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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)
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This captures it easily and succinctly. I feel exactly the same way, except for two things:
- I DON't want a bigger screen. In fact, I'm nervous that my iPhone 5 will be too big in my pocket when it arrives.
- Even though the Android OS is "decent" that's not enough for me. Before the iPhone there were a whole boatload of phones that were "decent." But now you can have one that is better in most ways, and blows away the competition in things like battery life, ease of use, standardization, and upgrades that actually encompass the whole ecosystem, and are controlled by the OS/hardware manufacturer instead of the carriers. And that phone is an iPhone.
I've owned 6 Android devices (the last two just to keep myself current on their advancement). I've gotten rid of every one. I want my phone to be there for me and work. I don't want to spend my nights rooting it, and my days moving icons and widgets around (while it's plugged in).
Group cast - probably. Like I said, I don't use it.
Smart alert - I have it on all the time and it hardly uses any battery.
Direct call - I use this a lot, but only because there's no "call" button in the SMS app. If there was a call button, I would just as easily tap that.
Palm swipe capture - I know. Like I said, wake up+home works on the GS3 too.
I had to go look up what tilt to zoom was. You have to hold your samsung with 2 hands and then you tilt the phone. Seems kind worthless and less precise way to zoom a photo than pinch to zoom. Here's a video to see it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHedkDG3hyw
id reather them to play catch up and it work right then them just put it in cause its something new and it half*** work
Apple always create proprietary cables and technologies which makes things damn awkward if you ever want to switch to something else, or if you want to bring your existing accessories with you.
It's much less precise. I turned it off straight after I tried it out.
A lot of the gestures Samsung posted in their ad are stupid. They could have posted other things that actually make the phone worthy of a purchase.
What's worst; this or the Jimmy Kimmel spot? Your average iPhone customer cannot tell the difference between a iPhone 4, iPhone 4s and iPhone 5. People only buy iPhone's to make a fashion statement the majority of the time. The others because their locked into the ecosystem.
I want ...
" I want my phone to be there for me and work. I don't want to spend my nights rooting it, and my days moving icons and widgets around (while it's plugged in)."
The I WANT generation .... yup, I WANT Santa to be real too ... ye, gad!
" I want my phone to be there for me and work. I don't want to spend my nights rooting it, and my days moving icons and widgets around (while it's plugged in)."
The I WANT generation .... yup, I WANT Santa to be real too ... ye, gad!
Clearly Samsung think the iphone 5 is setting the new standard for smart phones.
Why else would they mention it?
(and it isn't even on sale yet)
Why else would they mention it?
(and it isn't even on sale yet)
Picasso had a saying: Good artists copy, great artists steal. We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas ~Steve Jobs
eat crow
They didnt even steal the idea that well. IOS has a poor implementation of a notification center.
Except that it actually works...
dlna is kludgy, ugly, has an inconsistent interface and cryptic error messages, and is unreliable.
Comparing dlna to Airplay is like comparing the Apple I to the 2011 iMac. Get real.
Because they think Apple are going to sell a crapload of them (which they will).
People ....
"People only buy iPhone's to make a fashion statement the majority of the time. The others because their locked into the ecosystem."
No doubt this is a statement backed up with reliable sampling and properly conducted research?
I like my iPhone because it is a nicely designed and reliable piece of equipment. Not a "fashion statement". So, my writing this could it possibly skew your 'scientific observation'? Just saying ....
"People only buy iPhone's to make a fashion statement the majority of the time. The others because their locked into the ecosystem."
No doubt this is a statement backed up with reliable sampling and properly conducted research?
I like my iPhone because it is a nicely designed and reliable piece of equipment. Not a "fashion statement". So, my writing this could it possibly skew your 'scientific observation'? Just saying ....
I think its clunky that I have to have all apple devices for a dlna like feature to work... it is inconsistent if I dont have the right apple or apple licensed equipment. Dlna is a standard and it works like it should.. just without the gimmcky marketing name like "airplay"
Agreed!
DLNA works fine and is widely supported by a lot of devices and accessories.
I'm not saying that AirPlay is bad. Proprietary technologies are not good for the consumer though. It allows companies to charge more for products that implement them, because you don't really have another choice. For example; lightning accessories will cost more than MicroUSB ones and iPhone users don't get a say in the matter.