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Well Chris Pirillo Absolutely Roasts the X's UI
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And you'd win:
a) because there are just too many people who will buy an iPhone regardless and
b) because if it was a flop, Apple wouldn't admit it.
Sometimes I like to view Chris’s rants, but brevity is not one of his strong suits. He goes on and on and can shorten his videos a little bit.
Not sure Star Wars has anything to do with his opinions on Apple. I've been watching his videos for years although I stopped a while back when the tech stuff appeared to dry up a little. I enjoy his rants. I agree with some of them and disagree with his perspective too. I get iOS has plenty of 'sloop' but the way Chris talks about frame drops and glitches would have someone that doesn't use Apple products to think the iphone is an absolute mess of an experience. It isn't. But it isn't perfect. And sure, in an ideal world it would have no sloop. Although not sure any software OS is without it's issues. I guess the crux is some of the issues should not exist (hence his constant finger pointing at Apple's quality control team).
He feels passionate about it.
I do too but I don't experience half the stuff he does when using the product(s). Everyone is different I guess.
He feels passionate about it.
I do too but I don't experience half the stuff he does when using the product(s). Everyone is different I guess.
The same was said about the antenna bands on the iPhone 6, and now its long been forgotten, even though the 6 and 6s is still on the market.
Chris Pirillo is almost like the physical embodiment of the Macrumors forum, all the nonsensical ideas, conspiracy theories, and sometimes silly ideas, about Apple are posted, and as always the complainers have the biggest (and loudest) voice.
A huge percentage of all postings here are about dissatisfaction with an Apple device or user experience, and you say...see look at all those complaints, Apple must be terrible !
but compare the amount of Apple devices sold and used and all those older devices still in use, to the amount of complainers here, it's insignificant compared to the devices sold and used.
Most things get blown out of proportion really quick here (on purpose ?), and people seem to like to jump in and add fuel to the fire, and even if the contrary is posted, with facts, even then some seem to disregard it.
Change has also very high on top of the complaints list (if not #1), every time there is some change the complaints rise to bigger levels, and that is a normal psychological reaction, nothing more,
but the amount of posts/complaints about devices or software that nobody has actually used is astounding to me, there seems to be a lot of anger here
Thanks for telling us that have invested a lot of years and a lot of money in iOS that our complaints are unfounded. It takes more than animoji’s to satisfy some of us.
Uhm no, they are still as ugly as ever. But the 6s is irrelevent by now, ihone has moved on in all possible controversial and less controversial ways.
Now, if Apple had doubled, no tripled down on the antenna bands people would still bitch about it.
The thing with the notch is, this seems Apple's way forward for the time being.
One can only hope that there will be a less controversial regular line without the notch but with trimmed bezels top and bottom, using FaceID. That's the main question right now: will the controversial notch stay a 'deluXe' option, or will they roll it out over the entire line? FaceID accross the line seems a given and would enable Apple to trim the top and bottom bezels to a more normal size.
Me, I'm not so sure about the notch as the new paradigm. It's way too controversial for that. A regular 9:16 screen iphone with trimmed bottom/top bezels+FaceID seems a way to refresh the regular iphone line and give consumers choice. And keep milking the deluXe version.
I feel this is a bit different though honestly. No one has to look at the antenna lines every time they use their iPhone 6s..in fact, most people put a case on their phones anyways so it does pretty much nothing for the actual user experience. It’s conpletely cosmetic.
However, the PermaTurd notch is actually OBSTRUCTING your content on the top of the screen...the screen that you look at EVERY time you use your phone.
Take your TV for example...imagine if there was some ugly lines on the back of it. Would you care? No, because you’re watching the beautiful 4K vibrant picture and the back of the Tv is likely up against a wall anyways.
But, take a dump and then slap that turd at the top of the TV screen and I’m sure you’ll be a little annoyed.
And the whole “just don’t watch the video full screen” is the most ridiculous argument I’ve heard yet. Let’s have a 5.8 inch screen OLED but force ourselves to shrink it down to 4.7 inches with black bars on all the sides.
Just my 2 cents.
The fanboys and former loyalists are mad: Topolsky and Pirillo.
And the mainstream media is playing softball over a derivative and stale 7S so they don't lose their press passes and good graces with Cupertino.
WAKE UP APPLE.
And the mainstream media is playing softball over a derivative and stale 7S so they don't lose their press passes and good graces with Cupertino.
WAKE UP APPLE.
You really have to stop using that silly TV example, two totally different things,
better is to compare it with the notch on you car windscreen it is functional it has always been there, and you're not screaming NOTCH! every time you get into your car, or makes it unable to drive
I hope I did not cause you to notice the huge notch on your windscreen every time you drive, from now on,
but it would be funny
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I think 8 plus is the better phone because it has the best landscape. I don’t want to deal with janky UX elements which will be on the iPhone X
LOL. Which notch are you talking about? There are a couple of bird turds but that’s about it.You really have to stop using that silly TV example, two totally different things,
better is to compare it with the notch on you car windscreen it is functional it has always been there, and you're not screaming NOTCH! every time you get into your car, or makes it unable to drive
I hope I did not cause you to notice the huge notch on your windscreen every time you drive, from now on,
but it would be funny
All these people are perpetuating these threads with their support. The support is actually counterproductive, so the forum starts looking like a war zone, Apple having lost badly
Strange threads of reviews by nobodies, going on and on. You can make what you want out of that. Odd, no doubt
Strange threads of reviews by nobodies, going on and on. You can make what you want out of that. Odd, no doubt
I usually don't watch this guy because his voice totally irritates me, but he's absolutely right about the ugly perma-notch. Design decisions at Apple are questionable.
