Everyone I speak to who experiences Google Now for the 1st time thinks it's pretty damn cool. Smartphone innovation = smartphone intuitively managing more of your life.
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5c is ?469 unsubsidised for the 16gb, and the 5s is ?20 more expensive than the 5 at ?549 for the 16gb.
Overall, I'm underwhelmed. The 5c is way, way, way too expensive and the 5s doesn't seem like a big upgrade over the 5.
Also, these iPhone 5c cases are vile.
What the fuck?
Overall, I'm underwhelmed. The 5c is way, way, way too expensive and the 5s doesn't seem like a big upgrade over the 5.
Also, these iPhone 5c cases are vile.
What the fuck?
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Those cases are going to retail at ?25 a pop. Apple fans will lap it up no doubt.Also, these iPhone 5c cases are vile.
What the fuck?
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There will always be two camps
Pro Apple will say that 64bit processor, two flash camera, fingerprint scanner, Slo-mo video capture are amazing innovations and upgrades.
Anti Apple will say that 64bit processor won't make any significant difference to apps until much further down the road when apps are designed to take advantage of it, other features are just gimmicks (fingerprint scanner tech is not new, people who are serious about photography certainly won't be using their phones to take photos, slo-mo video? okay...), screen size still same as before, battery life is expected to be the same as 5.
I've never brought a Apple product before and I don't plan to buy one any time soon too. Just personal preference.
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How many people here actually lock their phones? I don't think I know anyone that does. Personally I want to be able to loan my phone to people and not have to re-authenticate every time the screen shuts off and I'm not overly concerned that someone would do that much damage even if they got ahold of my phone with nefarious intent. If the fingerprint scanner allows purchases and such in the future that might be interesting. If it's just to unlock the phone then it's going to be like Android's face recognition, something people try once, say "oh neat" and then never use again. Everything else (better processor, better camera, etc) is just boilerplate that is expected and required in every new device.
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The thing is, if you use fingerprint scanner on your phone then absolutely no one else can use it
Which is the purpose right? But how about times when members of your family wanted to just use your phone to make a call or your kids play on your apps for a while or lend it to a friend to make a call? It's pretty inconvenient to have to rescan your fingerprint every time the phone goes into lock screen to unlock it whilst someone else is using it.
Suitable for those who never let other people touch their phones I suppose
Which is the purpose right? But how about times when members of your family wanted to just use your phone to make a call or your kids play on your apps for a while or lend it to a friend to make a call? It's pretty inconvenient to have to rescan your fingerprint every time the phone goes into lock screen to unlock it whilst someone else is using it.
Suitable for those who never let other people touch their phones I suppose
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Thats kind of the point and really shows the irony of all these sham events.
I fucking hate that shit. I remember the first few weeks we where in Iraq one of the guys on my team changed my background pic on my laptop to a dick. I changed every single one of his windows sounds to tarzan boy's baltimora, every single one.
Never happened again.
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Someone ordered a Lumia 1020 here at the office and I was surprisingly impressed. Solid phone, amazing camera, good battery life, and I was actually shocked that WP8 is actually pretty good. The only major fail I noticed is that WP8 doesn't support EAP-TLS for wireless, which is fucking retarded for any phone that is meant to be used in a corporate environment.
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You can scan multiple fingerprints in for unlocking in order to avoid this scenario.