iPhones aren't waterproof (I don't know of any smartphones that are) but they are water-resistant, like some competing handsets. However, Apple smartly doesn't advertise it as such. I'm not sure Apple even publishes an IP rating, but you can find articles and YouTube videos about iPhones' water-resistant design.
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iPhones aren't waterproof (I don't know of any smartphones that are) but they are water-resistant, like some competing handsets. However, Apple smartly doesn't advertise it as such. I'm not sure Apple even publishes an IP rating, but you can find articles and YouTube videos about iPhones' water-resistant design.
Curiously, it's easier to make things airtight than waterproof, as oxygen/nitrogen molecules are considerably larger than water molecules.
Nice to see almost the entire new iPhone line becoming a Samsung product just with the Apple name.....
With their "less is more" approach to innovation, Apple's name is about all they have left.Nice to see almost the entire new iPhone line becoming a Samsung product just with the Apple name.....
for me it would. if you'll be happy to give me 150bucks more for 64gb I'll be more than happy to take it. iphone barely makes up for its price as it is.
First Apple and Samsung were suing each other, now Samsung is helping Apple a out
And they will continue to sue each other. Maybe I'm naive, but it's always seemed weird. I guess thats why I don't make the big bucks...
First Apple and Samsung were suing each other, now Samsung is helping Apple a out
Not helping Apple out, but rather Samsung has finally stepped up to make memory devices that meet Apple's demanding requirements. It's about making competitive parts.
At least they can fall back onto other products/departments they excel in.
Fact is the smartphone business industry is saturating. Just watch how tablets are doing. You can bump the specs as much as you want, but most people use is for websurfing and social media. You don't not a workstation to do that. Same with smartphones. If Apple doesn't come up with something innovative, they will succumb the same fate. Meaning declining profits. Sadly, Apple cant fall back on any other of its products.
Last Thursday when I was having dinner with Jony Ive and another close, personal friend (who actually, really knows Jony) at our favorite restaurant, the waiter brought a handful of "waffer" thin mints with the check. Jony picked one up and then exploded (no, not literally--that would have been gross). He started shouting, "You call this thin!? This isn't thin enough! Bring me thin, of just stay home!" He stood up suddenly, knocking his chair to the floor, and stormed out of the restaurant. As he exited, he overturned two other tables, and swept the the food and plates from a third.
I turned to my other friend and said, "Wow, he's really obsessed with thinness, right?"
"No, that's just an act."
"Are you sure? That looked pretty obsessive to me."
"I shouldn't tell you this, but I'm a psychiatrist, and I've been treating Jony for years. He's really suffering from PDGS."
"What's PDGS?" I asked, noticing my friend's hands were starting to shake.
She grew noticeably more excited as she explained: "It's Professionally-Diagnosed Greed Syndrome. These amateurs calling him obsessive don't know what they're talking about! I mean, look at this!" She grabbed her iPhone from the center of the table and at the same time scooped up Jony's forgotten phone and slipped it into her pocket. Then she unlocked her iPhone using his ring finger, and opened the Settings app. "Look at this! 16GB! That's crazy! That's insane! That's certifiable! I have to go post a rant to MacRumors!" She pushed her chair back violently, making a woman at the next table spill coffee onto her lap. Then she followed Jony's path out of the restaurant, knocking the legs out from under a busboy who was trying to clean up the mess.
It was five minutes before it dawned on me that they had left me alone with the check.
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First Apple and Samsung were suing each other, now Samsung is helping Apple a out
What should it be about, besides money? Cookies? Love? Climate change?
Not sure that larger storage capacity really constitutes the 'Pro' moniker, but who knows...perhaps at WWDC we'll see the release of the Apple Watch Pro too.
Most likely they'll just release a 'Pro' wrist band though.
Nice work.
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Why is it always all about the money with you people!?!
#@%$% consumer greed!!!
Love or hate Samsung's products, they're the king of components. Even Apple can't resist their reliability in that category. Though their love-hate relationship with each other parallels that of an adopted teenager and her parents, which is nothing short of adorable and has been fun to watch over the years.
Its not that I like the fact that they still offer 16gb its the fact that this was a well placed comment.
Lol
That we know of, I'm betting not everything has leaked yet regarding the 7, we will probably see more when it goes into production.
You don't get it. There is a demographic of iPhone customers that store not that much data on their phone. From them, 16GB is fine. If you are producing a full feature film on your iPhone, get the top end one with memory and a local cloud storage unit.
i feel bad for jony ivy's poor wife. she must eat next to nothing
What're you going to do with the extra $50???!
16gb --> 64gb increase = $100
#andTHATishowyoumath
Samsung still makes a nice profit in the phone business. Billions each quarter.
It's just not as much as back when they had the higher end phablet field mostly to themselves. Tim Cook was smart to have Apple jump into that market, even after dissing it so much.
There's some industrial use smartphones that are pretty darned close. For example:
http://www.kyoceramobile.com/phones...I4L7Uz5RS_ke5O2VbsTL1zC9ZU6xHCxjuIaAh9m8P8HAQ
(Check off Waterproof and Glove & Wet Touchscreen at lower left.)
Some of which are IPX8 rated.
Remind me why you need 256.gig of storage at any one time again? 10000 albums not enough when you go on holiday?
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If only, they can only dream about matching the quality of the design, camera, video and battery life of the s7 edgeNice to see almost the entire new iPhone line becoming a Samsung product just with the Apple name.....
I didn't say I needed it, I just asked if it will happen. But I could see it being useful to store films, music and so on, there is a 256GB iPad Pro and I could see it being used for the same reason. Also the iPhone 7 will shoot in 4K the same as the 6s and Live Photos take up a bit of space.