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There is nothing normal by attaching a brick to your face (5" plus phones) while you talking
There is nothing normal by attaching a brick to your face (5" plus phones) while you talking
It has become normal.
Just because it's become standard, it doesn't mean it's normal...
Back to 16 gig. Unless you held the amount of investment by Vanguard, State Street or FMR; those are MAJOR shareholders; where bumps in the stock price cause major change in the valuation. However, there is no "should" about the minimum gb. I think it should be 64 gig. And let them charge for it. It will good for consumers and shareholders. If people want and can afford a 64 gig iphone they will be getting one with enough capacity.
Else they are going to do what they are going to do. There might be a surprise with the iphone 7 or not.
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Yep, the pitching tents and scalping and all that has been associated with past reveals is coming.
I actually enjoy those events as "human spectacles" because it shows desperate or greedy people get. I always order my phones online for delivery at home. Problem for the 6S Plus one involved me getting an iCloud issue, so I had to go to the Apple Store the day of and get mine swapped out. For S7 Edge, mine is getting delivered too.
Apple needs cheaper phones to keep market share. Keep dropping the price Apple. China is bored with iPhone and its too much money to replace every year. Consumers need to wake up. Dont finance a phone people!
My mom has the iPad 2. It still runs pretty well for her needs, and at 16GB, is far from full. It doesn't have a lot of life left in it probably, but look at how much use she got out of it ... At least 5 years and maybe more. If I bought a 1GB iPhone next month that lasts up to 5 years with similar performance to my Mom's iPad 2, I'd be happy. By the way, my iPhone 4 with 512MB RAM still works perfectly well, and I might still be using it as I wait for the new 4" iPhone if the Home & power/lock buttons didn't break. Unlike my mother, I definitely felt the limitations of that device, but it wasn't anything I couldn't live with.
So as to the customer experience. I'm not sure I agree Apple needs to drop 1GB and 16GB configurations from the base models yet. Where I think they fall short is not educating their customers accordingly. 1GB/16GB is plenty for someone like my Mom, but definitely not for me. And I would agree adding 4K video, 12mp cameras, and marketing the phone on those features without also recommending higher storage is somewhat irresponsible. But, buyer beware. Apple or no, the customer needs to take more responsibility in their purchasing decisions. It's just common sense higher quality photos and videos are going to take up more storage.
If your point is simply Apple is being greedy by not offering more when they could without a significant hit to their margins, well no argument there. But anyone who's been buying Apple for any length of time knows that's always been the case. I'm not sure "greed" is the right word, but certainly preservation of their margins. I'd argue that other services have improved instead, and that's the trade off. It would be one thing if Apple released a model without enough storage for even basic needs, and no other options forcing an upgrade year after year just to make it usable. But they don't, they offer 3-4 storage options, which I include in the price of the phone I buy. A flagship iPhone 6S costs me $750, there's no point in even thinking about the base model price.
Apple is a consumer products company, not a religion. You won't be rewarded in the afterlife for doing the right thing at Best Buy, and you aren't doing the right thing as a consumer if you're not happy with your purchase. It's wrong for your own personal life and your health as you are less happy and clearly developing a severe case of hypertension. You're also doing the wrong thing for society by denying the market a vital microeconomic signal.
Apple knows they have maximized value to their customers across all markets when they have maximized profits. If you believe that Apple is somehow getting more profit than the value they are providing, then you are the problem-- by paying more for the product than the value you receive you are falsifying the data Apple needs to make the best decisions they can.
The percent of Obese Americans will go over 40% in 2016. It has become normal.
Okay? And?
Easy solution for you: just buy the 64 Gb version, as I did.
I didn't even consider the 16 Gb model, for both the iPad and the iPhone.
Seriously, reading all the rants on this forum it seems Apple only sell 16 Gb models.
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Last time I checked (5 minutes ago) Rome wasn't burning ...
It doesn't count because under the same "uncontrolled " conditions maybe my iPhone 6S could last "two days" ...
Apple has very little to learn from Sony, since their mobile division is collapsing....
By "outdated screen size" do you mean "has a size of screen that you personally do not want"? I can only assume you mean that, otherwise you're just plain ignorant (and you seem to be able to spell so I have to assume you're just making the common mistake that what you personally want is what you believe everyone should want).
I really, really want a 4" iPhone with current hardware. If Apple makes one, I will purchase it to replace my 5S. I *do not want* a screen that is any bigger than the one the 5S uses. It is the perfect size for me.
What next, you'll tell us that the 13" MBP has an "outdated screen size" and people are being "ripped off" when buying them because the 15" MBP is clearly better. I mean, 15 is a bigger number than 13! That's all that matters in idiot land! You would be a foooooool to buy the 13" MBP for any reason! Wake up sheeple!
*eyeroll*
Please don't stop me from ordering a 2.5-3" screen phone because I need a blackberry curve with the latest specs.
LOL, Android - I mean look at just the logo - Google tripped over and fell on their face before they'd even left the starting blocks. I mean, who brands a platform with this logo (and yes, they actually use this, which is incredulous) - it looks like a young child's first attempt in MSPAINT:
Sums up Google to a tee. And then, that GHASTLY "Alphabet" typeface they adopted, last year... >_<
They're on a completely different planet, and it's a planet devoid of taste, security and design sense. But then, that's what happens when your "products" are secondary considerations to the core business you're actually GOOD at (which ain't devices - I mean, they based their platform on Java, just because they thought most programmers were "used to Java"
)When you hear Android nerds comparing specs as the pivotal reason of X over Y device, you know it's a failed mission.
Wow...
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The 5S is currently sold, and was the flagship device before the 6/6+ redesign came along. When that redesign arrived, many people went "huh, that's nice and all but what about a flagship phone to replace the 5S, since the design has hit a nice sweet spot where the phone is just the right size".
Apple have not made a phone for that segment of the market - I will bet they were expecting a lot more of the installed base to trade "up" to a 6 or 6+ when the typical contract/upgrade periods rolled around. They gave it the requisite cycle time that is typical for phone contracts and reassessed how things were going and realised that enough people (note: not all, since the 6/6+ are obviously popular) stuck to the 5S because the bigger screen size put them off that it would be worth releasing an updated 4" phone.
The 4" screen size is only "outdated" to people who want a bigger phone. The fact that Apple is now directly addressing this segment of the market with a new product (albeit one with minimal design changes because THAT'S WHAT WE WANT) demonstrates that the 4" format for iPhones is far from obsolete for a great many customers. Continuing to ship the 5S as the solution to that segment of the market clearly isn't working for them.
A lot of people want near-everything that the current iPhone 6S has *except* the screen and chassis which they want to be the same size as the 5S because it is an excellent size.
The fact that this demand exists enough for Apple to address it speaks volumes. What it mainly says is "the opinions of nviz22 are not representative of the buying public, no matter how much he scrunches up his eyes and strains until he bursts a blood vessel in his eye and wishes it were so."
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A 5.5" Phone is Obese.
You need to brush up on your English, dear fellow:
obese
ə(ʊ)ˈbiːs/
adjective
- grossly fat or overweight.
"a hugely obese young man"
I was upset when I purchased the 6+ and realized it shipped with insufficient RAM to run properly. And back then I was mostly upset because I felt 'forced' to upgrade because of the aging hardware in the 4S. Now, 2 mega-screen size cycles later, and they release the phone with the specs the 6+ should have had in the first place, in the form size many wanted in the first place?
Apple's greed is REALLY starting to tick me off. Like a whole lot.
Apple's greed is REALLY starting to tick me off. Like a whole lot.