Magsafe doesn't even work as well now with laptops as it used to. The newer cable design is better for reducing cable wear but means there are some angles at which magsafe won't disconnect...
Yeah... It's weird... I like the old Magsafe. It was just fine. I never had cable wear issues on either end of the old Magsafe cable, though I did see a few people have problems with it. But overall it was rare in the last few years of the old Magsafe.
I apologize if you misunderstood what I mean, but I wasn't attacking your education, but the education system of the world in general, which isn't States exclusive.
What I mean is, deliberate inefficiency is 'essential' in our monetary economic system because there's profit in it. You can ask any high-level engineers in the biggest corporations, but don't expect they'll be telling. Even though the 6th gen phone's technology is available now, it's deliberately excluded from the 5th gen because 5th gen with a little upgrade means another round of profit in this consumerist system. Everyone's gotta have the latest phone, if you know what I mean.
Don't want to be long-winded here, but yeah, monetary system clashes with common sense, that's why many find it hard to understand, but most are still in the box.
You really don't know what you are talking about. The iPhone4, iPad2 and many other products are cutting edge technology that are constrained by manufacturing limitations. Maybe 6th gen phone technology is available now but that does not mean it can be manufactured in adequate quantities to get the price where it needs to be. Just because you can make one or a handful of a new cutting edge product today doesn't mean you can make 50-60 million of them tomorrow, these things take time.
Don't want to be long-winded here, but yeah, monetary system clashes with common sense, that's why many find it hard to understand, but most are still in the box.
I have acquired your address from the google database in which we are all tracked and have posted you a tin foil hat. By wearing this hat you will be able to protect your brain waves from inspection by the lizard men overlords.
Do not remove the hat. The LMO are always looking for people like you who can see outside the petty constraints of their societal conditioning and they will seek to kill you.
If you ask me, the obsolescence is dictated by the rapid change and progression of technology and by human nature wanting the next big thing. For something to be obsolete, by definition, the device is rendered worthless when the successive device is released, which is just not the case, especially with Apple products. The iPhone 3GS is still being sold and has a lot more longevity as far as functionality goes, provided its user is happy with its limited ability, even though it has a more limited function than current devices. AFAIK, ALL generations of iPods are still sync-able. Having said that, Apple marketing almost makes it irresistible to buy the next big thing.
IMHO, when speaking about electronic devices, it's cynical to think obsolescence is planned on the drawing board to the degree that you are implying. Isn't it the nature of the (technological) beast, so to speak?
I still use my iPod Mini and 1st gen. iPod nano on a regular basis. Nothing obsolete about them. I even full-cycle washed and dried the Nano and it still works!
Hmmm, running iOS4 my iPhone 3G feels pretty obsolete. iPhone 5 should be the ticket - I'm such a victim.
The Wall Street Journal added possible details of a sixth-generation iPhone to an earlier report on the so-called "iPhone 5," which is expected this fall.
Wednesday's report claimed Apple's next iPhone will be smaller and lighter with an 8-megapixel camera.
However, investors are said to be expecting a "bigger boost" to the company's iPhone business next year. "People briefed on Apple's plans said the company is planning a major iPhone revamp then, with one person saying the company has been experimenting with features such as a new way of charging the phone," the report said.
The source was unable to provide further details on any new charging technology Apple is working on.
The Journal's sources also contributed to a much-talked-about rumor that Apple is working on a "less-expensive phone," adding that the device could have new features such as an edge-to-edge screen.
I'm almost sure that the WSJ and all these other so called analysts are making this stuff up and claiming it to be from official (yet anonymous and unnamed) Apple sources. Reminds me of my post just yesterday on WSJ's last article claiming the new iPhone to be thinner and lighter.
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The iPhone 5 will be 9mm thin with a slightly larger chassis to support new technology and a larger screen.
The screen will be 4 inches diagonal and will sport a high definition resolution of 1080x720p. This will be the first HD iPhone, and iOS 5 will be able to optimize apps to work with this higher resolution in much the same way OS X can optimize apps for screen sizes ranging from 11 inches to 30 inches.
It will have a 8 megapixel camera and will be able to shoot video in 1080p as well as shoot stills with much higher clarity and vibrancy. It will also have an A5 chip with the faster graphics processor we first saw in the iPad. Apple will use this for highly involved video and photo editing.
