Good luck. Apple will cling to their greedy profit margins until it kills them. And one day, it almost surely will.
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Good luck. Apple will cling to their greedy profit margins until it kills them. And one day, it almost surely will.
So remove headphone jack for stereo speakers on a phone? Have people never heard of a dock connecter I mean who really listens music through the iPhone other than you need to see a doctor for your hearing because it is terrible.
Apple use to be two steps ahead in the game now they are not moving towards the future but instead becoming the nex Pet Rock.
Apple use to be two steps ahead in the game now they are not moving towards the future but instead becoming the nex Pet Rock.
I feel you.
I hope I can get away with just waiting it out and staying with my iPhone 5 *gulp*
At least that sucker still has a 3.5mm port.
Why?
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should have long prepared to for this disappointment so that the release keynote isn't as much of a sudden splash of bad PR.Glassed Silver:mac
The dual camera is probably reserved for the 5.5" iPhone 7 Plus, because it wouldn't be able to fit into the 4.7" iPhone. Altho it does look like the 4.7" iPhone 7 will also be getting an upgraded camera with a bigger lense. We will have to wait and see what September brings, but I can say I'll be upgrading from my iPhone 6 Plus.
Yeah I'm still rocking my 5s (and loving it) so it'll be a 7s at the soonest for me. Basically I'm using this thing til it breaks.
And a better cpu/gpu and a better screen and a new home button and a better battery (i bet)...etc hehe
Or, you can wait until your eyesight diminishes.
Still use my 4S as a stopwatch, but everything seems soooooo small, compared to my 6S Plus.
BTW: I was biased and didn't want the 6S Pus, tried it in a store and thought it was unwieldy and too big, compared to the pocket size 4S. Got it and will never look back.
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Or, you can wait until your eyesight diminishes.
Still use my 4S as a stopwatch, but everything seems soooooo small, compared to my 6S Plus.
BTW: I was biased and didn't want the 6S Pus, tried it in a store and thought it was unwieldy and too big, compared to the pocket size 4S. Got it and will never look back.
and more memory/better processor
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Doubt it. When the power port changed there was not an adapter given.
who cares about THAT. iPhone 6 still rocks iOS 10 like it's new
I had a little chuckle before. I was thinking the exact same thing. Hoping that these rumours are false and they release something left of field.
Nope. No thanks. As a photographer I want a better performing camera and a phone that isn't thicker. My 6+ with a larger display, as an example, is excellent. Do not want a future iPhone any thicker. A case makes the camera protrusion moot.
Ive long appreciated the fact that my iPhones have had a single speaker. When playing a game or watching a video I like that I can change the orientation of my phone so that my hands aren't blocking the speaker. I anticipate that this will become a problem where one speaker might be blocked depending on how people hold their phones. Blocked sound is worse than mono sound.
what's most important to you is the internals. many people value the external as much as the internal or more. It's very nice to hear you opinion but frankly, i care about both the in and out.
' Fully agree with this. For some it's as if they are living in a society where Apple is the only mobile phone manufacturer out there. This is due to either misguided loyalty or ignorance that the competition already have induction charging, OLED screens, superior cameras, software and memory as standard and have done for years yet will wait and wait for Apple to catch up because .... they just always have.
Certainly, I admit I shall be one of the first to move back (from and S6) should Apple get back up to speed by September. But if they don't it'll be an S8 for me in 2017. Not from blind loyalty. But common sense. Why pay more for less? Form AND function rich phones are out there NOW. Not incrementally and 'maybe' by September. Right now.
Apple's monopoly over such, faded two years ago and its up to the fans to decide if the tide will turn back in their favour again this year. I admire their optimism and hope but wish they'd just pop their heads up from the parapets now and again and realise this isn't 2014 any more and that things have moved on A LOT whilst Apple have been using smoke and mirrors to distract from their innovative apathy.
Aye. There y'are!
Actually I've never considered this, even though it makes sense and I've owned a 5. Stereo speakers do nothing at the bottom, but having the symmetrical look could be necessary for a balanced design if the headphone jack is gone.
Maybe they can make the microphone better quality or have it offer some sort of new feature we haven't seen before. Either way, makes much more sense than double speakers.
And provide free upgrades to new hardware for the rest of the owner's life. Also needs a live kitten in every box.
Why not? They have tons of cash. Isn't the point of a company to give you stuff and spend money to make your life better?
Its simple why people continue to get iPhone. Its easier to use then android still. It has imessage built in and facetime.' Fully agree with this. For some it's as if they are living in a society where Apple is the only mobile phone manufacturer out there. This is due to either misguided loyalty or ignorance that the competition already have induction charging, OLED screens, superior cameras, software and memory as standard and have done for years yet will wait and wait for Apple to catch up because .... they just always have.
Certainly, I admit I shall be one of the first to move back (from and S6) should Apple get back up to speed by September. But if they don't it'll be an S8 for me in 2017. Not from blind loyalty. But common sense. Why pay more for less? Form AND function rich phones are out there NOW. Not incrementally and 'maybe' by September. Right now.
Apple's monopoly over such, faded two years ago and its up to the fans to decide if the tide will turn back in their favour again this year. I admire their optimism and hope but wish they'd just pop their heads up from the parapets now and again and realise this isn't 2014 any more and that things have moved on A LOT whilst Apple have been using smoke and mirrors to distract from their innovative apathy.
Aye. There y'are!
Im into tech and even I find android a cluster f*ck. Thats my opinion of course.
I understand your reasoning. And it was mine too up to 18 months ago. But I just couldn't justify paying for an outdated "new" iPhone 6S. IOS being the only draw with the features you state. Those features are years old and just show how far ahead Apple was when their groundbreaking operating system came out. And ironically serves to prove how much they've fallen behind since :-(
Yet google is doing the same with two new apps Allo and Duo that are i message and face time equivalents?
Negativity abound!
I can't believe that MOST people seem to have an initial reaction that is profoundly negative...
I, for one, am excited about this new phone because of the proposed camera upgrades. I also plan to go with the larger Plus model this time around. I don't really have much negative to say, honestly. I can't even think of anything negative to say... I guess I'm suspicious of losing the 3.5mm headphone jack. I tend to have to use that for work calls and charge the phone at the same time. That's really all. The speaker stuff... well, I'll determine how I feel about the necessity of that upgrade once I see (or hear) it in action.
I can't believe that MOST people seem to have an initial reaction that is profoundly negative...
I, for one, am excited about this new phone because of the proposed camera upgrades. I also plan to go with the larger Plus model this time around. I don't really have much negative to say, honestly. I can't even think of anything negative to say... I guess I'm suspicious of losing the 3.5mm headphone jack. I tend to have to use that for work calls and charge the phone at the same time. That's really all. The speaker stuff... well, I'll determine how I feel about the necessity of that upgrade once I see (or hear) it in action.