Actually the Note 2 isn't that battery efficient, it just has a HUGE battery.
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Actually the Note 2 isn't that battery efficient, it just has a HUGE battery.
This is true. If you're going to only get one phone every two years, the S version is the best one to get.
I agree. The iPhone 5 is the best phone on the market IMHO; however why ignore that huge part of the market wanting a phablet. I don't want a 5" phone and will never buy one, but Apple is stupid if they don't release a larger option. Nobody ever went broke selling products people wanted to buy.
You complain about Apples latest products, yet you buy them all? Am I missing something here?
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Why do people want phones with massive screens? Is it for an actual practicality reason, or just that it 'looks better?' I mean, who in the right mind would do image editing etc on a phone? Really not understanding people's needs. It's not the hardware apple needs to improve, it's the software.
Not sure if many people have noticed this, but why is iOS so inconsistent? Look at the iPad and the mac, they have that grey and black theme throughout the whole OS, but the iPhone still retains this blue theme, yet apps like maps have the new silver theme, it makes no sense.
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He may look ridiculous with the thing but at least he can redeem himself by sharing his playlist with other phabots through an act of mere hand to eye coordination. Can you bump that with your iPhone?
Would you want to?
What difference does it make why people want larger screens? If people want them, somebody will sell them.
Why though? Surely if you want a device with a bigger screen, you'd get a tablet? As opposed to having a massive phone that barely fits in your pocket?
I wonder how much they can do without making the camera sensor physically bigger
They will very likely use a stacked image sensor (i.e. Exmor RS), which have numerous benefits (higher quality, smaller, thinner).
Structural diagram of conventional back-illuminated CMOS image sensor
Structural diagram of the "Exmor RS" stacked CMOS image sensor
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Apple will never enable the illegal distribution of music via one of their devices, so no.
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People rarely carry their iPad around with them, but they take their phone everywhere. When out in public a 4.8" device in your pocket is a lot more useful than a 9.7" tablet on your nightstand.
Cuz it's not at all about what you can do with it, people. It's how it looks holding it up to your head that counts.
Cuz it's not at all about what you can do with it, people. It's how it looks holding it up to your head that counts.
Dom Joly would agree with you.
Yes but not Macintosh software which was my point
other than updating existing software to support those devices we haven't had any real innovations or new software from Apple for far far too long.
Can you fix your sig? Love the Lincoln "quote", but it's Rosa Parks, not Rose Parks.
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-battery life could be better
-ios should be overhauled, it feels dated, especially on the ipad, on the phone it could be done better as well
-i preferred the strength of stainless steel vs. aluminum. granted it was a weight trade off.
as you can tell I agree with part of it but at the same time the devices are not perfect. (this post isn't aimed at you, just below is my thoughts)
i have lots of apple devices in the house/work. i may try android this time around though, unless ios is overhauled
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Battery life could easily be better but for the 5 they chose to make it thinner instead of adding extra battery life. perhaps they pushed the threshold of too thin at the expense of functionality.
i'm mostly near power so it's not a big deal but i do run low/out on occasion. usually because ios multitasking isn't performing well and some app in the background is sucking down all my battery life and i don't realize it until too late.
i don't want a monstrous phone but i was hoping the 5 would have had a slightly bigger screen instead of just longer with thinner bezels so it didn't increase much in size.
I think the biggest problem is IOS, it has largely remained unchanged with a few necessary improvements such as notifications. ios 6 was very disappointing and may as well have been a point release.
turning bluetooth on and off for example takes way too many steps. especially clicking on bluetooth setting just to be taken to the same thing with a slider. i'll just stop here.
i do want to see more from apple.
I'm sitting in front of a computer all day. I don't need a phone to do all those computer tasks.
I'd actually like something SMALLER. I'd love a Dick-Tracy Watch Phone. I've been hoping for Apple to release something like that for years. What's out there is not what I'm looking for yet. Once it gets there, I'll get rid of my large 4" phone and replace it with a small watch.
I'm looking for a mobile communication device - just texting and calling people and maybe using Siri for quick sports score lookups when I'm on the move. Anything else, I'm next to a real computer quick enough to get that info.
Thank you, everyone knows if apple changed the look of the iPhone everyone would be talking about how much of a monster hit it is, the sales speak for themselves. It is a hit. Going from an iPhone 4 to a 5 it is indeed a much better phone. Bigger screen, faster, lighter, thinner. I'm not sure why everyone is complaining? It looks to much like the previous iPhones? Do you want apple to make it plastic or something? Just for the sake of change?
Very true: the iPhone 5 delivers an incredibly smooth experience. However, Quad core would make sense if iOS7 goes big on multi-tasking and human interface innovation.
I might have said the same thing, but this is exactly the argument RIM made.
If iOS 7 required a quad core processor, then it wouldn't work on any previous device.