How about they actually measure color accuracy, rather than having untrained eyes look at oversaturated displays and think they look better. iPhone display accuracy is unmatched. If you want oversaturated colors meant to fool consumers into thinking its more vivid, then yea I guess iPhone is "no match" for them.
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New iPhones Score Well with 'Consumer Reports', but Display and Battery 'No Match' for Android Competitors
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Look, I'm a huge Apple fan and my house is littered with their products (10 at last count). I've also owned and used one iteration or another of the iPhone since its introduction. That said, I want a bigger screen! Apple has the cash, resources, and talent to put out multiple models including one with a bigger screen. Why is it so hard for Tim and Co. to comprehend that while some folks like the portability of the current form factor others want a bigger screen (both in height and width). Time to get off the pot, Apple.
Sorry, I just, teehee, I mean... ahaha... HAHAHAHA getting days out of an iPhone 5? Maybe on Planet Fanboy. Certainly not according to my use or the MacRumors battery stats thread,
This. I can't deal with people saying 'NO WE don't want a phone that doesn't fit in my pocket and we don't want a phone that can't be operated with one hand only.'
Wake up people. The one-handed use is something invented by Chiat\Day Los Angeles (the agency behind their ads and everything visual apple does) to justify their inability to provide a 4.7+ inch screen at the time because, mind you, they'd have to add a quarter of a millimeter to the device to accommodate a bigger battery that lasts all day.
When iPhone 6 is released next year and it's no longer usable with one hand, I guarantee you that Jony Ive won't talk about how the phone was designed with your thumb size in mind. And their BS commercial showing how you can go from the left bottom corner to the right top one will be long gone.
I love Apple and I love my iPhone but it's about freaking time they start answering their consumers needs better. Everyone around me has an iPhone. 98% of the owners all agree. They want a bigger screen.
I don't care about 64-bits, I don't care about more wireless bands to travel with my iPhone 5S to Bangkok and surf LTE faster than in L.A. I'd like to have a phone with a bigger screen. The iPhone has never been sold like a phone. It's been marketed from day one as a do it all device. ('Oh yes, it's also a phone') Reading web pages and email is fine today but would be greatly improved by more real estate.
Let's hope they make that happen next time around.
I use my s4 constantly throughout the day and in the evening i have like 10-15% left which is enough for me.
TV size is chosen for the intended application. No one claims the 65" TV is objectively better than the same model 50" TV because it is bigger.
I know what responsive design is, but it means apps come out with very basic design templates that don't feel specific. For example a lot of examples of responsive design involve lazy developers cutting out a load of content and oversimplifying the app. I like the fact that on the App Store stuff feels like it is customised specifically for 1 or 2 resolutions.
Sure you will get examples of apps that work responsively well, but the general standard is poor, which it is on Google Play.
The Droid Mini, Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Moto X do NOT use Pentile displays.
CR is one weird publication. They combine opinion with strange ways to compare electronic devices. Why are they comparing a 4" screen with a 5" etc. Of course if you make a phone huge you can fit more battery in it. Does it make a phone better to have a larger screen? Anyway CR really is bad at electronics but they are good with vacuums.
One Minute Test
Get a friend's Android. Hold it in your hand using any operation. Now do the same with the Apple 5. Size matters both ways!
Get a friend's Android. Hold it in your hand using any operation. Now do the same with the Apple 5. Size matters both ways!
I think it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that the iPhone 6 is going to come with a larger screen option. It's the most natural progression at this point and besides, nowadays, sadly, if you want to see where the iPhone's going, look at today's Android device.
they pretty much have to increase the display size at this point.
Two reasons.
First, their competitors in Asia all have multiple models with larger displays.
Second, baby boomers still make up a significant buying block. And being old as dirt their eyesight is obviously going to be worse for the most part.
Larger displays are better than simply enlarging the font on a small display.
Two reasons.
First, their competitors in Asia all have multiple models with larger displays.
Second, baby boomers still make up a significant buying block. And being old as dirt their eyesight is obviously going to be worse for the most part.
Larger displays are better than simply enlarging the font on a small display.
Here is the list of phones that score higher than the 5s
Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
LG Optimus G
HTC One
Motorola Droid Maxx
Motorola Droid Ultra
The Galaxy S3 gets the same score (76-78 depending on the carrier) as the 5s but for whatever reason is always listed above the 5s. Simply looking at the chart one would get the impression that the 5s is "average."
