titantiger

cali said:

Soli said:

cali said:

What a ripoff. "For 2 weeks". Album wasn't even good, he was a B list rapper....

I'm pissed. 

Do a lot of B-list musicians win 3 out of 7 Grammys in a single year?




Personally, I like the beat of No Problem but I'm not a fan of his lack enunciation when he raps, but me being lukewarm on the song doesn't mean he's not a popular artist. Drake is certainly popular but I can't stand Hotline Bling, and don't understand how it can win with it's up against any of the others. Note that Chance the Rapper was a part of all but 2 songs out of 8(?) in that category.

Yes. Thank Apple for those Grammys. Before Apple made him famous no one gave a sh** about this mediocre rapper. Don't expect to see him ever again unless Apple gives him the spotlight. 

I don't mean to sound mad but there's so many other artists Apple could have signed the deal with, even other B listers. 

avon b7 said:

titantiger said:

avon b7 said:

titantiger said:

I wouldn't touch a Huawei phone with your hands, even if it ran iOS.

When you factor in bang for buck, Huawei make some superb phones. They are now creeping into the high end market.  They were first with force touch on a phone, had dual lens before Apple and innovating with gestures on the fingerprint scanners (which have been consistently faster than Apple's and extremely accurate to boot). Their Android personalisation layer is different to other classic Android approaches but not too far from iOS at first glance.

Design wise they have put a lot of effort into turning heads. Hold a Mate S in your hand and you understand with people call the latest Apple offerings 'boring'.

Much more importantly, and this is key, smartphones have already reached the 'good enough' zone. There are millions of people willing to come down from the top tier to something that is more than capable but not bleeding edge. When you enter that group, design is still important and that is where you find Huawei waiting for you (or the Honor sub brand). Aggressive pricing doesn't give you the same margins as Apple but that isn't the point. If you are taking people from the top tier, albeit with reduced margins, you are doing more damage to the manufacturers in that band by making them lose the sale. Obviously Huawei is digging it's teeth into the Android high end market after having taken the middle ground by storm but it is getting ever closer to Apple users too. However, the US has been off limits so far. It has done spectacularly well in Europe and China but they have their sights on the US you can be sure.

Has nothing to do with price or build quality and everything to do with Huawei's trustworthiness as a company.  I can't expound much more than that, but from a security perspective, I would not buy Huawei for any price.

Pretty sure that's why the US government has stepped in to thwart some prospective deals with US carriers going through. They don't like the idea of Huawei tech pumping data around and possibly interfering with it in some way. Not sure if it is just paranoia though. What I'm sure of is that Trump will be on any such future moves to make sure they are stopped.

avon b7 said:

titantiger said:

I wouldn't touch a Huawei phone with your hands, even if it ran iOS.

When you factor in bang for buck, Huawei make some superb phones. They are now creeping into the high end market.  They were first with force touch on a phone, had dual lens before Apple and innovating with gestures on the fingerprint scanners (which have been consistently faster than Apple's and extremely accurate to boot). Their Android personalisation layer is different to other classic Android approaches but not too far from iOS at first glance.

Design wise they have put a lot of effort into turning heads. Hold a Mate S in your hand and you understand with people call the latest Apple offerings 'boring'.

Much more importantly, and this is key, smartphones have already reached the 'good enough' zone. There are millions of people willing to come down from the top tier to something that is more than capable but not bleeding edge. When you enter that group, design is still important and that is where you find Huawei waiting for you (or the Honor sub brand). Aggressive pricing doesn't give you the same margins as Apple but that isn't the point. If you are taking people from the top tier, albeit with reduced margins, you are doing more damage to the manufacturers in that band by making them lose the sale. Obviously Huawei is digging it's teeth into the Android high end market after having taken the middle ground by storm but it is getting ever closer to Apple users too. However, the US has been off limits so far. It has done spectacularly well in Europe and China but they have their sights on the US you can be sure.

teaearlegreyhot said:

Am I the only one who finds it astonishing that a consumer can buy a device, and that the law allows a third party, or even the seller, to force relinquishment of that personal property?  It matters not why the consumer wants to keep his Note7, it belongs to him!  Using it does not damage the cellular network, so how dare the service provider transmit "poison software" and refuse to properly route calls to the buyer! This seems to me to be a huge trampling on civil rights.