To me if you lag behind someone then you are slow. The notoriously lagging iphone scroll speed degrades usability a lot more compared to the micro stutters in Android.
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Did a heads up comparison with GS5 and iPhone 6 and Plus at work
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To me if you lag behind someone then you are slow. The notoriously lagging iphone scroll speed degrades usability a lot more compared to the micro stutters in Android.
Yes, it is only compatible with Yosemite....but something to look forward to in the next month. Point being, pretty much any file can be transferred very quickly via AirDrop.
Unfortunately, it doesn't drop the movies into the video app - rather in the photos app....but for me, it's better than trying to sync via iTunes given I never sync and I have two Macs (I don't want to keep switching the iTunes approval back and forth).
For home videos and the like, its a good solution. For movies and TV Shows (not purchased via iTunes), its a decent work around. I usually will watch and delete anyhow so keeping them there really doesn't bother me.
Most of my stuff is through iTunes as well (either straight from the store or digital copy with Blu-Ray) so I can just DL from iCloud.
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For me, the "tap to top" overrides any difference in scroll speed.....
It's really not that bad in iOS either - the scroll speed is elastic in that a longer swipe moves faster. So those of you frantically swiping faster to make it scroll faster are working against yourselves. Longer, timed swipes are the way to go.
I have always vastly preferred AMOLED over LCD but I am afraid to come out. The purists around here would murder me with their "color accuracy" if I did.
I don't care I think amoled looks nicer than lcd.
I don't care I think amoled looks nicer than lcd.
Don't worry, the knowledgeable testing site Displaymate agrees with you, as they have just tested the new iPhones and still find the Note 4 AMOLED screen to be the best currently existing screen on a mobile device.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/19845297/
quoting your comment from the other thread that got locked because I didn't want you to miss the fact that the NEW Testing is out and once again, you statement falls apart. The new iPhone 6's are good and best in their LCD Class, but they are NOT The best displays overall. That still stands with Samsung on the Note 4.
http://displaymate.com/iPhone6_ShootOut.htm
Summary from their testing:
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the current Best Mobile LCD Displays and the Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4 are the current Best Mobile OLEDs Displays. Both are impressive and excellent displays with great state-of-the-art display technology.
We recently gave the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 our overall Best Smartphone Display award, and for the time being that continues for all of the reasons originally mentioned there. In particular, for implementing Color Management to provide multiple Color Gamuts, and then using the Color Management to provide the Highest Absolute Color Accuracy for Standard (sRGB/Rec.709) consumer content of any Smartphone or Tablet display that we have ever measured (in one of its four available screen modes, which many reviewers seem to overlook). As we discuss next, dynamic Color Management is something that every display will need to provide in the future.
Samsung nailed it, but I prefer the iPhone display for various reasons:
a) it is very close to the note and both are awesome;
b) No need to toy with useless screen modes on settings;
c) Different processes of lamination, making the screen just look better and "closer".
But everything I said still stands. You know that everybody that was talking how the Note 3 had a better screen, how the iPhone is just a mediocre 750p is plain wrong. The Note is maybe the phone that has a better screen. It says a lot.
I've been saying that the iPhone 6 is a 'catch up' release. The iPhone 7 (or 8) will be much better. You just wait.
10 million in sales over the opening weekend would seem to put your opinion in the minority. I bought 2 and personally, I really like the phone and ios8.
People arguing over which top of the line smartphone is better. Ridiculous. The iPhone 6, 6 plus is a premium phone, Galaxy S5 is also a premium phone. Not trying to sound hippy, but can't we all just get along and accept the fact that both phones are solid devices? Plus, comparing Apple to Android will always be "apples to oranges" in my opinion.
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$375 up front, including tax. Decided to use the JUMP program on T-mobile for the first time.
Lol your a b and c reasons are nothing short of hilarious
A its not close to the note its a few million pixels short
B it takes 5 seconds to set the screen up to adaptive display and u never have to touch it again after.not sure how display settings are a negative and would go nuts if my zt 60 plasma had no adjustments
C wtf does that even mean?
