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I have a iphone 5 from like a month or two after in came out and still have 7.5 gigs of available space. I have 2 gigs of pictures and .5 gigs of text messages and a couple random apps. 16 gigs is pretty sweet for me, no games/music/podcasts. I bet there are a lot of people out there like me, the 64/128 bump seems like one hell of a deal don't know why people are so upset. I surf the web, text, and listen to pandora and check email for work/personal life, the only things I use my phone for really.
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flavor posted:It's about you. I'm sorry that I'm not sharing your exact opinions on every little thing. Wait, he's right, you suck In other news, supposedly the iPhone 6 bump is pretty noticeable and Apple is hiding it in ads? http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/09/10/u2-blew/ Sorry that wasn't it, that's a guy taking Apple over the coals for being tone dead about the U2 thing, here's the one complaining about the i6 bump deceptive photos on Apple's store https://brooksreview.net/2014/09/the-bump/
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Sep 16, 2014 01:14
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Don Tacorleone posted:Wait, he's right, you suck So that guy watched the keynote from home and hasn't seen or held the phone in person?
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Sep 16, 2014 01:27
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texaholic posted:I have a iphone 5 from like a month or two after in came out and still have 7.5 gigs of available space. I have 2 gigs of pictures and .5 gigs of text messages and a couple random apps. 16 gigs is pretty sweet for me, no games/music/podcasts. I bet there are a lot of people out there like me, the 64/128 bump seems like one hell of a deal don't know why people are so upset. I surf the web, text, and listen to pandora and check email for work/personal life, the only things I use my phone for really. You need to learn that everyone ITT is a power user and thinks that they are the norm with filling their phones with animes and movies to watch at all times because you never know when you need a selection of 25 HD movies to choose from.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:34
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texaholic posted:I have a iphone 5 from like a month or two after in came out and still have 7.5 gigs of available space. I have 2 gigs of pictures and .5 gigs of text messages and a couple random apps. 16 gigs is pretty sweet for me, no games/music/podcasts. I bet there are a lot of people out there like me, the 64/128 bump seems like one hell of a deal don't know why people are so upset. I surf the web, text, and listen to pandora and check email for work/personal life, the only things I use my phone for really. I'm the same way, I just delete the apps I tried once and never use again, and use iTunes Match for music, Plex for video, and Dropbox for photo storage.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:41
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You're all loving idiots for finding a 16GB iPhone useful in any way or something another.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:46
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vyst posted:You need to learn that everyone ITT is a power user and thinks that they are the norm with filling their phones with animes and movies to watch at all times because you never know when you need a selection of 25 HD movies to choose from. Your arguments are culturally insensitive. Anyone with asian relatives or friends knows they will fill up a 16 gb phone with pictures alone before they leave the store.
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Sep 16, 2014 01:53
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I definitely should have considered that when I gave my mother a 16gb 5s last Christmas, that it would have been completely insufficient space for the 1080p grandma brag videos she constantly took of my son.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:04
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The Storage thing is more annoying when you remember that 8/16/32 was the norm a while ago, which then became 16/32/64, but now its 16/64/128. My usage has never really left the base level and I have always been comfortable with that amount of storage as I keep my photos reasonably organised and only need a few albums on my phone to keep me interested. I run no games on my phone and only a handful of productivity apps, but with the OS size and the quality of pictures and video on the 4 and now the 5, 16GB started to get snug really quickly. It was expected and makes more sense to go 32/64/128, but that didnt happen, and people got mad about it. I mean previously the 'low cost' option was a the previous-generation model with a single storage option that was the lowest amount available across the entire range. You cant blame people for expecting 32GB to become the base these days.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:06
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I've had 4 iPhones over the years and they've all been 16GB models. I've always had to manage my storage in one way or another, and I've never been able to store as much stuff on my phone as I wished I could. But I pre-ordered a 128GB 6, so now I'm planning on putting all my music on my phone and hopefully having to do a lot less storage management.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:10
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I don't really use a ton of storage on my phone, but since you're stuck with whatever size you choose, I'd rather have more than I know what to do with than be constrained.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:14
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To people upset about Apple leaving the base model at 16GB and bumping the +$100 model to 64 GB... This is the same company that restricted iBooks to mirror-only mode when connecting an external display. There was no hardware reason for this, Apple crippled the software on the iBook to make paying more for the PowerBook more appealing. In every product line Apple loves to make it look irresistible to pay a little more to get a lot more benefit. This is why the base model is still 16GB. Remember a few months ago when there were rumors of Apple increasing the price of the iPhone? I think this move is the outcome of that. You basically have to get the 64GB unless you are a poor.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:15
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Don Tacorleone posted:Wait, he's right, you suck Album-gate, storage-gate and now  bump-gate?!Get it together Apple  I mean I watched the keynote and noticed the camera. How is this A Thing?
