I think that apple should offer a different form factor instead of offering a 'entry model,' since the n-1 generation iPhone already has that covered. One of the big reasons that people choose a different smartphone than an iPhone is because they want a different form factor (eg. they want a bigger screen or a hardware keyboard, etc). IMO apple would be better off offering a phone that addresses that market instead of one that competes with the previous generation iphone.
The keyboard form factor suggestion is valid -- except for Apple: "No livin' way".
Apple is dedicated to the touch interface. The biggest concession I see Apple making is a BT kb accessory -- thus not for an entry phone.
OTOH, Apple could offer a touch alternative to the physicat 10+ key keypad.
I think that apple should offer a different form factor instead of offering a 'entry model,' since the n-1 generation iPhone already has that covered.
The problem is that iOS app developers already have to support 3 different resolutions, and adding a fourth isn't a great option. On small screens it's very important that the App is optimized for the actual display parameters,
Its homogeneity is one of the big advantages that Apple has over Android as a development platform.
The problem is that iOS app developers already have to support 3 different resolutions, and adding a fourth isn't a great option. On small screens it's very important that the App is optimized for the actual display parameters, Its homogeneity is one of the big advantages that Apple has over Android as a development platform.
No need for different resolution. 4.5" iPhone could have the same resolution as 3.5" iPhone. It's like desktop computer can display the same 1024 x 768 resolution on 15", 17" or 22" or whatever screen.
The same applicable to Android phones. For instance, 5" Dell Streak, 4.3" HTC HD7S and 3.7" HTC Desire - all have the same 480 x 800 resolution.
3.5" iPhone is just too small and it's the only one size option. Apple should also offer a larger version.
For starters, it shows the battery size, not the duration for which various tasks can last with that HW, drivers and OS. Next it marks against the iPhone for not having an 8Mp camera, which it oddly makes as a category, instead of comparing sensor size or quality of photos. I could go on with the other foolish comparisons but I'll be nice and stop there.
PS: Those devices have enough positive points that people don't have to make up silly reasons why they are better than the iPhone.
HTC is building great phones. The EVO 3D is hard to beat, Apple has a lot of catching up to do:
Some of these seem to be rather subjective, such as the screen size, haptic feedback, Swype, and HDMI output (what a useless "feature.") The battery metric is misleading. It implies that those phones have a longer battery life, but they do not. A removable battery is only a feature for those who can't figure out how to make the power button work when the operating system freezes.
This is why Android-based products will always fall short of iOS. The entire Android community has this unnatural obsession with technical specifications. They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
This is why Android-based products will always fall short of iOS. The entire Android community has this unnatural obsession with technical specifications. They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
This is why Android-based products will always fall short of iOS. The entire Android community has this unnatural obsession with technical specifications. They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
Yes, though given that they all have essentially the same OS it's understandable - after all they can't compete with each other on any other terms, so they have to offer 3D photography and other bells and whistles to stand out from each other.
Some of these seem to be rather subjective, such as the screen size, haptic feedback, Swype, and HDMI output (what a useless "feature.") The battery metric is misleading. It implies that those phones have a longer battery life, but they do not. A removable battery is only a feature for those who can't figure out how to make the power button work when the operating system freezes.
This is why Android-based products will always fall short of iOS. The entire Android community has this unnatural obsession with technical specifications. They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
Well, you can call screen size, haptic feedback, Swype "subjective" advantages, but then isn't your "user experience" subjective? How do you measure user experience? What is it for you? Have you ever owned the EVO phone to compare the user experience?
Well I have owned both, iPhone and EVO. To me EVO wins in user experience hand down. I have owned iPhone for 2 years, but after playing with EVO for few minutes I was sold on it exactly because of better user experience. And this better user experience produced exactly by "feature and specs".
1. Significantly larger screen means for me a better user experience. Surprise!
2. Faster processor, more RAM and 10mbs 4G data means for me better user experience. Surprise!
These two are the biggest factors for me. The rest are important for user experience but to a lesser extend:
3. Haptic feedback makes phone use more interactive and fun, which means better user experience.
4. Many Swype users consider this input method more natural for touch screen, contributing to better user experience.
5. Removable battery is not "for those who can't figure out how to make the power button work", but for those who wants to have 2-3 spare batteries on the road, or get extended battery, contributing to better user experience. Actually EVO does have a bit longer talk time vs. iPhone while offering faster processor, larger screen, 4G data and haptic feedback (all of these use more power), so the battery metric is not misleading, the metric simply says how much power a phone can access.
