black people and women should be in an uproar over this commercial. All of those things are possible on an iPhone, easily. So this is basically a smart white guy showing up the less intelligent black lady. Wow. Terrible terrible thing to see.
black people and women should be in an uproar over this commercial. All of those things are possible on an iPhone, easily. So this is basically a smart white guy showing up the less intelligent black lady. Wow. Terrible terrible thing to see.
Apple's solution is great for the computer illiterate, but for power users, it fails miserably.
That woman wouldn't know how to do those on the Note either, so this doesn't mean much.
Sssshhh... Here on Mac Rumors, Apple can buy anything, even things that aren't for sale, and to hell with monopoly laws.![]()
1) Having choice is a great thing. The Galaxy Note isn't for everyone, but for some its perfect who don't want to carry 2 devices being a tablet and phone.
2) How is Android 2nd rate? The basics of phone, contacts, and calendar it does just as well if not better. With ICS 4.0 it is a superior user experience over iOS 5.
3) That is fine if you like the look of the iPhone.
4) The iPhone is fair game for Samsung and others to go after as it has the most market share in the US. MS will do it soon to.
The problem with most iOS users is that the whole thing has become a religion as opposed to using what technologies will work the best for them. None of the manufacturers have a lock on this.
WTF?!?
That dumb commercial has no point.
And why is that guy holding a tv in his hand... Oh wait... It's supposed to be a PHONE. IT HAS THE HUGEST SCREEN IN THE WORLD.
Not as crappy as ipadWhat are you talking about? It's a tablet. A crappy tablet with a stylus.
I don't ever want to be a power user of my phone. I want it to do things it does easily and simply. I am not however, computer illiterate, nor even phone illiterate. I just don't care to have another device that complicates my life.
All the other things that you talk about are not as important as you think. Take your battery issue, for instance. First, I can't remember the last time my iPhone didn't last the whole day. Even when I was in the UK sightseeing all day and taking pictures and video with it, I still came back to the hotel with 20% battery or more remaining. Most days my battery doesn't need a recharge. I'd say on average I can go two to three days if I really want to get close to the edge of its life. But let's say the battery IS terrible and I can't go more than a day.... even in that case, how often are most people who are "power users" away from some sort of electrical energy that they can tap into? In your car, you probably have something that can charge a phone. In an office, surely you do. Most places of business have electricity. Most public places have electricity somewhere. I guess a wildlife photographer in darkest Africa might need for more juice (assuming they didn't get to their shoot in a car). I can honestly say I've NEVER thought "damn, I wish I had another battery for my phone".
Second, by 'bloatware', I assume you mean iTunes. A) You don't need it to use your phone. B) It's actually pretty nice if you spend the time to figure it out. I know some of you "power users" think that dragging files from one folder to another is high tech... but I think it's much cooler that I can create a custom filtered playlist and have that synch to my phone whenever I plug it in without me having to fiddle with individual files. Or I can choose which ones I want to transfer. It's a lot like dragging a file. Except I don't have to even have my phone in the general vicinity to manage it. I can just mark the ones I want and it'll move them the next time I want it to. And then there's iCloud... so you know. I'm not actually TIED to anything. Some might even call that smart.
USB drive mode? Seriously? This is the year 2012. You're aware of the concept of the internet, right? Why on Earth would you want to turn your phone into a USB drive? Even USB drives suck at being USB drives. For a "power user", you're not very savvy about this whole technology thing. Technology is supposed to make life easier, not more tedious.
I think based on the items that you have outlined, what you mean when you say "power user" is really "control freak". You can't accept a phone that is able to do things without your specific input. It's okay to let some of that go you know and just enjoy that you can tell your iPhone to do something and it will, even when you're not looking at it. But hey, at least you can play a Flash game. That's power usage.
So..what you're telling me is these are extremely important NEW features that you just can't live without?
I'm still not clear on what the issue about the removable battery is. Can you explain to me why this is so important?
Not being facetious. I'm genuinely want to know why this is a deal breaker for some.
-Y.
Hah ? They said from day #1 it is still in beta ...
Apple RARELY releases anything Beta to the Public. But since they did with Siri, it's likely because it's the only way to really test it and get out the bugs. This large scale testing (Millions) is one sure way to perfect it.
Actually, a lot of people wouldn't even know it was beta because it does usually work so astonishly well! Even critics had to admit their surprise for it to understand was they said correctly even when some humans would ask "What?".
