I dunno what that person speaks of as mostly everyone at Coachella is 20+.Whoa whoa whoa. I'm 23 and I still want to check out Coachella. I'm going to Bonnaroo again this year matter of fact. Am I... too old?![]()
I dunno what that person speaks of as mostly everyone at Coachella is 20+.Whoa whoa whoa. I'm 23 and I still want to check out Coachella. I'm going to Bonnaroo again this year matter of fact. Am I... too old?![]()
Android cheaper?? Sorry the new Samsung S8 is 800+ depending on options.
I like "scond" & "suxeed"
Now I desperately want to eat a Scone!
Yet another ignorant few who automatically assume rich parents spoil kids.
Ever consider the fact that iPhones are indeed superior in usability, convenience, streamline experiences and app store content? Not that "well I got an iPhone because I don't have to pay" but "I got one because _ _ _ and _ and right now my parents or I can pay merely $30 a month for it."
I've been over this before. My "El Cheapo" Microsoft Lumia 640 blows the doors off an iPhone when you consider it costs 1/20 the price!!! "It's not fast enough!" To do what???? WTF are you people doing on your phones that needs a super computer? My interface is fast. I've got 208GB of space for $138 total. It does 1080p video; plays every song, Skypes video chats, Bluetooth connects to my car stereo system. It has a real headphone jack. It plays Angry Birds and Bejeweled just fine and can show me a real time map view of London while I'm walking around. It could Facebook (no interest in that garbage). What ELSE does it need to do exactly that requires an extra $770???? I asked this in another thread and I got some weak reply about a fingerprint sensor, as if that is so earth shattering it needs an extra $770. "No one uses it". Good. It won't be hacked and it has something in common with the Mac!
I'm sorry, but you people ARE spoiled. You carry iPhones because you want to be hep cats. There is no other reason. There is nothing the iPhone does that is worth $800+
I'm sorry, but you people ARE spoiled. You carry iPhones because you want to be hep cats. There is no other reason. There is nothing the iPhone does that is worth $800+
Not fooling myself thanks. I put all 3 side by side last night - iPhone 6+, Galaxy S5, Axon 7. The A7 was fastest, then about even GS5, iP6+. But then again I guess I should take someone else's word for what I saw with my own eyes.
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I did these: Facebook, Web Browser (Chrome or Safari), Mail client, Waze, phone dialer, Lightroom, maps, and maybe one other.
iPhone 6+ (latest iOS) and Galaxy S5 (6.01) were about even - sometimes one was faster, sometimes the other was faster with launch times.
Azon 7 (7.1.1) was the fastest of all.
The best part is my Axon doesn't near lock up when some e-mails come in. That was one huge annoyance with my 6+.
The only area Apple is superior is wearables. The Apple Watch (I have one too) is easily the best. The Android Wear models seem to be a mess and not one really comes close to the Apple Watch.
So Apple is 71% Lifestyle Gadget company and 29% a computer company.. Its making sense now.
Enjoy your budget Chinese stuff.
Whether it's worth the extra money is subjective. I hardly think my wife and I are spoiled because we carry an iPhone.
I like the iMessage and call integration with my computer. I like the Lumia on paper, but I just don't like Windows Mobile.
Enjoy your budget Chinese stuff.
Ironically a thread about teenagers has a large amount of users here acting like little kids with their comments.
Well.
As opposed to highly marked-up Chinese stuff?
Well.
As opposed to highly marked-up Chinese stuff?
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This was my favorite thing about using my iPhones 3S and 4S. I really loved the integration of iMessage. The problem I had was communicating with family/friends who were all over the place -- people who ONLY use iMessage, and people who ONLY used text messaging.
The compromise I found was Google Hangouts. I have a Google number, and now it's my only messenger. For my family who only ever text message, I send SMS to and from desktop/laptop/iPad/Android phone to and fro with them. And I also regularly text message anyone else that way as well. The Missus and I communicate via Google Messenger, which is on all platforms.
I like Apple stuff. But the walled-garden services are too limiting when I can find solutions that are more cross-platform.
Why couldn't you use iMessage? It does SMS too.
