You are one of those conspiracy theorists, aren't you? Major competitors wouldn't be driven into bankruptcy by this, and tiny competitors wouldn't even be on their radar.
It's not just the infrastructure but how Apple pulls people along. Before the MacBook unibodies came out, you couldn't get Al milling machines in quantity at any price. Once Apple made it cool, now everyone and their brother have an Al milling machine.
I want MIcrosoft to stop making awful Operating systems. We know they can do it, because XP was excellent, W7 almost as good.
Funny how time changes things. Or time changes people into Stockholm Syndrome victims? I remember when XP first came out and it was ridiculed for being Windows the Teletubbies edition, and how people laugh at HotFix #1 being released on the release date of XP, and how Microsoft had previously declared that there's no more buffer overflows in Windows, and of course, HotFix #1 was for a buffer overflow....
Google is able to update Android by updating Google Play. This is actually a good thing. I'm just pointing out it seems hypocritical to bitch at Apple saying:
If you buy a product from Apple, it's not really yours. Oh, you own the lump of hardware, but the apps, the content, the OS? No, you do not own any of that.
I believe the "free" apps being installed. You do realize that some google software is mandatory and will upgrade itself regardless of your settings, right? The ones that provide "core" services, whatever that name is.
Why would the entire music industry be pissed about this? They just saw how much $$ was given for this. They would *love* being given more money like this.
How do you show the government that they have violated the law? By letting illegally obtained evidence stand?
So, in the future, any case should be OK, and any violations of law should be OK, as long as it is for a greater good? What if it's a "greater good" that you disagree with? Who gets to draw that line?
Much as I think the guy need to go to jail, I have to go with the evidence is inadmissible.
You understand that users of older versions of iOS can download the older versions of the iOS apps, right, if the developer chooses to make it available.
How is this forcing customers to upgrade as often as possible? Also, I said 4 years, not 5 years. You might want to re-read what I wrote, instead of what you think I wrote.
The iPhone 5S, with a dual core 1.3Ghz, is performing comparably to 2.3 Ghz quad cores, coming in at #8.
Can you imagine what the phone market would be like if Apple decided to say "eff the lot of you" and doubled their clock speed and then double the number of cores...?
All of a sudden, that 1019 will turn into 4000. Wonder how the other phones will even try to keep up...?
Seeing that the iPhone 4S runs iOS 8, and iOS 9 will be out next year, this means the iPhone 4S will have 4 years of iOS updates.
iPhone 5S is one year old, and based on track record, will be running iOS 10 fine.
How do you propose they force the 5S into obsolescence faster?
As opposed to Android phones, half of which are sold pre-obsolescenced? How many Android phones are running 4.4 again, and why are there still Android phones sold today that is running 2.x?
I have the original Motorola Droid. Find me a damned CM for it. I haven't been able to, and have given up on it. It's stuck at 2.3.whatever that Verizon had deigned to leave it at.
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A 5 cent part in a car ends up costing $5, but you're OK with it being a 100x the part price.
$25 in parts ending up costing $100, and you bitch about a 4X increase.
Good thing you're not in business, or you'd rapidly go out of business.
Oh, you are one of those guys who would hold a laptop up to his ear to make phone calls, because Skype is free, right?
Did you also tell him about the EULA that you signed when you use FLICKR?
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damned cap filter
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why can't I yell if I want to, dammit?
7GB for an upgrade? I think you've mistaken this for your Samsung Galaxy touchwiz crap... :)
I think you got your logic backwards. Apple's pricing for iPhones has always been in $100 increments from base.
The fact that they removed the 32GB and made the next increment 64GB represents an increase in value to the end user.
iPhone 5S, 16GB - $649
iPhone 5S, 32GB - $749
iPhone 5S, 64GB - $849
Now compare iPhone 6:
iPhone 6, 16GB - $649
iPhone 6, 64GB - $749
iPhone 6, 128GB - $849
What 32GB users grumbling?!?!
