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I, don't own one. Because I, don't need one. My phone lasts me all day and I've got access to USB at home, at work and in my car. Why would I need a usb battery pack?
So much for 'literally everyone'
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Great, more lies from more members on macrumors.
I, don't own one. Because I, don't need one. My phone lasts me all day and I've got access to USB at home, at work and in my car. Why would I need a usb battery pack?
So much for 'literally everyone'
Because you guys all act like the alternative to the notch is to have a bezel-less phone, while in fact the alternative to having a notch is to have a large bezel all the way across the top of the phone.
So yeah, I prefer the notch because it utilizes the left/right ears for something other than just being a useless bezel. There is no "removing" the notch, there's only extending the notch to the entire width of the phone. There's no advantage to me for them to do that.
For many people it is a must-have. You can't say it isn't because you aren't those people in those situations and usage.
To listen to MP3s, podcasts, and 2.0 movie soundtracks on a plane or while exercising? Yes.
Do you consider your smartphone to be a high-fidelity audio source device?
There will be a bezel-less phone in the future. The question is, if people will continue to complain after the camera housing is gone.
Never have latency issues. Most people use the free headphones that come with the phone, these are not as good as my BT headphones.
You can still use any headphone with iPhone, but it time to end the whining about headphone jack...
Yeah Apple isn't bring the fingerprint reader back.
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People don't have to justify their what they buy, I personally really like the X, one of the best iPhones I have ever owned.
I am not going to buy the phone but I can't wait to see the reviews about the low light photography. Who knows, maybe by 2025 smartphones will replace cameras all together.
Clearly you have never used a Sony or LG smartphone. Ah, to live I a walled garden
It was more they needed space, and it was bonus that it was easier to do the waterproofing.
Why do you need to change? Mine goes all day playing, texting, talking, exercising. When I am not playing, pop in the charger, easy. I use my Apple cheap free ear buds, switch to my somewhat expensive Bose Noise Canceling that the lightening really does offer excellent sound. Change is good.
I drive a lot and use a single earbud headphone with mic to talk while driving.
Camera will still top it for awhile. Eventually, it might catch up. Anyway, the phone with ultimate low light is something I would be seeking as I do shoot videos at night.
Right now, I still prefer TouchID. For me, it works better - having owned and used an X for five weeks. But I think the tech is terminal. Apple just needs to improve the UI/UX, in my opinion. But plenty of people seem to be happy enough just the way it is now.
How is this a problem given the notch is, essentially, the same thing. I'm still confused as to why bezels are a bad thing.
Clearly you have never used a Sony or LG smartphone. Ah, to live I a walled garden
Got a Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact right now, sound quality is great. The new LG phones are supposed to be top notch as well. Apple unfortunately has never been known for sound quality.. going all the way back to their ipods, Apple consistently ranked at the bottom of all blind audio tests.
It's technology that works and works well. It's an additional option. You're making a viable functional technology into the equivalent of a fashion statement that can go out of style just because the popular kid up and decides to declare it outdated without giving any concrete support for such an assertion.
That line of thinking causes problems when the available replacement technology introduces complications and disadvantages that have not yet been solved.
Apple and some other manufacturers jumped the gun removing the headphone jack when doing so causes the level of fragmentation we've seen among accessories and compatibility across other devices.
They didn't remove it to take us into the future. They did it to make money selling us more headphones. They possibly even did it to free up needed space inside the phone.
But they had to sell us on the idea somehow so they declared it "the future" and an act of courage to remove a still viable and desirable option. Many people who used that port for accessories besides headphones, such as merchants at craft shows found its removal a hardship when they went to upgrade their phones.
And like any fad, others jumped on the bandwagon, ready or not. And so on the Android side of things we have a bit of a mess with USB-C headphones from one manufacturer not working with the phones of another. So good on Samsung for exercising some restraint in following this particular trend right now.
Ah yes, pick the higher price from the carrier instead of the better price from Samsung.
S9 for $719.99; S9 Plus for $839.99.
You were wrong. Period.
With the next release, I think FaceID will be even faster and more accurate. I look forward to it, as FaceID is around 95% accurate first time for me. I see that as a win for a first release.
Yes. I think we will see FaceID more accurate and faster with the Fall announcement and release.