I think the reason the 3G had more problems than the 4 is because there was a much bigger difference in the capabilites of the 3G to the 4 than from the 4 onward. The power and capabilities advanced at a far faster rate in the early generations of the iPhone and other smartphones. I think they've leveled off somewhat now. I like the bigger screen on the iPhone 5 but the real reason I upgraded was for the LTE. Other than that I would have been perfectly happy with my 4S or really even my 4. The one and only reason I upgraded from the 4 to the 4S was because I had promised my son I would upgrade and give him my 4 when the next iPhone came out. With the longer than normal refresh cycle between the 4 and 4S I was expecting something like the iPhone 5 instead of the 4S. I do wish Apple would have opened Siri up to the iPhone 4. It is perfectly capable of running the software. I was disappointed that they limited that in an obvious attempt to encourage people to upgrade devices. Other than Siri related services thought, I am not sure what the 4 doesn't do that the 4S and 5 can with iOS 5 or 6. I include the turn by turn with voice directions because that runs through Siri in a way.
I am actaully a hater of Google. Ironically I like many of their services but cannot stand them as a company and refuse to use anything of theirs if I have a choice. I don't like their policies of monitoring my activity in order to sell advertising. Or giving my personal info to developers if I buy an app. I think its deplorable. Thats why I enjoy the Microsoft SCROOGLED commercials. Its one company I don't really care about attacking another company I can't stand, but at least its bringing some of these practices into the open. I am sure there are a lot of people that don't realize how much Google uses their personal info to make money.
Edit:
I do realize that smartphones are still increasing their capabilities at a fast clip, but I think they have surpassed the needs of the software. In other words....yes an iPhone 5 is much faster than a 4S or 4, but the when you are using one the difference is sometimes difficult to distinguish. And the S4 with its octa core chips is just ridiculous. What smartphone app on the planet needs 8 cores????
8 cores is the so called 4 big 4 little design. It's purpose is to improve the power consumption profile. Perhaps you should actually learn a bit about the subject of your posting?
Every Samsung advert I've seen so far has at least one, if not multiple occurrences of "whiz-bang" features that the phone has, which they fail to tell anyone was on the iPhone first. It's purposely misleading.
Did Apple tell everyone that Google Search, Google Maps, voice control, apps, slide-to-unlock, browsers with tap to zoom, and much more existed on smartphones before the iPhone? Of course not.
Quote:
This one for instance has the old dad being amazed that the phone can control the TV,. Something iPhone has been able to do for years (they also fail to tell you that it ail lonely work if you have a Samsung TV).
The remote app works on other brands as well.
As for being first, Samsung included a remote control app before the iPhone existed. I know, because I had a Samsung I-730 with it back in 2005. See image below.
Quote:
Any advertiser who puts misleading facts into a commercial should be immediatelysuspect. People may not like Apple and may even hate the iPhone, but at least the adverts for the iPhone are honest.
Apple was dinged more than once for advertisements that were misleading about how quickly or easily something was done.
Quote:
One of the oldest and first rules of commerce … "Don't buy from a seller who dissembles."
My step son (9) wants a Samsung. Why? It says Samsung on the chest of his favourite soccer team. It's a foul world we live in..
Most people want whatever thing they want because the cool kids have it. If the kid likes soccer, obviously you can't be any cooler than a soccer player on a good team. This is why companies (many, many companies) give athletes fat sponsorship deals. If you consider it foul, I hear Alpha Centauri might be habitable (or North Korea, if you want to go really far).
But what is weird is the amount of consistent anti-Apple nonsense (from some of the same people) on a pro-Apple site.
TS is simply pro-Apple on a pro-Apple site. That kind of makes more sense, don't you think?
No, it doesn't. This is not a pro-Apple site, but a site for people who are interested in thing related to Apple (including Apple itself). There does not have to be any pro- or con-, simply useful information and discussion. The cultists really poison the dynamics, and TS is one of the worst cultists.
So I could go to any of various Android sites and just lie through my teeth about the platform and related products, eh? You'd be fine with that?
