Actually, a more accurate quote would be "Half the world wants or craves Apple products and the other half has barely enough food to eat."
While Steve Jobs was a hugely influential person, I think a little perspective is in order.
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Actually, a more accurate quote would be "Half the world wants or craves Apple products and the other half has barely enough food to eat."
While Steve Jobs was a hugely influential person, I think a little perspective is in order.
I'm in IT. I can understand technology quite fine thank you. Otherwise, I'd be pretty piss poor at my job.
4.65" vs 3.5" isn't quite as big a jump as you make it seem (as far as fingers are concerned). The phone is barely 1 cm wider and 1.5 cm taller. Check both spec sheets on GSM Arena.
The PPI (not dpi) is above 300 and below the iPhone 4's 326. It's in the middle actually. So what's your point here ? Are you also blasting Apple ?
And yes, there's an added advantage of 1280x720 over 960x640. Watching 720p video at full resolution with no downscaling (not to mention the added real-estate on the screen).
Both the A5 and Exynos share a use of ARM's Cortex A9 design and benchmarks can be run on both to show which is faster (yes, platform independant benchmarks).
You can compare it to the faster A5 in the iPad 2 however. That even gives an edge to the A5 in the tests.
You need to read up on SAMOLED+. It's not standard OLED.
Apps have been able to be stored on SD Cards since Android 2.2. Before that however, Apps could store data on SD Cards (even if the App itself needed to use internal storage).
So where did I lie ? Not to mention I made no statement as far as support was in Android (even though it's there), I made a mention of a phone spec. The phones provide an SD card slot for expansion of storage.
Your opinion. If I want to use my battery life, I like the option of being able to. Listening to some of you, it seems you'd rather have Apple ship you a bricked device that doesn't boot, that way it has the best battery life there is! (infinity. Can't use battery if you can't turn on the device).
Wait, now you're telling me what phone I don't own ? Sorry, been using an iPhone 3GS since September 2009. I have it right here next to me.
I'm done. Obviously, this debate is going to be endless and one-sided, filled with insults towards me. I'd rather just ignore your posts.
Now thats iRespect..
Will miss you Steve jobs but you will never be forgotten...You showed us the future..
Every apple products that comes out will still have your finger prints on it..you legacy lives on... Rip...
Will miss you Steve jobs but you will never be forgotten...You showed us the future..
Every apple products that comes out will still have your finger prints on it..you legacy lives on... Rip...
Marketing, I say...
I'm sure there's individuals at Google and Samsung that are personally touched by these events but as professionals there is one simple explanation to this, no matter what the official version may be:
If you launch a new product you want to grab the tech headlines, right now the headlines are already occupied, so you're better off waiting until things settle down.
Say what you want but I have no doubt this is what's behind all of it, any other company would do the same. It's not disrespectful and I'm sure they all mean well and show their respects in their own, personal way, this strategic decision, however, is based on a marketing decision only.
I'm sure there's individuals at Google and Samsung that are personally touched by these events but as professionals there is one simple explanation to this, no matter what the official version may be:
If you launch a new product you want to grab the tech headlines, right now the headlines are already occupied, so you're better off waiting until things settle down.
Say what you want but I have no doubt this is what's behind all of it, any other company would do the same. It's not disrespectful and I'm sure they all mean well and show their respects in their own, personal way, this strategic decision, however, is based on a marketing decision only.
Nexus Prime was already better spec'd than the iPhone 4S with the 1280x720 super AMOLED display, memory, processor, battery life, and the Google Experience that previous Nexus phones have had. They were never delaying due to the iPhone 4S release, they really did have a better product ready.
So yes, this is Respect.
You seriously quote the Sun?! A renowned source of scrupulous journalism to be sure.
Let's see.... why not take a trip through much of China, Africa, Russia, South America, Northern Canada,.... populations of billions who have subsistence existences in harsh climates where there technology is measured in shovels and wood to burn. These people don't have anywhere to plug in an iPad or a MacBook. Third-world populations don't benefit from the kind of technological development Apple are responsible for because they can't afford it and can't integrate it.
What Steve revolutionised are things that matter to an internet-connected developed world that has the opportunity to benefit from it. Nobody else is in a position to take advantage of his achievements.
By all means worship Steve Jobs if you wish to - he's more worthy of it than many - but don't ignore the limits beyond which he could not reach.
No amount of delay is going to change the fact that Steve is dead. A delay isn't going to change this. Now, I would believe Google delaying a launch out of respect (because Google and Apple are closely related - frenemies), but the CEO OF Samsung, a Korean company, has little to do with Steve Jobs (besides being sued by him). It's not like the CEO of Sammy was putzing around their parent's garage as teenagers or was having leisurely coffee with Jobs. In fact, I bet you Choi Gee-Sung's memories of Steve jobs are very likely to be unpleasant ones.
The GPU of the Samsung Galaxy S II is about 4 times faster than the iPhone 4 in GLbenchmark.
I haven't seen the iPhone 4 gs in benchmarks.
Do agree with Many points But isnt the software a subjective thing.
I mean I use mostly google products right now and im pretty happy with it. It may be because the only part of the apple ecosystem I currently use is itunes (no one is better) and just feed that to google music and zune but im okay with that.
Except Samsung already delayed their tablet once, in order to better match the iPad 2 specs. It's hardly the first time they delay a release.
respect
In some ways I would like to believe that Steve was just waiting for the iPhone announcement...There have been situations where people wait until the last possible moment to "let go."
This article does show the respect that both companies have for Steve. It's not the tech world that has always shown "hate" towards Apple Inc. and Steve Jobs. It's the consumer who hardly know much of the matter that make the competition into a game.