Digging more deeply, essentially all the phones get excellent ratings for ease of use, messaging, web browsing, and display quality. They all get "good" (i.e. average) for voice quality. The other phones tend to outscore on "phoning" (which includes "holding in hand during call" and "keypad readability under various lighting conditions") and battery life. The 5s outscores all on video camera quality and portability. From my analysis, it is the battery life that is hurting the iPhone. It is "good" while the Galaxy S4, Droid Maxx, LG Optimus, and HTC One are "excellent." The Droid Ultra is "Very Good" for battery life.
So if Apple made the 5s 3mm thicker and put in a battery 50% larger, it would probably leap to the top. Not that I think Jony Ive would ever do that.
Consumer Reports does sometimes take a kind of deliberately naive approach to new technology, but, one thing they have going for them is a lack of the obvious bias that you get almost everywhere else. One reason that I (still) read them occasionally is that sometimes they will point out obvious deficiencies that enthusiasts and shills overlook.
My experience with Android phones from 1-2 years ago was that battery life was not as good an iPhone 4S. Has there been a big improvement with recent phones? Is the improvement due to Android improvements, or, fatter batteries in those big phones? I'm really not into phablets myself.
I think it makes sense for everything to be some type of phablet. That is, everything is a phone and a tablet -- the argument is just over how big the tablet part is. I'm very happy with the 4S's display, and, it fits in my pocket. Others have differing preferences. I don't think Apple needs 97 models (I don't know the real number) like Samsung, but, I think 3-4 sizes would be appropriate. And, even a big tablet needs a phone component. Again -- everything is a phablet, but, you choose what screen size you want.
One thing that is overlooked in many of these discussions is that the new iPhone 5S mainline GSM model will work on both AT&T, T-Mobile, and most places internationally. Combine that with T-Mobile's new roaming plan, and I think you have something that international travelers have been waiting for. I don't know of another phone/carrier with comparable inter-country portability, although perhaps all the latest GSM phones are going that way. If so, that is good news-- it certainly wasn't true a year ago.
The iPhone still has a really good display, but even last year it was coming up second to the likes of the HTC One X. We've now gone a generation beyond that with improved performance in the HTC One and the LG G 2.
I don't.
Funny, those are all things that I do care about.
Let's hope they offer sizes that each of us will prefer. What is your ideal size and display resolution?
Exactly, people were quoting them left and right when they declared the iPhone 'the best smartphone in the market' a few years back.
Love them or hate them, they are very respectable.
Hopefully it's an option and not "4.8/5/5.7 inches is now the perfect size," though. Not everyone likes how phones are getting bigger. My sister, for one, would likely not buy a larger iPhone 6. Portability is important, too. If they can narrow the bezel and/or use a curved screen to cram a bigger screen into a device roughly the same size, that's fine, but "bigger" for "bigger's" sake would be a step back.
I disagree with the assertion that looking at today's Android tells you what tomorrow's iPhone will look like. If so, then Apple would have added a quad-core 32-bit ARM v7-based processor with 2GB of RA to the 5s rather than making the leap to 64-bit ARM v8 and optimizing memory management to keep RAM size at 1GB. They'd also have added NFC and some not-ready-for-prime-time gimmicks like eye tracking.
To date, Apple has had a different design philosophy from Android OEMs.
This has nothing to do with them bashing Apple. Consumer Reports are what my grandparents read when they want to know which DVD/VCR combo to buy. Then they go to Sears and get it.
In this day and age I go to Best Buy to view and try the item, pull out my iPhone and scan the item to find reviews online, and then purchase it from somewhere like NewEgg, B&H or Amazon. Consumer Reports is irrelevant and dying a slow death. I'm not even talking just about electronics. I did this recently with a microwave at Best Buy, a grill at Lowes, and even a saw stand at Home Depot.
I've flipped through my grandparent's CS magazine and I can tell you that most of the time they're completely wrong. Case in point is saying that Android devices have the best battery life. My mother in law charges her Galaxy multiple times during the day. Every time she comes over she has to sit on the end of our couch that is by the outlet so she can keep replying to texts without it dying. It's pretty ridiculous. Only reason she has it is because she can read the larger screen better. She is willing to get a bigger iPhone if it becomes available. Same thing with my boss' husband.
I wouldn't be surprised if Android manufacturers provide CS with "special units" just like they were trying to game the system for benchmarks and were called out on it recently.