I don't have you beat
I guess I should say, my family and I (wife and 2 kids) have all these Apple products!
I don't have you beat
I don't really think either camp has been very innovative recently, because they haven't released anything that hasn't already been done before.
Google Now is quite innovative, and there has never been anything remotely close to that. Also, like it or not, NFC is innovative as it has many uses. Just a week ago I used it to give someone my contact information. The Chrome browser is innovative in that it keeps the history, forms, omnibox, tabs, etc sync'ed across several platforms. Data use controls that even allow you to limit the data access of individual apps is innovative. Regardless of what you think of it, face unlock was innovative. Photosphere is quite innovative, as it gives you a street view type of perspective in a photograph. I say all this to say, there has been innovation in the Android world recently. I didn't even include the innovations done by OEM's like Samsung (multiview, S-Pen, etc).
I'd say that passbook and NFC are about equal on the innovative meter. Both have great potential but are no where near utilized enough to call innovative. And as for S beam, that's about as useful at iMessage. If no one else you know has a Galaxy phone it's useless. However, to be more specific on what I meant, I don't really think either camp has been very innovative recently, because they haven't released anything that hasn't already been done before.
I really doubt anyone can deny that the iPhone is a really good piece of hardware, but in the year 2012 I don't see anyone complaining over hardware I see them complaining about iOS.
Yup. iOS is the main thing that is making me want to try something else. I've been researching android and windows phone a lot lately because I just want a change. iOS is just becoming a little too familiar. It's not that I dislike it. I just want to try something else for a bit and see what's out there.
Yup. iOS is the main thing that is making me want to try something else. I've been researching android and windows phone a lot lately because I just want a change. iOS is just becoming a little too familiar. It's not that I dislike it. I just want to try something else for a bit and see what's out there.
It's pretty clear that the only disappointment in the iOS. Hardware and design in top notch, that can only be denied if someone is delusional.
iOS needs a major overhaul, same thing for so many years is getting boring. Hopefully we'll see something new in Apple's developer conference, WWDC I think.
If there are no major changes then I'm going to try Android next fall when I have my upgrade. At least after 4.1, it won't be as bad as before, hopefully by then they'll have a <4.2" flagship phone.
Been doing the same lately. Among those that I interested in are the LG Nexus 4, Galaxy S III and the Nokia Lumia 920.
Google Now is quite innovative
I'm no apple loyalist, I own both Apple and Android products, but lets not pretend that Google/ OEM's are inovating in this space. Yes there is NFC, s-beam etc, but these don't really add much to the device.
I do want to see some meaningful innovation from competitors but the only real breakthrough I've seen since 2007 is popularization of ultra-high resolution panels, which unfortunately is a trend that once again Apple set.
I really wan't to see others surpass apple in a meaningful way, I want better choices, but so far the only real differentiators are OS and screen size.
I'm no apple loyalist, I own both Apple and Android products, but lets not pretend that Google/ OEM's are inovating in this space. Yes there is NFC, s-beam etc, but these don't really add much to the device.
I do want to see some meaningful innovation from competitors but the only real breakthrough I've seen since 2007 is popularization of ultra-high resolution panels, which unfortunately is a trend that once again Apple set.
I really wan't to see others surpass apple in a meaningful way, I want better choices, but so far the only real differentiators are OS and screen size.
And what is so terribly wrong with it?
if you take any responsibility for your posts, and understand what accuracy means, you probably would stop assuming & making stuff up.
To the question, I _participate_ here because I currently own & use a lot of Apple products. Here are but some of them.
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5
iPad mini
iPad 2
iPad 3
iPad 4
11" MBA
13" MBA
13" MBPr
15" MBP
15" MBPr
17" MBP
2010 Mac Pro
This99% of people outside of MR will think new iphone = better, even if it is 10% fast, lighter, whatever. Regular people just don't care if they have the best specs, just that it will work and they feel cool about it. Look at the Macbooks - has not led the spec dept in a long time. The MB Airs are just nice ultra books with the usual apple premium. People still love them, wont complain because they can check facebook and send email, they dont care.
Also the 5s is a flop IMO. It'll be released in September I think.
Lets all stop whining here...
Really? Pot, kettle.Also the 5s is a flop IMO.
Yes it is a good phone.
Too bad it's not the outstanding phone Apple's capable of building. Oh well there's always 2014.
By the looks of early leaks, the 2013 model remains crippled with Apples odd interpretation of a 4.0" display.
Okay, so, while I agree with a lot of the complaining, a lot of it is pretty idiotic as well.
I had an iPhone 3G that I loved. Once the 4 came out, I went Android because I didn't want a glass phone, as it's just a really dumb idea.
My first Android, was the Aria. It was a phone stock full with bloatware that never received any updates, HTC abandoned the damn thing. Then I went to the HTC Inspire. The battery was 6 hours at most with insane drain and the GPS didn't work. Keep in mind, this was right out of the box. The charger broke two weeks later. Android was painfully glitchy, buggy and just overall brutal. I literally have been counting the days until I was eligible for an iPhone again. And keep in mind, I nearly pulled the trigger for a Galaxy S3, but the phone is just complete garbage. It's chock full with gimmicks and features that are never going to get any use, encased in plastic with an easily breakable screen and is FAR TOO BIG for anyone's use.
My iPhone? Since I got it, I've had no problems. The build quality is perfect, I've had no data dropouts like I did with my Inspire, fantastic battery life and a perfectly functioning GPS.
I also own a Nexus 7. And the one thing that I prefer about Android is its ease of customization and the widgets. The rest, iOS is so much better. Apps that lag on my Nexus run perfectly on my iPhone. There's never any slowdown on my iPhone. My Nexus occasionally gets bogged down. Play Store is bogged with malware.
I will never go back to an Android phone, as I just want a phone that JUST works and an Android powered phone is not that, no matter how big and glossy it is. Unless Android undergoes a massive change, the iOS is still far and away superior.
iOS is a little old-fashioned (as in no widgets, lack of shortcuts and customizability) but it still kicks Android up and down the street in performance and reliability. This has always been Apple's MO.
its not particularly innovative.
decision between ios 6 and jellybean is generally a person choice, although the whole maps mess is terribly annoying.
hardware wise the iphone is doing fine... though i don't know why they made it "taller" but not at least a little wider. sIII feels to wide to me, and i5 feels to thin.
Frankly, iphone app store is still the strongest though... For example my decision was made easy because i work in the medical field, and ios dominates the med app market. If epocrates and medscape were being developed for win 8 phone, i would have been interested in the lumina 920.... though for all the bluster about that camera it handles lights pretty poorly.
Anyway, the issue with iphone 5 is IOS 6
I'm no apple loyalist, I own both Apple and Android products, but lets not pretend that Google/ OEM's are inovating in this space. Yes there is NFC, s-beam etc, but these don't really add much to the device.
I do want to see some meaningful innovation from competitors but the only real breakthrough I've seen since 2007 is popularization of ultra-high resolution panels, which unfortunately is a trend that once again Apple set.
I really wan't to see others surpass apple in a meaningful way, I want better choices, but so far the only real differentiators are OS and screen size.