In some ways I would like to believe that Steve was just waiting for the iPhone announcement...There have been situations where people wait until the last possible moment to "let go."
This article does show the respect that both companies have for Steve. It's not the tech world that has always shown "hate" towards Apple Inc. and Steve Jobs. It's the consumer who hardly know much of the matter that make the competition into a game.
Wow. Taking your wisdom from The Sun?lol.
I doubt the people of Inner Mongolia know or care who Steve Jobs and Apple are. I doubt the tribes of Venezuela know or care what an iPad is or even want one. The world is far more vast than you apparently imagine
The Sun is obviously referring to the first world, someone in Sudan or Nigeria or Ethiopia or Haiti or poor parts of India and China will never have heard of Apple or Steve Jobs, they are far more concerned about getting food, not getting malaria and having clean water but in the west, the far east, australasia, Europe etc you would have to have lived on the moon not to know who Apple or Steve Jobs are.
We'll see.... if the specs are correct, then it will blow the 4S !! Sorry, but I am right
And **** up lil boy!!
One thing people are overlooking when comparing specs is the actual download speeds of the 4G LTE networks compared to those of the (AT&T) hspa+ network. I have not conducted tests to verify the results (someone will sooner or later), but AT&T claims that the actual download speeds of their hspa+ network are equal to or better than the presently deployed 4G LTE download speeds of their competitors.
[Edit] P.S. On the other hand, it does appear that the Verison iPhone 4S may be able to do voice and data simultaneously now that there are separate antennas.
This was a good business decision. While a small part of the decision might have been out of respect I think the even larger motivator was the fact that with Steve Jobs passing away sympathy and peoples feelings are going to be with apple next week. This is not the time you want to be showing off your new "iPhone Killer" phone. I think they thought realeasing the phone next week would negativley impact the phones sales and that's why they delayed. IMO.
No, they didn't delayed it, they released the original 10.1 and then released the 10.1 Slim.
It's hardly the first time you're wrong
They aren't doing this out of respect. They're doing it out of potential embarrassment from the anti-Apple advertising that was going to come out with it.
Don't believe a word either company tells you.
Don't believe a word either company tells you.
The 4S' camera is barely catching up to the Xperia Arc though. Not a surprise, since they got the hardware for it from Sony, who makes the Xperia line-up.
Guys, I'm getting an iPhone 4S, but even I realise it's not some kind of new benchmark to beat. It's a decent device that matches (or comes close to matching) what the competition has been shipping in the last few months.
Notice how they compared it to the Atrix in the keynote when they were talking about finally catching up to 3G speeds. The Atrix dates back to February :
http://obamapacman.com/wp-content/u...s-Motorola-Atrix-LG-Thrill-HTC-Inspire-4G.jpg
Funny how that slides ignores all the LTE devices that have been shipping for a while...
The GPU of the iPad 2 is about 2 times faster than the Galaxy S 2, but I rather wait for a benchmark first. The iPad 2 is larger thus can get rid of heat better than a smaller phone. So there could be a difference between the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4 gs in benchmarks due to heat.
But if it has the same CPU / GPU as the iPad 2, then it's probably faster.
Might be just a cell phone to you but it's a multi million dollar business to them. Don't be naive
While this is a classy move by samsung and google, it is not a business smart move. I was waiting to see what the new nexus offered and when it would be available but now since it is not going to be announced, the iphone 4s will be out first without any knowledge of the nexus, therefore I will be getting the iphone 4s as well as a lot of others who may be considering the new nexus.
You know, I think it might have been due to respect.
But I'll be cynical and think it has to do with marketing too. And I doubt because there was something nasty like some people say.
I think it's cause it makes good common sense when it comes to marketing. Right now there is a huge amount of people focusing on Steve's death. I think his funeral is supposed to be next week, the week they would do the announcement.
If they do the announcement at the same time, while I don't honestly think it would be disrespectful, they will get overshadowed by people more focusing on Steve. On top of that, people are very sentimental right now towards Steve so releasing a competitive product when people right now are viewing stuff associated with Steve in a sentimental light will make their product shine less (you already have people saying they want to buy the 4S as a tribute to Steve). Why would you want to announce a product at a time that it will more likely be ignored or even having people looking at the competitive product more favorably? Wait until people have calmed down and can see your product in a less biased light (or the competitive product in a less biased light).
On top of that, they will get massive amounts of good PR by saying they are doing this out of respect for Steve (regardless if that is their true motivations or not. As cynical as I am I will admit it did make them look better in my eyes even if I do think that there is at least some marketing reasons behind delaying the announcement).
But I'll be cynical and think it has to do with marketing too. And I doubt because there was something nasty like some people say.
I think it's cause it makes good common sense when it comes to marketing. Right now there is a huge amount of people focusing on Steve's death. I think his funeral is supposed to be next week, the week they would do the announcement.
If they do the announcement at the same time, while I don't honestly think it would be disrespectful, they will get overshadowed by people more focusing on Steve. On top of that, people are very sentimental right now towards Steve so releasing a competitive product when people right now are viewing stuff associated with Steve in a sentimental light will make their product shine less (you already have people saying they want to buy the 4S as a tribute to Steve). Why would you want to announce a product at a time that it will more likely be ignored or even having people looking at the competitive product more favorably? Wait until people have calmed down and can see your product in a less biased light (or the competitive product in a less biased light).
On top of that, they will get massive amounts of good PR by saying they are doing this out of respect for Steve (regardless if that is their true motivations or not. As cynical as I am I will admit it did make them look better in my eyes even if I do think that there is at least some marketing reasons behind delaying the announcement).