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Apple Launching Larger, Low-Cost iPhone for Emerging Markets Late This Year?
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Not sure about now, but when the GS3 came out it had a good $250 on the iPhone. The iPhone is up there, but its certainly not the most expensive smartphone.
Don't be so sure about the developers. I am one, and I know what problems this transition created, each time. Of course things are nowhere near as bad as with the fragmentation of Android, but believe me, some problems were there. And increasing the size twice, or increasing the height is fairly easy for a developer to predict. Increasing arbitrarily each side is going to be a lot harder for developers to adapt.
Of course, Apple has been preparing for things like these in their APIs, but we just have to wait and see future apple devices to discover how easy it will for devs from now on.
They can make the phone 16 sizes if they want but reality is if they don't do something with iOS they are going to loose even more users. I love the iPhone hardware but already getting bored with iOS. If someone ask if I wanted to trade for the HTC Droid DNA I probably would.
Only on T mobile was the galaxy S III more expensive than the iphone.
It came out at 330 minus a 50 MIR.
It was 200 on every carrier, same as the iphone.
Subsidized a 16gb iphone was as expensive as a 16gb GS3, but full contract the 16gb GS3 was $550 and the 16gb iphone was $650. You wanna 64gb? I believe that was $400 sub, $850 unsub. Apple is always more expensive.
Yeah, but I'm sure we live in different countries - The prices vary quite a bit in different markets.
You mean the DNA that has inferior battery life (ANroid fanboys' words), only comes in 16GB of storage and possesses "world-renowned" HTC's "build quality" (ref HTC One X's wifi/GPS/ Bluetooth/ screen flex/ hardcore screen flickering/ overheating issues, and 8X's body discolouration)?
And dont forget laggy sense.
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Srsly where do you think Apple gets the money for walk-in customer service from? Buy from Samsung please and if something is wrong I'd like to see how long it's gonna take them to fix your stuff.
And exactly how many 5 inch phones has HTC been selling in the US? Or let's just look at how many note2 have been sold compared to sub 5inch phones or even iphone5?
Not true.
I saw the GS3 when it first came out and it was 650as well.
Plus it's 625 now, I sell them like crack at my job.
i'll believe it when i see it. i would like to see this happen - the more choices the better. but this just doesn't sound like apple
Well that's where apple makes it's money in the hardware. I'm not bashing Apple just stating a fact.
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You probably work at Best Buy or a third party retailer cause at AT&T I can get one for $550. Unless your talking about a 32gb model.
You mean the DNA that has inferior battery life (ANroid fanboys' words), only comes in 16GB of storage and possesses "world-renowned" HTC's "build quality" (ref HTC One X's wifi/GPS/ Bluetooth/ screen flex/ hardcore screen flickering/ overheating issues, and 8X's body discolouration)?
And dont forget laggy sense.
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Srsly where do you think Apple gets the money for walk-in customer service from? Buy from Samsung please and if something is wrong I'd like to see how long it's gonna take them to fix your stuff.
Yes thats the one. As a retired HTC Rezound ROM developer I'm SURE I could make that phone hummm. I like the quad core cpu, NFC, wireless charging, and HTC camera and software is far superior to iOS. With its dedicated image processor its got to be great. I love Sense and have never really had issues with is being laggy. Usually all it takes is some PNG optimization and BAM fast as hell.