it does have shake to shuffl songs when in the iPod app, I hate it when I'm on the treadmill my songs stop in the middle and start a new one it took me a few days to figure out why it was doing that.
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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)
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it does have shake to shuffl songs when in the iPod app, I hate it when I'm on the treadmill my songs stop in the middle and start a new one it took me a few days to figure out why it was doing that.
I wouldn't loose any sleep over it guys, Samsung phones are just cheap alternatives to iPhones for people who won't spend money on a decent product. 
I was wondering about this too. I haven't seen anything that confirms the RAM in the iPhone 5.
Android/Samsung lovers listen up........
You still have to understand people. We are different.....Even after seeing the comparisons between the two smartphones, I still want the iPhone 5. Just because of the longer laundry list that the Samsung have compared to the iphone, the Samsung IS still too big for me, OS not as refined, and some of the items listed that the iphones does not have, are not important to me. So why are the Samsung fanboys still trying to whine about how great their smartphone is. I and many really don't care. REALLY !
You still have to understand people. We are different.....Even after seeing the comparisons between the two smartphones, I still want the iPhone 5. Just because of the longer laundry list that the Samsung have compared to the iphone, the Samsung IS still too big for me, OS not as refined, and some of the items listed that the iphones does not have, are not important to me. So why are the Samsung fanboys still trying to whine about how great their smartphone is. I and many really don't care. REALLY !
Honestly, as I said in the other thread about this ad, I think it's a pretty clever ad.
I think you people forget that this isn't aimed at the people who are die hard fans of one or the other OS, this is aimed at people who aren't die hards and just maybe didn't even realize there are other phones out there.
I think it was well done and I think it will do the job, get people to at least give them a look (get them curious about the phone they are talking about).
It doesn't have to be accurate, it just has to convince people that it is or might be better.
I think you people forget that this isn't aimed at the people who are die hard fans of one or the other OS, this is aimed at people who aren't die hards and just maybe didn't even realize there are other phones out there.
I think it was well done and I think it will do the job, get people to at least give them a look (get them curious about the phone they are talking about).
It doesn't have to be accurate, it just has to convince people that it is or might be better.
Wow is Apple living in Samsung's head rent free.
Why is Samsung getting a free ride on a Mac site. How many Android sites have an iOS forum? I'm sick of hearing from the Samsung shills, who I suspect have been orchestrated somehow by some publicity machine, harping the same tired clichés to people who aren't interested in moving from the apple ecosystem.
I've said it before jokingly, but this time I'm serious, Macrumors should reject non Mac/iOS browsers, before this farce overwhelms the forum and drives away more people than it already has.
1. You would passcode protect your phone, or the app you use to make the payment, so you would still need to enter a PIN of some form to make a payment. Also, every so often the NFC terminals (at least in the UK) do ask for a PIN number.
2. NFC is only active when the screen is on and the phone is unlocked. Somebody could only therefore steal your bank details without you knowing it if your phone was switched on, unlocked and ready to make a payment (probably a 0.000000000001% chance of this ever happening).
Educate yourself before making posts. Please.
Actually, Pepsi is big enough on their own as a name they don't need to (people know what Pepsi is without Pepsi telling them they exist). They are one of the rare companies that don't need to that do anyways. And I think they are very clever with their ads (as does a teacher I had back in college who was teaching us psychology of advertising who also worked for Coca Cola... who mentioned they are the exception to the rule that you don't mention your competition unless you don't have the name brand recognition).
and Samsung clearly advertises 8hr of talk time on their own website.
It's sad to see a company not knowing the specs of their own products.
Right? Like Apple's stealing all those good ideas from hackers who thought them up. We wouldn't even have the App Store if it weren't for Cydia.
And this is where I ask how is NFC any more convenient than taking my credit card out and swiping it (or debit card and entering a pin). one has to have me turn on my phone, unlock it and enter a pin. The other has me take out a card, swipe it, and at worst enter a pin into a device that is already ready and waiting for me to do so (Rather than having to turn it on to do so).
I'm still confused how NFC is supposed to make my life easier?
(not that I wouldn't complain if the iphone had it, I always like gadgety things. But I have a feeling it would be like the stupid chip in my amex card, some thing I only deal with cause i liked gadgety things and not cause it made my life any easier. In fact it seems like it would be more awkward to use honestly).
i wouldn't say they are completely stealing , apple noticed that people like certain features in jailbroken iPhones apple found the people responsible for creating those features and hired them to work on iOS.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/26/apple-hires-iphone-hacker-nicholas-allegra-comex/
http://www.macstories.net/news/appl...eloper-of-the-jailbreak-tweak-mobilenotifier/
Just like other companies did
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/266255/7-hackers-who-got-legit-jobs-from-their-exploits
S3 has Panorama and 720p front facing camera.
"All new maps with flyover" - who cares about flyover? Gimmicky feature.
Other than that, fair play
Samsung's ads really remind me of old car commercials that used to use half truths and one dimensional comparisons to compare economy cars to Ferrari's and BMW's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TLbmXhVtM
My Analysis of Samsung's Comparison.
- 4.8" Screen (this is not a positive or a negative)
This is can be a positive or a negative, 4.8" can be way too large is and is uncomfortable to use and makes the device not fit in your pocket.
- 1280 x 720 resolution vs 1136 x640 (misleading)
The purpose of having higher resolution is to improve the quality of the image. There is a certain threshold where you have acheived the maximum benefit from resolution from the pixels and they become seamless. According to Apple's definition which hold true in the real world the iPhone 5 has enough pixels per inch that it's pixels are seamless it is a retina display in other words. The Galaxy S3 has far fewer pixels per inch than the iPhone 5, meaning that while it has more total resolution, it actually is worse than the iPhone 5 at acheiving the purpose of having more resolution, which is a sharper image with seamless pixels. It's like saying you have more horsepower than your competitor, while having slower acceleration.