No more than I am fine with you doing it here. To be precise, what I am not fine with is not your lying (since 99.9% of your posts have no content, it is hard to detect a factual error or a lie), but your bullying of anyone who you disagree with (such as [but far from only] calling them liars). You are also a coward, since if you were in the habit of bullying people like this to their faces, you would probably be down to your last tooth, but here you hide behind the cover of anonymity, which makes your behavior that much worse.
No more than I am fine with you doing it here. To be precise, what I am not fine with is not your lying (since 99.9% of your posts have no content, it is hard to detect a factual error or a lie), but your bullying of anyone who you disagree with (such as [but far from only] calling them liars). You are also a coward, since if you were in the habit of bullying people like this to their faces, you would probably be down to your last tooth, but here you hide behind the cover of anonymity, which makes your behavior that much worse.
If by 'bully' you mean 'present fact in the face of lies', then okay.
Also, no, I've no fear in telling someone they're wrong to their face.
Originally Posted by SCProfessor
Ease up guys. There are too many other first world problems to solve.
Like how large to make the next Galaxy to make it "relevant".
Well I'll give this to you, you sold your soul to the company store.
I'd like to visit there sometime. Not in the mood for an Apple pen or ball cap or whatever else they sell only there, but it'd still be neat to see the stuff.
Anyway, I like the company, I'm here, and I'll correct lies when I see them. If that's "selling one's soul", there's not much that wouldn't be.
No, it doesn't. This is not a pro-Apple site, but a site for people who are interested in thing related to Apple (including Apple itself). There does not have to be any pro- or con-, simply useful information and discussion. The cultists really poison the dynamics, and TS is one of the worst cultists.
Do you read the editorials? Do you see anti-Apple stories here (except when quoting others)?
Posters like you are the bane in this site, with your relentless trolling.
Some people prefer the iPhone and others prefer the Galaxy -- I certainly don't know which phone is better, but I can see people liking either one. My experience is that iOS has its share of stability problems -- the updater frequently hangs, and is impossible to unhang (the only way seems to be to delete the hung updates, and to reload the apps from scratch) -- really annoying, since I have several a lot of apps, and doing this by hand is a nightmare (and a frequent one). iMessage sometimes eats messages. Some of the apps I use crash every time I use them. Others never do. I have never ever had an app crash on an android device, but my sample size is a lot smaller. I have never had malware on either iPhones or Androids. Perhaps because I neither jailbreak nor sideload (although the fact that Apple has never sold a truly unlocked device has made the decision to not jailbreak a difficult and expensive one -- all of my android devices are fully unlocked).
Just one man's experience that has no clue as to tech and should stay with his Wall Street BS, keep on trucking to mediocrity. You are very good at being assimilated.
As for being first, Samsung included a remote control app before the iPhone existed. I know, because I had a Samsung I-730 with it back in 2005. See image below.
Who said anything about first?
I had a Nokia that was doing it in 2002.
Maybe Samsung's marketers want to give this impression using the stupid, easily impressed old fart in the ad.
You should see all the fine print in the S4 ads airing in Australia, shortened sequences and artistic renditions accompany virtually every shot, they stand out like dog's balls on a 55" TV.
Apple's success has evoked more and more banal responses like this. Guess we should be pleased in a backhanded kind of way.
Yes, sometimes "succes" evokes emotion.. Like when the north Koerans, and boston-nuts have "success".. Sometimes even companies who make dumb-ass products and try too f-ck with freedom and fair competition, Like Apple, evoke hateful responses as well :-)
Comments
Quote:
Originally Posted by SolipsismX
Where do watermarked images of all the gadgets you own go?
Like this one of the IR remote I got for my 3G?
I didn't watermark it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ankleskater
Is it a cult when the object of worship doesn't acknowledge existence of its followers?
