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patpatpat wrote: » Adding an extra phone on a shared family plan on ATT costs approx $40/month (depending on data plan, I chose 4GB shared in this example). On t-mobile BYOD it costs $10 (unsubsidized and also unshared data) Assuming you buy a 5C …
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blackbook wrote: » As far as 5C sales, this news isn't at all impressive. But I'm sure Apple is happy that the more expensive higher margin 5S is selling better than the 5C. With all of the marketing dollars and ads for the 5C one would think i…
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akqies wrote: » Did you consider that they thought it would improve there sales… unless they got caught. Sometimes you take a calculated risk in business. But that's exactly the point. They obviously thought it would help sales - which refutes …
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blackbook wrote: » That's subject. 4 people out of 5 around me love it {iOS 7}. It's also time dependent. When I first saw it, I didn't like it. After using it for a couple of days, I was completely neutral - not caring one way or the other…
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jonbirge wrote: » There is no evidence that any of these gains are coming from 64 bit versus 32 bit. Whether that's true or not, it's irrelevant. Apple created a chip with incredible performance. It has 64 bits, more registers, etc. Why woul…
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AppleInsider wrote: » White's sources made no mention of a second-generation iPad mini, leading the analyst to speculate that the device may not launch this month. . Or that White simply hasn't gotten around to fabricating a rumor about the Min…
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But, but, but, but..... no one's buying the 5C? Apple simply stuffed the channels. /s
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tundraboy wrote: » A switch down the road to ARM on Apple's desktop OS seems more and more likely. I wouldn't say a certainty; for now, Apple is just hedging its bets. I wouldn't mind if they abandoned X86 entirely except for that *%^$#ing Quick…
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lkrupp wrote: » Just being a devils advocate here. We laud Apple for its attention to detail, exquisite design, user experience, customer service, and all the intangibles that make it great. We bristle when the critics play the spec-war game and e…
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lightknight wrote: » I agree that it is fine for a lot of people, I'm talking marketing here. If you sell a good phone at its price at 600 and a better phone at only 700, people will get the better phone. That's true in much of the world. In t…
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rcfa wrote: » No, Tim Cook shouldn't have done X because I know better, but Tim Cook should not prevent me from exercising my rights to fully own and control a device for which I paid. If Apple gives away iPhones for free e.g. in some ad-sponsored…
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kevt wrote: » Yes, that's the point. It's the identical price to what "last year's" flagship has always been. Except ... it's a cheaper plastic version brought to you at no saving whatsoever. I'm not having a go the phone itself (I really liked…
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ctwise wrote: » "Only problem I see here is fragmentation...If the difference is this large, won't we get 5s only apps ?" You'll get 5S only "features", yes. Just like the audio convolution described in the article. And just like iOS features t…
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dasanman69 wrote: » The gist doesn't change much and you and I are in agreement that these companies are indeed both stupid and dishonest especially since they're cheating on a test most know nothing of and the performance increase is only a few p…
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dasanman69 wrote: » I never said that benchmarks weren't important, it's just not of importance to the average consumer at least in the US. OK. Very slight modification to my statement - but the gist doesn't change: Let's see. You (an anonym…
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taniwha wrote: » one thing that seems odd about this report is that in comparable IP Litigation and discovery the lawyers of the party supplying documents ALWAYS review these carefully and mark up the documents very carefully where claims of privi…
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dillio wrote: » If Apple set itself up for people to not care about these specs (ex. how much RAM my iPhone has, etc.) then it should live by those expectations. I could care less that the new iPhone has 32 or 64-bit processor in it. Focus on show…
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dasanman69 wrote: » I really don't know the answer to that question. A positive review is helpful but truth be told the majority of the people reading reviews aren't in the market for a phone or will not let benchmark scores affect their decis…
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maestro64 wrote: » Here is how you fix this problem, as this article points out the benchmark number if just one of the things that tell you how good the product is. So if Sammy want to play this game let them, run the benchmark test until the bat…
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dasanman69 wrote: » Well you tell me, who brags about benchmark scores except geeks? I've overheard people bragging about screen size, about this feature and that feature but never once have I heard someone brag about benchmark scores. So you'r…