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8 million is a huge call, its only available in 9 countries this friday.![]()
9 countries this Friday including one where employees might be on strike
8 million is a huge call, its only available in 9 countries this friday.![]()
I wonder if Samsung thinks their ads are actually working.
Intentionally obtuse? No I don't think so. I can see why the tech heads or those who just want the latest must have gadget feel the need to rush out and buy a new iPhone every year but not why all the other people do.
I don't need a little computer in my pocket, I spend enough hours a day at my desk in front of my computer to satisfy that need. I can take pictures on my cheap £40 phone. I don't listen to music on the move. Why on earth would I want it to know my GPS co-ordinates? I'm not planning to call in a NATO air strike on the Taliban.
I'm not suggesting it's not a compelling device just like any smartphone is useful to have. What I don't get is why anyone would be willing to pay £700 for it when you can get most of those features on a cheap £50 device.
You think people that have passed on to the other side of death concern themselves with retail product sales numbers?
That is the most jacked-up view of spirituality I've ever come across!![]()
I think it's a mistake to conclude that there are "millions" of people that buy every new iPhone the day it comes out. It's not the same as saying, every time a new iPhone comes out, millions of people buy it. I would wager that most day-1 iPhone 5 buyers are sitting on a 4 or a 3GS whose contract is up and are ready for the latest and greatest.I have to agree with Shaun here. I mean first of all, there are plenty of other phones out there that do what the iPhone does: Blackberry, Windows Phone, Android Phones and in some cases do certain things better. Secondly, I think Shaun and I share the view that "a phone is a phone" so why does one need a pocket computer? I mean sure different for everyone, some people want a pocket computer and others like us want a phone that does the main things well. But the iPhone isn't the only game in town, so the question remains: "what is it about the iphone that millions of people rush out to buy the latest one every time it's released?"
I have to agree with Shaun here. I mean first of all, there are plenty of other phones out there that do what the iPhone does: Blackberry, Windows Phone, Android Phones and in some cases do certain things better. Secondly, I think Shaun and I share the view that "a phone is a phone" so why does one need a pocket computer? I mean sure different for everyone, some people want a pocket computer and others like us want a phone that does the main things well. But the iPhone isn't the only game in town, so the question remains: "what is it about the iphone that millions of people rush out to buy the latest one every time it's released?"
I wonder if Samsung thinks their ads are actually working.
So, you're actually unable to find anything about Macs at MacRumors? You don't have a long attention span, do you?
A company whose major product lines are the iPhone, iPad, iPod and music should devote all its efforts to satisfying a disgruntled geek? What parallel universe do you live in? I don't think I've seen such me centric behaviour since grammar school.
Your pettiness is truly annoying and your hijacking of this thread is regrettable. There are plenty of other threads at MacRumors to discuss what's important to you.
The part I bolded shows that you are out of touch. Like it or not, the world has moved on from "a phone is just a phone". For many people, their smartphone is their computer. Why carry around a dumbphone, an iPad/laptop, a GPS and an iPod when you can have all in one small, tidy package.
In many areas of Africa, phones have become the game changer in terms of finance, marketing crops, identifying plant diseases, etc. Anyone who doesn't understand this and is dumbfounded about the success of the iPhone probably shouldn't be in an iPhone thread. The world has moved on.
I'm sorry you feel the need insult people who are simply expressing an opinion. The fact that you feel the need to state that you went to grammar school probably explains your arrogant and aloof attitude towards other people. I have not hijacked anything. I was replying to an OP who stated that he didn't get the iPhone hype. So I was making a point about that. I was also making the point that I would like to see more stories/rumours about the Mac and less about the iPhone. Us Mac fans were here long before the iPhone and it's fair weather friends like you came along and we'll still be here when the frenzy has long gone and people like you have moved on to something else.
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If you bothered to do your research properly you would know that virtually nobody in Africa has an iPhone and certainly not struggling farmers because it's too expensive. Nokia is the dominate brand in Africa and most people do not have smartphones. Mobile phones are used a lot in Africa because their governments are unable to afford the cost of building a traditional fixed line telecommunications network. By using the mobile networks instead they can save money and reach remote areas that otherwise would remain isolated. I've been to Africa many times of the years and lived there for a while.
WTF? I don't think it's unreasonable for a site called "Mac" Rumours to have some rumours/news about the Mac.
So, you're actually unable to find anything about Macs at MacRumors? You don't have a long attention span, do you?
I've owned Apple computers since 1992 and have been a member of MR three years longer than you have, so I'm not sure that I qualify as a 'fair weather friend'. Grousing about the lack of MR threads about Macs in a thread about Apple predicted to sell 8 million iPhones in one weekend seems pointless. I love my Mac but I, like many iPhone and iPad users need it for only a few stationary tasks.
I made no claims about iPhones in Africa at all. In fact Ill bet that Apple sells very few there . I did, however state that smartphones have changed the world in a way that few people could have imagined even 5 years ago. The fact that dumb phones are all that you are interested in indicates your myopia regarding the impact of smartphones in general and the iPhone in particular.
