sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I imagine it will get a release at the same time as iOS 8 in the "fall" so I'd guess anouncement in september for an october release.
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I imagine it will get a release at the same time as iOS 8 in the "fall" so I'd guess anouncement in september for an october release.
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hiraethified
Very unlikely to be announced before the autumn.
skyscraper101
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Amusing though this 'ripping off' of Android features is, I don't mind it in the slightest. It does at least show they're recognising their own shortcomings on iphones and responding to what people want most on their mobile device. Better that than digging their heels in on silly things like 3rd party keyboards like they have been until now. It also then forces Google to up their game and come up with better shit that Apple don't have.
Competition like that can't be a bad thing for us whichever device you want.
Competition like that can't be a bad thing for us whichever device you want.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
That is about the normal time isn't it?
I'm intrigued to see the size of the new phone, if they do some sort of 'phablet' I'd be quite tempted to replace my 5 and ipad mini with one.
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I'd rather they let it as it is tbh. It's perfectly usable as it is, bigger phones are crap for one handed use and are a fucker to get in and out of a tight pocket.
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Surely having an an option between the two is the best of both worlds no? 4.7" would be a little shorter than the current 4.87" iphone 5 anyway.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The current phone has a 4" screen.
skyscraper101
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I'm talking about the handset dimensions, not the screen. It's 4.87" high AFAIK. The article linked to is suggesting a 4.7" handset? Unless I'm mistaken and they're referring to screen size? It's all rumour anyway.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
They are referring to screen size.
skyscraper101
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OK right then. I also think the size is fine as it is. But doubtless many will like the larger size options as the large Android handsets seem to be doing ok.
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hiraethified
Quite a few zillion people seem to be coping just fine with those 'problems.'
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One of my biggest reasons for not getting an iphone is the small screen size.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Yep, something about the size of the Samsung S5 or Note would be ideal for me.
skyscraper101
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People want choice. I want a small handset like Bees. Plenty of others want big ones. Rumours suggest Apple are going to to do two handset sizes. Everyone wins in the end.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I don't see anything in tech as ripping off anymore...it's great that competition has forced Google to tighten things up and Apple to open up. The clear winners are us, the consumers!
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I don't need a massive screen but if that's what the market wants then that's what Apple will give them. They'd be mad not too...
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
MS have clearly failed, and amazingly so, touch screen laptops are horrible and a gimmick at this point. But they didn't fail by having a single OS, they failed by shoving it down everyones throat without letting go of the past. Had they just transitioned over a number of years they could of worked out the UX and produced a unified experience.
That said it would have still been a tall order as the only way you can truly unify experience is by creating both the hardware and software. Only one company does that presently.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
As i own a Mini which I am very happy with indeed, I'm sitting on the fence. The iPhone/iPad combination has proved itself to be a winner. I think I'd have to go into an Apple shop and use the new ones to see if gadget me goes 'want!'.
The 4 I have is still serving me very well indeed, its the longest I've ever owned a phone. I've never been using it and thinking 'god damn I need a new phone'. Not one to be buying something for the sake of it.
The 4 I have is still serving me very well indeed, its the longest I've ever owned a phone. I've never been using it and thinking 'god damn I need a new phone'. Not one to be buying something for the sake of it.
skyscraper101
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Greasy fingers all over my nice macbook air screen? No thanks. Trackpad FTW.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I seem to remember some people using that argument against the first iPhone. I can't be arsed to search that far back so wouldn't want to say who it was.
FridgeMagnet
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My MacBook Air has the filthiest screen known to mankind, and I don't even touch it except to try to remove a particularly awkward grease spot which just smears it further. I don't think a touch screen could possibly make that worse. If anything they'd use an oleophobic coating as with phones.
It would however be pointless on an air because OS X isn't at all touch based and apple seem to have no interest in making it so - a design decision that I agree with personally.
It would however be pointless on an air because OS X isn't at all touch based and apple seem to have no interest in making it so - a design decision that I agree with personally.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Properly linked to your phone? I use mighty text which works well for texts, what do you use for calls?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Indeed, also see wrist and arm injury rise due to the abnormal way of using a screen for navigation.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I use Viber which does much of what Apple is about to do but nowhere near as seamlessly...
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Not quite what mighty text does. It displays all my SMSs in chrome, with pops up when I get a new one that I can reply straight from. Notifies me if someone is ringing, useful if my phone is on silent or somewhere else.
Comes out of my call allowance, but they're unlimited. Tbh there would be not benefit in it doing calls other then pure laziness or not having to get up to find my phone.
Comes out of my call allowance, but they're unlimited. Tbh there would be not benefit in it doing calls other then pure laziness or not having to get up to find my phone.
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