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Has anyone considered a different phone brand?
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'On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.' - Chuck Palahniuk
It is not just the phone I would NOT consider getting rid of but going to an Android or worst a Windows phone is not a viable option for me. My 7+ has operated quite well and I have no complaints. No possible way I would communicate through any Google product.
HTC loses money every year though. At some point they will go bye bye. Shame they make great phones but lack the marketing that the big Android manufacturers have.
I thought briefly about the Note 7. This was back in August before that fiasco & rumors of the upcoming iPhone 7 people saying being a boring update.
Went for a 7+ and love it.
Went for a 7+ and love it.
I understand that the iPhone 5s and SE are the last models to not have a camera bulge and that I'd never buy an Android or WinMo phone that had one.
I'd rather they make the phone slightly thicker. It's a boil or a pill lozenge depending on model. Lots of people may be cool with that because the camera is good but my iPhone 5 takes good pictures and so does my iPad Air 2. I don't need what's being offered if it means this fugly boil on my phone.
HTC manufactures the Pixel, designed by GoogleIt is theorized that HTC makes the Pixel
Has anyone used a "Note on fire" joke yet? I feel like it's totally underused.
How can you love something when you haven't experienced it? It's more like infatuation lol
Back to the topic, OP you should go ahead and flirt with other brands. I've personally tried HTC and LG before. They have their own merits but system wise, I find iOS to be the most reliable and secure.
Everyone has got different take in their experience and only you yourself knows what best suit you after experimentation
Google is paying them to make it. Neither will be successful unless they are sold though all carriers. Not via their own website. HTC needs the business and this is exactly how they started. They lack the marketing ability to compete selling their own designs. Pretty sure that Google gets most of the profit also.
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Your missing the point. The body of the 5 caused the flash to distort the images. The only real way is to move the camera away from the body of the phone. Every other phone has a bulge. Usually it's a lot bigger
I love the design, I love the specs, I love everything I have read about it and you can't question a persons opinion on something when its not yours to be questioned.
The stellar speed, smoothness, exceptional functionality and sheer fun I've enjoyed over the last year with my Nexus 6P (as compared to my excellent but mundane iPhone 6S Plus) has me excited about the Pixel XL I'll be taking delivery of on the 20th.
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Apple is paying Foxconn.
Same arrangement.
Well went my Verizon store and it appears that since I got a replacement from Apple (still has the hissing issue) Verizon will not take the 7+ back since it does not contain the EXACT serial number/IMEI.
I'm going to get a Sony XZ or a OnePlus 3 and run it alongside my old 6S+. My 7+ is going back tomorrow and I'm going to wait for Apple's next offering. I'm actually looking forward to trying an Android phone but fancy something different to the usual Samsung shiny stuff. The iPhone 7+ is just not doing anything for me, it doesn't offer me £719's worth of improvement over my current 6S+ and I was blown away with the Xperia XZ after playing with one today. I'll keep my 6S+ just in case Android is pants...
And you are not seeing my point.
I don't care about features, distortion, camera pixels, quality or whatever else you want to throw in there. I care about aesthetics. And that camera bump is not pretty. Consequently, I will not buy this phone.
That may make me in the minority because plenty of people buy their phones based on features and the quality of the camera. I am not one of those.
It's fugly. I don't like how it looks and I don't care WHY they did this. I'm not interested. Telling me why doesn't change my opinion about how it looks.
And if there are non-Apple phones that have this bulge then my opinion still applies to them. I don't buy based on features because how I use a phone hasn't changed since Christmas 2008. I buy based on looks.
What is sad, is you ask for suggestions / help and all most posters do is get down on your selection, not because you are looking at alternatives, rather because you are looking at something other than an iPhone.
I always say "coming to the Vatican to ask whether to remain a catholic?"
A better post would ask something like, "I'm with iPhone because of this and this and this... would I find, retain those features with a non-IOS?"
OP, maybe God is telling you, if you already tried a couple, to skip 7 and wait 'til next year.
The way Apple locks you into their eco-system, expect a switching cost.
The Sony Xperia XZ camera is flush with the casing. Thumbs up.
Unless Apple refunds my purchase I made at Verizon I am with Apple for another year (which they obviously won't do). I guess I'll keep working on getting a 7+ that does not have the hissing issue.
I currently use an iPhone 7+ for personal, and a Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge+ for my work phone. The ONLY thing I like about the Samsung is Samsung pay being able to be used a lot more places than Apple Pay. That being said, I'm still trying to get my employer to give me an iPhone for work use.
I'm not advocating for any company, but IMEI numbers matter, just like the VIN number matters to an automobile.