Especially then.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ndirishfan1975
I think the reason the 3G had more problems than the 4 is because there was a much bigger difference in the capabilites of the 3G to the 4 than from the 4 onward. The power and capabilities advanced at a far faster rate in the early generations of the iPhone and other smartphones. I think they've leveled off somewhat now. I like the bigger screen on the iPhone 5 but the real reason I upgraded was for the LTE. Other than that I would have been perfectly happy with my 4S or really even my 4. The one and only reason I upgraded from the 4 to the 4S was because I had promised my son I would upgrade and give him my 4 when the next iPhone came out. With the longer than normal refresh cycle between the 4 and 4S I was expecting something like the iPhone 5 instead of the 4S. I do wish Apple would have opened Siri up to the iPhone 4. It is perfectly capable of running the software. I was disappointed that they limited that in an obvious attempt to encourage people to upgrade devices. Other than Siri related services thought, I am not sure what the 4 doesn't do that the 4S and 5 can with iOS 5 or 6. I include the turn by turn with voice directions because that runs through Siri in a way.
I am actaully a hater of Google. Ironically I like many of their services but cannot stand them as a company and refuse to use anything of theirs if I have a choice. I don't like their policies of monitoring my activity in order to sell advertising. Or giving my personal info to developers if I buy an app. I think its deplorable. Thats why I enjoy the Microsoft SCROOGLED commercials. Its one company I don't really care about attacking another company I can't stand, but at least its bringing some of these practices into the open. I am sure there are a lot of people that don't realize how much Google uses their personal info to make money.
Edit:
I do realize that smartphones are still increasing their capabilities at a fast clip, but I think they have surpassed the needs of the software. In other words....yes an iPhone 5 is much faster than a 4S or 4, but the when you are using one the difference is sometimes difficult to distinguish. And the S4 with its octa core chips is just ridiculous. What smartphone app on the planet needs 8 cores????
8 cores is the so called 4 big 4 little design. It's purpose is to improve the power consumption profile. Perhaps you should actually learn a bit about the subject of your posting?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazoobee
Every Samsung advert I've seen so far has at least one, if not multiple occurrences of "whiz-bang" features that the phone has, which they fail to tell anyone was on the iPhone first. It's purposely misleading.
Did Apple tell everyone that Google Search, Google Maps, voice control, apps, slide-to-unlock, browsers with tap to zoom, and much more existed on smartphones before the iPhone? Of course not.
Quote:
This one for instance has the old dad being amazed that the phone can control the TV,. Something iPhone has been able to do for years (they also fail to tell you that it ail lonely work if you have a Samsung TV).
The remote app works on other brands as well.
As for being first, Samsung included a remote control app before the iPhone existed. I know, because I had a Samsung I-730 with it back in 2005. See image below.
Quote:
Any advertiser who puts misleading facts into a commercial should be immediately suspect. People may not like Apple and may even hate the iPhone, but at least the adverts for the iPhone are honest.
Apple was dinged more than once for advertisements that were misleading about how quickly or easily something was done.
Quote:
One of the oldest and first rules of commerce … "Don't buy from a seller who dissembles."
Two words: Steve Jobs.
Quote:
Originally Posted by palegolas
My step son (9) wants a Samsung. Why? It says Samsung on the chest of his favourite soccer team. It's a foul world we live in..
Most people want whatever thing they want because the cool kids have it. If the kid likes soccer, obviously you can't be any cooler than a soccer player on a good team. This is why companies (many, many companies) give athletes fat sponsorship deals. If you consider it foul, I hear Alpha Centauri might be habitable (or North Korea, if you want to go really far).
Quote:
Originally Posted by anantksundaram
Of course you are... anyone is.
But what is weird is the amount of consistent anti-Apple nonsense (from some of the same people) on a pro-Apple site.
TS is simply pro-Apple on a pro-Apple site. That kind of makes more sense, don't you think?
No, it doesn't. This is not a pro-Apple site, but a site for people who are interested in thing related to Apple (including Apple itself). There does not have to be any pro- or con-, simply useful information and discussion. The cultists really poison the dynamics, and TS is one of the worst cultists.
Originally Posted by igriv
No, it doesn't. This is not a pro-Apple site, but a site for people who are interested in thing related to Apple (including Apple itself).
