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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Anyone want to bet it will be Foxconn that will ultimately supply the sapphire? lol I'd take that bet (being on the side that says Foxconn does *NOT* make sapphire. Foxconn does manual labor. Sap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections Originally Posted by Frood After a dissertation of hardware this, processor that, ram, android blah blah... In the end it looks like DED recognizes the real distinguishment in performance is that the Not…
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After a dissertation of hardware this, processor that, ram, android blah blah... In the end it looks like DED recognizes the real distinguishment in performance is that the Note 4 is driving roughly double the pixels the iPhone 6 plus is. I agree i…
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Instead of a sideways jab, they should just run with the data. The Note 4 can withstand more than twice the force of the iPhone 6 before bending. The actual numbers they withstand and all the bickering from both sides is pretty meaningless. The…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Shut up and go away, you useless, pathetic troll. Maybe a useless, pathetic, but *accurate* troll. I was a little stunned to see both this and 'Privacy mode' added as features. These really are f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stike vomit I don't get it. Where's the Android angle? Is Danny Diggler ill? I think the 'Android angle' on this one would only be positive for Android. The same argument he is using to explain why the iPhone…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rumormill I seriously doubt Apple, Google, or any tech Titan on that scale is paying the max tax rate anywhere especially with access to the best tax technicians money can buy. So the $8 billion figure is for shock va…
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So Iovine is the 'suit' or record label executive, Dre was the 'face' or superstar who did little else, and Lamar was the engineering talent that actually knew something about audio and conceived, designed, and built the actual product. Sue the pa…
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It would make Apple look bad if the iOS % adoption rate actually went backwards. Much better for Apple if users are stuck with it once they have it even if its not working so well for them to the point that they'd rather have the old software.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Siri to critics: bite my shiny metal ass. R: Siri, no need to get bent out of shape.
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Tim should invite Craig and this employee over for dinner just to lighten things up and put the guy at ease. When an ordinary person minding their own life comes under public scrutiny like this craziness can happen. Tim should escalate this and c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chandra69 Android also? It is built into the next release of Android, Android L. I think it is largely a feel good measure. If you've actually used your phone, whatever you have on it can be readily accessed …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ Who are you going to believe? Apple, who has vigorously tested thousands of phones, going through their state of the art test facility, or one knucklehead on Youtube who has tested one used phone that was…
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Great review to whomever the author is! I really like what they did with the landscape homescreen. Mentioning the conditions for the battery life test is nice. To me the two biggest surprises to going to a phablet were that 'battery life' was no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RadarTheKat One wonders how a plastic Samsung large screen phone would fare with the same amount of pressure at the point where it's button cutouts reside. Plastic is also quite malleable. I've used a Note 1 follo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blastdoor Fascinating… I wonder if any other chip designer uses two foundries at the same time for the same chip. I kind of doubt it given the large investment of time and money to tailor a design to a particular fou…
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The schadenfreude in the other thread was more fun
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Quote: Originally Posted by Retrogusto I've had my 6 (not Plus) for three days now, and I'm finding the size extremely awkward. When I pick up my 4S, it now feels futuristic to me in a way I didn't think would be possible after three years. M…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan I noticed in the press release Cook used the words "sell through". Any significance to this? I don't remember Apple using that phrase before in press releases. I noticed that too. Tim usually picks his wo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GTR I wonder... When you take into consideration the low profit margins on their phones, lost business with Apple, marketing fees ($14 billion plus for 2013), legal fees, money owed to Apple for said legal action, e…