If Apple cared about user experience as much as they say they do, they'd have put 2gb of ram in the phones and 4 in the iPads and made 32gb the base capacity, last year.
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'iPhone 6s' Logic Board Suggests 16GB Base Model and Updated NFC Hardware
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Do you enjoy it when big corporations bend you over? I love Apple, but let's be real here. They care about your money.
Perhaps the sooner you guys give it a rest, the sooner the Mac Rumors bot and staff will post new story's and reports on the front page eh?
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
32GB should really be the base model. Cloud storage means nothing if you don't have a large amount of data on your plan, and I know I would rather have the option to store at least some of my library on my devices without having to opt for a device that costs £100 more!
But hey. I guess thats just business!
But hey. I guess thats just business!
I'm surprised this thread is still going. It's devolved into quote-counter quote and new people popping in to make points that already have been stated hundreds of times. (I admit to being somewhat guilty of the latter myself, though not to the same degree.) I can hardly wait for further leaks so that we can argue about other iPhone 6S features or the lack thereof. 
Apple does care more about user experience than market segmentation. That's why you can buy the exact same capabilities for $199 as someone spending $299 or $399.
You get the same computing power, the same screen, the same camera, the same design. You just don't get to use it as your media storage device.
Compare to the MacBook line to see how generous Apple is with iOS devices. Different Mac models have not only different amounts of storage but different CPUs, different amounts of RAM, different designs. Many people would jump on a lower price Mac mini or MacBook Air with modest storage but Apple doesn't offer them.
Anything less than infinite storage will be insufficient for a user who never bothers with even the slightest management of said storage. Both Android and iOS offer numerous and varied ways to back up, restore and manage content. Everyone but the lightest users must eventually use one of them. 32GB starting storage will not change this.
What annoys me is that it barely costs them any more sodding money to make it a 32GB chip. Why, why is Apple so stingy? Margins? They're supposed to be a premium brand.
I wonder if you know how low voltage RAM works?
I wonder if you know how low voltage RAM works?
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Huh, yeah they do have some pretty good sim only deals. Shame I can't get the best reception from them in my homehome as I tried them before. But the deals are cheaper then what I'm paying now and offer more. And unlimited data, so in the UK if you want to use cloud storage on a 16GB iPhone its certainly the way to go.
Look at the iPhone 6/6+ introduction. Record sales in a short period of time. People voted by opening their wallets.
What brand to buy instead? Any brand you want that will let you be happy.
I have never "hated" a piece of tech. They're just electronic components, some metal and plastic. If you don't like it, vote by purchasing something else. People overwhelmingly voted "Yes" despite the $100 memory issue by opening their wallets and purchasing the iPhone 6/6+ at the introduction in record numbers. If the +$100 is beyond your means and/or you feel it's a poor value, simply purchase a product that that will make you happy. Simple.
Scary? You're suggesting that you're special and the only one that has the ability to question and make a proper decision? Question and make a decision to purchase or not purchase. That's what most people do everyday. People getting so wound up going on and on using terms like hate, greedy, etc. is really sad. Simply purchase a better solution from somebody else if you do not like the value of Apple products.
During the first three months of iPhone 6/6+ sales, after careful consideration of the value proposition and competitor options, a record 74.5 million people purchased a 6/6+ phone, rewarding Apple with $76.4B of revenue for the quarter.
Smells like success to me.
And people think Apple users are blind. Android has caught up in every respect? Sure, buddy, when a chunk of Apps I use aren't even available on Android because the OS itself lacks the architecture to run them.
BTW, why are you avoiding my previous questions? Here's a tip: if you don't want to get called on something then stop posting lies.
For the THIRD time:
- List the 3 year old Android tablet you own that multitasks better than the iPhone 6+.
- List the Apps you run on said tablet and also on the iPhone 6+.
- List the Apps you use that lets you make the claim that the iPhone 6+ "can't multitask worth poop."
WHY is it so hard for you to back up your claims?
Apple has teams of people calculating the best price points for Apple to make the most profit. It might be preferable for us the consumer but, Apple has decided that the 16GB option makes them the most money. As a business, they are making the correct choice.
I backed up my 'claims' with hard facts which *prove* beyond all doubt that the two generations older iPhone 5 multitasks WAY better than the latest iPhones. Which apps I use is immaterial, the point is that the iPhone 5 reloads/refreshes much MUCH less readily than the 6+. That will be the case whichever apps and websites anyone uses, but of course data-heavy apps and websites will cause this to happen sooner/100% of the time.
As for the Android tablet I use, it was something I picked up on clearance and I bought it to a) see if I would use a tablet if I had one and b) to check out Android. It's a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8" which I believe was released in June 2013. Although obviously a tad slower than the 6+ and with a low-resolution display, it can actually keep apps and tabs in memory unlike the 6+. It doesn't refresh all the damned time and please don't tell me what I should expect because my old *Apple* iPhone 5 set a certain multitasking benchmark and if I'm comparing the 6+ to anything then it's that. Like for like, a supposed 'upgrade' on my old phone and a two generations newer 'upgrade' at that. I would go so far as to say that the 6+ has zero multitasking capability. Anything that doesn't reload is an unexpected bonus at the time, not something to be relied upon.
I should say as well that pretty much any smartphone on the market reloads/refreshes less than the 6+. That's any device at any price point. Even the iPhone 4S refreshes less often and it has half the RAM. Reasons being that it doesn't have that gigantic HD screen to push and it's also a 32Bit device.
