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Apple Executives Speak on the 'Low-Cost Phone', Android's Fragmentation Issues
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legacy device compatibility isn't what fragmentation is about.
further, iOS devices have the longest lifespan in mobile.
Sorry - are we talking about OSes or Apps. Because it seems as if you shifted from one to the other...
you really have no idea what you're talking about.
apple has already done plastic phones, they know they're cheaper. as for innovation -- the C is, as the #2 iPhone has always been, last years tech. that's not where you go looking for innovation. to see that look at *this* years new model. plenty there.
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the stock market is a figment of our collective imagination. profit and loss statements are real -- and nobody's is better than apple's. nobody's.
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no it wouldn't to be the same, because any Mac Pro today comes with the latest, best OS. and that's what we're discussing, not hardware.
Apple does VERY VERY well. I think people confuse companies with stocks. They aren't the same.
by that metric Microsoft is a terrible loss and apple is a wondrous gain -- go back 10 years.
"Freaking," fragmentation is the freaking reason the freaking Gear is only compatible with the freaking Note 3.
I certainly hope Samsung updates their software next month. That would benefit me and my GS4, but I won't be holding my breath.
I find it kind of weird/funny 2 of them are using their phones with 2 hands, shouldn't they be touting that 1 handed use thing they like to throw around?
And it's priced accordingly, yes? $99 for last year's phone seems pretty standard.
There's the $199 new iPhone if want this year's model.
No, they don't. Don't mistake the tech savy people (and in that vein, the under 40 people) you know and message boards you read as most people.
What? They show off there new devices and the stock loses what was it 25-30 billion in a day?
Ya they are worried and Tim is most def worried the stock holders don't vote to fire his ass and I'm sure this picture of him laughing saying us worry is pissing off a lot of people invested in apple
Lol. It's a picture pose. It makes it look more dynamic kinda like the video game ads w the kids moving the controllers all over the place.
Good grief...
Congratulations! This is the dumbest most useless comment posted in this thread so far. It is also the perfect illustration of the old adage: "It's better to not say anything and let people think you are a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt."
Congratulations! This is the dumbest most useless comment posted in this thread so far. It is also the perfect illustration of the old adage: "It's better to not say anything and let people think you are a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt."
I wish people would stop with the dumb math. It was dumb in 2007 and it is dumb now. Most people in the us have a monthly charge regardless of if their phone is subsidized or not.I agree that the color choice could be better (same for iOS 7. I understand that they match each other but the colors are not great IMO)
But I think for most users that won't matter as they will have a case on it and it will look much like an iPhone 5 or 5S especially if you get the white one.
Plus, the cost of the iPhone 5c and the iPhone 5S over two years is really about the same: $100 difference over 24 months is $4. Tell me that person spending $80-100 a month on his iPhone 5C is cheap
So the actual difference is $100 or 50%. People want to do this stupid contract math when it is not applicable.
how so? there's still a legion of brand new Android devices sold with Gingerbread. updates from ICS to JB aren't assured. I'm looking for my first smartphone and TBH Apple's non-contract prices are insane ($450 for iPhone 4S?). The GS3 is less money.
I'm looking for a sweet spot in the Droid universe, something with a nice mix of 'future proof' for a couple years, yet reasonably affordable. It's a headache.
I don't know if older Droid OSs get security updates, I don't know about app compatibility fall off ... the experience isn't the same from carrier-to-carrier, handset maker to handset maker ... it's a hot mess.
He does that all the time, probably to get 1st post (or near enough) as a guess....
The note 3 is not even OUT YET and no fragmentation and android has nothing to do with galaxy gear.do you honestly think android made the software to use the galaxy gear and its hard programmed into 4.3?
Relax your gs4 will get the update to use the gear and Samsung waited to have it bundled in 4.3.you are complaining about not supporting hardware that is not freaking out yet
Thank you for assuming I'm under 40
I do admit to a bad generalization. Which is why in subsequent posts I went on to say that most who hold on to their phones longer don't really care about OS updates since the core apps and APIs get updated regularly.
I also posed a question I'd love to see some survey on - and that is how many people buy a phone for what it can do for them today vs what they think or hope it might do in the future. I would imagine most people buy on the current possibilities - not future ones.
Finally - Apple taking control of the narrative! Now if they could just lower the price of the 5C to be truly mid-range and polish out all the little complaints we users post on MacRumors, it would be a good day.