That's why the problem is only going to be solved if the price of carbon rise (trough tax or cap and trade mechanism).
And no, this isn't communism. Negative externalities need to be addressed in capitalism.
Apple had less than 12% market share in 2Q2014
This is in the smartphone market. They of course have even less in the total cell phone market. They usually get higher numbers right after they release a new phone, so yes, 15% average over one year sounds about right.
I agree that last-year specs are often enough. That's why I get a used phone for half the price.
I am pretty sure most users don't like paying full price for last year hardware. That's why Apple sells much more iPhones on the day of a new release than the day before.
Lag in hardware releases. Windows Phones have the same hardware as Androids released 6-12 months before. And the price is similar or even higher.
So even if Windows Phone was a perfect clone of Android with as many developers and users, people would still get Androids.
Nothing wrong with Windows Phone. But they still lag behind Android phones by 6-12 months. The prime example of this is the HTC One. Windows version released months after the Android version, with the exact same hardware.
Are you saying that if China divided itself in 10 countries, it should be allowed to emit more CO2? Or that each American should be allowed to pollute more because they live in a country with less population than China?
DDR is not about the number of channels.
You could design a system with 8 channels DDR1 or single channel DDR4 if you want to.
New generation DDR RAM is always about lower voltage and higher clock speed. Usually at the cost of higher latency (800 MHz DDR3 is a bit slower than DDR2)
Unless you actually make use of 64-bit arithmetics, 32-bit CPUs will always be more power efficient than 64-bit.
The ARMv8 has many other improvements over ARMv7 than just 32 more bits.
That's why there is a feature called Write-intent bitmap. There is a performance hit, but it's well worth the rebuild time saved if you value your data.
I was talking about tablets. I wasn't quite sure what is the policy is on Windows RT. It seems that it is as locked-down as the iPad. That only leaves Windows (non-RT) and Android devices to be free.
Google, unlike Apple, doesn't actually force you to go through its "stupid "store"". And Microsoft doesn't force you either, at least on its non-RT, non-phone versions of its Windows OS.
I understand some people are honestly trying to make money by selling quality software.
But others write a crappy application that they wouldn't even use themselves, put ads in it, and then hope that some people will be stupid enough to keep it for a few days on their phone and then make a few cents with advertisement.
At least if those applications were in an "ad-supported" category, we could filter them out.
Neither am I paying for my text editor, file archiver, ssh client and media player. But you are telling me that a flashlight cellphone application wouldn't exist without ads?
At least paid applications you know the price up front. With in-app purchase or ad ware you can be fooled by installing a crappy application.
We should be able to filter out adware applications too. I don't understand how people tolerate adware and nag screens on their cellphone. I thought the days of the infamous WinZIP "I agree" were over.
I certainly wouldn't use a file browser, instant messaging client or or text editor on my PC with ads. I don't see why it would be anymore acceptable on phones.
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Apple was late with "retina" because Android vendors already had 800x480 while Apple was at 480x320.
Apple only took the resolution lead for a short while. Then Android vendors came out with 1280x720 phones.
People buy more trucks/SUV in the US. Cars are larger, have worse fuel consumption, and this is a pollution problem. Per capita CO2 emissions
is higher in the US than almost every other country.
So yes, gas is way too cheap in the US.
That's because no benchmark is using any significant amount of RAM. Any benchmark using just 1.5GB RAM would make the iPhone rank near the bottom.
Most CPU benchmarks are actually javascript benchmarks and tells more about the software (javascript engine) than the performance of the CPU.
Also, there is nothing wrong with releasing a phone with low specs. But the price should be lower. The Moto G is an excellent phone for the price. The Fire Phone shouldn't be more expensive than the Nexus 5 to begin with.
Many "32" class" TV are in fact 31.5" when you look at the details because they are 80 cm which is even less than 31.5" (so should be rounded down to 31")
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Moto X 2nd has a smaller, lower resolution display, less RAM, and a slower SoC. Many people will prefer the smaller size of the Moto X however.
15 seconds sound about average. Oh wait, we are not talking about the time to bust a cell-phone monthly data cap.
