"If Apple does this, I will go back"

[gto55]

- if Apple integrates auxo, IntelliscreenX, bitesms, zephyr... ( a shame these apps/functions were not part of iOS since iOS 4... )
If your iDevice is not jailbroken take a look at this http://maypalo.com/2013/02/04/top-10-cydia-tweaks-to-download-after-jailbreaking-in-2013/ and see what small teams can produce while apple is working on non so indispensable iWatch or iTV....

- if apple changes the form factor (something like the xiaomi http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/08/Xiaomi-Phone-2-two-up_600px.jpg ) with a wider screen between 4.3 and 4.8"

- If apple dusts iOS which hasn't really evolved in 5 years...

 

[apolloa]

I think if Apple modernised and refreshed iOS then people would flock back. It has become stale and boring, even tech journalists now state this all the time. It's not just about the hardware anymore, this is because Android and Windows Phone are something different and fresh and are continually evolving, iOS isn't. Plus the endless bugs in iOS don't help either.

I mean I am tempted to buy a Windows 8 Phone, a cheap Nokia, just to try it. Doubt I will but it's tempting to see how it compares to my iPhone 5.

 

[mattopotamus]

I think some small but big changes in ios7 will be quick reply, keyboard tweaks, and that is really it. I don't see them giving the ui a complete overhaul.

 

[Irishman]

Oh no it is. It's changed, but in terms of direction only which i don't find a major problem. The lack of satisfaction comes in what Apple lets slip through the cracks.





While I agree that specs aren't everything they do matter. Even as an Apple fanboy myself I demand a certain standard in my hardware. Anyone saying that specs aren't everything should just go back to a PowerMac G5 and a Powerbook G4 and the original iPhone and try to make the same claim.



Welcome to the club.

I'll be honest. I find myself considering the Mini more and more for our household's next tablet purchase, whereas a year ago, I wouldn't have.

I am, however, waiting for the Retina, with the same proc as is in the iPad 3. But, for me, it would be largely a small form factor gaming device.

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I think if Apple modernised and refreshed iOS then people would flock back. It has become stale and boring, even tech journalists now state this all the time. It's not just about the hardware anymore, this is because Android and Windows Phone are something different and fresh and are continually evolving, iOS isn't. Plus the endless bugs in iOS don't help either.

I mean I am tempted to buy a Windows 8 Phone, a cheap Nokia, just to try it. Doubt I will but it's tempting to see how it compares to my iPhone 5.

Tech journalists are hardly Apple's target market.

 

[daveathall]

Tech journalists are hardly Apple's target market.

Yet they invite them to the launch of all their new products before they invite the public. Why would they do that? Perhaps the public take notice of Tech magazines that contain articles written by Tech journalists. Well who would believe that?

 

[Irishman]

Yet they invite them to the launch of all their new products before they invite the public. Why would they do that? Perhaps the public take notice of Tech magazines that contain articles written by Tech journalists. Well who would believe that?

Certainly you can't be that naive.

 

[apolloa]

Tech journalists are hardly Apple's target market.

Tech journalists from newspapers to main news to tech magazines to websites ALL write reviews and comments that Apple's target market DOES read and see and the majority have started to state iOS is boring, and they are regularly placing other devices above the iPhone in preference in particular in technology magazines.

For instance we have Stuff magazine in the UK and they even comment on the poor Apple Maps as one of the reasons the iPhone is no longer in the top spot, the Xperia Z is the current king:

http://www.stuff.tv/top-10s/smartphones

And that's a mainstream monthly gadget magazine and website plus the journalists write for other sites etc.

Hence why it is a valid and very important point to make.

 

[maxosx]

Because we're not a bunch of apple haters like many claim we are. We just want the best device and right now, Apple isn't stepping up and Android is.

Very well said.

 

[apolloa]

Certainly you can't be that naive.

Your the naive one for choosing to totally ignore a blatant hard fact! What, you choose to ignore what journalism is when it's not in favour of Apple?

 

[Digital Skunk]

I'll be honest. I find myself considering the Mini more and more for our household's next tablet purchase, whereas a year ago, I wouldn't have.

I am, however, waiting for the Retina, with the same proc as is in the iPad 3. But, for me, it would be largely a small form ...

Same here. After playing around with a Nexus 7 I wanted Apple to make the same sized device. And while I may be an Android smartphone user I still think Apple has dominated the tablet market.

The iPad mini is by far the best looking. And the Note 8 isn't what I thought.

 

[daveathall]

http://www.stuff.tv/top-10s/smartphones

And that's a mainstream monthly gadget magazine and website plus the journalists write for other sites etc.

Hence why it is a valid and very important point to make.

Tis a similar story with the other mainstream gadget magazine from the UK (T3)

 

[Irishman]

Your the naive one for choosing to totally ignore a blatant hard fact! What you choose to ignore what journalism is when it's not in favour of Apple?

Tech journalists are quite easily bored. That is a fact. If they're not seeing a constant stream of new kit with new features across their desks that give them tech chubbies, they pronounce doom and gloom for whomever (right now it's Apple, but it's variously been Android, RIM, MS, Nokia, over the years) doesn't make their bits stand at attention!

That is a fact.

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Naive, in what way? Are you disagreeing with my statement? What part do you find untrue? Or perhaps you just used the word "naive" in the wrong context?

Or is name calling the level of your debating ability?

Don't bother, I'm done with you, you provide no stimulating intellectual challenge.

You said this: "Yet they invite them to the launch of all their new products before they invite the public. Why would they do that? Perhaps the public take notice of Tech magazines that contain articles written by Tech journalists. Well who would believe that?"