I've been over this before. My "El Cheapo" Microsoft Lumia 640 blows the doors off an iPhone when you consider it costs 1/20 the price!!! "It's not fast enough!" To do what???? WTF are you people doing on your phones that needs a super computer? My interface is fast. I've got 208GB of space for $138 total. It does 1080p video; plays every song, Skypes video chats, Bluetooth connects to my car stereo system. It has a real headphone jack. It plays Angry Birds and Bejeweled just fine and can show me a real time map view of London while I'm walking around. It could Facebook (no interest in that garbage). What ELSE does it need to do exactly that requires an extra $770???? I asked this in another thread and I got some weak reply about a fingerprint sensor, as if that is so earth shattering it needs an extra $770. "No one uses it". Good. It won't be hacked and it has something in common with the Mac!
I'm sorry, but you people ARE spoiled. You carry iPhones because you want to be hep cats. There is no other reason. There is nothing the iPhone does that is worth $800+
I meant when you used an iPhone. I have only used iMessage since the 4s and have not had any issues texting anyone, whether it was SMS or iMessage.Because Chrome or Hangouts works on every platform. iMessage doesn't.
I meant when you used an iPhone. I have only used iMessage since the 4s and have not had any issues texting anyone, whether it was SMS or iMessage.
Pure jealous. We found a sensitive chord in this one.
Enjoy your budget Chinese stuff.
What ELSE does it need to do exactly
Run iOS is pretty much it for me. People often talk about how expensive Apple products are by talking just about the hardware, not realizing that many of us pay a premium to access the Apple software.
I live in the Apple eco-system. Sure it was a choice I made, but now that I run Apple across all devices it's just easier to be able to access Apple Music everywhere, access my iCloud documents everywhere. I like that when I take a photo on my phone it's automatically on my computer. I know there are other cloud services, but I like how Apple's works and I'm happy to pay the premium for all the little things that come from running iOS, tvOS, watchOS and macOS.
That and the watch that I wear required an iPhone![]()
In other words, you're so deep into their ecosystem, you really don't have a lot of choices without changing everything else as well. That's exactly what Apple counts on these days. I used to have a synergistic Mac + AppleTV Units + iPod Touch for a home audio/video system, but Apple was going nowhere with the AppleTV (and sadly still aren't, IMO with the current newer model despite apps). It's been a PITA to get everything to work with Kodi (I had to find a way to get Apple movies and TV Shows to run for one thing) and Kodi still has some bugs that tick me off (the dev team are absolutely against fixing anything users report and get hostile even looking at them funny so it's not the best bet either), namely songs will sometimes "skip" for no ascertainable reason what-so-ever. It might be an incompatibility with a Mac powered network; it might be something else entirely but it seems to not happen to everyone so I keep older AppleTV units around just for audio.
On the other hand, I can run home video AVI files without converting them (and losing quality), MKV files that easily handle DTS, etc. from Blu-rays, etc. and actually sort my library by FILE DIRECTORY in areas if I so desire (very handy for photo slideshows organization when you have thousands and thousands of trip related photos) or separate videos into vastly different areas. Even the 1st Gen AppleTV had more options than the current ones for organization (e.g. you could put all Back To The Future or Star Wars movies into "folders" by specifying "Show" in older iTunes. That was NICE. Kodi can do that with "collection" organizations for movies. But they removed that from iOS powered Apple TV units and newer iTunes won't directly let you edit the "show" field anymore unless you change the file type to something other than MOVIE (i.e. to TV Show temporarily). Kodi also STILL (over a decade later) can't read movie video tags which is RIDICULOUS considering the music player can read the information if you relabel a movie into a song! (making it obvious that it would not take a lot of work to add ID Tag support for movies and thus read M4V embedded information instead of depending on the file being labeled 'Just So' to work with a movie database to organize. In other words, neither system is "perfect" but I do not want to be dependent on Apple forever. They seem to be heading in the wrong direction lately and I have to face the fact I may have to go to Linux or Windows at some point if Tim Cook insists on destroying the Mac and/or AppleTV. You never know how long they're going to bother. They just killed the Airport routers that had been around for a long time, for example. You can't depend on Apple and you can't hardly predict them since they keep most of their future plans to themselves. I'd like a media library that is 100% agnostic and will work with Apple, Amazon or Windows or whatever.