Battery life on the new iPhone will also be stellar because of new software and hardware advances. It will be announced in late September and sold shorty afterward.
Source: An Anonymous Analysts with connections to Anonymous Apple Employees close to the development.
See? I can make up an entire post, and purport the information in the post to be "facts" from "Anonymous Apple Employees close to the development." And because that's said everyone takes the info at face value.
I honestly doubt people at Apple were talking to WSJ about the 6th gen iPhone when gen 5 hasn't even come out. The only way I could see this being true is if there's another "leaker" in their midst.
Forget induction pad systems. Maybe Apple is going to be the company to eventually perfects Tesla's energy transmission theory. The next Airport Extreme also charges your devices! A new take on Wi-Tricity?
Magsafe works well for laptops because they are heavy enough to resist being pulled off the table if you trip over the cord. You could conceivably scale down the guass for a lighter device but then you run the risk of a weak magnet making it feel cheap.
I believe there is a curve in a field of technology between technological advances and speed of obsolescence. There are many factors that fall into this as well including manufacturing limitations, costs, etc.
Basically, a new field of technology races out of the gates and changes rapidly. It tends to slow down and become more stable. I'm on a 3 year old MacBook Pro running Lion with a 2.53 Ghz Core 2 Duo and 4GB of RAM and Lion runs great. There used to be a time when you'd say, "Ugh my PC is 3 years old and chugging along. I think it's gonna die soon." and you may still say that with cheap Windows machines. But that's not the case in these days.
The same goes for iPhone. 3G just can't power the advancements in the OS. But I think iPhone 4 will be the first to last longer. I ran into someone complaining about how slow their 3GS was and that surprised me.
I believe there is a curve in a field of technology between technological advances and speed of obsolescence. There are many factors that fall into this as well including manufacturing limitations, costs, etc.
Basically, a new field of technology races out of the gates and changes rapidly. It tends to slow down and become more stable. I'm on a 3 year old MacBook Pro running Lion with a 2.53 Ghz Core 2 Duo and 4GB of RAM and Lion runs great. There used to be a time when you'd say, "Ugh my PC is 3 years old and chugging along. I think it's gonna die soon." and you may still say that with cheap Windows machines. But that's not the case in these days.
The same goes for iPhone. 3G just can't power the advancements in the OS. But I think iPhone 4 will be the first to last longer. I ran into someone complaining about how slow their 3GS was and that surprised me.
I agree with you.
On the last point, a suggestion to your friends with 3Gs ... I don't need a phone that much but my wife does so I get her cast off iPhones. The 3Gs and 3G (used as an iPod now) I have were slowed after iOs updates but I found by switching off all the spotlight search options it made a huge difference and I never missed the search feature anyway.
The same goes for iPhone. 3G just can't power the advancements in the OS. But I think iPhone 4 will be the first to last longer.
Actually all the iPhones have had a pretty decent lifespan by comparison with the industry average for phones.
Feature-phones tend to last around 2years, with a few exceptions. Android phones stop getting OS updates around the year mark. Each of the iPhones has had around 3 years of full OS level support - more if you include the partial support. I'd say they go beyond decent and hit the excellent mark.
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I ran into someone complaining about how slow their 3GS was and that surprised me.
Maybe he was using an early build of OS 4? Supposedly that had issues on the 3GS that were later resolved.
On the last point, a suggestion to your friends with 3Gs ... I don't need a phone that much but my wife does so I get her cast off iPhones. The 3Gs and 3G (used as an iPod now) I have were slowed after iOs updates but I found by switching off all the spotlight search options it made a huge difference and I never missed the search feature anyway.
Whoa, I clearly missed that feature... I didn't know you could turn off Spotlight. I may have to give that a try.
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Magsafe doesn't even work as well now with laptops as it used to. The newer cable design is better for reducing cable wear but means there are some angles at which magsafe won't disconnect...
Yeah... It's weird... I like the old Magsafe. It was just fine. I never had cable wear issues on either end of the old Magsafe cable, though I did see a few people have problems with it. But overall it was rare in the last few years of the old Magsafe.