What tech companies DON'T do as you suggest? I'll answer for you - none. So, as a practice that is common in the industry, tech companies ask the press (including technology writers) to come cover their events. Your sarcasm suggests that Apple is trying to sell its products TO the small group of writers, who, after having been satisfactorily stimulated, will then sell them to Joe Public.

That is incorrect. If that WERE Apple's goal, a strong case could be made that they are failing miserably at it, given the calls of "boredom" over iOS from these very same writers, and pronouncements of Apple's eminent demise, should something exciting NOT find its way out of Cupertino.

Apple is many things, but that stupid they're not!

 

[apolloa]

Tech journalists are quite easily bored. That is a fact. If they're not seeing a constant stream of new kit with new features across their desks that give them tech chubbies, they pronounce doom and gloom for whomever (right now it's Apple, but it's variously been Android, RIM, MS, Nokia, over the years) doesn't make their bits stand at attention!

That is a fact.

hahahahahaha, now your making yourself to look even MORE naive then you did before! Keep going fella, because your post just reads as though your upset and angry with tech journalists because they don't favour Apple anymore!

 

[Irishman]

hahahahahaha, now your making yourself to look even MORE naive then you did before! Keep going fella, because your post just reads as though your upset and angry with tech journalists because they don't favour Apple anymore!

Prove me wrong, instead of just casting stones, sir.

 

[sectime]

I would go back to apple in a heart beat if the ihpone 6 ran on key lime pie

Imagine the gasp when Google decides to leave nerdville naming and retires the dessert tray.

 

[ChrisTX]

Eventually people want to try something else. Incremental updates to the iPhone are no longer good enough.

 

[bembol]

^ Reminds me of a Company that refuses to change.

Then again when you sell (don't know the exact number) 40 Million iPhone's who cares what we want.

 

[kokhean]

I'm more interested in the next Nexus phone than the next iPhone.

 

[Wrathwitch]

1) Real screen size upgrade. ie 4.5"

2) ability to customize my home screen and hide away apps if i don't want to see them on my "desktop".

3) A few swanky widgets.

4) Notification light and great notification pull down tab.



Now with all of that being said, I love SS feature where you don't have to keep touching the screen to keep your screen active. Think its called truestay. not sure.

If SS designed hardware as sexy as apple/HTC One M7. With just a slightly smaller screen. I would never go back to Apple.

I still feel affection towards Apple as they were my first and best smart phone until now. So I kind of keep hoping they will tempt me back

 

[Stuntman06]

I personally want apple to release a new iPhone, that is totally radical, not something that is .5 of an inch longer, and slightly thinner. I want something that is going to start some serious hype, and put all of the other companies into some serious mess like apple did back when they released the original iPhone, and again when they released the original iPad.
Well, thats my two cents,

I'd like to see any company release a new phone that is totally radical. It doesn't have to be Apple or Samsung or any company in particular.

 

[lucasfer899]

I'd like to see any company release a new phone that is totally radical. It doesn't have to be Apple or Samsung or any company in particular.

Actually same, I don't care if it's Alcatel for gods sake! Just want something that puts everyone else to shame.

 

[Irishman]

You're wasting your time mate, his only argument is "I said it, so it must be true, prove me wrong" He will then go on to name calling when his intellect is found wanting.

So, you can't prove me wrong.

Thank you.

 

[Irishman]

Dont need to, you couldn't link to fact, but you expect others to link to a fact you made up. I asked you for a link, you couldn't provide it. You know what you are.



I ask again, you have stated twice it is fact, so it should be quite easy to link to definitive proof of fact.....Link? Or do you deny that you stated it as fact? Perhaps it is your opinion, is that what you meant?

Move on sir.

Thank you.

Dude, I used absurdity, in this case my usage of "That is a fact" to illustrate the absurd (apolla's post where he said to me "Your the naive one for choosing to totally ignore a blatant hard fact! What you choose to ignore what journalism is when it's not in favour of Apple?"). My post was no more FACT than was his, but noone in this thread who's arguing me seemed to get the point. Apolla's comment about Apple marketing to tech journalists is opinion. As was my argument that they don't market to tech journalists, but my opinion at least has the benefit of making some sense.

Then, I presented an argument against his (and yours?) original OPINION when I wrote "What tech companies DON'T do as you suggest? I'll answer for you - none. So, as a practice that is common in the industry, tech companies ask the press (including technology writers) to come cover their events. Your sarcasm suggests that Apple is trying to sell its products TO the small group of writers, who, after having been satisfactorily stimulated, will then sell them to Joe Public.

That is incorrect. If that WERE Apple's goal, a strong case could be made that they are failing miserably at it, given the calls of "boredom" over iOS from these very same writers, and pronouncements of Apple's eminent demise, should something exciting NOT find its way out of Cupertino.

Apple is many things, but that stupid they're not!"


Apolloa then wrote "hahahahahaha, now your making yourself to look even MORE naive then you did before! Keep going fella, because your post just reads as though your upset and angry with tech journalists because they don't favour Apple anymore!", suggesting that the only reason I have an issue with tech journalists is because "they" don't favor Apple anymore, an assertion that was a snide distraction, and had nothing to do with the discussion up to that point.

I will admit, in a gesture of balance and fairness, that my use of the word "naive" was uncalled for, and I retract and apologize for it.

 

[rMBP13]

iPhone + Macbook = Best Combo Ever!

 

[The Game 161]

Gets a 5 inch screen..