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serebralassazin posted:He actually left the verge for Bloomberg not too long ago. Nilay Patel is the editor in chief now. The verge is an alright site to me. They get called Apple fanboys in the comments of their articles pretty frequently but they've been pretty positive towards nexus phones and android in the past. Anyways, for some serious reviewing have to wait for Anandtech's reviews.
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Josh Lyman posted:Yeah, AnandTech and Ars Technica are my preferred sites. It's a shame they don't seem to be as popular as Engadget and now The Verge. ArsTechnica reviews are OK but a lot of their other content tends to be very click-baity... AnandTech reviews are the best, super objective and editorialism kept to a minimum.
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shodanjr_gr posted:AnandTech reviews are the best, super objective and editorialism kept to a minimum. edit: And apparently Brian Klug as well. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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Sep 17, 2014 05:48
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serebralassazin posted:The verge is an alright site to me. They get called Apple fanboys in the comments of their articles pretty frequently Does this even matter? There are many people it seems whose job in life right now is to 'nail' anyone saying that the 6 is a good phone. So many that the comments sections are entirely irrelevant.
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Sep 17, 2014 06:14
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XyrlocShammypants posted:Does this even matter? There are many people it seems whose job in life right now is to 'nail' anyone saying that the 6 is a good phone. So many that the comments sections are entirely irrelevant. Comments sections are always irrelevant though! Interesting first reviews, though I don't think there's anything groundbreaking there. The Plus is seriously big, landscape mode is a bit buggy, the bands on the back of both phones are ugly, the camera is awesome and the screen is great.
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Sep 17, 2014 06:38
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The wobble from the lens doesn't seem that bad at all, honestly. Verge showed it in their video. Not nearly as bad at the Moto-X at least.
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:The wobble from the lens doesn't seem that bad at all, honestly. Verge showed it in their video. Oh really?   
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Sep 17, 2014 07:39
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when do you ever hit the top corner when the phone is flat on surface?
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DaNzA posted:Oh really? I was expecting a lot worse
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Sep 17, 2014 07:52
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The phone will end up in a case in most instances and that problem disappears.
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Sep 17, 2014 08:12
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:I was expecting a lot worse Yeah it doesnt see that bad, but it still seems kinda terrible and the metal around the camera area might get scratched up quite easily if you place it on the table or something.
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Sep 17, 2014 08:33
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That could probably be used by apps, didn't Garageband do something like that where it used the motion sensor to sense how hard you hit the keys?
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Sep 17, 2014 08:36
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Not putting a case on my phone. Never have, never will. It's honestly for paranoid butterfingers type people. Neither my 4 nor 5 were bastardized with a case and they both survived countless drunken nights out as well as the occasionally drop on the floor/ground. Neither phone suffered any screen damage and only minor body imperfections. That said, I don't care about the wobble. I'm not using my iPhone to support anything I need level so who gives a poo poo? I worry if the camera lens will get scratched against surfaces it's laying on, though. If Apple is continuing to use "sapphire" or whatever durable material for the lens then we should be good, right?
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Sep 17, 2014 08:41
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The only issue I can see with the camera lens jutting out would be if you're sitting the phone face down and using the level gauge built in to the compass app to check if a surface is flat. Though again, with a case that becomes irrelevant.
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Sep 17, 2014 11:56
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I'm liking that the battery life is better even on the 6. I'm chalking it up to the standby time being better with screen off due to the increased battery size.Nostalgia4Infinity posted:
Don't steal my speed metal band name, please. ShoogaSlim posted:Not putting a case on my phone. Never have, never will. It's honestly for paranoid butterfingers type people. Neither my 4 nor 5 were bastardized with a case and they both survived countless drunken nights out as well as the occasionally drop on the floor/ground. Neither phone suffered any screen damage and only minor body imperfections. 
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Sep 17, 2014 13:05
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Seriously, stop placeing your iphone on hard surfaces regaurdless of protruding cameras or not. I've owned everysingle iteration of the iphone and kept them in mint condition for resale the next year. I will not set my phones down unless there is a padded surface such as a napkin, book or cloth.
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gohmak posted:Seriously, stop placeing your iphone on hard surfaces regaurdless of protruding cameras or not. I've owned everysingle iteration of the iphone and kept them in mint condition for resale the next year. I will not set my phones down unless there is a padded surface such as a napkin, book or cloth.
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gohmak posted:Seriously, stop placeing your iphone on hard surfaces regaurdless of protruding cameras or not. I've owned everysingle iteration of the iphone and kept them in mint condition for resale the next year. I will not set my phones down unless there is a padded surface such as a napkin, book or cloth. Wow, you let your phone touch napkins? What if someone had used them?
