which tends to value functionality over form more than Apple does, I guess.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by princeb »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #225
Androider wrote: post #140

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It's slower than a wire, but it doesn't matter in practice. You put the phone down on your nightstand or desk as you would have done anyway, and it charges. There's nothing to think about. It's like an electric car. Yes, it's slow to charge. But in practice it's always charged when you're ready to leave in the morning, so in daily use it's more convenient than spending 5 minutes at a fuel pump during your trip.

It does matter. Modern smartphones have such abysmally short battery life that I have to charge my Samsung S6 twice during the day, in addition to the overnight charge. Which makes a slow Qi charger useless during the day.

when i'm in the office, i leave my phone on the bay to charge. i don't literally use my phone while charging, but i do pick it up from time to time to check notifications and then put it back on the bay. so it pretty much charges all day. it probably won't save me more than a second or two every time i pick it up and put it back down, but it's become so second nature to simply drop it on the table without looking that i can't imagine going back to a system where i have to use both hands (and more than an eye) to get a phone charging.

when i'm out, and if i know i will be out for a long time, i'll bring a battery along.

at night, it charges on the bay when i'm asleep.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by nasalgoat »

whyenot wrote: post #253
umeshunni wrote: post #111

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It's very valid criticism. I was hoping that with the move to Qi for wireless, Apple would also move to USB-C for wired charging. It's ridiculous that you can buy a new iPhone and a new Macbook pro and they need a USB to lightning adapter to connect to each other.

It's pretty silly, Apple used to pay attention to details like this. But, how often do people plug their phones into their computers these days? Speaking for myself, it's probably been a couple of years since I last did that.

I do it every day to transfer photos, update calendars, etc. - the wireless sync is very unreliable.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by Osmium »

umeshunni wrote: post #111
Lramseyer wrote: post #90

This may sound like the most ridiculous criticism, but I was really disappointed that the iPhone still uses the lightning charger port and not USB-C. Every other device charges with it including Apple's own laptops. Though seeing how long they take to adopt some features that seem standard to android users (like 4G LTE and wireless charging) in their smartphones, I guess this is to be expected.

It's very valid criticism. I was hoping that with the move to Qi for wireless, Apple would also move to USB-C for wired charging. It's ridiculous that you can buy a new iPhone and a new Macbook pro and they need a USB to lightning adapter to connect to each other.

> It's very valid criticism. I was hoping that with the move to Qi for wireless, Apple would also move to USB-C for wired charging.

I imagine they're hoping to get rid of the charging port altogether, so don't see the point of changing now. I would prefer one standard also though. That said, I imagine this is some time off, given Qi's charging speeds.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by kamaal »

tryingagainbro wrote: post #32

I was in tech when iPhone came out, the original one. I thought that they might make money but to a tiny, tiny percent of people. Boy was I wrong...in some countries an iPhone costs like 6 months of net-salary, yet they buy it. Status symbol, you don't know I'm a "loser" making $150 a month, but you know that I have an iPhone. So I'm willing to trust that Apple knows what they do. Of course they will know what they d…

>>Status symbol, you don't know I'm a "loser" making $150 a month, but you know that I have an iPhone.

Coming from such a country(India). Its also treated as a sign of recklessness.

Heck its the same in US too. Remember that politician who chided people for having money for a $1000 iPhone every year but no money to buy insurance?

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by thirdsun »

Lammy wrote: post #80
mynegation wrote: post #73

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No kidding, iPhone 4/4S was a paramount of iPhone design and it all went downhill from there. I was almost literally crying when I had to upgrade my iPhone 4 that got unbearably slow and dated, to monstrosity that is iPhone 6.

Why not get an iPhone SE?

I actually think it's disappointing that the SE has it's own release schedule. I simply want a small phone with the same high end internals, but I'm not willing to wait and see if a new SE will come in spring. By that time it almost makes sense to wait for the next iPhone...and probably repeat this thought process.

The SE should be part of the yearly refresh.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by thirdsun »

akvadrako wrote: post #192
stevewillows wrote: post #175

This is a pretty phone -- but I really wish they'd make a smaller phone around the size of the 5S with the option to change the resolution (e.g. LittleBrother in Cydia). My 5S is slowly dying -- but I can't find a good replacement (new or used) that can be jailbroken. For me its the perfect phone, but I'm an extremely light phone user (email, phone, imessage, Simon Tatham's Net and Galaxy puzzles). I guess I was hopi…

The SE was updated in the spring, so you're complaining that the model is already 6 months old.

Spring 2016. This year it only featured a storage bump. It's still using 6S internals, which is fine for now but not exactly future proof.

I wish the SE was part of the regular refresh schedule.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by antaviana »

whyenot wrote: post #253
umeshunni wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's very valid criticism. I was hoping that with the move to Qi for wireless, Apple would also move to USB-C for wired charging. It's ridiculous that you can buy a new iPhone and a new Macbook pro and they need a USB to lightning adapter to connect to each other.

It's pretty silly, Apple used to pay attention to details like this. But, how often do people plug their phones into their computers these days? Speaking for myself, it's probably been a couple of years since I last did that.

I do it to use the iPhone personal hotspot via wire instead of wifi because it has better latency, especially if the wifi enviroment is crowded.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by Tepix »

jsjohnst wrote: post #67
saurik wrote: post #25

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Wasn't that for the iPhone X, not iPhone 8?

Of course, but you expect people to keep that straight when they just want to cast shade on Apple products?

When I posted it there was no separate story for the iPhone X yet.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by Tepix »

freehunter wrote: post #193
Osmium wrote: post #109

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> I see that as a hassle, not a feature. I said this in another thread, but it really doesn't seem unreasonable to require your attention to unlock your phone, since it requires your attention in order to use it! It really is the speed that will make or break this feature. If it's slow, forget it, if it's quicker than it takes you to move your thumb to the screen, then it probably won't matter to most people.

Attention isn't the issue. The issue is holding your phone directly in front of your face while it unlocks, which is far different from TouchID. If I'm using Apple Pay, I double tap the home button while it's still in my pocket and then wave it past the reader. At no point do I look at my phone. Likewise if I'm checking the time or a text message, I'll hit the button with my finger while the phone is laying flat on t…

I'm not sure you have to hold it "directly in front of your face". It appears the the lens has a wide angle.
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