Metriacanthosaurus

avon b7 said:

Metriacanthosaurus said:

Nobody cares, iFixit. You make it sound like anyone cares about repairability except you, which is false. No one cares. Your business must evolve to deal with the changing landscape, or you need to move on altogether. No one should be making products with user-repairability in mind. That is a total waste. I don't want devices that are crippled by that as a priority. 

I take the opposite view. Repairability (the user part isn't a must) should be in the design of high priced electronics and be required by legislation if necessary.

This phone looks to be a very bad example. If it is impossible to replace the battery without breaking the unit or leaving it in a worse state than when you began the process, a good idea would be to give it a very healthy warranty.

If not, you are basically purchasing a time-bomb with a one year delay on the countdown.

The market response to that kind of bullshit legislation is, "Fine we don't have to make you anything then."

What absurd liberal nonsense. Don't buy the product if you, in your amateur opinion, don't like some aspect of it. 

tzeshan said:

I like the model in 7 Plus.  She is prettier and natural. 

Plus they are not even the same photo. When Apple does these comparisons they are indentical shots. Of course they don't bother comparing to Samsung because Apple doesn't care, nor needs to, what Samsung's top product looks like. It really has no bearing on their own.

vlscout said:

Metriacanthosaurus said:

Soli said:

I can't wait until the SIM tray is gone.

Is it really affecting you much? I haven't touched a SIM card in years.

If you are travelling internationally, it often makes sense to use a local SIM card (prepaid plan, with a cheap data option attached to it). 

But when you think about what an iPhone can do, doesn't it seem ridiculous to switch little tiny cards in a drawer inside it, just to be able to do this?

This is should be 100% software driven. You should just be able to scan nearby networks, see their comparitive performance and pricing in your area, and pick one. Boom. You're on that carrier. This is the ideal user experience, and it is only held up by carriers that have no idea how to project their survival in that world.

allmypeople said:

Do people here actually use the app? Until I can ad block on it, no way.

Until it supports Picture in Picture on iPad, no way.

Apple should take a heavy hand not allow video playback apps to exist without this feature. This is a feature of iOS, it should not be a per-app feature.

Nobody cares, iFixit. You make it sound like anyone cares about repairability except you, which is false. No one cares. Your business must evolve to deal with the changing landscape, or you need to move on altogether. No one should be making products with user-repairability in mind. That is a total waste. I don't want devices that are crippled by that as a priority.