6. More featured camera and HDMI also contribute to fun and better user experience...
List can go on, but for sure I agree, that for someone who doesn't have access to all these features, they are "useless".
Well, you can call screen size, haptic feedback, Swype "subjective" advantages, but then isn't your "user experience" subjective? How do you measure user experience? What is it for you? Have you ever owned the EVO phone to compare the user experience?
Well I have owned both, iPhone and EVO. To me EVO wins in user experience hand down. I have owned iPhone for 2 years, but after playing with EVO for few minutes I was sold on it exactly because of better user experience. And this better user experience produced exactly by "feature and specs".
1. Significantly larger screen means for me a better user experience. Surprise!
2. Faster processor, more RAM and 10mbs 4G data means for me better user experience. Surprise!
Yes, but where's your GarageBand, iMovies, Pages etc. So include swype - a software keyboard in beta apparently - and not iMovies. Clear bias.
The big screen is true, but I will come to that in another post.
The nature of these tables is to put in the decide the winner first, then put in the bits the winner has, that the (pre-decided loser) doesn't have.
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These two are the biggest factors for me. The rest are important for user experience but to a lesser extend:
3. Haptic feedback makes phone use more interactive and fun, which means better user experience.
4. Many Swype users consider this input method more natural for touch screen, contributing to better user experience.
5. Removable battery is not "for those who can't figure out how to make the power button work", but for those who wants to have 2-3 spare batteries on the road, or get extended battery, contributing to better user experience. Actually EVO does have a bit longer talk time vs. iPhone while offering faster processor, larger screen, 4G data and haptic feedback (all of these use more power), so the battery metric is not misleading, the metric simply says how much power a phone can access.
6. More featured camera and HDMI also contribute to fun and better user experience...
List can go on, but for sure I agree, that for someone who doesn't have access to all these features, they are "useless".
You poisoned the well a bit by referring to talk time being the same - what about real battery time when all the data is being used. With Android's background tasks able to get at the 4G they will eat up battery like no tomorrow, which explains why a removable battery is so important. its not important for me to have a battery for my iPhone because, despite extended use, it ends the day at about 20%
With sales on Sprint and T-Mobile, HTC took second place in terms of hardware sales in the first quarter of 2011, trailing only Apple. And HTC may find itself in a position now to threaten Apple's spot at the top of the U.S. market, the report said.
"With the absence of a next-generation iPhone, and the fact that rival Motorola has been forced to postpone the launch of its 4G models, HTC has a chance to further narrow the gap in market share against Apple before the third quarter," sources reportedly said.
The iPhone and iPhone 3Gs outsells all Android phones on AT&T, and the iPhone 4 does on Verizon. If HTC is going to beat Apple - which was 25% of all smartphones last q - then it has be more than 60% of all Android's sold. Unlikely.
As for large screens - certainly thats a winner for some Android phones. Apple has too few models to compete with the very highest end Androids for all models, more important it has cheaper models later this year to get into the clusterflip which will happen on Nokia's transition.
Yes, but where's your GarageBand, iMovies, Pages etc. So include swype - a software keyboard in beta apparently - and not iMovies. Clear bias.
Swype is text input method, and comes standard with Android 2.3 OS. Text input is most fundamental functionality for any mobile device (unlike video/sound editing). Also iPhone has no alternative to Swype, while Android has alternatives to GarageBand, iMovies, Pages apps etc so no "clear bias" here.
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You poisoned the well a bit by referring to talk time being the same - what about real battery time when all the data is being used. With Android's background tasks able to get at the 4G they will eat up battery like no tomorrow, which explains why a removable battery is so important. its not important for me to have a battery for my iPhone because, despite extended use, it ends the day at about 20%
That was not my experience with my iPhone battery - it was draining very fast. In any case, we can only speculate about various power usage patterns, but I think we can agree on this:
1. Based on battery specs EVO user has significantly more power at its disposal vs. iPhone user. EVO user can then decide how to use all that power by turning certain services on/off.
