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Let's be honest... Who really uses Siri?

4sFanatic said:
Oh, I see. You left out the part about signing a new 2yr contract. :eek:
After fees and taxes, you're looking about $100per x 24 that's $2400.00.
You might have momentarily gained $80, but you committed to $2400 ;)
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He already had an iPhone and its safe to assume he will continue having a smartphone so that $2400 is a cost he would have had regardless.

However, you are correct about the 80 not allowing for sales tax, so figure $64 profit.
 
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I probably use Siri once or twice a day. It's just convenient to have the ability to complete tasks by speaking to your phone. It's not a forced feature.
 
darngooddesign said:
He already had an iPhone and its safe to assume he will continue having a smartphone so that $2400 is a cost he would have had regardless.

However, you are correct about the 80 not allowing for sales tax, so figure $64 profit.
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Wow, he asked you to speak for him? :confused:
Alot of these people on this site are NOT under contract, they pay full cost, even buy factory unlocked, and NOT be in debt for $2400, so please don't assume. I had no idea he was under a new contract after reading his first post, I'm sorry that I even bothered to comment, (I thought he got his phone off e-bay or something) :eek:
 
4sFanatic said:
Wow, he asked you to speak for him? :confused:
Alot of these people on this site are NOT under contract, they pay full cost, even buy factory unlocked, and NOT be in debt for $2400, so please don't assume. I had no idea he was under a new contract after reading his first post, I'm sorry that I even bothered to comment, (I thought he got his phone off e-bay or something) :eek:
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I'm one of those not under contract, mine expired more than a year ago now. I am sticking to unlocked phones from now on. When I was in line for the iPhone 4S all of the people around me were also buying unlocked.
 
I use it occasionally as where my Mom who i bought a 4s for had never texted or did anything beyond just calling people from her phone is using Siri constantly.

Greatest Christmas gift i have ever given her.

Oh and she is hooked on Scrabble :D.
 
use it all allot now with the Jailbreak features they are adding.. the newest translation in 30 languages working in a where I live that's handy from time to so far the testing is pretty good on it.. also some other tricks quickly turning on wifi or bluetooth are nice as well.. Oh an youtube searches. before jailbreake maybe once a day now at least 6 times per day!
 
I'm back with Apple, sold my hTc EVO 3D for 64GB 4S. The reason I went back is because I missed my iTunes Library/Purchases.

I only had it for a few hours and haven't used Siri. My boy has it and he only uses when he get Text Messages while driving.
 
wordoflife said:
It might not be the fastest, it's certainly easier. :D;)
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Not even close fella.
I just push hold the home button, then tell Siri to message Vicki.
U would have to push the home button, slide to unlock, tap messages, scroll to where Vicki is, then tap the text message box, then start typing, then click send ........


What are you missing here?
How can you say your way is easier?
Snap back to reality please :rolleyes:
 
4sFanatic said:
Not even close fella.
I just push hold the home button, then tell Siri to message Vicki.
U would have to push the home button, slide to unlock, tap messages, scroll to where Vicki is, then tap the text message box, then start typing, then click send ........


What are you missing here?
How can you say your way is easier?
Snap back to reality please :rolleyes:
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Because I have to press the home button, ask it to Message Vicki. Then it will ask me which Vicki I would like to send it to. Then I need to wait for it to process and say "OK, what would you like to say?" Then I'll say what I want and it will screw up so I'll need to edit the message myself.

Certainly much easier to do it myself. Probably even faster too.

I'm not going to argue with you about it though. Everyone's needs are different. If you're driving, it's probably more convenient to use Siri.
 
wordoflife said:
Because I have to press the home button, ask it to Message Vicki. Then it will ask me which Vicki I would like to send it to. Then I need to wait for it to process and say "OK, what would you like to say?" Then I'll say what I want and it will screw up so I'll need to edit the message myself.

Certainly much easier to do it myself. Probably even faster too.

I'm not going to argue with you about it though. Everyone's needs are different. If you're driving, it's probably more convenient to use Siri.
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This is true. Many times I had to adjust a voice-to-text on my Android device. I've played around with Siri a bunch of times and come to the conclusion that while it's really good with recognition, it still messes up and isn't perfect.
 
Knowing that the chances of me having to edit the voice inputed text are fairly high, I'd much rather do it myself from the start.
 
wordoflife said:
Knowing that the chances of me having to edit the voice inputed text are fairly high, I'd much rather do it myself from the start.
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Clearly you guys across the pond have been having problems with Siri since the 4s came out. I never have any problems with her and very rarely do I have to edit a dictated tx or e-mail.
 
Once in a while. I find it's useful in the car, rather than being stupid and trying to type while I drive, to be able to have Siri pull something up (call someone, etc.).
 
