The great combined Smrtphone OS thread

[pxpx]

Originally Posted by Ab

Huge SGS4 review at the Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/24/42...laxy-s4-review

ouch.

[Ab]

• Unpleasant, cheap design
• Sheer number of features can be overwhelming
• Performance can suffer in odd places

Wow, that doesn't sound like Samsung at all.

[TnT]

Originally Posted by Ab

Huge SGS4 review at the Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/24/42...laxy-s4-review

and only $899 WHAT A BARGAIN, TAKE THAT APPLE!

[fidgit]

Why does Blackberry still have a stranglehold over South Africa? Are they just, literally, 5 years behind NZ on technology? (and so, 10 years behind the rest of the Developed World).

[?>Superman]

http://mashable.com/2013/04/22/iphon...rned-problems/

Damn was considering an Iphone 5S.

[ala*]

yeah returned a ip5 recently. lock button stopped working after ~2 months of use.

had to be fairly persistent for them to send a box with a new phone in it, they sure love people going to the "genius bar" (i couldn't think of anything worse)

[CCS]

What's gonna be different about the 5S? Slightly better cpu? WIll it change everything... again... again?

[?>Superman]

It'll make me feel extra cool when purchasing my latest turtle neck.

I was planning on the Galaxy S4 but i'll wait N see how much of a fuck I'd give about it not being "metal". I used an Iphone4s recently, no complaints there, was easy to use, almost converted but decided i'd buy the latest and greatest (probably will wait and see if Iphone6 is mint prior to making any jump in 'that' direction).

Might just wait it out for a little longer and see what comes out

[Ab]

Bring on iOS Jony Ive Turbo Hyper Fighting Edition.

[p01s0n]

The ivePhone cometh

[CCS]

Get that new choice looking HTC One Something. The one with aluminium bits.

[blur^]

Originally Posted by pxpx

ouch.

why ouch?

the only real bad thing he had to stay was about the design and how HE felt it was gross in his hand (and the supposed people he handed it to)

everything else was positive?
better camera, screen, performance, battery than the competition

[p01s0n]

Don't say another Goddamn word. Up until now, I've been polite. If you say anything else - word one - I will kill myself. And when my tainted spirit finds its destination, I will topple the master of that dark place. From my black throne, I will lash together a machine of glass and brushed aluminium, and fueled by my hatred for bad design this fear engine will bore a hole between this world and that one. When it begins, you will hear the sound of aspergers screaming - as though from a great distance. A smoking orb of nothing will grow above your bed, and from it will emerge a thousand starving crows. As I slip through the widening maw in my new form, you will catch only a glimpse of my radiance before you are incinerated. Then, as tears of bubbling pitch stream down my face, my dark work will begin. I will open one of my six mouths, and I will sing the song that ends android

- jony ive

[Ab]

Originally Posted by blur^

why ouch?

the only real bad thing he had to stay was about the design and how HE felt it was gross in his hand (and the supposed people he handed it to)

everything else was positive?
better camera, screen, performance, battery than the competition

His experience of the phone was negative. He found it confusing, hard to use, and so unpleasant as to actually say "I don't like holding this phone, and I can't overstate how much that informs the experience of using it. It makes an awful first impression."

But it has neato whiz bang technical specs, so, like, Android.

[sidbo]

I'm trying to get my hands on the HTC One, fuck the S4.

[p01s0n]

Summarises android enthusiasts perfectly



I've probably already posted this but it's great and I don't care so fuck you

[Vrtigo]

Originally Posted by Ab

His experience of the phone was negative. He found it confusing, hard to use, and so unpleasant as to actually say "I don't like holding this phone, and I can't overstate how much that informs the experience of using it. It makes an awful first impression."

But it has neato whiz bang technical specs, so, like, Android.

are you that into the cool aid?

[Vrtigo]

Originally Posted by p01s0n

Summarises macintosh enthusiasts perfectly

ftfy

[p01s0n]

Originally Posted by Vrtigo

ftfy

lol, no.

[Vrtigo]

could have fooled me, sure sounds like you lot

[Nich]

it's a clear negative, or a clear positive depending on what you value as a consumer. The reviewer obviously thinks the S4 is poorly designed, that is enough to make it a "do not buy" for me because I value good design. Where the S4 excels is in it's guts and tech specs.

I wonder these things: are guts and tech specs important on a mobile platform? Are application developers pushing the hardware limitations of mobile devices to increase demand for higher specs? Or are android / windows phone makers just having a tech spec race for the hell of it?

[blur^]

so

faster than the ip5
better camera than the ip5
better display than the ip5
better battery life than the ip5
not as pretty as the ip5


MOST TERRIBLE PHONE EVER

[Nich]

Alot of those points are subjective. For instance, I thoroughly loved the photos my Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro took. Regarding image capture, photographers who care would have a Camera Camera for taking photos.

