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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)
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For this very reason I suspect the iPhone 5 will have great reception. I also expect it to sip the battery rather efficiently. Another pro for the phone is that the screen (what there is of it) will be best in class for easy reading and viewing.
My big issues with the i5 are:
Smallish screen;
fugly tall and skinny look;
appears fragile...I'm definitely not a fan of thinner, I'd rather have a cheap plastic body that felt nice in the hand (e.g. 3GS);
Google Maps is getting the boot and replaced with something without Streetview;
hard to find stats on individual call times and IMs;
unless email has been improved it still sucks terribly to attach anything;
I'd like more fine-grained control over processes and services being used;
Battery and storage aren't user accessible;
no indicator LEDs available (although you can have the flash do this...kind of);
How strange. AirDrop was as far as I know introduced with OS X Lion.
And that was not available until summer 2011. (I know, because I upgraded my Mac at work in August that year and tested it out for fun).
So True ^^^
Apple launched a vicious attack & had Samsung devices banned.
This ad doesn't damage Apple, even if it did, the damage is so small it's meaningless.
This all could have been avoided if Apple would have kept on innovating. Instead, they chose to let their fear of Samsung cause them to launch a legal assault.
Apples so paranoid they continue to attack. Look at what's happening in Germany. Apples a global warrior bent on destroying any company that dare enter the smartphone & tablet space.
Now anything is fair.
Name a "hostile" takeover that Apple has done. The deals to acquire PA Semi, Siri, and the inventor of the multi-touch display were all friendly deals. There's nothing wrong with buying technology from others. It is a quick way of paying the inventor, who may otherwise have no way of profiting from his invention.
And pretty true as well. If I didn't enjoy Apple products so much and have a ton of apps I paid for (could use them on my iPad I guess but I'd have to uh them on Android again) I'd consider a galaxy or whatever that thing is in the ad. Heck I'm taking a big step for me leading AT&T for VZW!
Apple did keep on innovating. However, they didn't want a repeat of what happened with Windows, when a johnny-come-lately came, and, in their opinion, copied their innovations rather than develop their own. So far, Apple has done a better job in court this time around than against Microsoft in the 1980s, partly because they didn't have John Sculley around signing away their IP for a song.
They said that iOS' implementation of multi-touch is better, and they said it during a court case where their products are potentially going to be recalled/banned.
Keep reading between the lines to suit your agenda though.
All of this is so stupid. I am so ****ing sick of going to Best Buy or Verizon and having to hear some techno raged zealot employee screaming at some poor lady about how her choice of the iPhone is retarded because you can steal apps, music, and movies on Android.
I've used both, and the S3 is probably the best android I have used, but not by much. Compared to the HTC One X, I missed the screen on the One X and HTC's widgets. The S3 had a better camera, looked better, had a better phone system, and a home button. I used both for a month.
Both were enormous, a pain to use, with terrible software, terrible apps that barely worked with their enormous screens, and god awful battery life where the only option is to turn off all these whizbang features just so you can get through a day on a charge. And before you start bitching about how LTE drains the battery, I didn't have LTE, both were HSPA+.
Maybe I'm an edge case, and the vast majority of Android users have no complaints. Maybe people like spending days upon days customizing their homescreen with endless hastily written and barely working mods. Like it's your World of Warcraft UI or something. These facts, if true, is wholly irrelevant to me. The iPhone is the proper smartphone for this user. And after almost 3 months of trying Android, I have no doubts I won't be using any Android for many years. For me, I put Apple at least 3 to 5 years ahead of Android and I say that because I would rather use an iPhone 3GS than any of the flagship phones this year. That's me, not the universe, not everyone in America, ME. I'm not willing to sacrifice the user experience I want for a spec sheet.
I also think a lot of people really need to take a second look about what they are really fighting about. If you trollin' fine, whatever makes you giggle. But the people that actually believe the ******** they post here? You look at Apple users with disdain like they are sheep? Get over yourself. You aren't a special snowflake who can see through the lies and with your blinding intellect to analyze every technical detail to ascertain which phone is better than all other phones. No one needs to hear your diatribe about why your choice is superior. You are just making yourself look sad and annoying. Like a toolbag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkBomr0Pc8
I've used both, and the S3 is probably the best android I have used, but not by much. Compared to the HTC One X, I missed the screen on the One X and HTC's widgets. The S3 had a better camera, looked better, had a better phone system, and a home button. I used both for a month.
Both were enormous, a pain to use, with terrible software, terrible apps that barely worked with their enormous screens, and god awful battery life where the only option is to turn off all these whizbang features just so you can get through a day on a charge. And before you start bitching about how LTE drains the battery, I didn't have LTE, both were HSPA+.
