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editor said:
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.
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That's one take on it.

Sour grapes could quite easily be another :D
 
beesonthewhatnow said:
That's one take on it.

Sour grapes could quite easily be another :D
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It's really not unusual for tech mags to have to buy their own handsets for review, although there are reviewers that some suspect are kept in Apple's pocket in exchange for less critical, gushing reviews. Apple gives them the ad-revenue early exclusives, and the reviewer plays nice.
 
Here's the kind of disappointing, non-critical promo fluff that gets written about Apple products. In this case the 'reviewer' hasn't actually got his hands on the phone. The comments section - as is often the case - proves to be far more enlightening.

Most popular comment:
Why is there a need for an news article like this to "sell" people on the new iPhone 7? There hasn't been a similar article to try to and "sell" people on the merits of any other smartphone. Why does the iPhone 7 need and get this kind of editorial promotion/marketing? Just genuinely curious.
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So, you don't care about the iPhone 7? Here are 10 reasons why you should
 
Apple remove the minijack and everyone literally looses their shit.
Samsung release an exploding phablet which sooner or later is going to kill someone, has been banned from the NYC subway and requested by the FAA not to be brought onto planes, gets away with it...

i think this is a great year not to upgrade.
 
pesh said:
Apple remove the minijack and everyone literally looses their shit.
Samsung release an exploding phablet which sooner or later is going to kill someone, has been banned from the NYC subway and requested by the FAA not to be brought onto planes, gets away with it.
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Quite.

Can you imagine what it would be like the other way round? :D
 
bi0boy said:
Ah yes, no one writes that sort of article about non-Apple products:

Apple iPhone 7 Plus: 10 reasons to pick the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 instead | ZDNet

5 Reasons To Buy The Samsung Galaxy Note 7

11 Reasons Why You'll Love the Galaxy Note 7

Samsung Galaxy Note 7: 5 reasons it’s already better than the iPhone 7
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Awww, don't burst his bubble.

Editor on Apple is some of the best stuff on these boards. He's become a minor celebrity here and was getting passed around our office the other day. We have bets on him. I lost the one about the headphone jack because he let me down and waited a full day before slagging it off. That cost me a fiver. :(

I got it back on Saturday though, by getting him to say this:
editor said:
The Macbook Air. Lovely machines ...
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That was a bet too. :)
 
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pesh said:
Apple remove the minijack and everyone literally looses their shit.
Samsung release an exploding phablet which sooner or later is going to kill someone, has been banned from the NYC subway and requested by the FAA not to be brought onto planes, gets away with it...

i think this is a great year not to upgrade.
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Yeah, but "explodes" is actually a design plus on a phablet.
 
Spymaster said:
Awww, don't burst his bubble.

Editor on Apple is some of the best stuff on these boards. He's become a minor celebrity here and was getting passed around our office the other day. We have bets on him. I lost the one about the headphone jack because he let me down and waited a full day before slagging it off. That cost me a fiver. :(

I got it back on Saturday though, by getting him to say this:

That was a bet too. :)
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What a sad place you inhabit.
 
bi0boy said:
Ah yes, no one writes that sort of article about non-Apple products:
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That's a nice set of links, but the bit you appear to have missed completely was that the article appeared on a pro/semi-pro photography website, with the author ruminating about the awesome imaging qualities of a phone he has yet to touch.

That was what the reader was commenting on, not whether such articles exist elsewhere. :facepalm:
 
beesonthewhatnow said:
The major downside is that so far Apple won't be licensing the W1 chip to outside manufactures. This seems incredibly short sighted.
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It is a bit of a pain, that. So we won't be seeing any wireless Senheisers made for iPhone 7 anytime soon.

Obviously, they have licensed it to Beats By Dre who they own, who in my opinion already have a superior set of ear pods with the Beats X with a longer lasting battery (although I haven't heard the sound quality or tested the comfort yet)

WirelessRemastered
 
editor said:
That's a nice set of links, but the bit you appear to have missed completely was that the article appeared on a pro/semi-pro photography website, with the author ruminating about the awesome imaging qualities of a phone he has yet to touch.

That was what the reader was commenting on, not whether such articles exist elsewhere. :facepalm:
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Website for reviewing products says a product has some benefits. Oh the outrage of it.
 
editor said:
What a sad place you inhabit.
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You must be kidding. Manipulating you is one of the most satisfying things I do on the internet. It doesn't always work, tbf, but when it does it's like ... BOOM! :D

You're currently subject to another (in play) bet too. :)
 
Looks like Apple are considering puling the headphone jack from MacBooks too

Apple Surveying MacBook Pro Users About Headphone Jack and Other Ports

applemacbookprosurveyquestion.jpg
 
editor said:
OK, you're determined to miss the point or try to understand why that article received so many comments from its readers. Oh well....
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It appears to have so many comments because the iPhone is far more popular than any of the models of camera which they normally talk about.
 
Spymaster said:
You must be kidding. Manipulating you is one of the most satisfying things I do on the internet. It doesn't always work, tbf, but when it does it's like ... BOOM! :D

You're currently subject to another (in play) bet too. :)
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Back on mutual ignore you go, you weirdly obsessive little man.
 
bi0boy said:
It appears to have so many comments because the iPhone is far more popular than any of the models of camera which they normally talk about.
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Nothing to do with the claims being made about the phone's amazing camera which the author has never actually used, then? (have you even read the comments?)? OK. As you will.
 
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skyscraper101 said:
Although the bunfights over this frankly, first world issue, are amusing to watch sometimes, it is a shame that it has to resort to mutual ignores. Over a phone.
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I'm still reading his stuff (and he's reading mine too ;) ) so we're still going to be able to place bets. I may need a posting proxy though. PM's on the way.
 
beesonthewhatnow said:
Honestly couldn't be fussed at all about losing it form my laptop. Losing the normal USB ports in favour of the new C types will mean buying another hub which would be a pain.
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Why? Just buy a new cable. Unless you mean everything becomes C, in which case yeah eventually.
 
skyscraper101 said:
Although the bunfights over this frankly, first world issue, are amusing to watch sometimes, it is a shame that it has to resort to mutual ignores. Over a phone.
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When individuals start taking these tech discussions into some weird, 'manipulated' off-line betting games, then it really has lost its way.
 
beesonthewhatnow said:
Honestly couldn't be fussed at all about losing it form my laptop. Losing the normal USB ports in favour of the new C types will mean buying another hub which would be a pain.
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I'm really not having a go here but it's quite common for me to be working at my laptop at a cafe and something comes in that I want to watch, so I just plug in my phone earphones. Be a pain if that suddenly means needing an adaptor.
 
Reiabuzz said:
Quick, dumb question. iPhone 6 or SE? Is the only difference basically the screen size? For 100 quid more?
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Quick answer. Looks a far better deal.
The Apple iPhone SE has some pretty interesting specs for its £359 starting price.

It may look like the iPhone 5S but it has the processing and graphics power of the flagship iPhone 6S, as well as its rear camera, despite being almost £200 cheaper.

The iPhone SE is essentially a smaller version of the the iPhone 6S, minus 3D Touch and a couple of other features such as a higher resolution front-facing camera. For those after a smaller iPhone, you aren't comprising on much and you're saving on the pennies. Bigger is normally always better, but sometimes great things come in small packages too, which is exactly the case for the iPhone SE.
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Apple iPhone SE vs iPhone 6S vs iPhone 6: What's the difference? - Pocket-lint
 
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