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Question Mark Mound posted:I know I personally carry around what I call an iClothTM for any occasion when I want to set my phone down. I don't know what kind of spergs wouldn't have one and would be so crazy as to simply set their phone down on a pleb's table. I find that a doily makes for a nice touch.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:03
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Sep 17, 2014 14:05
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Shortly before the PS4 was released people were bitching and whining about the console having a wobble. Console releases and people forgot it exists because the whole thing had been blown out of proportion.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:20
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Personally I don't even take my iPhones out of the box. I find that resale values a year later are much higher when they're still boxed and shrink-wrapped.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:31
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Obsidius posted:Shortly before the PS4 was released people were bitching and whining about the console having a wobble. Console releases and people forgot it exists because the whole thing had been blown out of proportion. That and you probably aren't handling your PS4 every day. With an appliance-type electronic you can just use the time-tested sugar packet support system.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:33
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So Apple is apparently not releasing any kind of update or patch to address iCloud Drive in Mavericks. If you use a Mac and don't have Yosemite, don't upgrade to iCloud Drive when iOS 8 drops or your apps won't sync.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:41
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Santas Ainol Elf posted:That and you probably aren't handling your PS4 every day. With an appliance-type electronic you can just use the time-tested sugar packet support system. Do you want to get ants? Because that's how you get ants.
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webmeister posted:Personally I don't even take my iPhones out of the box. I find that resale values a year later are much higher when they're still boxed and shrink-wrapped. This. The only safer way to handle your iPhone is to request that it not be shipped, but held in China for the eventual successor to your phone, but that just seems... silly.
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Sep 17, 2014 15:13
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 Wobble solved without a case.
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webmeister posted:Personally I don't even take my iPhones out of the box. I find that resale values a year later are much higher when they're still boxed and shrink-wrapped. My 401k is invested entirely in mint condition 2007 model iPhones
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^^ I was just about to link some finished eBay auctions of sealed first gen iPhones. Pretty nuts. I'd love to have one on a shelf next to a sealed first gen iPod!
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pzy posted:^^ I was just about to link some finished eBay auctions of sealed first gen iPhones. Pretty nuts. I'd love to have one on a shelf next to a sealed first gen iPod! Buy an empty iphone box and shrinkwrap it. E: I may have just found a way to turn a massive profit... Brock Landers fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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the kawaiiest posted:So Apple is apparently not releasing any kind of update or patch to address iCloud Drive in Mavericks. Of course not; the update to address iCloud Drive is called Yosemite. If it runs Mavericks, it'll run Yosemite. Now, why they didn't yank temporarily yank iCloud Drive from iOS 8 like they did some other features (like, say, the Yosemite-dependent Continuity) is a question for the ages. Yosemite clearly wasn't and isn't going to be ready in time for iOS 8's release. I'll be charitably optimistic—maybe they have remote control over whether the upgrade prompt is displayed. Maybe regular iOS 8 users simply won't be prompted for now, and there won't be an angry mob burning copies of Age of Innocence and bitching about their missing documents.
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My last iPhone wobbled because I got drunk and used it to open a beer bottle, which bent the metal casing. My current iPhone wobbles because I got drunk and dropped it and dented a corner. Thank got I'll finally be able to buy an iPhone that wobbles no matter what I do to it.
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Shroomie posted:My last iPhone wobbled because I got drunk and used it to open a beer bottle, which bent the metal casing. My current iPhone wobbles because I got drunk and dropped it and dented a corner. Thank got I'll finally be able to buy an iPhone that wobbles no matter what I do to it.  Maybe you should, uh, lay off the booze a little bit bud.
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Molten Llama posted:Of course not; the update to address iCloud Drive is called Yosemite. If it runs Mavericks, it'll run Yosemite. I hope you're right, because I have a feeling it's going to come up on the iOS update, people are going to do it and it's going to be a disaster. I mean... some app developers are already warning their users not to upgrade... I'm using Yosemite anyway so I'll be fine but I think it's a huge oversight on their end not to simply release at least some kind of iCloud Drive app or something for Mavericks, or completely yank it out of iOS 8 for now.
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There's a lot of people that don't use macs and just have an iPhone / iPad that could take advantage of iCloud Drive now though.
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DarkJC posted:There's a lot of people that don't use macs and just have an iPhone / iPad that could take advantage of iCloud Drive now though. Yeah absolutely, I'm just worried about all the Mac + iPhone users who just rush through upgrades without reading instructions.
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Combat Pretzel posted:In regards to the phone, it's not really funny. The old 5S was already starved on memory as it is. The 6+ needs to run a bigger framebuffer and backing textures, that reduces available memory even more. Nah it'll be fine. Really.
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