Maybe I'm an edge case, and the vast majority of Android users have no complaints. Maybe people like spending days upon days customizing their homescreen with endless hastily written and barely working mods. Like it's your World of Warcraft UI or something. These facts, if true, is wholly irrelevant to me. The iPhone is the proper smartphone for this user. And after almost 3 months of trying Android, I have no doubts I won't be using any Android for many years. For me, I put Apple at least 3 to 5 years ahead of Android and I say that because I would rather use an iPhone 3GS than any of the flagship phones this year. That's me, not the universe, not everyone in America, ME. I'm not willing to sacrifice the user experience I want for a spec sheet.
I also think a lot of people really need to take a second look about what they are really fighting about. If you trollin' fine, whatever makes you giggle. But the people that actually believe the ******** they post here? You look at Apple users with disdain like they are sheep? Get over yourself. You aren't a special snowflake who can see through the lies and with your blinding intellect to analyze every technical detail to ascertain which phone is better than all other phones. No one needs to hear your diatribe about why your choice is superior. You are just making yourself look sad and annoying. Like a toolbag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkBomr0Pc8
How lame of Samsung. Makes me dislike them even more. The S3 is actually a good phone so let it speak for itself. But when you are threatened you attack. Oh well, the iPhone will actually sell more because of this publicity.
And pretty true as well. If I didn't enjoy Apple products so much and have a ton of apps I paid for (could use them on my iPad I guess but I'd have to uh them on Android again) I'd consider a galaxy or whatever that thing is in the ad. Heck I'm taking a big step for me leading AT&T for VZW!
Exactly where I am also....holding out to see if a real Windows Tablet and iTunes could allow me to keep a foot in both camps. I have found with Android that a lot of my most used IOS apps are free [as they are in IOS] or minimal cost in the grand scheme of things. It is the money spent on media that hurts the most, so another platform that has iTunes is my only real hope, hence the interest in W8 Tablets....although an iPad Mini is also very likely to keep in the Apple ecosystem for a while yet.
Excuse me while I take a Samsung
I do think Samsung cheapens their own brand here - as well as play fire with their largest commercial customer, over 30 billion a year.
It's obvious to most the ad is one sided, but just like their ads with the line ups of people waiting for last iphone, while samsungs were readily had, just didn't work... Nor did their advertising 2 years ago on specs, a phone is about a lot more than 18 cored processors. Samsung is going back to that.
I am in the Apple camp, but I am no fan boy. On balance between the two warring sides though, it does look like Samsung should take a breather and rest before this retaliation - they are playing with fire - it could turn a lot of people off...
Would be interesting if apple got lots of customers to say how bad their samsungs are - after all, it has a low satisfaction rating with buyers, lower than Moto and HTC...
I do think Samsung cheapens their own brand here - as well as play fire with their largest commercial customer, over 30 billion a year.
It's obvious to most the ad is one sided, but just like their ads with the line ups of people waiting for last iphone, while samsungs were readily had, just didn't work... Nor did their advertising 2 years ago on specs, a phone is about a lot more than 18 cored processors. Samsung is going back to that.
I am in the Apple camp, but I am no fan boy. On balance between the two warring sides though, it does look like Samsung should take a breather and rest before this retaliation - they are playing with fire - it could turn a lot of people off...
Would be interesting if apple got lots of customers to say how bad their samsungs are - after all, it has a low satisfaction rating with buyers, lower than Moto and HTC...
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As a principle, vague, unspecific accusations of wrongdoing cannot be left unchallenged.
So: What specific examples do you have of Apple committing acts of piracy?
What specific examples do you have of Apple committing acts of thievery of technology?
What specific examples do you have of hostile takeovers of companies?
On the other hand, Samsung has been convicted of price fixing in January, March and July 2012, as well as November and December 2011. People complain about Apple suing Samsung for patent infringement, when Samsung has sued among others Panasonic, Renesas, Polaroid, Westinghouse and Alba. (Finding more causes using Google is difficult since "Samsung" and "patent" brings 99% cases where Samsung sues Apple and vice versa).
I hear this all the time about Android.
Android Is Truly, Truly Terrible
"The hardware is laggy, the thing sometimes doesnt even work as a phone, and the Samsung interface is confusing."
Android Is Truly, Truly Terrible
"The hardware is laggy, the thing sometimes doesnt even work as a phone, and the Samsung interface is confusing."
"Lightning" just sounds cheesy, but it is way better than micro USB. Also, what's wrong with having a different port than a USB standard? They give you a Lightning to USB adaptor anyway, and music docks don't take micro USB.