Can you even tell at this screen size it has fewer pixels? Get real. Specs specs specs nothing else, typical fashion.
Seriously do not compare an S5 with an iphone 6 or 6 plus.
It doesnt even compete with a 5s given how cheap and nasty it is. The head designer of Samsung got sacked because of the S5.
IMO an S5 does not exist as a product because it is so horrendous.
It doesnt even compete with a 5s given how cheap and nasty it is. The head designer of Samsung got sacked because of the S5.
IMO an S5 does not exist as a product because it is so horrendous.
A and C are valid, and C is talking about the lamination process with how the screen sits behind the glass, the better the lamination the less distortion there is and less gap between your finger and the actual screen. The lamination on the new iPhone is the best I have seen since the One X, the screen at times looks fake and painted on instead sitting behind glass.
I agree with you on B though, once you set it to your liking you shouldn't have to mess with that setting ever again.
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Really glad that AMOLED appears ready for prime time, I miss the pitch black darks from my Note 3 and Moto X. I wonder when other manufacturers are going to be able to use these new panels, not interested in getting a Samsung again.
It still is an useless extra step that the casual user doesn't understand. But you are right.
Thanks, I'm tired of arguing with him. He sees what he wants to see, not facts. He might as well buy Samsung devices, serves him nicely. "moar pixels and moar corezzz!"
Until iPhone gets qhd I'll try to remember this for the iPhone 8s
It was just yesterday when the gs4 came out with 1080p and the forum was full of its just gimmicks and a resource hog and no one can tell the difference etc
Yes. As an Ophthalmologist, I can say that the visual acuity of the human eys is about .4 arc minutes or upwards of 2190 ppi/dpi.
That said most adults with perfect vision will read their phone at 14-20" thus a phone can get away with being 800ppi/dpi and still look awesome.
However, considering most people with corrective lenses also have an add power and often it's over-powered, they will likely easily see increases above 800ppi/dpi.
Wow, guess he challenged the wrong person. Great info. It's funny how the debate went from "the iPhone has a much better screen than the note 4" all the way to "well, even though the note 4 screen is better I like the iPhone screen". Granted we all get on here and express our opinions, but did we just waste this entire thread to have it boil down to simple preference?!?
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I guess I can vouch for that, as I wear contacts, but I don't wear them round the house or watching TV, just when I drive anywhere or go to work and I guess if I use a tablet or phone with them in you can see a lot more detail.
I have iOS 8 on my former iPhone 5. It's the wife's now.
It runs perfectly fine.
I will be replacing my Samsung S5 with an iPhone 6. Not the 6+. I considered it but I'm just not into phablets. Even the S5 is above my limit, where the S4 felt pretty good. 4.7" is just about perfect. Like the Motorola X illustrates really well.
It runs perfectly fine.
I will be replacing my Samsung S5 with an iPhone 6. Not the 6+. I considered it but I'm just not into phablets. Even the S5 is above my limit, where the S4 felt pretty good. 4.7" is just about perfect. Like the Motorola X illustrates really well.
You know that dispute the S5 having a larger screen .it is about the same size as the IP6 ..
You still haven't gotten your 6? I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that ios8 with the now standard sized iPhone 6 has made me fall in love all over again with Apple. Still using my Nexus 5 and lumia 925, but the iPhone is now my main phone and will be for quite some time.
Gonna sell my Moto X, that is how much the iPhone 6 with ios8 has swayed me.
I might jump on board tomorrow. Was going to wait for Yosemite, but iPhone 6 supplies seem ample and I can probably walk in and out of the Apple store without drama. Plus I have a friend begging me to go with him when he gets his so the opportunity will be there.
Though I have a suspicion that iOS 8 + iPhone 6 will get my Samsung S5 retired pretty fast.
So far I am pretty well impressed with iPhone 6.