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Emericus said:

Now, I don't work for law enforcement, and I'm not necessarily siding with the FBI here, but I'm starting to the see the bigger picture how they see it, and it does make some sense without being too paranoid. The issue is that so many people use smartphones and cellphones (just like so many people use roads, airspace, and building enclosures), it may not be in the public's best interest that these things be designed to thwart all law enforcement activities always. On that account, it might be worth the government's best legal efforts to basically force Apple to dismantle iOS8 and thus, in the bigger picture, teach all tech companies a basic lesson: so many people use these devices and networks, it is in the public's best interest that they all have some form of backdoor, even if the downside is increased likelihood of opportunistic hacking.

Not siding with the FBI yet seeing the big picture of willingly accepting more hacking. Alrighty, so are you a hacker or just a opportunistic criminal waiting for the hack ?

Alpha Bets said:

FACT 1. The US Government, FBI, CIA and other agencies FAILED to stop THESE Terrorists inside America kill innocent people.
FACT 2. Apple, Inc. did nothing wrong in relation to this event - except unknowingly sell a phone to people with troubled minds.
FACT 3. Alphabet agencies are INCAPABLE of admitting when they make mistakes, thus rendering themselves UNTRUSTWORTHY.

This case is about INCOMPETENCE on the Federal Level of multiple agencies for failing to capture these Terrorists. Why can't our Senators and Congress-people questions the FBI why they failed the American people?

Agree wholeheartedly with everything except a small nuance :
FACT 2. Apple, Inc. did nothing wrong in relation to this event - including trustingly sell a phone to a government agency who unwittingly gave it to people with troubled minds.

6Sgoldfish said:

jfc1138 said:

Slow (versus 6s and 6s Plus) with poor battery life (versus even the previous gen Galaxy)?

yeah, quite the nude.

How can you know that, it hasn't even been benchmarked yet. And by the looks of it.. yea, it's one hell of a good-looking device. 

Yes it has, many commenters have been over this :

Early reviews peg Samsung's Galaxy S7 as a serious contender for best smartphone - iPhone Discussions on AppleInsider Forums

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donth8 said:

And yet the S7 is still slower CPU wise even though it is 6 months newer:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10120/the-samsung-galaxy-s7-review/3

Oh and it seems to overheat after high usage:

Spoiler alert on the first 4 Anandtech Benchmarks, it's not even close :

dangaioh said:

hexclock said:
Actually, you have to *very deliberately* press and hold an icon to do any of those things, since iOS 1.0.

Have you used an iPhone before? You've never accidentally dialed someone by accident, deleted an app, moved apps simply by touching, holding the phone while it was unlocked. Happens to my friends and parents all the time.

Yep, since the 2008 3G. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
My mon and all 4 of my siblings and 5 out of 9 kids are iOS users, nothing to report from a any of them. I can't speak for all of them but maybe it could be because I grab my phone by the side edges and not by pinching the home button or screen and back. I also tap on the icons intently rather than loiter on them before releasing.
However my mom's 94 year old Italian friend did delete a Safari Home Screen shortcut I had prepared for him pointing to his Italian newspaper website back home, it was only his third time using any computing device though and I think he was a bit nervous with slightly shaky hands.

OT, who's iPad is that with all the Google crap on it, why not just get an Android tablet. Maybe they just wanted a secure encrypted device.

chia said:

pmz said:

Ah. You're that special level of brainwashed then. Not just the typical American retard who gets their perspective from the television. You've had it hand delivered by the lying sack of shit government. Now, it all becomes clear.

Shameful of you pmz to abuse the military.  The military have made their sacrifices to protect your rights from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, Stalin's Soviets and despotic Arabs.

I may disagree with msantti, but, if true that he's served in Iraq with the military, then he'll always have my respect for being prepared to lay down his health or even his life for the freedoms enjoyed by the USA.

Agreed, I also have the utmost respect for the military and their enormous sacrifice and that of their family. My wife's dad parachuted behind enemy lines on D-Day at the age of 17, unbelievable, much respect. I also have a cousin who was a contracted psychiatrist for the military dealing with, of course, PTSD. After 3 years he gave it up and now does woodworking and furniture on his own, just couldn't do it anymore, much respect for his service as well to help these poor broken souls who gave so much.

I absolutely disagree with msanti obviously, but these soldiers died to give even idiots the freedom of speech even though they misuse it. And if true that he served he also has my respect as well for having laid down his health, and obviously his mental health as well. I wish him well and hope he seeks and gets all the medical attention he so sorely deserves and needs.