So if I run linux on three laptops (ubuntu, fedora, redhat), and my (android) phone, is that one single OS?
No. Linux is just the kernel, which is why those ego arguments used to float around about GNU/Linux that you don't see anymore, and why there is a major move towards Firefox OS and Gnome OS [or as you said Ubuntu]. The definition of what an OS is keeps changing...but it never was Linux even when it was used to describe distributions that share it as a common kernel.
Welcome to the world of cell phones. Only three companies are making any money selling phones - Apple, Samsung, and HTC with Apple making 2/3rds of the profit, HTC making 1%, and Samsung making the rest.
No they are not that is complete nonsense. Please don't continue that lie. Google make money from their Nexus range, Sony phone division is the only profitable part of the company, as for ZTE and Huawei also doing really really well. I suspect there are others but of the big ones they seem to be doing awfully well.
I don't think patent trolling is what you think it is. Apple actually use their patents in products.
They do use some of their patents in products, but they have a policy of patenting things not in their products. Personally using others FRAND patents and not cross licensing their own basic interface patents, has effectively worked the same way [no comeback], with the additional nastyness that the goal is not to extract as much money as possible...but to stop other companies competing with them by having the government remove them from the marketplace. Apple need to be boycotted.
3.6 is to modern versions of Firefox as IE6 is to...well, a better version of IE that has yet to be released.
I'm not sure if your being sarcastic or not. IE6 is very much kill it with fire, the fact that Microsoft has limited the update to XP of IE is a disgrace. As a user of Firefox I would argue strongly that 15 is head and shoulders above 3.6 whatever the version number a browser released January 2010 well over 2 years ago.
Their numbering scheme makes it look like they're not fixing anything, just releasing on a whim. Then this...
The delayed release contains a new Developer Command Line, unprefixes a number of stable features including: CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms, Image Values, IndexedDB and Values and Units. Firefox also unprefixes Battery API and Vibration API, two Web APIs. [Mac users will find that preliminary support for the VoiceOver screen reader]
It also fixes for numerous critical vulnerabilities. Holes associated with a full 14 security advisories were closed in the new Firefox 16, in fact, 11 of them rated “critical.” [memory corruption and memory safety hazards, a buffer overflow bug, and a spoofing and script-injection flaw]
That sounds like enough to more than enough to justify a release. The fact that they have pulled its release for security reasons, seams pretty sensible to be.
It's simply replicating Chrome's numbering scheme. The idea that a higher version number is a better product is still ingrained in people's heads for some reason.
As part of the process. Large features get to be rolled out when they are ready, rather than waiting for a release every one to two years, or even delaying those releases if they are not.
What encrypted database? What does the "closed API program" - I assume you mean iTunes - matter? The files are on the file system, only the star ratings you give are unavailable to any other program. The "mass storage" just means you increase the skill required to know where things have to go in order to be found - I remember that from the PSP. Also, they made a design decision to isolate apps from each other making the platform more secure - a bit like having non-root users on a Linux system, which most people agree is a smart idea. Now this design decision is different from what Android Inc. decided, but apparently you are not allowed to make different design decisions...
Again: Leave the crack pipe alone before posting. Then try to start a business where you sell goods to the consumers just for the cost of materials... you will soon see there are plenty of other expenses you need to cover.
My original post was Microsoft can't be Apple. Having had time to reflect on your posts. I enjoy your fanaticism. I personally will enjoy better value; more open; standard following; competitor like the majority do. I think Microsoft chasing Apples shrinking market share of people who pay more for less is a poor choice.
Personally though I love the idea of you calling my a crack addict!? I think its screen envy;)
Apple and Samsung spend four to six times more on marketing to ensure the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy SIII dominate the market, while strongly subsidizing their older models...
Oh yeah, if only our competitors did not advertise nor compete on price/features, then we'd be doing great!
To correct your statement HTC may not advertise...but compared to say Apple do compare with price and features unlike Apple. I notice that the windows phones set to launch next year, are significantly cheaper than Nokia's Similar offerings.