The problem with iPhones and media is simultaneously that it works so well with iTunes and a Mac in particular but so bad if you want to use media elsewhere. Just moving songs to a USB stick for the car caused me trouble when selecting too many songs at once in iTunes and dragging/dropping. Frankly, I'm surprised it worked at all seeing how Apple would prefer if you bought a car that was Apple Play ready. But I'm not choosing my car based on my phone. Just copying/pasting music files to a USB stick also tends to copy over the hidden ".files" too and car players often choke on them so you have to take an extra step to remove them in a shell (beyond some people's knowledge level) and that never happens on a PC.
Google has announced that Hangouts will go away. You're kinda dated.Because Chrome or Hangouts works on every platform. iMessage doesn't.
TLDRIn other words, you're so deep into their ecosystem, you really don't have a lot of choices without changing everything else as well. That's exactly what Apple counts on these days. I used to have a synergistic Mac + AppleTV Units + iPod Touch for a home audio/video system, but Apple was going nowhere with the AppleTV (and sadly still aren't, IMO with the current newer model despite apps). It's been a PITA to get everything to work with Kodi (I had to find a way to get Apple movies and TV Shows to run for one thing) and Kodi still has some bugs that tick me off (the dev team are absolutely against fixing anything users report and get hostile even looking at them funny so it's not the best bet either), namely songs will sometimes "skip" for no ascertainable reason what-so-ever. It might be an incompatibility with a Mac powered network; it might be something else entirely but it seems to not happen to everyone so I keep older AppleTV units around just for audio.
On the other hand, I can run home video AVI files without converting them (and losing quality), MKV files that easily handle DTS, etc. from Blu-rays, etc. and actually sort my library by FILE DIRECTORY in areas if I so desire (very handy for photo slideshows organization when you have thousands and thousands of trip related photos) or separate videos into vastly different areas. Even the 1st Gen AppleTV had more options than the current ones for organization (e.g. you could put all Back To The Future or Star Wars movies into "folders" by specifying "Show" in older iTunes. That was NICE. Kodi can do that with "collection" organizations for movies. But they removed that from iOS powered Apple TV units and newer iTunes won't directly let you edit the "show" field anymore unless you change the file type to something other than MOVIE (i.e. to TV Show temporarily). Kodi also STILL (over a decade later) can't read movie video tags which is RIDICULOUS considering the music player can read the information if you relabel a movie into a song! (making it obvious that it would not take a lot of work to add ID Tag support for movies and thus read M4V embedded information instead of depending on the file being labeled 'Just So' to work with a movie database to organize. In other words, neither system is "perfect" but I do not want to be dependent on Apple forever. They seem to be heading in the wrong direction lately and I have to face the fact I may have to go to Linux or Windows at some point if Tim Cook insists on destroying the Mac and/or AppleTV. You never know how long they're going to bother. They just killed the Airport routers that had been around for a long time, for example. You can't depend on Apple and you can't hardly predict them since they keep most of their future plans to themselves. I'd like a media library that is 100% agnostic and will work with Apple, Amazon or Windows or whatever.
The problem with iPhones and media is simultaneously that it works so well with iTunes and a Mac in particular but so bad if you want to use media elsewhere. Just moving songs to a USB stick for the car caused me trouble when selecting too many songs at once in iTunes and dragging/dropping. Frankly, I'm surprised it worked at all seeing how Apple would prefer if you bought a car that was Apple Play ready. But I'm not choosing my car based on my phone. Just copying/pasting music files to a USB stick also tends to copy over the hidden ".files" too and car players often choke on them so you have to take an extra step to remove them in a shell (beyond some people's knowledge level) and that never happens on a PC.
get that stick out of your butt.... Computer company....just google how long ago they already dropped that from their company name.So Apple is 71% Lifestyle Gadget company and 29% a computer company.. Its making sense now.
Yeah but we all like to go through this monthly shock whenever new news comes out that Apple does things that are not JUST Mac. We're bored and outrage is fun. Don't kill it manSteve Jobs dropped "Computer" from the company name. He introduced the iPod which signaled a shift within the company. He introduced the iPhone which further pushed Apple towards being less Mac centric. He introduced the iPad which only piled on the previous non Mac products.
Apple has been a CE company and not simply a computer company for many years now. It's not new nor did Cook take the company in that direction.
Google has announced that Hangouts will go away. You're kinda dated.