I apologize if you misunderstood what I mean, but I wasn't attacking your education, but the education system of the world in general, which isn't States exclusive.
What I mean is, deliberate inefficiency is 'essential' in our monetary economic system because there's profit in it. You can ask any high-level engineers in the biggest corporations, but don't expect they'll be telling. Even though the 6th gen phone's technology is available now, it's deliberately excluded from the 5th gen because 5th gen with a little upgrade means another round of profit in this consumerist system. Everyone's gotta have the latest phone, if you know what I mean.
Don't want to be long-winded here, but yeah, monetary system clashes with common sense, that's why many find it hard to understand, but most are still in the box.
You really don't know what you are talking about. The iPhone4, iPad2 and many other products are cutting edge technology that are constrained by manufacturing limitations. Maybe 6th gen phone technology is available now but that does not mean it can be manufactured in adequate quantities to get the price where it needs to be. Just because you can make one or a handful of a new cutting edge product today doesn't mean you can make 50-60 million of them tomorrow, these things take time.
Induction charging will be used instead of cables, toothbrush companies do this as long as I can remember.
A 'cheap' iPhone will soon be introduced. Its just a question of keeping and expanding your market.
Android gives Apple a big push to innovate and differentiate as fast as it can.
J.
Don't want to be long-winded here, but yeah, monetary system clashes with common sense, that's why many find it hard to understand, but most are still in the box.
I have acquired your address from the google database in which we are all tracked and have posted you a tin foil hat. By wearing this hat you will be able to protect your brain waves from inspection by the lizard men overlords.
Do not remove the hat. The LMO are always looking for people like you who can see outside the petty constraints of their societal conditioning and they will seek to kill you.
We will contact you in due time.
If you ask me, the obsolescence is dictated by the rapid change and progression of technology and by human nature wanting the next big thing. For something to be obsolete, by definition, the device is rendered worthless when the successive device is released, which is just not the case, especially with Apple products. The iPhone 3GS is still being sold and has a lot more longevity as far as functionality goes, provided its user is happy with its limited ability, even though it has a more limited function than current devices. AFAIK, ALL generations of iPods are still sync-able. Having said that, Apple marketing almost makes it irresistible to buy the next big thing.
IMHO, when speaking about electronic devices, it's cynical to think obsolescence is planned on the drawing board to the degree that you are implying. Isn't it the nature of the (technological) beast, so to speak?
I still use my iPod Mini and 1st gen. iPod nano on a regular basis. Nothing obsolete about them. I even full-cycle washed and dried the Nano and it still works!
Hmmm, running iOS4 my iPhone 3G feels pretty obsolete. iPhone 5 should be the ticket - I'm such a victim.
You forgot the unicorn farts.
Hamsters on wheels.
You forgot the unicorn farts.
Yeah, because that iw a windows phone 7 feature...
The Wall Street Journal added possible details of a sixth-generation iPhone to an earlier report on the so-called "iPhone 5," which is expected this fall.
Wednesday's report claimed Apple's next iPhone will be smaller and lighter with an 8-megapixel camera.
However, investors are said to be expecting a "bigger boost" to the company's iPhone business next year. "People briefed on Apple's plans said the company is planning a major iPhone revamp then, with one person saying the company has been experimenting with features such as a new way of charging the phone," the report said.
The source was unable to provide further details on any new charging technology Apple is working on.
The Journal's sources also contributed to a much-talked-about rumor that Apple is working on a "less-expensive phone," adding that the device could have new features such as an edge-to-edge screen.
I'm almost sure that the WSJ and all these other so called analysts are making this stuff up and claiming it to be from official (yet anonymous and unnamed) Apple sources. Reminds me of my post just yesterday on WSJ's last article claiming the new iPhone to be thinner and lighter.
The iPhone 5 will be 9mm thin with a slightly larger chassis to support new technology and a larger screen.
The screen will be 4 inches diagonal and will sport a high definition resolution of 1080x720p. This will be the first HD iPhone, and iOS 5 will be able to optimize apps to work with this higher resolution in much the same way OS X can optimize apps for screen sizes ranging from 11 inches to 30 inches.