Now, Siri just needs to learn to interpret what is said and do 100 times more things with the request. Even though there has been 40 years of development into this (DARPA, etc.), Siri is like a toddler, still learning, (actual AI in there too!).
phone/file management - without proprietary software. this is the single most important reason for choosing Android. i can manage my files of every extension, on any computer, with or without wires. i can use my phone storage for all kinds of files, not just music, video and pictures.
removable battery is useful if your battery goes bad, or if you want to install one of those extended batteries.
widgets on android are highly useful. to give you an example, you can have one touch control of many things on your phone. you can do things like - turn on/off wifi, BT, call someone, lock screen and many more things. all with a single touch without opening an app. you can have an overview of all calls/messages/weather on your screen. just by looking at the screen you have all these info available to you without opening app for every single thing.
hope this helps. i'm no IOS hater. it just doesn't suit my needs. another big reason for choosing Android was that i can customize nearly every aspect of the phone. basically I am in charge of my phone.
I think as far as phone users, you and I completely different. The points you make here really have nothing to do with why I use an iPhone. But that's why we have many phones. Everyone is different. Everyone has different needs.
One thing I've always loved about Apple is they make it easy for me to work on my computer without having to "work on" my computer. Since my first Mac back 1991. Same with the iPhone. They provided me with some basic apps and left it up to me. There are over 500,000 apps in the app store. I don't see how I wouldn't be in charge of my phone if I can put any of those apps on it for my own personal use.
There are just some things I just DO NOT care about.
One of them is proprietary software. I'm one of the few "power users" who actually welcomes it. I know that might make me seem like the lowest common denominator, but I can assure you, at nearly 20 years in my career, I'm hardly in that demo.
Also, I don't care about iTunes. I use it to play/organize/purchase my music, movies, apps, and TV shows. I don't feel "enslaved" by it as others seem to be describing it. It's a freakin' application on your computer. To me it's the digital version of my CD and DVD/BluRay stands. People are making way too much about nothing when it comes to iTunes. It's quite silly.
Removable battery? I have NEVER had an iPhone run out of battery and die on me. And I don't mean to be rude, but I am calling BS on the poster earlier who said all his iPhone using friends are always asking to use his phone because their batteries are always dead.(Zombies?) That's a ridiculous fabrication and that person knows it.
Just the facts, please?
I can leave my iPhone off the charger for 24 hours, Bluetooth on, screen brightness at the highest setting, and still have 50% of my battery left while my girlfriend has had to charge her Samsung at least three times. I know that might seem like an exaggeration, but I like to have discussions and debates that deal solely in truth and experience. Not hateful and baseless opinions. It did take some getting used to, but I have never once wished I had a removable battery.
As for USB, why? For saving files? I use a cloud service so I stopped carrying around any kind of USB or portable drive ages ago. I can't even find my 16GB Flash drive because I just quit using it. I can access all my files on my iPhone, iPad, all three Macs at home, and both of my Macs at work. I can also access it on my Samsung phone, the new Note 10.1 and my Tab 7.0 and 10.1. Best thing about it? No matter what happens to any of your devices, the files are always available...somewhere.
As you can see, I have several Samsung devices so this is from actual experience. I don't hate Samsung devices. I think they're pretty great, except the fact that some of them feel cheaply made, in my opinion. I still would like to hold on to a Note, but not one of their devices has made me feel inadequate about having an iPhone.
As mentioned before, this "commercial" was really not a fair comparison. If they were to come up to me on the street and ask me what I can do with my iPhone compared to the Note(since I had it for three weeks, remember), I can promise you I'd send them home with their tail between their legs. There are so many settings missing. What about how it's used in a home? Or in a workplace setting? In your car? (Don't text and drive.) At a concert or during your own live performance?
At the end the day, and as this video shows, it's really not the device, it's the person using it and how they use it. Some of the worst things about this thread(and most of the others) is the sense of superiority because you use a certain brand or hate a certain brand.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the iPhone changed the game. Every phone that people say is better than the iPhone, whether it is or not, would not even exist if Apple hadn't done it first. The form factor, the functionality, the whole concept; basically carbon copied with extras tacked on to pull head. All competing phones are based on what Apple did with the iPhone, even if someone else IS doing it better now.
-Y
You must have a special battery in your iPhone because Ive had 3 and never an experience like that at battery wise