- 600 hours more standby time (meaningless)
Standby time is a meaningless measure of a Phone's battery life, these numbers are all completely irrelevant. we're talking 10 days standby vs 40 days, nobody buys a phone so that they can put it in a drawer with the power on for a month.
-8 hours talk time vs 11.4 (very misleading)
Both of those figures have actually been tested out and found to be more or less valid. Except the actual findings were 9.2 hours for the iPhone 4S (which Apple has said the iPhone 5 will match or beat) and 10.2 for the Galaxy S3.
That's just 3G though. If we consider LTE talk time, the iPhone 5 would have 8 hours while the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been tested to have an LTE talk time of 6.7 hours. This is because the iPhone 5 uses the newest LTE chips that have revolutionarily low battery drain.
-2GB Ram (misleading)
Android is far far worse of a resourse hog than the iPhone but either way few smartphones will ever make use of any ram above 1GB. There will be no performance difference between the two due to ram
- A totally different lightning plug vs Standard Micro USB plug. (meaningless)
It's just a plug, both will eventually terminate in a USB plug or a peripheral. The real difference would be what comes after the plug ie the cable, which people will mainly care about the price of the lightning stuff until someone releases a chinese versions for $0.50
Lightning also has a much higher throughput than USB.
- NFC + Removable battery (Valid)
- All the other marketing terms for their features. (very very misleading)
Each OS has thousands of features the other OS doesn't. To not list the many featurs iOS has while listing yours is and outright atempt to be misleading.
In any comparison between the features between the two it's worth noting that the iPhone 5 is made of better materials, has the Samsung Exynos 5 processor (Apple's version of) versus the SIII's Samsung Exynos 4 in the international Galaxy SIII. (The Us Galaxy SIII of course has different slower procesor than the SIII international version too). It's also thinner, has better microphones, has better call quality, has better cameras and better speakers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TLbmXhVtM
My Analysis of Samsung's Comparison.
- 4.8" Screen (this is not a positive or a negative)
This is can be a positive or a negative, 4.8" can be way too large is and is uncomfortable to use and makes the device not fit in your pocket.
- 1280 x 720 resolution vs 1136 x640 (misleading)
The purpose of having higher resolution is to improve the quality of the image. There is a certain threshold where you have acheived the maximum benefit from resolution from the pixels and they become seamless. According to Apple's definition which hold true in the real world the iPhone 5 has enough pixels per inch that it's pixels are seamless it is a retina display in other words. The Galaxy S3 has far fewer pixels per inch than the iPhone 5, meaning that while it has more total resolution, it actually is worse than the iPhone 5 at acheiving the purpose of having more resolution, which is a sharper image with seamless pixels. It's like saying you have more horsepower than your competitor, while having slower acceleration.
- 600 hours more standby time (meaningless)
Standby time is a meaningless measure of a Phone's battery life, these numbers are all completely irrelevant. we're talking 10 days standby vs 40 days, nobody buys a phone so that they can put it in a drawer with the power on for a month.
-8 hours talk time vs 11.4 (very misleading)
Both of those figures have actually been tested out and found to be more or less valid. Except the actual findings were 9.2 hours for the iPhone 4S (which Apple has said the iPhone 5 will match or beat) and 10.2 for the Galaxy S3.
That's just 3G though. If we consider LTE talk time, the iPhone 5 would have 8 hours while the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been tested to have an LTE talk time of 6.7 hours. This is because the iPhone 5 uses the newest LTE chips that have revolutionarily low battery drain.
-2GB Ram (misleading)
Android is far far worse of a resourse hog than the iPhone but either way few smartphones will ever make use of any ram above 1GB. There will be no performance difference between the two due to ram
- A totally different lightning plug vs Standard Micro USB plug. (meaningless)
It's just a plug, both will eventually terminate in a USB plug or a peripheral. The real difference would be what comes after the plug ie the cable, which people will mainly care about the price of the lightning stuff until someone releases a chinese versions for $0.50
Lightning also has a much higher throughput than USB.
- NFC + Removable battery (Valid)
- All the other marketing terms for their features. (very very misleading)
Each OS has thousands of features the other OS doesn't. To not list the many featurs iOS has while listing yours is and outright atempt to be misleading.
In any comparison between the features between the two it's worth noting that the iPhone 5 is made of better materials, has the Samsung Exynos 5 processor (Apple's version of) versus the SIII's Samsung Exynos 4 in the international Galaxy SIII. (The Us Galaxy SIII of course has different slower procesor than the SIII international version too). It's also thinner, has better microphones, has better call quality, has better cameras and better speakers.
Exactly. The fact that they felt they even needed to go that route shows that they feel threatened. If the "answer" was really so clear and it was such a no-brainer, they wouldn't even need to advertise it in the first place. We would all already "just know" and wouldn't have to be told.
In my opinion, it's a bit childish and petty. Then again, there's obviously some bad blood there because of the whole lawsuit thing.
Not everyone wants your phablet, Samsung. Get over it.
S3 has Panorama and 720p front facing camera.
"All new maps with flyover" - who cares about flyover? Gimmicky feature.
Other than that, fair play
And half of the "features" that Samsung listed in their ad aren't as gimmicky as Flyover?
You wouldn't have to turn your phone on.. surely it would already be turned on. If you mean turn the screen on, well that's nothing
It actually adds a layer of security over contactless debit and credit cards because you can use a PIN on your phone. NFC is slightly faster than putting your debit card in a card reader. I guess one of the other benefits is you can see your transaction history right there on your phone in realtime.
I think the hope is that the smartphone will completely replace the wallet eventually, like it's replaced so many other devices.