It will have a dual mode wireless radio and the one phone will be sold on all major US carriers. Not only that but the phone will support HSPA+ meaning that this will be the first "4G" iPhone and T-Mobile and AT&T will have it activated. Verizon is already preparing for this by readying an ad campaign claiming their 3G iPhone is better than AT&T and T-Mobile's 4G iPhone.
It will have a 8 megapixel camera and will be able to shoot video in 1080p as well as shoot stills with much higher clarity and vibrancy. It will also have an A5 chip with the faster graphics processor we first saw in the iPad. Apple will use this for highly involved video and photo editing.
Battery life on the new iPhone will also be stellar because of new software and hardware advances. It will be announced in late September and sold shorty afterward.
Source: An Anonymous Analysts with connections to Anonymous Apple Employees close to the development.
See? I can make up an entire post, and purport the information in the post to be "facts" from "Anonymous Apple Employees close to the development." And because that's said everyone takes the info at face value.
I honestly doubt people at Apple were talking to WSJ about the 6th gen iPhone when gen 5 hasn't even come out. The only way I could see this being true is if there's another "leaker" in their midst.
Magsafe works well for laptops because they are heavy enough to resist being pulled off the table if you trip over the cord. You could conceivably scale down the guass for a lighter device but then you run the risk of a weak magnet making it feel cheap.
You?re absolutely right!
Basically, a new field of technology races out of the gates and changes rapidly. It tends to slow down and become more stable. I'm on a 3 year old MacBook Pro running Lion with a 2.53 Ghz Core 2 Duo and 4GB of RAM and Lion runs great. There used to be a time when you'd say, "Ugh my PC is 3 years old and chugging along. I think it's gonna die soon." and you may still say that with cheap Windows machines. But that's not the case in these days.
The same goes for iPhone. 3G just can't power the advancements in the OS. But I think iPhone 4 will be the first to last longer. I ran into someone complaining about how slow their 3GS was and that surprised me.
I believe there is a curve in a field of technology between technological advances and speed of obsolescence. There are many factors that fall into this as well including manufacturing limitations, costs, etc.
Basically, a new field of technology races out of the gates and changes rapidly. It tends to slow down and become more stable. I'm on a 3 year old MacBook Pro running Lion with a 2.53 Ghz Core 2 Duo and 4GB of RAM and Lion runs great. There used to be a time when you'd say, "Ugh my PC is 3 years old and chugging along. I think it's gonna die soon." and you may still say that with cheap Windows machines. But that's not the case in these days.
The same goes for iPhone. 3G just can't power the advancements in the OS. But I think iPhone 4 will be the first to last longer. I ran into someone complaining about how slow their 3GS was and that surprised me.
I agree with you.
On the last point, a suggestion to your friends with 3Gs ... I don't need a phone that much but my wife does so I get her cast off iPhones. The 3Gs and 3G (used as an iPod now) I have were slowed after iOs updates but I found by switching off all the spotlight search options it made a huge difference and I never missed the search feature anyway.
The same goes for iPhone. 3G just can't power the advancements in the OS. But I think iPhone 4 will be the first to last longer.
Actually all the iPhones have had a pretty decent lifespan by comparison with the industry average for phones.
Feature-phones tend to last around 2years, with a few exceptions. Android phones stop getting OS updates around the year mark. Each of the iPhones has had around 3 years of full OS level support - more if you include the partial support. I'd say they go beyond decent and hit the excellent mark.
I ran into someone complaining about how slow their 3GS was and that surprised me.
Maybe he was using an early build of OS 4? Supposedly that had issues on the 3GS that were later resolved.
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I agree with you.
On the last point, a suggestion to your friends with 3Gs ... I don't need a phone that much but my wife does so I get her cast off iPhones. The 3Gs and 3G (used as an iPod now) I have were slowed after iOs updates but I found by switching off all the spotlight search options it made a huge difference and I never missed the search feature anyway.
Whoa, I clearly missed that feature... I didn't know you could turn off Spotlight. I may have to give that a try.
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Phew. Finally some iPhone 6 rumors.
Nothing new. We've been listening to LTE iPhone rumors for months.
Whoa, I clearly missed that feature... I didn't know you could turn off Spotlight. I may have to give that a try.
It is well hidden! Go to Settings- General -Home - Search Results
I've read a hard reset after you disable everything is best.