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Sep 16, 2014 02:25
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Tora Tora Torrents posted:To people upset about Apple leaving the base model at 16GB and bumping the +$100 model to 64 GB... This is the same company that restricted iBooks to mirror-only mode when connecting an external display. There was no hardware reason for this, Apple crippled the software on the iBook to make paying more for the PowerBook more appealing. In every product line Apple loves to make it look irresistible to pay a little more to get a lot more benefit. This is why the base model is still 16GB. Remember a few months ago when there were rumors of Apple increasing the price of the iPhone? I think this move is the outcome of that. You basically have to get the 64GB unless you are a poor. You must have been so ANGRY 12 years ago when you discovered your shiny white iBook could only mirror its screen.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:30
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:I mean I watched the keynote and noticed the camera. How is this A Thing? Wobblegate
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Sep 16, 2014 02:31
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I doubt the bump is so terrible it makes the phone difficult to use or look at. And whoever thinks they're hiding it in promotional materials should look at the iPod touch section of Apple's website. I can't find a single picture of the iPod that isn't head on or hiding the camera altogether. Looking at the pictures here: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/10/the-price-of-progress-2012-ipod-touch-reviewed/2/ should give an idea of how the camera will affect the look of the phone.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:44
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Good god, who gives a flying poo poo? Most people will put their phones in a case and the bump won't even be noticeable. Only the most *ahem* DISCERNING of nerds would not buy a phone because of something like that. I hate clickbait so much.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:55
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Forgot "TV Truck Schedule-gate"
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Sep 16, 2014 03:08
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MrBond posted:Is it normal policy to replace out of warranty bulging battery stuff for free or is that just them being cool about it?
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Sep 16, 2014 03:22
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Turned out I didn't have a bulging battery, he opened up the phone and said some piece of plastic had fallen out of place. He just fixed that, reseated the screen, and sent me on my way. Sounds fair to me.
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Sep 16, 2014 03:43
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I wonder if people at Apple had as big of a poo poo-fit over this storage bullshit as posters are ITT.
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Sep 16, 2014 03:50
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I mean you have choices.. Do you want: 1) A slightly thicker phone whose sole purpose is to conceal the small lens bulge OR 2) A slightly thinner lens that takes worse photos and videos while maintaining the thinness of the phone Making the phone thicker doesn't seem like an option in a year where they are enlarging the screens and need the extra 'hand hold feel.' As one benefit, I can have another method of finding which side of the phone is the top when I pick it up in the dark or from a bag.
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Sep 16, 2014 04:12
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XyrlocShammypants posted:I mean you have choices.. Do you want: So you dont think they would use the extra thickness for an improved battery or more rams?
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spunkshui posted:So you dont think they would use the extra thickness for an improved battery or more rams? If they added the extra thickness then they could give it 16 GB of RAM to go with the 16 GB of storage.
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Sep 16, 2014 04:59
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I mean what if I don't take photos with my phone? Can I replace the camera lens with RAMs?
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XyrlocShammypants posted:I mean you have choices.. Do you want: 3) a slightly thicker phone with a battery that improves on the 5S, not just compensates for the bigger screen Oh no, can't do that, my hand hold feel requirements need < 7 mm, not 8 mm!! sourdough fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Sep 16, 2014 |
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Sep 16, 2014 05:54
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Apple has never not made a thinner phone with a redesign, why would anyone expect them to this time? If you can squeeze just about a day's worth of use out of your phone then they're not going to worry about battery life. Personally I can't go 6 loving hours without my iPhone 5 going from full to dead, even after I had my battery replaced but hey I'm always on it and constantly going in and out of service on the subway.
