Theres no more smudge on the other side that is glass than the side that is JB. At least half of every iPhone in this world is being smudged up as much as JB so what is it with the dramatic complaints?
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All Three 2017 iPhones Predicted to Have 3GB of RAM and Lightning Connectors With Faster Charging
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Theres no more smudge on the other side that is glass than the side that is JB. At least half of every iPhone in this world is being smudged up as much as JB so what is it with the dramatic complaints?
Why do people like you enjoy defending the dumb things that Apple does?? It doesn't make sense to me.
We, the consumers, lose when Apple's priority is to put propriety crap above the consumer's convenience.
Do you really deny that a USB-C iPhone is better than a Lightning iPhone? Because it would be objectively better, no debate. People could actually use corded headphones across devices again, oh my!
Says someone who buyed into the hype. PCs don't come standard with USB-C connectors. Most Mac customers still have regular USB so...I don't see Apple switching to USB-C for at least 1-2 years.
...except that they already HAVE switched... with every device except for the iPhone.
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But some people don't use corded headphones. I haven't used them in years. So the ability to use corded headphones brings me zero utility.
On the flip side I have two types of cables micro-USB (for charging things like headphones) and lightning. I have cables in many different places - cars, office, home office, bedroom and garage - probably 10-15 cables. A switch to USB C means I have to replace all of those cables - a huge inconvenience.
So basically anyone who wants to use corded headphones across devices will STILL need adapters. Dumb!
This is 2017. Come on. If we're going to continue without the headphone jack, great! It's an old, analog technology that should be replaced by something digital. USB-C is the best candidate. It'd work for charging AND as a headphone jack, AND it'd be available to use across devices. Lighting doesn't cut it! It's not a universal connector!
256gb isn't needed. But some people take a ton of photos and video, don't plug their phones into computers and don't pay for cloud storage.
It seems like everyone uses cloud storage, but that's because you're a nerd and on a tech blog. We all do, but there are millions of people who don't have the slightest idea of how to backup their photos and don't know what the cloud is beyond it's on the internet so they don't trust it.
Plus, you know there is one ******* on Apple's design team that uses their iPhone all day for 4k video and has terabytes of video on his computer and bitches about how there is never enough space.
Dude if u r upgrading from 4S why won't u go big and get the iPhone 8 u waited for a long time u should treat your self with the best
Don't compare it to other devices. Compare it to your own. Only case that comes to mind how people inquired about how the iPad Air (1) would have to reload apps and Safari tabs, where then folks suggested getting an Ipad Air 2. It has 2 GB of RAM vs. Ipad Air's 1 GB. In that case, having more RAM would've helped out with those issues.
Are you trying to say that it goes against the connector strategy? Or have I misunderstood you?
Mobile data is expensive and not enough wifi. Infrastructure just isn't here yet to be able to rely on 'the cloud'.
The extra RAM would be a nice addition. I'm intending to move back to the smaller 4'7 iPhone myself this next go around.
Apple went from 128mb (3G) to 256mb (3GS) to 512mb (4) in 3 consecutive generations and then to 1GB Two gens later
No unprecedented for them to add ram after having "not long moved" to another configuration
6s and 7 would be 2 gens of 2GB
Though 2GB doesn't seem to be a limiting factor for iOS right now like 1GB was when the 6/6+ came out
Sometimes, albeit very rarely, my iPhone 7 Plus seems like it would benefit from 4 gigs of RAM. It's a shame the next Plus won't have 4GB.
Also, most people don't understand what the rumor was. It was never that Apple was replacing lightning with USB-C, rather that the other end of the cable would be upgraded from USB-A to USB-C for connectivity.
Also, most people don't understand what the rumor was. It was never that Apple was replacing lightning with USB-C, rather that the other end of the cable would be upgraded from USB-A to USB-C for connectivity.
I'd love to see the stats on whose using corded USB-C headphones currently to make this claim even remotely relevant.
Anybody who needs to use USB-C audio will still be using adapters across a multitude of devices, for years to come.
There's no need to adopt a new wired standard at the moment, when I can't even quickly find a USB-C cable in my workplace campus of over 5,000 employees, much less 3AM at the local 7-11, if my life depended on it.
Dude, screw Lightning. It was a good concept, horribly executed. Here I am wishing my iPhone 6 at least had micro USB 2.0 so it would charge reliably.