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Old 12th August 2014, 19:09     #14681
Pimp-X
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Oh no you didn't!!
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Old 12th August 2014, 21:59     #14682
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Old 13th August 2014, 00:13     #14683
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Yeah I dunno about that analogy.
I'm pretty sure women have more buttons than an iDevice.
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Old 13th August 2014, 08:21     #14684
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Teapot
I like an OS to be boring. The more boring the better. And you're right iOS is very boring - it's super stable, entirely predictable, and everything just works across the entire ecosystem.
did they fix amaps yet?
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Old 13th August 2014, 10:52     #14685
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You do know the difference between an app and the OS, right?
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Old 13th August 2014, 11:29     #14686
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I like my OS the way GT likes his women.
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Old 13th August 2014, 20:25     #14687
MadMax
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Sounds expensive.
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Old 13th August 2014, 20:26     #14688
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
If you have to ask how much they cost, you are not their target market.
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Old 14th August 2014, 08:57     #14689
_indigo1
 
Lol.
Look out for a zombie jobs on the rampage and the apple patent case on using metal:

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Old 14th August 2014, 12:29     #14690
mr selfdestruct
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So true Ab, 5S with most memory is still $1300 almost a year after release
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Old 15th August 2014, 10:08     #14691
chiQ
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The super-weird thing is that many of us consider it to be worth that much.
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Old 15th August 2014, 12:22     #14692
mr selfdestruct
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Yep or nobody would be buying them which is not the case.
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Old 22nd August 2014, 13:36     #14693
DrTiTus
HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE
 
My Lumia 520 just received an OTA update...

Prior warning for the other one or two people who might use a Windows Phone - my WiFi no longer works. The menu item doesn't do anything when you touch it. It's spent a bit of time doing background tasks that has fixed other issues that were broken to begin with (Mail for instance) so it might come right after a bit of behind the scenes wizardry (or a couple of reboots).

YMMV
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Old 22nd August 2014, 13:58     #14694
DrTiTus
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Ah yep, it's a new feature (WiFi Sense!), and so I was prevented from going into WiFi until I had gone through the new options...

Back to NORML now
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Old 22nd August 2014, 14:04     #14695
DrTiTus
HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE
 
Except no Cortana Australia, Canada, China, UK and USA only.
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Old 22nd August 2014, 17:42     #14696
Ab
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ?>Superman
Actually Xiaomi have overtaken Apple in China
Well, they're certainly trying hard.

Xiaomi screenshots:







Xiaomi product announcement:



Xiaomi quality:

Oh well. 2 out of 3 ain't bad eh?
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Old 22nd August 2014, 17:53     #14697
CCS
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When does Apple sue them?
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Old 22nd August 2014, 18:43     #14698
Ab
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I guess the Apple-Samsung suit outcome means they won't.
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Old 22nd August 2014, 19:26     #14699
Gerbs
 
Xaiomis OS is rather nice - MIUI.
Its what I use on my phone - I MUCH prefer it to the default darkness of most Andoid themes.

Also very intuitive to use. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery right?
Who cares if it looks like iOS. Its really nice to use.
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Old 22nd August 2014, 19:44     #14700
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Quote:
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I guess the Apple-Samsung suit outcome means they won't.
I haven't been following that one. Was the ruling that Apple can't go round suing people for having rectangular phones?
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Old 22nd August 2014, 19:44     #14701
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Quote:
VP for Xiaomi Global Hugo Barra said in an interview that he thinks that people are making “sensational, sweeping statements before actually seeing our products and playing with them.”

Barra acknowledged that Xiaomi is inspired “by the world’s most talented group of designers,” but the company doesn’t blatantly copy Apple’s iPhone devices.
Hugo Barra... that name rings a bell...?

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Barra is a former VP of Google and was product spokesperson for the Android team.
riiiiight
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Old 22nd August 2014, 19:47     #14702
Ab
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CCS
I haven't been following that one. Was the ruling that Apple can't go round suing people for having rectangular phones?
IIRC the ruling was the Samsung had blatantly infringed on Apple's patents for design and function and thus Apple was the "winner" of the suit; however after multiple appeals the damages awarded were slashed to hundred-something-million dollars - i.e. peanuts, and not enough to deter an ambitious phone manufacturer from copying Apple as hard as it can.