2. EVO user has more flexibility to access much more power by utilizing extended battery (I uae sometimes my 3500 mAh battery) or by carrying multiple batteries. The extra EVO batteries start at only $2.94 each on eBay including shipping!
The iPhone and iPhone 3Gs outsells all Android phones on AT&T, and the iPhone 4 does on Verizon. If HTC is going to beat Apple - which was 25% of all smartphones last q - then it has be more than 60% of all Android's sold. Unlikely.
If one product outsells another, it does not always mean it's a better product: Mac vs. Windows is an example.
Apple pioneered an amazing multi-touch mobile device a few years ago and riding a this wave well, but for how long? Apple is too slow and lazy to keep up with competition. What consumer gonna get with this year iPhone "refresh"? Still half the size RAM, no larger screen version, no AMOLED LCD and no 4G?
Swype is text input method, and comes standard with Android 2.3 OS. Text input is most fundamental functionality for any mobile device (unlike video/sound editing). Also iPhone has no alternative to Swype, while Android has alternatives to GarageBand, iMovies, Pages apps etc so no "clear bias" here.
1) Where are the independent reports which show that this obscure Keyboard is any better than anything else on the market.
2) What alternatives are on the Android market to the apps I mentioned.
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That was not my experience with my iPhone battery - it was draining very fast. In any case, we can only speculate about various power usage patterns, but I think we can agree on this:
1. Based on battery specs EVO user has significantly more power at its disposal vs. iPhone user. EVO user can then decide how to use all that power by turning certain services on/off.
2. EVO user has more flexibility to access much more power by utilizing extended battery (I uae sometimes my 3500 mAh battery) or by carrying multiple batteries. The extra EVO batteries start at only $2.94 each on eBay including shipping!
The need for batteries in point 2) derails point 1). Bascially all people need is a power supply to keep a phone going, and that available in work, trains, planes, coffee houses, and so on.
The only issue with non-replacable batteries is when the battery gets old.
If one product outsells another, it does not always mean it's a better product: Mac vs. Windows is an example.
Apple pioneered an amazing multi-touch mobile device a few years ago and riding a this wave well, but for how long? Apple is too slow and lazy to keep up with competition. What consumer gonna get with this year iPhone "refresh"? Still half the size RAM, no larger screen version, no AMOLED LCD and no 4G?
Slow and lazy - jeez- they've been working their asses.
. We have no idea what the RAM size is going to be, the rest are personal preferences - the 4G phone would be useless outside about 2% of the US.
Apple probably have given up the very high end market in the US for now, whats much more important is getting the lower end. 4G will come when it matters a damn.
The telecoms pioneered an amazing next generation speed protocol a few years ago... The telecoms are too slow and lazy to build it out, given that they make so much more money now without it.
Fixed. Understand now?
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What consumer gonna get with this year iPhone "refresh"?
Same design, dual-band Wi-Fi, better battery, dual-protocol chip for one model on any carrier, maybe an 8MP camera (idiotic, but hey)...
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Still half the size RAM
What does this even mean? What does this have to do with anything?
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no larger screen version
Because it isn't needed.
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no AMOLED LCD
You do know what an AMOLED is, right? Apparently not. And you also apparently don't know how bad they are at everything at which the iPhone's screen currently excels.
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and no 4G?
As I've stated, it's currently worthless, a battery sucker, and next to unavailable anywhere on any carrier on the planet.
You do know what an AMOLED is, right? Apparently not. And you also apparently don't know how bad they are at everything at which the iPhone's screen currently excels.
C'mon, AMOLED isn't so bad - in fact the latest AMOLED panels are the first choice for new handsets - the biggest problem with them isn't technical, it's supply. If Apple thought that they could get a sufficient supply to cover their needs for iPhone 5 they'd probably go with it - but that's not on the cards.
HTC have had to switch AMOLED for LCD in a number of models, in fact it's something of a bait & switch. Kinda like samsung's 'slimmer than ipad' tablet that is no longer slimmer than the ipad
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I think that apple should offer a different form factor instead of offering a 'entry model,' since the n-1 generation iPhone already has that covered. One of the big reasons that people choose a different smartphone than an iPhone is because they want a different form factor (eg. they want a bigger screen or a hardware keyboard, etc). IMO apple would be better off offering a phone that addresses that market instead of one that competes with the previous generation iphone.