So I could go to any of various Android sites and just lie through my teeth about the platform and related products, eh? You'd be fine with that?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
So I could go to any of various Android sites and just lie through my teeth about the platform and related products, eh? You'd be fine with that?
No more than I am fine with you doing it here. To be precise, what I am not fine with is not your lying (since 99.9% of your posts have no content, it is hard to detect a factual error or a lie), but your bullying of anyone who you disagree with (such as [but far from only] calling them liars). You are also a coward, since if you were in the habit of bullying people like this to their faces, you would probably be down to your last tooth, but here you hide behind the cover of anonymity, which makes your behavior that much worse.
Ease up guys. There are too many other first world problems to solve.
Originally Posted by igriv
No more than I am fine with you doing it here. To be precise, what I am not fine with is not your lying (since 99.9% of your posts have no content, it is hard to detect a factual error or a lie), but your bullying of anyone who you disagree with (such as [but far from only] calling them liars). You are also a coward, since if you were in the habit of bullying people like this to their faces, you would probably be down to your last tooth, but here you hide behind the cover of anonymity, which makes your behavior that much worse.
If by 'bully' you mean 'present fact in the face of lies', then okay.
Also, no, I've no fear in telling someone they're wrong to their face.
Originally Posted by SCProfessor
Ease up guys. There are too many other first world problems to solve.
Like how large to make the next Galaxy to make it "relevant".
Well I'll give this to you, you sold your soul to the company store.
Originally Posted by SCProfessor
Well I'll give this to you, you sold your soul to the company store.
I'd like to visit there sometime. Not in the mood for an Apple pen or ball cap or whatever else they sell only there, but it'd still be neat to see the stuff.
Anyway, I like the company, I'm here, and I'll correct lies when I see them. If that's "selling one's soul", there's not much that wouldn't be.
Do you read the editorials? Do you see anti-Apple stories here (except when quoting others)?
Posters like you are the bane in this site, with your relentless trolling.
So what? Why should that bother you?
Disregard, meant for another thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by igriv
#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; }
Some people prefer the iPhone and others prefer the Galaxy -- I certainly don't know which phone is better, but I can see people liking either one. My experience is that iOS has its share of stability problems -- the updater frequently hangs, and is impossible to unhang (the only way seems to be to delete the hung updates, and to reload the apps from scratch) -- really annoying, since I have several a lot of apps, and doing this by hand is a nightmare (and a frequent one). iMessage sometimes eats messages. Some of the apps I use crash every time I use them. Others never do. I have never ever had an app crash on an android device, but my sample size is a lot smaller. I have never had malware on either iPhones or Androids. Perhaps because I neither jailbreak nor sideload (although the fact that Apple has never sold a truly unlocked device has made the decision to not jailbreak a difficult and expensive one -- all of my android devices are fully unlocked).
Just one man's experience.
#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; }
Just one man's experience that has no clue as to tech and should stay with his Wall Street BS, keep on trucking to mediocrity. You are very good at being assimilated.
No they can't be that iGnorant.. iGnorant is reserved for people with devices defective by design by a certain fruit company :-)
Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbrother24
No they can't be that iGnorant.. iGnorant is reserved for people with devices defective by design by a certain fruit company :-)
Apple's success has evoked more and more banal responses like this. Guess we should be pleased in a backhanded kind of way.
Quote:
Originally Posted by KDarling
As for being first, Samsung included a remote control app before the iPhone existed. I know, because I had a Samsung I-730 with it back in 2005. See image below.
Who said anything about first?
I had a Nokia that was doing it in 2002.
Maybe Samsung's marketers want to give this impression using the stupid, easily impressed old fart in the ad.
You should see all the fine print in the S4 ads airing in Australia, shortened sequences and artistic renditions accompany virtually every shot, they stand out like dog's balls on a 55" TV.
Yes, sometimes "succes" evokes emotion.. Like when the north Koerans, and boston-nuts have "success".. Sometimes even companies who make dumb-ass products and try too f-ck with freedom and fair competition, Like Apple, evoke hateful responses as well :-)