I look forward to measuring graphics performance in FMPF (Flying Monkeys Per Frame)
iPhone 7
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Re: iPhone 7
#412I feel like I can't buy this unless Apple pays its EU-enforced Irish tax bill. We give them money but the vast majority of it never goes back into the economy. [Edited for technical correctness]
It's an Irish tax bill decided by the EU. Think about that. Starting to think Brexit wasn't such a bad idea after all. Also, spending money puts it back in the economy, and Apple spends plenty. Taxes are probably the worst way for money to cycle through from an efficiency standpoint. All that said, they should obviously pay what they legitimately owe.
Taxes may be the worst way to recycle money but in the absence of anything else it's a really good way. Apple's revenue far outweigh its costs. They have one of the largest cash reserves of any corporation in the world.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/22/investing/apple-stock-cash-e... http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2014/04/13/fun-numbe...
Re: iPhone 7
#413Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm also really excited about this. A lot of people have been distracted by a single issue and are missing some really nice features of this phone. Beyond the secure enclave, if the haptic home button is anything like the new trackpads, it'll be an amazing feature. One less moving part to break. And the cameras...wow. Finally decent depth of field on the camera that's always in my pocket.
Finally decent depth of field on the camera that's always in my pocket. Recently I upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S7. It was about $400 and it has an incredible camera; far better than my old iPhone 5s, and it looks substantially better than the iPhone 6/6s photos I have seen. Plus, it has a headphone jack, microSD support (so nice to be able to upgrade), and a really beautiful screen. Yes, Samsung installed some blo…
Yes, your new phone has a better camera than your three year old phone.
Re: iPhone 7
#414everyone: "This does not perfectly fit my current unique use case, so damn it to hell"
Re: iPhone 7
#415Cool - more dongles, adaptors + what not to carry around and lose and then pay apple another $40 for each time. I say this writing on my Thunderbolt display that has since been rendered obsolete if I ever want a new macbook
Lighting to 3.5mm audio: $10
Lighting EarPods: $30
MagSafe to MagSafe2 Converter: $10 (for that new laptop)
Re: iPhone 7
#416Feeling pretty disillusioned by another iPhone and iOS update. The 3.5mm coupled with lightning instead of USB-C just look like obvious traps for lock in with no real gain (5hr of playback time?!) iOS still continues its march of adding minor features that should be in regular OTA updates and packing them up with some serious marketing hype. There's barely any improvement here and most of the features are already wel…
The new notification framework in iOS 10 feels like a genuine step forward. The rest, I agree.
Re: iPhone 7
#417I still can't get over the headphone jack. Apple does have a good record of abandoning technologies at the right time (floppies, CDs, Flash, etc) but the biggest difference is that those technologies were all on the downward slope of their popularity when Apple made the move and all had solid replacements available at the time. The headphone jack is just as popular today as it has ever been and it is still more conve…
I can't get over the headphone jack either. Another dongle to loose. Tons of headphones obsoleted. Can't charge while listening. Laggy audio. more batteries in the world. They're ok with a bulge for the camera but not headphones? I work in a lab and a phone with headphones is standard equipment on the commute and work (for at least part of the day). I would seriously move off iOS if I was making music with it. If onl…
The camera bulge bothers me on every phone. The lens always ends up wearing after some daily use. Why would you want that to be the contact point on any device?
Re: iPhone 7
#418I buy a new iPhone every year. I think phone utilization is so high that around $1 a day is nothing for it. Compare it with cars clothes and other things
If you sell your old phone the math works out fine
Re: iPhone 7
#419I still can't get over the headphone jack. Apple does have a good record of abandoning technologies at the right time (floppies, CDs, Flash, etc) but the biggest difference is that those technologies were all on the downward slope of their popularity when Apple made the move and all had solid replacements available at the time. The headphone jack is just as popular today as it has ever been and it is still more conve…
To be fair to Apple, I think they have a good point. Digital connectors are superior in almost every way (space use, port flexibility, sound quality, even cable integrity). I admire them for ripping off the bandaid, like they did previously with disk drives and parrallel ports. Someone needs to lead the way to abandon legacy, and Apple can do that far more effectively than others (e.g. Motorola has also abandoned hea…
> Digital connectors are superior in almost every way (space use, port flexibility, sound quality, even cable integrity).
Then why has almost no one decided to use Lightning headphones when given a choice?
Re: iPhone 7
#420Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm also really excited about this. A lot of people have been distracted by a single issue and are missing some really nice features of this phone. Beyond the secure enclave, if the haptic home button is anything like the new trackpads, it'll be an amazing feature. One less moving part to break. And the cameras...wow. Finally decent depth of field on the camera that's always in my pocket.
Finally decent depth of field on the camera that's always in my pocket. Recently I upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S7. It was about $400 and it has an incredible camera; far better than my old iPhone 5s, and it looks substantially better than the iPhone 6/6s photos I have seen. Plus, it has a headphone jack, microSD support (so nice to be able to upgrade), and a really beautiful screen. Yes, Samsung installed some blo…
I had an S2, an S3, and an S4. After trying each one for a month, I reverted to the respective iPhone. Trust me I've tried. I'm sure the S7 is great, and maybe it is the first "reasonable" phone from Samsung, but I have yet to use an iPhone that I didn't like. I have used 3 Samsung phones that were laggy and loaded up with garbage apps.