Hence why Xiaomi.
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Old 22nd August 2014, 19:56     #14703
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Sounds like consumers are the winner.
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Old 22nd August 2014, 20:15     #14704
Ab
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That seems to be the general feeling. And, as discussed somewhere in this thread recently, the new ambitious Apple-copiers aren't hurting Apple - they're hurting Samsung. Because that which Samsung has done can be easily and cheaply replicated, while that which Apple has done cannot (quality, support, ecosystem, etc)
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Old 23rd August 2014, 09:52     #14705
_indigo1
 
Seems to me the main change to the menus is that they are white backed rather than dark.

If the prime underpinning of Apples product differentiation is using a white background, I think they are in trouble.

Or have they extended the rectangle patents to cover white backgrounds too?

(Not disputing that Xaomi is emulating Apple)
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Old 23rd August 2014, 15:51     #14706
Ab
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Samsung, classy

http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/22/no-...8TechCrunch%29
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Old 26th August 2014, 07:51     #14707
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Wow that new xiaomi phone looks like the fuckin biznisss and soooo cheap. Every OEM thinking about selling phones in China might as well pack up and leave now.
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Old 29th August 2014, 15:47     #14708
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Quote:
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I'm gonna lol for days if apple never release a watch.
fuckin lol at samsung.
http://www.techradar.com/news/portab...umours-1131043
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Old 29th August 2014, 15:55     #14709
pxpx
 
ipod nano with wrist strap? zzzzzzzzzzzz
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Old 29th August 2014, 16:13     #14710
CCS
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Oh but hey it's got a slight curve to it. Beautiful and revolutionary!
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Old 29th August 2014, 16:25     #14711
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Oh but hey it's got a slight curve to it. Beautiful and revolutionary!
Ah so an ipod nano that's been left out in the sun too long!
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Old 29th August 2014, 16:36     #14712
CCS
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Didn't Samsung do curved screens first? They should sue Apple. Or does Apple get away with it because it's convex rather than concave?
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Old 29th August 2014, 18:21     #14713
Ab
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Quote:
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I like the way whoever shopped that watch together used big glossy old iOS6 icons
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Old 31st August 2014, 17:23     #14714
mr selfdestruct
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So Ab, are you gonna buy the new iphone or stick with your phone from 2010?
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Old 31st August 2014, 17:48     #14715
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The youngest will be seven in early October and she will be getting her first phone; it will be an iPhone 6. I'm not planning to upgrade from my 4S myself.
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Old 1st September 2014, 12:17     #14716
Ab
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So Ab, are you gonna buy the new iphone or stick with your phone from 2010?
Nah, have already grabbed a 5S since then.

Gotta say though, using a 5S and a 4 side by side, I definitely prefer the screen size of the 4. If Tim could give me an iPhone Mini with the guts of the 5S crammed into the space allowed by the 4's 8.9cm display, I'd be all up ons.
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Old 1st September 2014, 12:39     #14717
mr selfdestruct
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Teapot
The youngest will be seven in early October and she will be getting her first phone; it will be an iPhone 6. I'm not planning to upgrade from my 4S myself.
How can you give a 7 year old the responsibility of looking after a $1000 thing? I'd assume they'd break it or lose it within a month surely. Do you let her make calls and have open web access and stuff?
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Old 1st September 2014, 12:40     #14718
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Nah, have already grabbed a 5S since then.

Gotta say though, using a 5S and a 4 side by side, I definitely prefer the screen size of the 4. If Tim could give me an iPhone Mini with the guts of the 5S crammed into the space allowed by the 4's 8.9cm display, I'd be all up ons.
Tiny 3.5" phone is tiny bro, do you have quite small pockets? :P
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Old 1st September 2014, 12:45     #14719
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YUO=LAME

He needs more room in his pants for his elephant sized dong... obvious I thought?
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Old 1st September 2014, 12:47     #14720
Ab
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iOS apps always seem to have functionally-critical interface elements at bottom left and top right. With the phone in my left hand I like being able to go from one to the other comfortably without feeling like I'm stretching with my left thumb and without repositioning the phone or bringing my right hand into play. 8.9cm display feels perfect.
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