I honestly have trouble believing that anyone really thinks the one on the right looks better, but I don’t think it’s worth arguing about.
Maybe it’s like a drawing of a cube that some people see pointing out and some see pointing in. If your brain is naturally inclined to see the notch as intruding on screen space rather than the ‘ears’ extending it at the sides it must be pretty annoying.
I’m glad it doesn’t bother me at the moment and hope that doesn’t change because that would suck.
I haven’t drunk any kool-aid by the way.
I used to watch this guy's videos a few years back, and then stopped as there are more factual, less subjective alternatives available.
I had a look at this video from about 17:00 minutes as suggested earlier in the thread, and he's lost all credibility for me. The bit where he spends the best part of a minute 'laughing at Apple's design decisions' was excruciating to watch.
A) if you are editing your own YouTube videos, you can edit out you own uncontrollable fake laughter, and stick to informed opinion so that I don't have to watching you having a meltdown... And
B) we are talking about a product that hasn't been released yet, so criticising how it works in practice may not be the best idea.
C) telling the richest company in the world; a company famous for elegant tech design, great user experience and high quality fit and finish, that their design is weak, makes Chris look like a petulant child.
Opinions on YouTube videos are all well and good, but this one requires a very large pinch of salt.
I had a look at this video from about 17:00 minutes as suggested earlier in the thread, and he's lost all credibility for me. The bit where he spends the best part of a minute 'laughing at Apple's design decisions' was excruciating to watch.
A) if you are editing your own YouTube videos, you can edit out you own uncontrollable fake laughter, and stick to informed opinion so that I don't have to watching you having a meltdown... And
B) we are talking about a product that hasn't been released yet, so criticising how it works in practice may not be the best idea.
C) telling the richest company in the world; a company famous for elegant tech design, great user experience and high quality fit and finish, that their design is weak, makes Chris look like a petulant child.
Opinions on YouTube videos are all well and good, but this one requires a very large pinch of salt.
I agree, I think for many old time apple fans, we see a clear difference in what Apple was with Steve Jobs and and now with Tim Cook. I just mean from design wise.
We've been talking about the iPhone X and the design of the notch,
but consider the following apple designs
We are now seeing "good enough" creep in to Apple's designs. Whether we're talking charging an apple mouse, or the iPhone's notch.
I see what you're saying, but are you suggesting that you'd rather have user replaceable aa batteries for the mouse, under a cover underneath (like it was under Steve jobs) rather than rechargeable lithium ion, or that the lightning port should be on the sides or top, thus making the design look less fluid?
And the apple pencil can be charged away from the iPad, using the adapter.
The battery pack silicone case is something most people would bother with anyway.
Whilst I'm playing devil's advocate, I would admit that there are a number of recent design decisions that I don't particularly like, removal of ports on macbooks being chief amongst them.
Yes, tbh, because I can easily swap the batteries instead of not not using the mouse.
I can see in my minds eye, Steve Jobs making fun of a mouse maker, if they rolled out such a product. yet here we are, with Apple doing it
The hump is fugly, and is very un-apple like imo.
If a new and fierce competitor comes along, this new Apple policy could change overnight, this could be Google.
Nitpicking for flaws seems to be the latest Apple thing
and post, the now old, Jobs-Cook line.
I'm happy that I can charge the pencil on the go, without having to haul a charger with me, and I fully charge on my dock, just like the mouse.
wow that looks terrible
(not my pics)
Yes you are getting old, and the new designs are not the same as the designs of yesteryear you fondly remember
you have to forget the old and embrace the new, or opt out.
Money in his pocket from YouTube clicks
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Seems like he is trying to convince others to justify him leaving Apple
He is is just being a hypocrite, and is, like a lot of first line Apple users, getting "old",
and realizes, and is pissed, that what he liked and perceived as new design and tech, is now not the way he wants it to be,
that is not Apple's fault, that is his fault/perception.
Apple is changing with the market, he is not, and he is pissed like a child with a lolly that doesn't taste like the old one he remembers, when it was made by that old candy store around the corner.
And he keeps putting little remarks about Apple products not working the way they supposed to, like his iphone stopped recording, and " it just works..ish"
Also complaining that everybody is reviewing Apple products with citing just specs and "tow the company line"
Give me a break !, that is what Youtube is all about, KLICKS, and has been, and not only for Apple products, but for all the new stuff.
He is just in the "ranting section" of youtube to get his clicks
He praises Steve for making him want something he didn't know he wanted, and now that he has it, it has become old news for him, and there isn't anybody there making him want the new stuff.
And he just blames Jobs dying for this, instead looking at himself, that he has changed, and changed his likes and views.
He will to go to Android and or Samsung or whatever, and he has to hope that those users will click his ranting video's, so he can make a buck, which is less easy then in the Apple community.
But will we keep on seeing him ranting about Apple products, but now without even using them (like he is doing with the iPhone X)
I hope not
Maybe we should set up a fundraiser, so he can exchange every Apple thing he uses to non apple stuff, so we can get rid of him in the Apple community,
let the Android community deal with him
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Only just watched this, but damn am I glad I bought an 8. I totally agree with him that the notch is ugly, and may potentially ruin the user experience. But then again, I hated the antenna lines on the 6 when it came out, but subsequently loved my 6S and got used to the lines. Maybe it’s just something I’d get used to if this is it for the iPhone for the next few years. Meh. In the meantime, I’m gunna appreciate my 8, bezels, TouchID, old design and all.
In the meantime, I’m gunna appreciate my 8, bezels, TouchID, old design and all.