What's the point of having a faster processor when you have no need for the grunt? And no apps to make use of the power? All relevant movie editing or music making, or 3d modelling apps are on iOS only anyway.

The display may be technically better but who could tell the difference if we did a "blind" survey?

Battery life is a fine point, but at what weight cost? I like how the iPhone fits in the hand and is light to hold. Lasts 3-4 days between recharges. Seems reasonable

My phone just needs to do these things:
- Helps me in my work, and outside of work
- fit nicely in my hand and pocket. And sits absolutely flat face up on table.
- ringer sound not muffled in hand or pocket
- Suite of applications is consistently adhering to some design standards.
- Worldwide support.
- Added bonus: HUNDREDS of innovative music-making apps.


HOW it achieves these things, I do not care. The fact that the final product does these things is what is important to me.

[ZoSo]

Previous verge reviewer gives the S3 an 8 on design. New verge reviewer says S4 is an improvement on S3. But it's not aluminum and HTC is, so that's a 5.

[p01s0n]

I'm planning to buy the ivephone, but it will entirely depend on whether my ip4 still feels adequate to me. So far it's still doing an A-grade job, so I may end up going another 12-18months before upgrading.


I doubt many, if any, android havers have gone 3 years on the one phone.

[fidgit]

Originally Posted by p01s0n

Summarises android enthusiasts perfectly

Oh fuck that guy. I'm genuinely excited for, and looking forward to, the singularity. No half-assed cartoonist dick is going to take that away from me

[blur^]

Originally Posted by p01s0n

I'm planning to buy the ivephone, but it will entirely depend on whether my ip4 still feels adequate to me. So far it's still doing an A-grade job, so I may end up going another 12-18months before upgrading.


I doubt many, if any, android havers have gone 3 years on the one phone.

the quality apple marketing is working on you huh

its poor people that make do, they keep their shoes till they wear out

[p01s0n]

Originally Posted by blur^

the quality apple marketing is working on you huh

its poor people that make do, they keep their shoes till they wear out

I don't even know what the current apple campaign is. I think it might be ipad mini is an ipad but smaller? Going by the billboards in the train stations in sydney (the city that owns) (where you make heaps of money) (no poors allowed)

[sidbo]

Originally Posted by ZoSo

Previous verge reviewer

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6914/s...axy-s-4-review

Prefer these guys to the Verge, they've also got a very comprehensive review of the One.

[blur^]

Originally Posted by p01s0n

I don't even know what the current apple campaign is. I think it might be ipad mini is an ipad but smaller? Going by the billboards in the train stations in sydney (the city that owns) (where you make heaps of money) (no poors allowed)

well you seem to fit the description of poor
long commutes to work in a rich area (do you clean toilets?), cant afford to replace your phone every year (droid users can/do)

[Vrtigo]

Originally Posted by p01s0n

I'm planning to buy the ivephone, but it will entirely depend on whether my ip4 still feels adequate to me. So far it's still doing an A-grade job, so I may end up going another 12-18months before upgrading.


I doubt many, if any, android havers have gone 3 years on the one phone.

well i havent had a smartphone that long, but im sure i will, knowing my habits.

[p01s0n]

Originally Posted by blur^

well you seem to fit the description of poor
long commutes to work in a rich area (do you clean toilets?), cant afford to replace your phone every year (droid users can/do)

Lol keep trying bud, these jimmies remain eternally unrustled

[blur^]

thats cool, but you keep contradicting yourself

you say droiders are poors, yet we replace our phone more regularly which implys we have more money to spend than you

[mr selfdestruct]

Originally Posted by blur^

thats cool, but you keep contradicting yourself

you say droiders are poors, yet we replace our phone more regularly which implys we have more money to spend than you

Mmm kiiiind of. A top of the line flagship Android phone retails for about $850 normally? Latest top of the line iPhone is about $1300? So from a cost perspective I think you could replace your Droid phone more often.

[Saladin]

Originally Posted by mr selfdestruct

Mmm kiiiind of. A top of the line flagship Android phone retails for about $850 normally?

$1149 for an S4 or HTC One

[mr selfdestruct]

Holy shit balls that's up there.

[p01s0n]

that is a lot of money for a terrible phone

[blur^]

so terrible

[Cowboy]

Originally Posted by mr selfdestruct

Mmm kiiiind of. A top of the line flagship Android phone retails for about $850 normally? Latest top of the line iPhone is about $1300? So from a cost perspective I think you could replace your Droid phone more often.

i5 is $1049NZD for a model with 16gb memory (the same as the S4). So yeah at the same capacity the iphone is cheaper.

(Yes I know you can add sd cards to the S4)

[mr selfdestruct]

okay fair enough top of the line prices are comparable but i imagine the average price paid for an android phone vs the average price paid for an iphone has a huuuuuuuge price gap therefore on average droid phones can be upgraded (or replaced) more frequently.