I'll turn Siri off until these AI's can become more intelligent. They have the IQ of a baby. Or worse.
 
MattG said:
Once in a while. I find it's useful in the car, rather than being stupid and trying to type while I drive, to be able to have Siri pull something up (call someone, etc.).
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This. I would find it mostly useful in this situation. The only thing I dislike about Siri which is Apple's fault entirely is the fact that it doesn't integrate applications such as Facebook/Garmin, etc..

I currently have a Galaxy Nexus and the fact is that when I say "Navigate to <insert location>," it will pull up whatever location I wanted and toss me into Google Nav. Siri tosses you into the terrible map application for the iPhone. >_<

I'm hoping they integrate Siri more and update their already installed applications for Siri to be worthwhile.
 
4sFanatic said:
Not even close fella.
I just push hold the home button, then tell Siri to message Vicki.
U would have to push the home button, slide to unlock, tap messages, scroll to where Vicki is, then tap the text message box, then start typing, then click send ........


What are you missing here?
How can you say your way is easier?
Snap back to reality please :rolleyes:
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Why are you ignoring the time it takes dictating the message to Siri, the time it takes Siri to process it, and why the heck are you scrolling to Vicki's name rather than hitting new message and typing "Vi" in the "to" box, which will autocomplete to Vicki's number in a fraction of the time.

Typing the message is much, much quicker than Siri, even if Siri gets it right, which it almost certainly won't.

Phazer
 
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When you can't look at the phone (driving) voice text is great. It's also accurate if you speak conversationally, instead of yelling at your phone. I kind of wonder if that's why people have so many issues with it, other than accents.

If I speak normally, the text comes out as intended when it's read back to me.

Also don't get the "I don't know what kind of text it's going to send, so I don't use it!" comments. The text is read back to you--if it's wrong, just say cancel.

Only feature I really have a problem with is notes: Siri has a hard time telling if I'm saying "make a note" or speaking the note. I either get a note with what I wanted to say in it, or a bunch of notes that say "Siri make an" or "make a."
 
Rampant.A.I. said:
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When you can't look at the phone (driving) voice text is great. It's also accurate if you speak conversationally, instead of yelling at your phone. I kind of wonder if that's why people have so many issues with it, other than accents.

If I speak normally, the text comes out as intended when it's read back to me.

Also don't get the "I don't know what kind of text it's going to send, so I don't use it!" comments. The text is read back to you--if it's wrong, just say cancel.

Only feature I really have a problem with is notes: Siri has a hard time telling if I'm saying "make a note" or speaking the note. I either get a note with what I wanted to say in it, or a bunch of notes that say "Siri make an" or "make a."
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I have the same issue with the notes. It seems to vary too - sometimes I say "Note that I have no milk left" and Siri will tell me he cannot find a note about "That I have no milk left". Other times he will successfully create the note.
 
The Phazer said:
Why are you ignoring the time it takes dictating the message to Siri, the time it takes Siri to process it, and why the heck are you scrolling to Vicki's name rather than hitting new message and typing "Vi" in the "to" box, which will autocomplete to Vicki's number in a fraction of the time.

Typing the message is much, much quicker than Siri, even if Siri gets it right, which it almost certainly won't.

Phazer
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For longer messages, I find it faster to use dictation first, then edit it, even if half the text comes out wrong, compared to typing it from start. Maybe I am just a slow typist. :p
 
The Phazer said:
Why are you ignoring the time it takes dictating the message to Siri, the time it takes Siri to process it, and why the heck are you scrolling to Vicki's name rather than hitting new message and typing "Vi" in the "to" box, which will autocomplete to Vicki's number in a fraction of the time.

Typing the message is much, much quicker than Siri, even if Siri gets it right, which it almost certainly won't.

Phazer
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I think you Europeons should bring back ur 4S iphones and wait til Siri actually works for you guys, (iso6 perhaps) cause everytime I see a member having problems, I look under their screen name and sure enough they're Europeon.
 
canadianpj said:
I'm one of those not under contract, mine expired more than a year ago now. I am sticking to unlocked phones from now on. When I was in line for the iPhone 4S all of the people around me were also buying unlocked.
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I use Siri to compose emails and texts all the time. Very convenient. Other than that, I don't find it helpful.


canadianpj said:
I'm one of those not under contract, mine expired more than a year ago now. I am sticking to unlocked phones from now on. When I was in line for the iPhone 4S all of the people around me were also buying unlocked.
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Why? Yeah you're not under contract, but why does that matter unless you think there's a reasonable chance that you're not going to want a smartphone plan sometime within the next 2 years? It's not like you pay less per month off contract, you can just leave if you want. Are you really going to leave? If not, why not take the subsidy?
 
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