The keyboard form factor suggestion is valid -- except for Apple: "No livin' way".
Apple is dedicated to the touch interface. The biggest concession I see Apple making is a BT kb accessory -- thus not for an entry phone.
OTOH, Apple could offer a touch alternative to the physicat 10+ key keypad.
OTOH, Apple could offer a touch alternative to the physicat 10+ key keypad.
Apple just needs to do this as the final step before a full multitouch desktop OS.
I think that apple should offer a different form factor instead of offering a 'entry model,' since the n-1 generation iPhone already has that covered.
The problem is that iOS app developers already have to support 3 different resolutions, and adding a fourth isn't a great option. On small screens it's very important that the App is optimized for the actual display parameters,
Its homogeneity is one of the big advantages that Apple has over Android as a development platform.
The problem is that iOS app developers already have to support 3 different resolutions, and adding a fourth isn't a great option. On small screens it's very important that the App is optimized for the actual display parameters, Its homogeneity is one of the big advantages that Apple has over Android as a development platform.
No need for different resolution. 4.5" iPhone could have the same resolution as 3.5" iPhone. It's like desktop computer can display the same 1024 x 768 resolution on 15", 17" or 22" or whatever screen.
The same applicable to Android phones. For instance, 5" Dell Streak, 4.3" HTC HD7S and 3.7" HTC Desire - all have the same 480 x 800 resolution.
3.5" iPhone is just too small and it's the only one size option. Apple should also offer a larger version.
HTC is building great phones. The EVO 3D is hard to beat, Apple has a lot of catching up to do:
The Evo3D is a very impressive device.
That being said, I feel like that table distributes checks randomly?
And why the heck is swype input something people should look at? I'm all for options, but that is the most overrated keyboard known to man.
HTC is building great phones. The EVO 3D is hard to beat, Apple has a lot of catching up to do:
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That is the worst spec sheet ever.
For starters, it shows the battery size, not the duration for which various tasks can last with that HW, drivers and OS. Next it marks against the iPhone for not having an 8Mp camera, which it oddly makes as a category, instead of comparing sensor size or quality of photos. I could go on with the other foolish comparisons but I'll be nice and stop there.
PS: Those devices have enough positive points that people don't have to make up silly reasons why they are better than the iPhone.
HTC is building great phones. The EVO 3D is hard to beat, Apple has a lot of catching up to do:
Some of these seem to be rather subjective, such as the screen size, haptic feedback, Swype, and HDMI output (what a useless "feature.") The battery metric is misleading. It implies that those phones have a longer battery life, but they do not. A removable battery is only a feature for those who can't figure out how to make the power button work when the operating system freezes.
This is why Android-based products will always fall short of iOS. The entire Android community has this unnatural obsession with technical specifications. They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
This is why Android-based products will always fall short of iOS. The entire Android community has this unnatural obsession with technical specifications. They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
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This is why Android-based products will always fall short of iOS. The entire Android community has this unnatural obsession with technical specifications. They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
Yes, though given that they all have essentially the same OS it's understandable - after all they can't compete with each other on any other terms, so they have to offer 3D photography and other bells and whistles to stand out from each other.
Some of these seem to be rather subjective, such as the screen size, haptic feedback, Swype, and HDMI output (what a useless "feature.") The battery metric is misleading. It implies that those phones have a longer battery life, but they do not. A removable battery is only a feature for those who can't figure out how to make the power button work when the operating system freezes.
This is why Android-based products will always fall short of iOS. The entire Android community has this unnatural obsession with technical specifications. They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
Well, you can call screen size, haptic feedback, Swype "subjective" advantages, but then isn't your "user experience" subjective? How do you measure user experience? What is it for you? Have you ever owned the EVO phone to compare the user experience?
Well I have owned both, iPhone and EVO. To me EVO wins in user experience hand down. I have owned iPhone for 2 years, but after playing with EVO for few minutes I was sold on it exactly because of better user experience. And this better user experience produced exactly by "feature and specs".