That's why the problem is only going to be solved if the price of carbon rise (trough tax or cap and trade mechanism). And no, this isn't communism. Negative externalities need to be addressed in capitalism.
Apple had less than 12% market share in 2Q2014 This is in the smartphone market. They of course have even less in the total cell phone market. They usually get higher numbers right after they release a new phone, so yes, 15% average over one year sounds about right.
I agree that last-year specs are often enough. That's why I get a used phone for half the price. I am pretty sure most users don't like paying full price for last year hardware. That's why Apple sells much more iPhones on the day of a new release than the day before.
Lag in hardware releases. Windows Phones have the same hardware as Androids released 6-12 months before. And the price is similar or even higher. So even if Windows Phone was a perfect clone of Android with as many developers and users, people would still get Androids.
Nothing wrong with Windows Phone. But they still lag behind Android phones by 6-12 months. The prime example of this is the HTC One. Windows version released months after the Android version, with the exact same hardware.
Are you saying that if China divided itself in 10 countries, it should be allowed to emit more CO2? Or that each American should be allowed to pollute more because they live in a country with less population than China?
Problem of the phablets is price. The iPhone 6+ is probably the most expensive phone ever. Galaxy Notes also tend to be more expensive than Galaxy S.
The LTE Galaxy S3 even had 2GB RAM.
DDR is not about the number of channels. You could design a system with 8 channels DDR1 or single channel DDR4 if you want to. New generation DDR RAM is always about lower voltage and higher clock speed. Usually at the cost of higher latency (800 MHz DDR3 is a bit slower than DDR2)
Unless you actually make use of 64-bit arithmetics, 32-bit CPUs will always be more power efficient than 64-bit. The ARMv8 has many other improvements over ARMv7 than just 32 more bits.
That's why there is a feature called Write-intent bitmap. There is a performance hit, but it's well worth the rebuild time saved if you value your data.
I was talking about tablets. I wasn't quite sure what is the policy is on Windows RT. It seems that it is as locked-down as the iPad. That only leaves Windows (non-RT) and Android devices to be free.
Google, unlike Apple, doesn't actually force you to go through its "stupid "store"". And Microsoft doesn't force you either, at least on its non-RT, non-phone versions of its Windows OS.
It's an Apple issue, beacause they make it hard to replace the battery, which is probably what is going to fail after 2 years
I understand some people are honestly trying to make money by selling quality software. But others write a crappy application that they wouldn't even use themselves, put ads in it, and then hope that some people will be stupid enough to keep it for a few days on their phone and then make a few cents with advertisement. At least if those applications were in an "ad-supported" category, we could filter them out.
Neither am I paying for my text editor, file archiver, ssh client and media player. But you are telling me that a flashlight cellphone application wouldn't exist without ads? At least paid applications you know the price up front. With in-app purchase or ad ware you can be fooled by installing a crappy application.
We should be able to filter out adware applications too. I don't understand how people tolerate adware and nag screens on their cellphone. I thought the days of the infamous WinZIP "I agree" were over. I certainly wouldn't use a file browser, instant messaging client or or text editor on my PC with ads. I don't see why it would be anymore acceptable on phones.
So? Indians are not employees? They somewhat doesn't count because they earn less?
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Richard Stallman Main claim to fame: Creator of Emacs, GCC
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Apple was late with "retina" because Android vendors already had 800x480 while Apple was at 480x320. Apple only took the resolution lead for a short while. Then Android vendors came out with 1280x720 phones.
People buy more trucks/SUV in the US. Cars are larger, have worse fuel consumption, and this is a pollution problem. Per capita CO2 emissions is higher in the US than almost every other country. So yes, gas is way too cheap in the US.
That's because no benchmark is using any significant amount of RAM. Any benchmark using just 1.5GB RAM would make the iPhone rank near the bottom. Most CPU benchmarks are actually javascript benchmarks and tells more about the software (javascript engine) than the performance of the CPU. Also, there is nothing wrong with releasing a phone with low specs. But the price should be lower. The Moto G is an excellent phone for the price. The Fire Phone shouldn't be more expensive than the Nexus 5 to begin with.
Many "32" class" TV are in fact 31.5" when you look at the details because they are 80 cm which is even less than 31.5" (so should be rounded down to 31")