Basic phone includes turning Bluetooth ON/OFF easily.
The iPhone is not just a phone, it is also an iPod and an Interner Communicator, as it was defined when it was announced.
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The iPhone is not just a phone, it is also an iPod and an Interner Communicator, as it was defined when it was announced.
I don't need I jump through hoops to turn off Bluetooth. Sure Android can do it quicker, but it's still not that hard to do on iPhone.
My guess is that Apple has piles of data that show only xyz% of users ever toggle on Bluetooth and other features that power users want at their fingertips. Of course, you could make the argument that people don't toggle them because they don't have easy access.
In either event, it probably comes down to available resources and prioritization. If a product manager has to choose between things like Maps, Passbook, and Siri vs. wifi/Bluetooth toggles, you know what will win every time.
Yet Android can offer it, and still provide Maps, NFC, and Google Now.
Perhaps when you say "available resources" do you mean RAM? Because if so, maybe you want to talk to Battling about how the iPhone doesn't need anymore RAM.
Yet Android can offer it, and still provide Maps, NFC, and Google Now.
Perhaps when you say "available resources" do you mean RAM? Because if so, maybe you want to talk to Battling about how the iPhone doesn't need anymore RAM.
I don't think settings toggles use RAM...
Yet Android can offer it, and still provide Maps, NFC, and Google Now.
Perhaps when you say "available resources" do you mean RAM? Because if so, maybe you want to talk to Battling about how the iPhone doesn't need anymore RAM.
resources = available developers
I'm not arguing that Android hasn't offered it. I'm just saying that Apple may have different priorities.
I am still hoping for a tactile screen, there where some rumors about it just before "the new iPad" launch... fingers crossed to see it on the new iPhone
I just leave bluetooth on all of the time....never really notice a difference in battery
What phone do you have?
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Yes, the battery should last longer, and with every phone before the iPhone the usage was limited to a few phone calls, some texting and the snake game.
How many hours are you actually using your N9? I mean actually doing something with it, not simple stand-by.
Here you go MLG. Just to help a bit. Web link to the Samsung smartphone that you will need in a few weeks.
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones
So what is better, having a quad core with 1gb of ram or a dual core with 2 gb of ram. The last I heard the dual core with 2gb preformed about the same as the quad core with 1gb. I haven't heard anything new about which is better. I'm just wondering in relation to the iPhone 5 would it better to have a quad core with 1gb of ram or a dual with 2 gb of ram?
The blind pessimism I witness on these forums is insane... So glad I don't view the world the way you do...
Anway... Current iPhone = Badass.. so I assume the next revision will be awesome, and I can't wait to see what Apple has come up with
Here you go MLG. Just to help a bit. Web link to the Samsung smartphone that you will need in a few weeks.
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones
I am not switching but found very good competition, specially all the features and the price.
The price should go down: hardware and data plans.
So they have enough resources to pay attention to this: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/06/12/music-volume-knob-detail/
And you think one of the reasons why they can't introduce toggles, or any sort of quick access to settings in general, is because they lack developers?
Priorities, indeed. =T
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Yes, priorities.
Priorities = Available Resources + Quality of Resources + Importance of Feature + Level of Effort to Build Feature + Time Available + Additional Considerations
It may have taken a developer a few days to code the knob detail, where it may take a developer weeks/months to properly implement the bluetooth toggles. Even then, it could get rejected in a UI review or other such validations.
There is more to this than meets the eye. People like to simplify it and act like it is no big deal. There are probably hundreds of reasons why one thing is implemented and not another. Such is software development.
I hear ya. Just saying Google can do it (years ago) I think if apple wanted to they could too. They clearly don't want to.