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Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)
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Kid_Eternity
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So if I were to become unconscious can someone get into my phone.
Yeah but you're safe if they cut it off..!
ShiftyBagLady
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I think those plastic ones are horrid. They are garish and are the closest thing I've seen to a children's phone.
I do like the gold 5s. not paying seven hundred quid for one however. i'll either get an iphone 5 or stick with my cracked 4 with the dodgy home button.
I do like the gold 5s. not paying seven hundred quid for one however. i'll either get an iphone 5 or stick with my cracked 4 with the dodgy home button.
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ShiftyBagLady
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I think they are vile.
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Normally the one thing Apple always gets right - and in some considerable style - is design, but these look like some sort of knock off covers you'd find in Poundland.
This guy is particularly unimpressed: http://gizmodo.com/apples-iphone-5c-case-looks-like-a-cheese-grater-made-1285565207/1285964254
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Hmmmm, so the "budget" iPhone is anything but.
Not quite are I see the point of it tbh, spec wise it's almost identical to the new "proper" one.
Looking forward to iOS7 though, I've played with it a fair bit on a developer mates phone, it makes Android seem rather clunky in comparison.
I still think I'm gonna ditch a smartphone though, just haven't got the need for one, my ipad has taken those tasks over.
Not quite are I see the point of it tbh, spec wise it's almost identical to the new "proper" one.
Looking forward to iOS7 though, I've played with it a fair bit on a developer mates phone, it makes Android seem rather clunky in comparison.
I still think I'm gonna ditch a smartphone though, just haven't got the need for one, my ipad has taken those tasks over.
Minnie_the_Minx
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So if I were to become unconscious can someone get into my phone.
According to my 14-year-old friend on Facebook who's currently raving about fingerprint unlocking, you can dial emergency services without unlocking"duh"
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Look how teenagers and hipsters dress these days, they'll buy them by the bucketload...Can we all agree that the plastic case for the plastic phone sure is mighty fugly? It looks like a dust magnet too.
$29!
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They'll sell because they're Apple, not because of that case design, which is awful.
elbows
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Depends which spec you are interested in. CPU, OpenGL, 74-bit etc-wise its not the same as the new one, its basically the same as the 5.
As best I can tell the price is also around about what they would have started selling the 5 for after the 5S came out, if they were still sticking to that old way of offering cheaper ones rather than having made this new colour one instead of keeping the 5 around.
I don't like the price, but I'll wait and see how the new CPU etc perform in the 5S before judging whether it still makes any sense to consider the 5C at all.
RedDragon
"I am not one of your fans!"
Knowing some of my 'friends' they'll be using my finger to shop online at the Apple store.According to my 14-year-old friend on Facebook who's currently raving about fingerprint unlocking, you can dial emergency services without unlocking"duh"
Relying on different coloured cases just shows how the advancements are plateauing.
The fans will keep lining the streets for the time being but Apple, Samsung et al will face an ongoing battle in convincing regular consumers that model 'X' is any different from not only their competitors models but from what they released six months previously.
If the iPhone 6, can make my coffee in the morning, or do the ironing, I'll join the queue. Otherwise, I'll look to downgrade and save money when my contract is up.
The fans will keep lining the streets for the time being but Apple, Samsung et al will face an ongoing battle in convincing regular consumers that model 'X' is any different from not only their competitors models but from what they released six months previously.
If the iPhone 6, can make my coffee in the morning, or do the ironing, I'll join the queue. Otherwise, I'll look to downgrade and save money when my contract is up.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
So, did they announce anything else, or was this one phones only?
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Two phones. The 5s and the plasticky (guffaw) 'budget' 5C.
FridgeMagnet
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I don't give a shit about the rest of it but the 5C strikes me as a bad sign. That sort of pointless stuff dilutes the brand, and Apple used to recognise this. "I would buy an iPhone but they only come in black or white and I couldn't imagine using a cover" said nobody ever.
Kid_Eternity
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Have to admit been feeling this past year I may be moving on from smartphones too, if there was a retina iPad mini I'd be tempted to go data only and not bother with having a phone.
Kid_Eternity
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Indeed, Samsungs big innovation appears to be releasing a hundred variants of screen size, Apple is adding colour. Certainly smartphones are no longer a new frontier...
Kid_Eternity
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Curious as to why they kept the 4S, it makes more sense for them to dump it and just have two phones with lightening cables...
Kid_Eternity
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Thinking about tech one lesson you see time and time again is it doesn't matter who did first or how long ago. All that matters to consumers is who is doing it now and how well...fickle bastards!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
If the 5C had been a genuine budget offering I could see the point, but as it is? Nope.
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