I haven't seen posts like yours for a long time, and its not because Firefox does not have memory leaks...because it most certainly does. That is the nature of the beast. Its just that Firefox has been working on memory for years to try and remove this unwarranted reputation. Routinely in benchmarks Firefox holds the LOWEST memory usage...as opposed to Safari and Opera which are memory hogs. I would just call you a liar, but there is a small chance your telling the truth in which case you have hit something you can get a better look at what is happening with your memory by tying about:memory into the URL input box. Firefox 16 is out on Ubuntu;)
We don't worry so much about stability... not after using Firefox all these years. We worry about security. Like zero-day exploits that hackers and script kiddies can use to try rip us off, infect us, take over our computers for attacks or spam, or steal our information. Trying to shove every new wizfangled thing-a-ma-jiggie into our browsers has also been frustrating with compatibility on many sites. These are the issues most of us care about.
I hate posts like yours...there is no US there is only YOU. You like the years of IE dominance, where the internet stagnated. It was a living hell for me. Thank goodness the develops of Firefox; Chrome don't think like you, otherwise Microsoft will still have their abusive monopoly, and my life would a lot more dull.
Are you smoking crack? Practically all hardware is proprietary. And every yearly update improves on the last, a strategy that has served the car industry for decades. Phones with ethernet? You really are smoking something (and plenty of smartphones are without memory card slots). Also: Marketshare is not money.
And the point of my post is Microsoft doesn't have you:) Sorry about you not understanding what I meant by proprietary Apple have electronic devices...with an encrypted database which is connected by a unique Apple cable to a closed API software program. As opposed to every other device which is Mass storage/USB. You are right though not all the competitive has card slots just most of them, and the most popular like the Samsung Galaxy III - but your actually arguing that is a good thing that a device doesn't have one. As for Marketshare being Money...you will never be an accountant, either way though its not a good thing to have shrinking market share....but like I say look at the vileness of your comment over a device costing $100 and sold for $650. The point is Apple can incite people like yourself to such extremes, but people will laugh at Microsoft.
Agreed...Apple has absolutely nothing to fear from Microsoft. Microsoft is destroying themselves from the inside. For Apple to buy Nokia, that might cause Microsoft to wake the fuck up and start building their own phones, like Apple does.
If Apple really wants to see Microsoft fail, the best option is to let them continue down the path they are currently on.
Apple make a lot of money producing one phone! with propriety hardware! proprietary software! Only Differentiating with older models and storage! have proprietary connections! Leaving of more Useful features [memory card; ethernet; usb]! Falling behind in Marketshare; Hardware; Software...but have massive mindshare [both media; public; government], and because of these are able to have massive mark-ups on products. You really think Microsoft could pull this off...in an established market, with strong players with enough money not to be bought off; bullied; bribed; outlasted on price cuts. Other than pissing off established parties [HTC] it has fail written all over it.
Personally I think selling the software to third parties is the right method. Its just a shame they don't have a compelling product like Android.
"EVEN IF WE NEVER BUILD IT"... is this not the definition of a patent troll? Someone who has the patent but without a working product or even the intention of making the product?
I think the idea is, not if its used defensively:). Although Apple is not using its patents defensively.
Remember Creative, the maker of Soundblaster cards? They were also one of the first makers of MP3 players. ("Less space than an Nomad, lame")
When Apple came out with its own MP3 player called the iPod, Creative sued... because it infringed on Creative's patent for a "portable device that plays MP3 files". Apple settled three months later for $100 million.
Afterwards, Steve jobs vowed never to get caught with his pants down again. When developing the new iPhone, he declared "we're going to patent it all". Basically, Creative took Apple to school on patents, and Apple learned real fast.