1. Significantly larger screen means for me a better user experience. Surprise!
2. Faster processor, more RAM and 10mbs 4G data means for me better user experience. Surprise!
These two are the biggest factors for me. The rest are important for user experience but to a lesser extend:
3. Haptic feedback makes phone use more interactive and fun, which means better user experience.
4. Many Swype users consider this input method more natural for touch screen, contributing to better user experience.
5. Removable battery is not "for those who can't figure out how to make the power button work", but for those who wants to have 2-3 spare batteries on the road, or get extended battery, contributing to better user experience. Actually EVO does have a bit longer talk time vs. iPhone while offering faster processor, larger screen, 4G data and haptic feedback (all of these use more power), so the battery metric is not misleading, the metric simply says how much power a phone can access.
6. More featured camera and HDMI also contribute to fun and better user experience...
List can go on, but for sure I agree, that for someone who doesn't have access to all these features, they are "useless".
Well, you can call screen size, haptic feedback, Swype "subjective" advantages, but then isn't your "user experience" subjective? How do you measure user experience? What is it for you? Have you ever owned the EVO phone to compare the user experience?
Well I have owned both, iPhone and EVO. To me EVO wins in user experience hand down. I have owned iPhone for 2 years, but after playing with EVO for few minutes I was sold on it exactly because of better user experience. And this better user experience produced exactly by "feature and specs".
1. Significantly larger screen means for me a better user experience. Surprise!
2. Faster processor, more RAM and 10mbs 4G data means for me better user experience. Surprise!
Yes, but where's your GarageBand, iMovies, Pages etc. So include swype - a software keyboard in beta apparently - and not iMovies. Clear bias.
The big screen is true, but I will come to that in another post.
The nature of these tables is to put in the decide the winner first, then put in the bits the winner has, that the (pre-decided loser) doesn't have.
These two are the biggest factors for me. The rest are important for user experience but to a lesser extend:
3. Haptic feedback makes phone use more interactive and fun, which means better user experience.
4. Many Swype users consider this input method more natural for touch screen, contributing to better user experience.
5. Removable battery is not "for those who can't figure out how to make the power button work", but for those who wants to have 2-3 spare batteries on the road, or get extended battery, contributing to better user experience. Actually EVO does have a bit longer talk time vs. iPhone while offering faster processor, larger screen, 4G data and haptic feedback (all of these use more power), so the battery metric is not misleading, the metric simply says how much power a phone can access.
6. More featured camera and HDMI also contribute to fun and better user experience...
List can go on, but for sure I agree, that for someone who doesn't have access to all these features, they are "useless".
You poisoned the well a bit by referring to talk time being the same - what about real battery time when all the data is being used. With Android's background tasks able to get at the 4G they will eat up battery like no tomorrow, which explains why a removable battery is so important. its not important for me to have a battery for my iPhone because, despite extended use, it ends the day at about 20%
With sales on Sprint and T-Mobile, HTC took second place in terms of hardware sales in the first quarter of 2011, trailing only Apple. And HTC may find itself in a position now to threaten Apple's spot at the top of the U.S. market, the report said.
"With the absence of a next-generation iPhone, and the fact that rival Motorola has been forced to postpone the launch of its 4G models, HTC has a chance to further narrow the gap in market share against Apple before the third quarter," sources reportedly said.
The iPhone and iPhone 3Gs outsells all Android phones on AT&T, and the iPhone 4 does on Verizon. If HTC is going to beat Apple - which was 25% of all smartphones last q - then it has be more than 60% of all Android's sold. Unlikely.
Next year, bigger screens for the iPhone 5.
Yes, but where's your GarageBand, iMovies, Pages etc. So include swype - a software keyboard in beta apparently - and not iMovies. Clear bias.
Swype is text input method, and comes standard with Android 2.3 OS. Text input is most fundamental functionality for any mobile device (unlike video/sound editing). Also iPhone has no alternative to Swype, while Android has alternatives to GarageBand, iMovies, Pages apps etc so no "clear bias" here.
You poisoned the well a bit by referring to talk time being the same - what about real battery time when all the data is being used. With Android's background tasks able to get at the 4G they will eat up battery like no tomorrow, which explains why a removable battery is so important. its not important for me to have a battery for my iPhone because, despite extended use, it ends the day at about 20%
That was not my experience with my iPhone battery - it was draining very fast. In any case, we can only speculate about various power usage patterns, but I think we can agree on this:
1. Based on battery specs EVO user has significantly more power at its disposal vs. iPhone user. EVO user can then decide how to use all that power by turning certain services on/off.
