Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[skyscraper101]

Get this

Apple fans begin queueing for the new iPhone 7 FIVE DAYS early

"with professional sitters charging £2,500 a week to save a spot"

 

[skyscraper101]

I've actually seen this in the flesh, the queue in NY for the iPhone 1 stretching back blocks and blocks.

Some guy offering his spot for like $5k and I overheard him saying he'd already turned down $4k

It's lunacy at best.

 

[sim667]

Get this

Apple fans begin queueing for the new iPhone 7 FIVE DAYS early

"with professional sitters charging £2,500 a week to save a spot"

Ill believe it when I see it in a paper that isn't the daily mail.

 

[Winot]

I noticed that the Regent Street store is now completely closed for renovation (previously they had the basement open). Odd timing. Presumably the queue will be twice as long at the Covent Garden store.

 

[skyscraper101]

On pre-order launch day there were no available iPhone 7's to pick up on release day in London except in Brent Cross when I looked.

 

[editor]

I noticed that the Regent Street store is now completely closed for renovation (previously they had the basement open). Odd timing. Presumably the queue will be twice as long at the Covent Garden store.

Probably the only way they can get anything approaching a less than modest queue of hysterical fanboys these days.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Just installed iOS 10. All seems to be working fine so far...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

What no hysterical posts from Apple haters about the upgrade issues which were fixed in less than an hour?[emoji848]


.

 

[Ranbay]

Been sending dick pics all night *drawn ones that is* love it

 

[editor]

iPhone 7 review roundup: how big a problem is the absent headphone jack?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/13/iphone-7-review-roundup-headphone-jack

 

[sim667]

Liking iOS 10 so far, haven't quite got my head around the in message app stuff, but I don't know anyone else who's upgraded yet.

Shame the raise to wake doesn't seem to working on iPhone 6

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

iPhone 7 review roundup: how big a problem is the absent headphone jack?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/13/iphone-7-review-roundup-headphone-jack

Answer - "not much, really"

 

[chilango]

iOS 10 is a definite step forward, albeit in small ways. I like it so far!

 

[editor]

Answer - "not much, really"

I always love seeing the Reality Distortion Effect in action.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I always love seeing the Reality Distortion Effect in action.

The overwhelming consensus from reviews is that for the vast majority of users it simply won't be a big deal. There will be a minority of users for whom it will be a pain, and and even smaller set for which it will be a deal breaker.

As usual, Ars Technica has the best take on it.

iPhone 7 and 7 Plus review: Great annual upgrades with one major catch

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The major downside is that so far Apple won't be licensing the W1 chip to outside manufactures. This seems incredibly short sighted.

 

[editor]

The overwhelming consensus from reviews is that for the vast majority of users it simply won't be a big deal. There will be a minority of users for whom it will be a pain, and and even smaller set for which it will be a deal breaker.

As usual, Ars Technica has the best take on it.

iPhone 7 and 7 Plus review: Great annual upgrades with one major catch

"Major catch". That's MAJOR. A big thing.

 

[bi0boy]

"Major catch". That's MAJOR. A big thing.

A small thing actually:

 

[Spymaster]

iPhone 7 review roundup: how big a problem is the absent headphone jack?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/13/iphone-7-review-roundup-headphone-jack

Do you sit at your computer all day searching for negative Apple reviews?

Don't you get bored after a while? I don't see what you get out of it.

 

[Spymaster]

"Major catch". That's MAJOR. A big thing.

It doesn't worry any users of the phone anywhere near as much as it does you!

 

[editor]

It doesn't worry any users of the phone anywhere near as much as it does you!

Doesn't worry me in the slightest but it's always a joy to see the Fanboy Reality Shield in action. It amuses me no end. Must. Defend. The. Multi-billion. Corporate. No. Matter. What.

Pure comedy to me. Well, if I'm bored enough, and I'm on a train now so it's a perfect soupcon of entertainment.

 

[bi0boy]

Must. Defend. The. Multi-billion. Corporate. No. Matter. What.

Must argue against the user who has a bee in their bonnet about something more like.

 

[Nivag]

A small thing actually:

They'll make more profit selling these than the actual phone.
It's a good way to make a large phone less likely to fit in someones pocket.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

"Major catch". That's MAJOR. A big thing.

Read past the headline. Read all the other reviews.

 

[editor]

Read past the headline. Read all the other reviews.

I read the entire article. The author even suggests that some users may want to message Apple over this issue. Perhaps you missed that bit, but I don't think it's something that site suggests very often.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Must admit I was a bit surprised at the negative vibes about it all from The Guardian, they're usually pretty gushing.

Then, right at the bottom "The Guardian has not been provided with a review handset by Apple"

 

[bi0boy]

My Samsung TV doesn't have a power button.

Remember the outrage when the first TV without a power button was released?

 

[belboid]

My Samsung TV doesn't have a power button.

Remember the outrage when the first TV without a power button was released?

I still think that's a shit idea too. Sometimes I cant find the remote, or the battery's are fucked.

 

[editor]

Must admit I was a bit surprised at the negative vibes about it all from The Guardian, they're usually pretty gushing.

Then, right at the bottom "The Guardian has not been provided with a review handset by Apple"

So what you're saying is that all the frothing reviews in the past were due to Apple dishing out freebies galore, but now that they're no longer on the backslapping gravy train, their reviews can now be more honest?

That's good news all round I think. Some of their biased 'reporting' in the past was positively embarrassing.

 

[editor]

I still think that's a shit idea too. Sometimes I cant find the remote, or the battery's are fucked.

Me too. I like having a power button.