Stereotypical again. Are you actually a teen? No? Then stop sprouting misinformation.
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Facebook's iPhone Competitor Rumored to Be HTC First, Here's What It Looks Like
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Stereotypical again. Are you actually a teen? No? Then stop sprouting misinformation.
Tumblr to a point as tumblr allows adult images to be posted and i think there is a 17 or 18 year old age limit to sign up. But Myspace might make a come back as Facebook is falling out of favour with the 30 plus crowd - as it gets cluttered with a bunch of children who fake there ages to get on. Kinda the same way with Call of Duty on the Xbox it is suppose to be a 18+ game of the millions who use it over 75% are under the age of 18.
Hey! I'm getting a colonoscopy on Thursday precisely at 10 AM! Coincidence? I think not!
Gee nice chat here.
I think there is going to be an uncomfortable stigma that will be associated with this phone.
You have a Facbook phone??!?! OMG! Get a life!
You have a Facbook phone??!?! OMG! Get a life!
Huh?
People are friending people they don't know just because they get a request?
Do you befriend strangers that stop you in public and ask for your phone number?
I never understood the concept of getting a 1000+ friends in which you only know personally a lot less on your list.
I guess to some having a high FB friends list gets you perks in real life...
Woo hoo!!!! Maybe this will be the end of Facebook. I was hopeful their stock would continue to trend down but maybe this will be the nail in their coffin.
What an inferior product, I mean it only has a 5MP camera. Most pay as you go phone have the same camera quality as this point... so why would anyone want this among many other areas where this phone falls pathetically short. That is, unless the phone is literally 89-99. Considering one can purchase a really nice Galaxy S III or an iPhone for not much more.
What an inferior product, I mean it only has a 5MP camera. Most pay as you go phone have the same camera quality as this point... so why would anyone want this among many other areas where this phone falls pathetically short. That is, unless the phone is literally 89-99. Considering one can purchase a really nice Galaxy S III or an iPhone for not much more.
They're not going anywhere. They barely had to do anything to make this phone - just stick a launcher on branded HTC hardware using a free OS donated by Google. If it fails, their revenue stream is not going to disappear.
And if I had to guess it would probably be either a budget or midrange phone. FB's two biggest problems are monetizing off mobile and monetizing internationally. A cheap phone tackles both of these problems.
Why, just because others have big screens the iPhone should have it too? I prefer that my iPhone feel like a phone in my hand, not a tablet. I don't want to hold a shoebox, I want a slim and short device that will give me all of my desired networking and connectivity on the go while at the same time fitting into the form factor of a phone that I can use with one hand. I have small hands, the iPhone is perfect for me.
You realize you just answered your own question, right?
The reason every smartphone is called an "iPhone-competitor" is because using "iPhone", "iPad", or "Apple" in a story will create a beacon that magically draws Apple and Android fanbois to your website to fight about it in he comments and that results in mucho ad-impressions so news site editors' eyes light up with dollar-bill symbols.
Course they aren't. From what I see of jeans in "trendy" stores the style is now to have ugly faded areas right on the fronts of the legs. Not even natural "I wore these jeans so much and wipe my hands on the fronts while I'm working" faded, but ugly "I decided to stand facing into the wind during a bleach storm" color difference.
Really, et tu MacRumors? I thought it was only Buster at CultofMac who was doing this lame thing.
Huh?
People are friending people they don't know just because they get a request?
Do you befriend strangers that stop you in public and ask for your phone number?
I never understood the concept of getting a 1000+ friends in which you only know personally a lot less on your list.
I guess to some having a high FB friends list gets you perks in real life...
Only people on my friends list are people that i personally know but I have a nephew that is under aged and has an account - ie lies about his age - 90% of his non adult friends are also under aged (parents do not care he is on).
People who abuse facebook the most are the Teens and pre Teens who will friend almost anyone which is scarry. Seems like the age limits get lower and lower as we get older.
Actually surprised Apple allows the tumblr app due to there stance against porn - as tumblr does allow nude photos to be posted which is not allowed on facebook or Myspace.
