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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Excuse me for expecting Apple not to act like innumerate idiots. Now we’re stuck with 6S+ instead of iPhone (5.5”). If you think this is better, that’s your problem, too. Oh, and by the way, if you h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SirLance99 It's called having some fun. Lighten up. Also, no way in hell a Apple TV will give the same performance as a console much less than a PC gaming rig. Nobody is disrupting gaming. Well, if instead …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil I’m almost 100% certain that there’s no App Store-specific information and that they’re just pushing things out over every channel. Aren't you the one that was almost 100% certain that the iPhone 5 w…
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danvm wrote: » Casual gamers are happy I was referring to OS updates in the console, but now I got your point. Like I mentioned before, looks MS move to that direction with Windows 10 and DirectX 12, with the benefit of playing in mobiles, con…
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williamlondon wrote: » I'm fairly certain that no matter how many ATVs are sold, no matter how many people play games on those ATVs, no matter for how many hours nor how much money they spend on those games, that certain people will always declare…
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cpenzone wrote: » Gaming could mean additional revenue for Apple but it isn't going to cut into the console gaming market in any more meaningful way then iOS has in general. If you don't see that, you really don't understand the xBox 1 and PS4 ga…
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For all of you folks on here saying that at Apple "form follows function", you might have a surprise coming. Oh yes, I agree with you that it always has been that way, but I think the situation is going to subtly change. To wit... As you know, A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Just as I suspected. The text looks incredibily small and hard to read. Notice how the arch areas on the right and left of the screen are not even used. And the bottom of the screen only has the CNN logo. …
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sog35 wrote: » But thats my point. In five years the rectangle smart watch will look much better than today. You will be waiting for a very long time to have a round smartwatch that is as space efficent as a rectangle watch. Since the beginni…
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sog35 wrote: » The problem is you are comparing a technology that does not exist today - bezeless smartwatch screen to today tech. It may take 3 years or more for that type of tech to be feasable in a consumer smartwatch. I'll be honest. If…
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sog35 wrote: » So this is Google's solution to have both round and rectangle formats? Looks like total crap to me. Looks like literally fitting a square peg in a round hole. Cut off text, cut off images, random black areas. …
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I wonkothesane wrote: » Ahm, no bezel on the round watch? That's comparing apples with grapes. Either use both with bezel, or both without to make it a fair comparison. Edit: didn't see that sog wrote basically the same. If we compare appl…
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sog35 wrote: » You are comparing Apples to Oranges. Either show a picture of watches with Bezels or without. Comparing a rectangle watch with a Bezel to a fictional round watch without bezel is ridiculous. Here is a picture of the watch…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Zero bezel tech on the ?Watch would be incompatible with the curved portion of the glass because the visual display would appear distorted. Same thing with the iPhone, perhaps to a lesser degree. In both inst…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 The main reason why someone would design a round smartwatch is for aesthetics. But from readable text standpoint a round watch will ALWAYS have to be larger than a rectangle watch. And for the majority o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RadarTheKat Each argument presented is less logical that the last. It's starting to smack of religion, this faith that Aplle can just solve the problem. Apple HAS solved the problem, by going with a shape that does…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RadarTheKat Not sure you should be using the word Grok. It's... it's just not a good word for you. Not yet. Well, I certainly don't "grok" your point here. Grok: understand (something) intuitively or by empat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Dude stop comparing something with zero bezel to something with a bezel. lets get down to basics. Below is an image of a round shape and rectangle shape. Both would be able to display text of the same di…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TechLover Reading this thread is cracking me up, but also makes me sad for the human race. Fashion is a fickle thing. While everyone gets to have an opinion, what looks good or bad is up to each person. We are all …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 But you are comparing a current tech Apple Watch to a future tech round Apple Watch. Do you not see how that is not a fair comparison? You need to compare a rectanglar Apple Watch without a bezel to a rou…