I'm sure there are Millions who either have or miss their iPhones who would say there is plenty that is superior. specs are useless its the outcome that matters. Having 4x the processing is useless when even in a controlled demo environment the scrolling lagged really bad. Having a much higher MP camera front and rear means that the same picture will take up 2 or 3 x the space while to will look the same everywhere you use it unless you are printing posters. most sites will either reject it or downgrade it.
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Apple Launches New 'Why You'll Love an iPhone' Web Campaign
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Honestly, I think Apple is getting worried.
Worrying is a waste of time, they would be working hard though.
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yeah lol. Up until Jelly Bean it was
Its either larger screen AND retina display or none.
What type of half assed job is that? If Apple offered an 5'' iPhone with some 200 ppi...look other phones now have 400+
Apple will go up.
Yeah the S4 has 441ppi, which is higher than the Retina Display and kind of renders this point somewhat pointless.
this article is no different from those that said the same when the X and S3 came out. This device is not out yet. I posted head to head showdowns and the iPhone beat them to their surprise. I guess we will see the outcome when its really reviewed.
The HTC One IS out, in Germany. That's why all the reviews have been the European version (no LTE). I'm awaiting battery life testing WITH LTE once the HTC One is stateside (rumors of March 22nd - this Friday)
Thanks for the detailed explanation, it's made me "think differently" about what could be done for your situation. The best I could come up with is a contact lens that you apply to the screen of your phone, so it compensates for your unique vision. Now just need someone to make it reality...
yep! That is why negative people are louder! (Android people are louder, PC people are louder). I never heard a mac or an iPhone user screaming and crying. They just live their lives happily and have to put up with the other side poking their backs the whole time. If they respond in defence, all of a sudden we are "smug".
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While I think the iPhone is still solidly better than competition, I think this ad is attacking with silly ammo. Apple should have gone with something along UX instead of something that other phones have too.
Well what does it say when anytime I go to an Apple user site I'm continuously bombarded with Android Phone adds and featured spots? Or my carrier blast a email twice a week with nothing but Android Phones in it.
Apple started a campaign with a similar email for the New iPad on the same day last year. in fact they have marketed less this year than last so far. I think they are about as impressed with the S4 as I am and that not at all. Which is the day before St Patty's Day
I agree with you that no one will mistake the two phones. They look different enough. What I meant to say was that the HTC One's design is VERY Apple/Jony Ive inspired. Heck, just look at their promotional video, and you'll understand what I mean.
They can claim that because the term Retina is an Apple trademark and no one else can use the term. But is only that, a term, phone screens with more that 300ppp have existed before the iPhone 4 one
It says you're spending too much time on Apple user sites run by people who don't know how to sell their highly-targeted ad space competently.
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Really? I would have gone with the iPhone being a Roller and the galaxy being a Kia. I know which one will outlast the other, even if it's not supported by the latest operating system in its final days.
I can claim this having my iPhone 4 still be as fast as when I got it out the box shortly after release!
I will absolutely 100% agree with you - it is *inspired* by Apple, but I think HTC did a great job of working with that inspiration, and avoiding a blatant ripoff. I say kudos to them for that hard work!
1) I applaud you for actually citing sources to back your claims; a lost art on the internet. However, first and foremost, the academic community's opinions seem to be split on this one: "Yes, some notably Dr Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate have argued that no display will be perfectly retina until it has a density of 477 PPI". I'm not an ophthalmologist or a physicist or what have you, but going by my own subjective viewing experiences I'd agree with Mr. Soneira.
2) The screens with higher PPI bring advantages other than just 'super-Retina-quality'. 1080p is a standard resolution at this point, nobody really watches videos in lower resolutions anymore (and higher resolutions like 4K aren't quite there yet). So if your smartphone has a 1080p screen you'll get pixel-by-pixel fidelity as you're playing a 1080p video. No black bars or whatever.
3) Then there's the aforementioned subjective viewing experience. No matter what those researches say, personally, I perceive a significant difference between the iPhone's screen and those 1080p-screens I've seen on smartphones so far (HTC Butterfly, Sony Xperia Z). The jury's out on the S4 since it's pentile. Anyway, based on that entirely subjective experience, the 100+ PPI advantage those smartphones have over the iPhone really makes a difference. I realize that you'll easily dismiss this point because it is, admittedly, subjective. I'd still urge you to take it under consideration, because ultimately it's those subjective experiences that drive consumers' decisions - just like people seem to love Samsung's inaccurate gaudy OLED display, which I personally don't understand, but it seems to be a widespread personal preference.
Appel's bigeest problem right now is the display size. 4" is just small and not convient for online surfing, writing or reading. They can make as many commercials as they want, part of it is that you can "operate your phone with one hand". It's all BS that tries to cover the "we can't make larger displays since our pixel density would drop, and therefore we need to apply new technology [OLED or IGZO] that would cost us much more money).
Appel's iOS is one of the closest OS in the world. Only the fact that they need to approve every app that goes to the AppStore, and they dismiss any apps that "tries" to "damage" cellular network (i.e. free tethering), creates a monopoly or whatever you want to call it. Of course, it's their hardware and software and they can do whatever they want with it, but it's just wouldn't work in the long run. As iPhones becomes more popular, security issues would arrive quicker than people think. In a closed system, you will get a fix in a few weeks (see Java issue with OSX), in an open system, the fix would arrive on the same day or even in couple of hours/minutes.
These are some of disadvantages that I find in Appel's technology, but time will tell.
Apple's retina claim is for 20/20 vision. Not for people with eagle vision, which is above 20/20. If they are going to test for every kind of freakishly strong vision, maybe even 470 ppi won't be enough for some cases on earth. Shooting for the average "best" quality makes sense.
And nobody, I mean nobody, would notice any "details" on a 1080p movie while they watch it on their phone compared to a 720p downscale. Retina made sense, but don't turn it into a spec masturbation.
I'm convinced Apple Advertising Department visits MR That's been my signature (close enough) for quite a while now! Four years to be exact. I'm suing for copyright infringement
Maybe you can shake 'm down for a little extra cash. Good luck with that! LOL
iPhone 5: a beautifully designed and meticulously engineered piece of equipment, still preferred by millions.
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