You are one of those conspiracy theorists, aren't you? Major competitors wouldn't be driven into bankruptcy by this, and tiny competitors wouldn't even be on their radar.
It's not just the infrastructure but how Apple pulls people along. Before the MacBook unibodies came out, you couldn't get Al milling machines in quantity at any price. Once Apple made it cool, now everyone and their brother have an Al milling machine.
I want MIcrosoft to stop making awful Operating systems. We know they can do it, because XP was excellent, W7 almost as good.
Funny how time changes things. Or time changes people into Stockholm Syndrome victims? I remember when XP first came out and it was ridiculed for being Windows the Teletubbies edition, and how people laugh at HotFix #1 being released on the release date of XP, and how Microsoft had previously declared that there's no more buffer overflows in Windows, and of course, HotFix #1 was for a buffer overflow....
No, I'm talking about this:
http://androidandme.com/2013/0...
Google is able to update Android by updating Google Play. This is actually a good thing. I'm just pointing out it seems hypocritical to bitch at Apple saying:
If you buy a product from Apple, it's not really yours. Oh, you own the lump of hardware, but the apps, the content, the OS? No, you do not own any of that.
when Google does the same thing.
You are shitting me, right? Seriously? You think Comcast didn't factor all that in previously?
And then said - hey, we can double dip by charging them yet again!
I'm responding to the guy who responded to:
The same can be said of any Android device with Google services installed.
If you are not using google services, it doesn't happen to you. Not sure why you feel the need to jump up and down all excited about this.
I believe the "free" apps being installed. You do realize that some google software is mandatory and will upgrade itself regardless of your settings, right? The ones that provide "core" services, whatever that name is.
Why would the entire music industry be pissed about this? They just saw how much $$ was given for this. They would *love* being given more money like this.
Apparently you are under the impression that in Google land or Microsoft land or Blackberry land or Amazon land, it's different?
Did you see that the guy who ran the search did it across the entire state?
How do you show the government that they have violated the law? By letting illegally obtained evidence stand?
So, in the future, any case should be OK, and any violations of law should be OK, as long as it is for a greater good? What if it's a "greater good" that you disagree with? Who gets to draw that line?
Much as I think the guy need to go to jail, I have to go with the evidence is inadmissible.
Are you comparing standard phones to things like Vertu? Who else uses Sapphire screens on sub-$1k phones?
You understand that users of older versions of iOS can download the older versions of the iOS apps, right, if the developer chooses to make it available.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht...
How is this forcing customers to upgrade as often as possible? Also, I said 4 years, not 5 years. You might want to re-read what I wrote, instead of what you think I wrote.
Why would you want an OLED screen over a sRGB accurate screen?
According to this: http://results.rightware.com/b...
The iPhone 5S, with a dual core 1.3Ghz, is performing comparably to 2.3 Ghz quad cores, coming in at #8.
Can you imagine what the phone market would be like if Apple decided to say "eff the lot of you" and doubled their clock speed and then double the number of cores...?
All of a sudden, that 1019 will turn into 4000. Wonder how the other phones will even try to keep up...?
Seeing that the iPhone 4S runs iOS 8, and iOS 9 will be out next year, this means the iPhone 4S will have 4 years of iOS updates.
iPhone 5S is one year old, and based on track record, will be running iOS 10 fine.
How do you propose they force the 5S into obsolescence faster?
As opposed to Android phones, half of which are sold pre-obsolescenced? How many Android phones are running 4.4 again, and why are there still Android phones sold today that is running 2.x?
you realize you don't have to use the fingerprint scanner, right?
I have the original Motorola Droid. Find me a damned CM for it. I haven't been able to, and have given up on it. It's stuck at 2.3.whatever that Verizon had deigned to leave it at.
According to Apple's documentation, TouchID is so secure that even Apple can't get your fingerprint information out.
http://gizmodo.com/apple-final...