Again with the payments. There are tons of other things it can do besides payments. Please research those things. It was beat to death in another thread.
Bluetooth and QR codes can currently do most of these things already. Sure, NFC may do things in a simpler and easier way, but the use cases of NFC outside of mobile payment is small and not widespread anyway. So the argument still applies, just without a survey backing it. Find evidence otherwise and I'll retract.
Actually it is my argument. Why would I want to wait for something to download when I could have it stored locally and access it anytime, with no data use? How about when on a flight? Access to my movies that are local instead of in the cloud. How about access to my music? Before you go there, a small percentage of planes have wifi and most of those that do charge a CRAZY sum to access it. How about in areas with little or no connectivity like trains or boats or deep in a factory setting where cell signals don't reach? Many companies do not offer open wifi. Do you store your apps in the cloud and only download them when you want to use them? Seems silly to me. iTunes match is the suck also. I even paid for it and still hate it. I'm not the only one with the issues either. Check the Apple support boards. Click a song, it plays the wrong song...IF it plays a song at all. I am sorry YOU don't want extra storage but I, and many others, would like a device with more storage. Personally I would like the device to be able to grow with my use.
This argument is valid, but goes against the movement of the entire industry. Your example cases are also a bit of a stretch - if you intend on going on a flight, train ride, or long drive, you'll most likely have your computer with you where you can store all that media. If you're traveling without a computer, I can't imagine why you would need more than 64 GB worth of media to entertain you.
Other areas with little to no connectivity hold a legit argument but, again, more than 64 GB worth? I can't imagine that's a popular enough request that it would warrant Apple making space in their phones for additional storage option.
As for iTunes Match, you're right, it's not perfect. But as a user of it myself, I've experienced the issues you described one time - not nearly enough of an issue to consider it when making a decision like this.
A device to grow with? If you need more than 64 GB of onboard, every day storage to grow with, you need more than a phone in my opinion.
And I bet that is super convenient to drag to the hotel rooms and over to the parents house and unplug it from your tv to carry it around in case you want to ever use it. Would be much easier to just have a cord in a camera bag or whatever. I have 2 Apple TV's so don't paint me like I am a basher. I drag mine to hotels and to the camper and so on and it's a pain in the ass compared to my friends that just carry a cord.
Yes, cause hotels have TVs with the DLNA standard that my 4 year old flat-screen does not. And let's be honest. Two years ago, the size of the Apple TV was the selling point. You're telling me a 5"x5"x2" (guessing) black box with two cords (HDMI, power supply) is such a hassle to carry to GUARANTEE any HDMI TV can be Airplay'd to, versus hoping the TV/DVD/Blu-ray player has the DLNA standard?
Actually I try to use Siri all the time for texting. In my experience, it sucks if not on wifi. Do I have to make a video to prove it? Sheesh. How extensive does my experience have to be to know that the little purple dots flash a few times and the nothing happens. How extensive does it have to be to understand when it says "I am sorry, I can not complete your request at this time."?
If it sucks when not on wifi, sounds like a carrier/signal issue. Not an iPhone problem.
Really? That's your argument? Battery tech improves all the time. You don't think it might have been better to leave it the same thickness as the 4S and get a bigger battery rather than upping it by a paltry .15 watt-hours? I am not a proponent of having a removable battery so you can carry a spare. Not at all. That would just be a pain. But a longer lasting battery would be great.
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DID improve battery life. Incrementally, but improved nonetheless.
I'm curious though, how often does your iPhone 4S die? My iPhone 4 lasts all day on average use. Streaming Spotify, emails, playing games, notifications lighting my phone up all day, and I still go to bed with 30% battery life left. And my battery is over 2 years old at that. Granted, I'm one use case, but I can't imagine your want for a better battery life is on the behalf of the majority of iPhone users, but more for your own reasons.