*Oh and there are a ton of Android apps not available for iOS. It works both ways.
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I think you only need look to the levels of user dissatisfaction with iOS 8 when those with 16GB (not me!) were faced with far too few GB come iOS upgrade time and they either had to delete apps, photos, etc to do so or skip the upgrade. Whilst iOS 9 is going to alleviate this with the remove, install, reinstall option for those with insufficient space it certainly does not change the fact that 16GB has ceased to be a sufficient amount of storage with increasing app sizes, increasing popularity of phone-based photography with increased megapixels, and popularity of shooting video not to be forgotten either.
As a long-time Apple user, I'm not scared because this is one of the reason I bought Apple in the first place: they had relevant designs, arguments and images.
The problem rather, is that this image is degrading. So instead of catering to trendsetter with taste, they're now catering to teen who listen to Zane Lowe or Taylor swift, and asian/arab couch potatos like the Kardashian who buy gold devices.
Dat hypocrisy. You tell "get over yourself" and then pretend that the casual users (who usually are a sign of decline when they make up your base clientele or guide your strategy) don't know what memory is, that they're have never used an iPod, a PC or installed an App, have pictures or informations that take up space?
16GB is unacceptable by ANY standard, not just advanced users, the same goes for 128GB entry for the Macbook Air/Pro.
The problem isn't that the base model is only 16GB, the problem is the absence of a 32GB option. But no doubt Apple knows exactly what they're doing here, they're getting a lot more potential 32GB customers to grudgingly upgrade to the more expensive product than the few who are prepared to downgrade.
Phil Schiller is WRONG. Their cloud services do not alleviate the storage problem because the files are still being stored on all of the devices. The cloud is just keeping them in sync.
I mean the corruption of the Apple ethos set by Steve Jobs.
It's not about money. It's about the fact that Jobs set high standards with the iPhone that meant certain minimum requirements. It's a question of balancing the ROI with making an outstanding phone.
With Tim Cook, the balance has tipped too much to the ROI rather than the outstanding product. That is due to corruption, because Cook cannot fundamentally understand why these little details matter. Therefore, he gets the balance wrong.
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Because for me at least, my Apple products do still "just work". Moreso than the rest of the competition, at least.
My first Apple product was an iMac, not an iPhone. In that context, when it was time to upgrade my phone (then a Nokia symbian phone), getting a 4s seemed like an obvious choice because of the purported synergies between Apple products. Granted, the benefits of being all-in with the Apple ecosystem turned out to not be so strong in 2011 then (I barely used iTunes), but there is a very compelling reason to stay within the Apple ecosystem today.
I personally feel that what constitutes the "best phone" often involves more than what can be distilled into a mere spec. How come no one ever gives credit to the things Apple does right, like how the iPhone comes free of carrier bloatware or branding, or their pretty good customer support, or how Apple can push software updates to all users around the world simultaneously? Apple used larger pixels in their camera as opposed to more megapixels. Their dual-core processors regularly match, if not beat Android smartphones sporting more cores. Touch-ID remains an example of software and hardware integration done right. The benefits may not be as obvious as 2gb of ram vs 1gb of ram, but that doesn't mean that the consumer cannot feel, much less appreciate these benefits.
Apple does so many things right, yet it seems that the only thing that people can fixate on is how their base model is still 16gb. Like that is the only thing which makes a great smartphone, because shocker - people can still buy the 64gb and 128 gb models.
I am a teacher using an Apple TV in my classroom, and regularly rely on features like Airplay mirroring in tandem with my iPhone, iPad and MBA. I use features like icloud photo library and airdrop to pass files around. I like how I can get the same app on my iPhone and iPad while paying only once. The iOS app store remains home to apps like Overcast which remain available only on iOS. I am using continuity to make calls on my iPad and Mac computers, and have come to appreciate the ability to send and receive SMSes on my desktop (makes it really easy to type up lengthy messages in tandem with text expander).
iOS 9 promises to fix many of the problems that people claim plague the iPhone and iPad, so I am not sorry for waiting.
There are plenty of non-spec-related reasons for me to continue getting an iPhone. All in all, not everything that can be measured matters, just as not everything which matters can be measured. Sure, getting a iPhone 6+ with 1gb of ram probably sucks in this day and age, but between that or an Android smartphone which would break compatibility with all my other Apple products, I will stick with an iPhone with 1gb of ram, for better and for worse.
http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI...,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=CaseDoc,Case=obj(5440)
..this little box solved my home signal problems. Free from Three if you're on contract - you have to call them to get one.
Apparently they're making changes this year to improve indoor coverage by making use of the 800MHz spectrum they purchased back in 2013 too:
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/mobility/4g/three-volte-800mhz-spectrum-4g-166844
Been a three customer for some years myself and although the price has climbed a fair bit the package is still pretty unbeatable:
- Unlimited data / mins / texts
- Tethering (with 4Gb limit per month)
- Feel at home (use your phone as you would at home including data in supported countries .. 25Gb data limit applies I think)
I've got friends on o2 and Vodafone (no EE experience) and they have just as many no signal moments as I do so not convinced for my uses I'd be any better elsewhere with regards to having decent coverage.
or they are rewarding those who previously bought 32gb with a nice 64gb
always another way to look at things