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bobfather posted:You must have been so ANGRY 12 years ago when you discovered your shiny white iBook could only mirror its screen. you think I'm some poor ibook owner? you insult me
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Sep 16, 2014 06:34
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I don't think 1mm extra thickness to cover the camera would really increase the battery life in any significant way. The battery usage stats in iOS 8 were long overdue, and really help you pinpoint what's eating up all your battery. I discovered that Skype was using a lot even with Background App Refresh disabled, and its pretty surprising just how much power the phone uses due to low signal. In general I find the battery life on my iPhone 5 with iOS 8 to be pretty good.
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RVProfootballer posted:3) a slightly thicker phone with a battery that improves on the 5S, not just compensates for the bigger screen I get the impression they wanted to make this phone extra thin to compensate for the larger size. Also if the battery estimates are accurate then this is hardly needed. Give me a phone that's still thin after slapping a case on it and I'm down.
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Sep 16, 2014 06:37
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There's another way to look at the camera bump: it really drives home how drat thin the phone really is. You can quote how many 0.x millimeters thinner a phone is compared to its competitors, but put out a phone so thin that it has to shove some bits that would otherwise be internal to the exterior? Goddrat that's a thin motherfucking phone! It's worth noting that other phones (Galaxy Nexus, Nokia 1020) also have camera humps. In those cases, it was a design failure (Galaxy Nexus, because Samasung didn't bother redesigning their board to fit components better) or because it's a feature or style choice (the Nokia 1020 has a giant  camera and intentionally made it look like a point -n-shoot to drive home how much their phone was also a good camera).
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Sep 16, 2014 06:45
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lelandjs posted:There's another way to look at the camera bump: it really drives home how drat thin the phone really is. You can quote how many 0.x millimeters thinner a phone is compared to its competitors, but put out a phone so thin that it has to shove some bits that would otherwise be internal to the exterior? Goddrat that's a thin motherfucking phone! 
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I was looking at some Elago cases earlier to see which one I wanted to purchase for my 6 and I was thinking that even with those cases on, that phone still looks ridiculously loving thin Yeah I need a good case. I've always been about the thin, Switcheasy Tones-style cases. Anyone know of a good one for the SixPlus?
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Sep 16, 2014 06:57
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Other phones also have a massive black square/circle bezel around the camera lens for no other discernible reason that "we are lazy fucks at design" so their camera bump is actually a fair bit larger than it needs to be which adds to how obvious they are.
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Sep 16, 2014 06:58
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I wonder who came up with the brilliant idea of paying a bunch of dinasaurs a fortune in order to deliver their music to millions of people who don't want their dirty stuff. I'm curious about how they came up with that idea and why no one stopped and said the truth ("this is a loving stupid idea").
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Sep 16, 2014 10:03
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So the only thing that NFC can be used for is APay because reasons. There go my hopes of using it as an emergency Oyster card. Has it even been confirmed anywhere other than the US or is it another iTunes Radio where you can't use it if you're holding it wrong in the wrong country. ijyt fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Sep 16, 2014 |
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Sep 16, 2014 10:22
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ijyt posted:So the only thing that NFC can be used for is APay because reasons. There go my hopes of using it as an emergency Oyster card. Apple confirmed it the day of the announcement
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ijyt posted:So the only thing that NFC can be used for is APay because reasons. There go my hopes of using it as an emergency Oyster card. Yeah I can't wait for iOS 9 to come out because they'll open up the APIs and claim it to be revolutionary.
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Apple's version of revolutionary just means incorporating tech that other people have tried to incorporate but have been unsuccessful at making it popular, i.e. NFC.
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noirstronaut posted:Apple's version of revolutionary just means incorporating tech that other people have tried to incorporate but have been unsuccessful at making it popular, i.e. NFC. I realize everyone feels that Apple will gallop in on its horse and fix the nightmare that is NFC overnight but it will still take many years to improve retailer adoption...especially small businesses. Bringing in the masses will help, but it will still take years before NFC payments will be a commonly accepted thing. Prepare for janky until 2017+... You will see.
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