All Things Mac/ Apple
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Whoa… just looked up bend gate. Wonder what apple will do. You're right about NFC, I didn't really think of that... the only thing i don't like about the 6 is that its really close to feeling like a big android phone that's unwieldy.
I thought the same thing about the 5 when it came out, but after using it I totally saw it was better. Definitely did not get the same feeling with the 6, ill have to play with it more...
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i do admit that none of the new tech from apple has been fantastic in it's recent years. very stale thus far to be honest. but i do have to admit as well that being a huge apple fanboy i simply cannot resist getting their stuff. though i have to mention as much as they look like an android whatsoever, their software are clearly a step up from android.
the 6s is huge. and funnily enough few years ago i saw my friend's note 2 and i was like i'm not getting a phone that huge. but fast forward to 2014, i'm here with a 6 plus. what sold me on it was the dual view in landscape and it's optical image stabilization on it's camera
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This bending problem is all my fears come true. Phones are getting too large, and too thin to even carry in our pockets? No thanks. I'm due for an upgrade when I move back to the US, and I loved my iPhone 4, but I'm not sure I want the 6. Maybe I'll be able to get a deal on a 5…
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The Note 3 held up quite well to a similar bend test. You can't extrude aluminum to soda-can thinness on a large device and expect it have sufficient torsional strength. This is something that should have been obvious before a prototype was even made. Nothing more than simple physics and materials science, Apple has to know these disciplines and to apply them, no matter what Jony Ive wants.
I had hoped the Liquid Metal license would produce something cool but to date there is nothing.
This is (or should be) a very expensive recall.
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@grandmasterben I have a 6 and its awesome great size, beautiful screen. Don't listen to the haters. My wife has a Galaxy S4 and you can't compare nice screen and camera but, IMO android sucks it's like comparing Mac OS to windows. Apple products just work period!
ps @Urbanwoodsman has a 6+ and loves it
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Tech and OS aside, I just don;t think the 6 and 6+ are as pretty as the 5 or 4. The 4S is still the best looking iPhone imo.
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Tech and OS aside, I just don;t think the 6 and 6+ are as pretty as the 5 or 4. The 4S is still the best looking iPhone imo.
Troof. The stainless band was really pretty and the structural integrity in terms of anything but dropping the damn thing was pretty damn solid.
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I'm just glad people will stop making sarcastic comments like, "why didn't you just get a tablet?" when they see my Note 2. Now that Apple makes a phone with a 5.5" screen, it will just blend right in.
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Opinions are like assholes everybody has one
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I think the 5s looks best… 4 is a tad choady
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^ I have no idea what that word means
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Apple is dead. They should be embarrassed about the unending quality issues and how so many of them are rooted in design.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/24/ios-8-0-1-issues-possible-fix/
When John Gruber, who mocked people who sit on phones in their back pockets (I do this all day every day with my 6" display phone and it isn't bent–Apple has to adapt to the realities of humans and their uses, not the other way around--none of this "you're holding it wrong" BS) has to admit it's "embarrassing" you know it's bad.
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^this is just silly. Apple is not dead they have the best looking devices the safest, easiest and most reliable OS and seamless integration between their devices.
Android is clunky and cumbersome. This thread is now starting to fucking piss me off.
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Seamless integration, yes. Definitely Apples strength.
But Android != Android. When one buys a Samsung device this person should expect a ton of bloatware. Try a phone with stock Android the next time, you will be impressed by how smooth it runs.
Looks are subjective, but imho the Nexus 5 is the sleekest smartphone device I have ever owned. Minimalistic with quality plastics (not sure those 2 words go together well).
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D, i totally agree with you about software and looks… honestly, the reason why I'm bitching and unhappy is because i rely on apple so much for a cell phone. If i decide that i don't like what apple does anymore (big screens etc) then I'm just fucked and that worries me. Every time i use an android phone I'm like wow this is shitty. It's totally possible that theres one id like but i haven't come across it yet.
For computers, i'm sure i'll only use macs... luckily, there's nothing thats as volatile in computing for the worse (subjectively), unlike in smartphones.
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I have the 6 and the size is great I have had every new model design I do not buy "S" models. The 6 is by far the nicest most streamlined comfortable in hand that Apple has released. I played around with a 6+ again today and I think it is to big for me. However it is by far the best looking display I have ever seen.
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Another weird thing is that i actually dropped it twice when i was playing with it at the store… and the guy next to me did too. Must'v ebeen a combination of the slickness and the size
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I have the apple leather case on mine and it takes away the slickness on the back