It's amazing that Apple has not only come up with such a wonderful device but that they have been, year after year, been able to maintain such incredible QC, and customer service. If that comes at the cost of Macs, then so be it. Mobile computing and the cloud are the future.
"Smartphones have changed the world". What complete BS.
And as for the Cloud don't make me laugh. I was doing cloud computing in the 1990's only then it was called Client/Server computing and it died a miserable death once people realised how unreliable it was. Try uploading several GB's of data to your cloud provider and tell me how many hours or even days it took to complete then tell me how that is more convenient than local storage?
Didn't it take like 94 days for the original iPhone to sell 1 million units?
What apple has done to the established cell phone industry as an outsider in five years may be unprecedented.
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Just like Jim Jeffries we all should want to go to hell to get hookers and blow and not an eternal visitation with nana in heaven
They don't?
Dude... lighten up.
I beg to differ. You are looking at the world through a prism that was constructed in the 80 and never get upgraded. The success of mobile device like smartphone is the fact that they marry mobility and computing power together and create new application that no mainframe computer, laptop or PC can do. One of the earlier killer app for smartphone is to ability to scan the bar code of any merchandize in store and the app will tell you which store around you has the best price. Today, my killer apps is the ability to find a good resturant around me when I am in the mood of having Italian food or finding out the time of the movie that we want to see after meeting up with friends.
The client/Server model that you talk about is for business back in the 90/2000. The cloud computing today is for different target audience with different technology. Today you can move GB of data through your wireless router and most people do cloud computing user wireless router. My wife watch streamed video through our wireless router instead of watching TV everyday and it is a form of cloud computing. LTE will change the speed equation one more time. Some of the test show that it is faster than home network. So you can easily stream or upload GB of data in a reasonable amount of time assuming that one can afford the data plan (even the grandfather unlimited plan get limit and the speed will get throttled).
I can feel your pain. I was a programmer for 20+ years before I retired at 46 a few years ago. I went through the mainframe era, the PC era, and the client/server era. Technology world move really fast and what is impossible 5 years ago is being done routinely. If we don't keep up, we will fall between and holding onto things that we learned 15-20 years ago..
. Being able to find a nice Italian restaurant using your iPhone is not changing the world IMHO. I'm sure it's very convenient for you but let's be honest it's not going to change the world. ... stems such as AS/400 working on network infrastructure products for multi-national companies. So I tend to look at things from a B2B perspective.
The whole Cloud debate is also very interesting. ... It's basically the same really isn't. Ok the front end interface is a lot nicer. ... clog up their networks streaming video and even if they did they would just charge a lot of money for their data plans.
There is much more competition amongst android phones whereas if you want ios you have one option. Id expect the iphone to smash all individual android records.
Took only 4 posts to get back into the Samsung Apple childish posting behaviour, wow.
Can we please skip all this nonsense, why does every single iPhone thread have to end up in a Apple versus Samsung debate.
I expect better from longtime members of this site.
For your information, half of your Apple gear is SAMSUNG.
I upgraded My 3GS to iOS, it runs fine on it.
This is rubbish.
Every phone which any Samsung phone has to compete with is just as much competition for Apple.
All you are saying is that Apple has a great unique selling point in iOS - it doesn't mean they aren't competing just as much as everyone else is.
Apple created their own operating system. Android manufacturers don't. That's their failure - it doesn't diminish Apples success.
well I have been there, I also thought to try Android twice and each time I was so wrong. my life was a mess.... during sunny day light you can't see a thing on stupid3 (samsung s3). cant hold in one hand and type a text, imagine driving and wanna dial a number but you need to first hit the sleep button on side,then slide your hand on the bottom to go to screen and look for text message. damn.....
I wish I could be rich enough so I could throw that phone on road to smash that phone.
and minute I put back my new micro sim in my iphone 4s..... aaah I could breath.......
I upgraded My 3GS to iOS, it runs fine on it.
you really think making a fat phone was too big a deal for apple.
have you ever hold a big size phone in your hand? guess not..... you know the spine of iphone family? its the home button and the width of an iphone, which makes it so likable.
i know it and do this every day and may be many times in a hour... i can take out my phone from my back pocket while holding my bag in my left hand and while walking, I can use MY ONLY THUMB to accomplish my text, my email check n one line reply while walking and listen to my Voice mail.
thats why only thats why apple did not increase the width of iphone.
Apple THANK YOU for not making a ugly looking FAT phone.
Do you think any android phone made uses even a sizable fraction of the development and engineering that goes into an iPhone?
Why would you ever want to settle for half arsed devices that cost the same. Samsung used to close that gap by stealing but now they can't. Having 20'different phones is not a bonus unless they have 20 development teams the size of the iPhone team with the experience to make a superior product
Others you are selling on sku space and marketing spiffs to sales people neither which have anything to do with the product sold