2. EVO user has more flexibility to access much more power by utilizing extended battery (I uae sometimes my 3500 mAh battery) or by carrying multiple batteries. The extra EVO batteries start at only $2.94 each on eBay including shipping!
The iPhone and iPhone 3Gs outsells all Android phones on AT&T, and the iPhone 4 does on Verizon. If HTC is going to beat Apple - which was 25% of all smartphones last q - then it has be more than 60% of all Android's sold. Unlikely.
If one product outsells another, it does not always mean it's a better product: Mac vs. Windows is an example.
Apple pioneered an amazing multi-touch mobile device a few years ago and riding a this wave well, but for how long? Apple is too slow and lazy to keep up with competition. What consumer gonna get with this year iPhone "refresh"? Still half the size RAM, no larger screen version, no AMOLED LCD and no 4G?
Swype is text input method, and comes standard with Android 2.3 OS. Text input is most fundamental functionality for any mobile device (unlike video/sound editing). Also iPhone has no alternative to Swype, while Android has alternatives to GarageBand, iMovies, Pages apps etc so no "clear bias" here.
1) Where are the independent reports which show that this obscure Keyboard is any better than anything else on the market.
2) What alternatives are on the Android market to the apps I mentioned.
That was not my experience with my iPhone battery - it was draining very fast. In any case, we can only speculate about various power usage patterns, but I think we can agree on this:
1. Based on battery specs EVO user has significantly more power at its disposal vs. iPhone user. EVO user can then decide how to use all that power by turning certain services on/off.
2. EVO user has more flexibility to access much more power by utilizing extended battery (I uae sometimes my 3500 mAh battery) or by carrying multiple batteries. The extra EVO batteries start at only $2.94 each on eBay including shipping!
The need for batteries in point 2) derails point 1). Bascially all people need is a power supply to keep a phone going, and that available in work, trains, planes, coffee houses, and so on.
The only issue with non-replacable batteries is when the battery gets old.
If one product outsells another, it does not always mean it's a better product: Mac vs. Windows is an example.
Apple pioneered an amazing multi-touch mobile device a few years ago and riding a this wave well, but for how long? Apple is too slow and lazy to keep up with competition. What consumer gonna get with this year iPhone "refresh"? Still half the size RAM, no larger screen version, no AMOLED LCD and no 4G?
Slow and lazy - jeez- they've been working their asses.
. We have no idea what the RAM size is going to be, the rest are personal preferences - the 4G phone would be useless outside about 2% of the US.
Apple probably have given up the very high end market in the US for now, whats much more important is getting the lower end. 4G will come when it matters a damn.
The telecoms pioneered an amazing next generation speed protocol a few years ago... The telecoms are too slow and lazy to build it out, given that they make so much more money now without it.
Fixed. Understand now?
What consumer gonna get with this year iPhone "refresh"?
Same design, dual-band Wi-Fi, better battery, dual-protocol chip for one model on any carrier, maybe an 8MP camera (idiotic, but hey)...
Still half the size RAM
What does this even mean? What does this have to do with anything?
no larger screen version
Because it isn't needed.
no AMOLED LCD
You do know what an AMOLED is, right? Apparently not. And you also apparently don't know how bad they are at everything at which the iPhone's screen currently excels.
and no 4G?
As I've stated, it's currently worthless, a battery sucker, and next to unavailable anywhere on any carrier on the planet.
You do know what an AMOLED is, right? Apparently not. And you also apparently don't know how bad they are at everything at which the iPhone's screen currently excels.
C'mon, AMOLED isn't so bad - in fact the latest AMOLED panels are the first choice for new handsets - the biggest problem with them isn't technical, it's supply. If Apple thought that they could get a sufficient supply to cover their needs for iPhone 5 they'd probably go with it - but that's not on the cards.
HTC have had to switch AMOLED for LCD in a number of models, in fact it's something of a bait & switch. Kinda like samsung's 'slimmer than ipad' tablet that is no longer slimmer than the ipad