I'm not sure of your version of history. The patent fight was not over creating a portable device that plays mp3 files it was over menu navigation on a media player[and 5 other patents] "The patent in question was Creative self-titles Zen Patent"
FYI "A method of selecting at least one track from a plurality of tracks stored in a computer-readable medium of a portable media player configured to present sequentially a first, second, and third display screen on the display of the media player, the plurality of tracks accessed according to a hierarchy, the hierarchy having a plurality of categories, subcategories, and items respectively in a first, second, and third level of the hierarchy "
Sorry, my personal experience doesn't match your personal experience. I guess that makes me 100% wrong because everything you know is the absolute truth with no possibility for exception. I guess I must be lying about how my HTC Sensation only maintains a solid charging status with 1 out of my 5 MicroUSB chargers. I guess there must be a glitch in the Matrix or something because theoretically MicroUSB isn't supposed to have these problems, so it must work perfectly and I must be so full of shit! "Your" an idiot. Go play in traffic.
;) Its a cable. Not a subjective opinion on a work of art; interface; complex device, and one which I own/use several with several devices. Its as effective as a cable from everything from Full size USB; Kettle Leads; HDMI Leads; Ethernet, and everything else well leady!! but you don't have to believe be on Amazon a top retailers the USB-to-Micro USB cable receives 5stars:) from as voted by 1,500 people for a Cable costing peanuts. The top lightening cables get 3 stars[for one with a usb end] and cost significantly higher.
Because the MicroUSB connectors are ridiculously flimsy and prone to failure by mechanical stress?
Seriously, they are. I've gone through a handful of MicroUSB phone chargers trying to find the one that fits just right in my Android phone with a MicroUSB charging port. Bump the phone ever so slightly and the battery stops charging. And before you say "get a new phone", it's happened before on other phones. It does this because MicroUSB is terribly designed and terribly built. Maybe Apple wanted something that would actually stand the test of time. I have an iPod and various iPod cables from 6 years ago that still make a perfect connection despite thousands of insertions.
I couldn't stop laughing at this. It was the funniest thing ever. seriously even the cheapest cables off ebay fit and work. Your a liar. As for the old connector. I have a broken iPhone in a drawer which snapped at the connector. I had to get a new phone.
If you mean why change the dock adapter in the first place? Well, that's been done to death and it had to happen sometime. The old one still had pins for Firewire data and power - no iOS device has shipped with a firewire controller for almost 5 years!
Wasn't firewire that standard that Apple chose for its machines over USB...and Apple users claimed was better than USB.
Why is this news? The people who want the adapter have already ordered one, and they already received an email stating their adapter has been shipped. Is this just another excuse to rag on Apple for not going micro-USB (as if anyone anywhere thought they actually would)?
(Personally, I find the lack of standardized cables mildly annoying. However, I'm backward--I wish everyone would move to lightning cables, not micro-USB. Lightning is just nicer to use: it plugs in quicker without having to look, and you don't have to worry about orientation. Sadly, Apple will never work to make it a standard.)
See how you tried to spin that. Personally I think this is another minor Apple advertisement that we are constantly subjected to. I personally find it appalling that Apple have not followed the spirit of the EU directive, but then I'm not interested in defending them.
However I'm not biased--I wish companies would follow open standards...and work with others to improve and refine them. Rather than use their market share to create propriety, closed standards like Sony of old. Sadly Apple have no interest in working with others only taking them to court.
Blasphemy rarely helps with creating a compelling argument. The article you have linked to suggests a gain of 10% in charge time as the reason for choosing an incompatible standard. That is not a significant reason for not accepting the industry standard...and the ethical one.
Gladly. Please point me to a cell phone that is made 100% in the first world and I will immediately buy it.
...Sony is Japanese and have there own manufacturing plants. That is not forgetting that Samsung manufacture their chips in America, Google is trying to bring manufacturing to America in the form of the Nexus Q.
It is not really that hard to find companies with manufacturing facilities where workers rights are protected, or companies trying to do the right thing...but then your not interested in that your interested in defending Apple, rather than support more ethical companies. The world would be a better place with more ethical consumers.
Ya'll realize the iPhones, Galaxys, HTCs, etc. are probably not only made in the same country, but in the same building, right?
Sadly there's very little choice in the matter if you want a cel phone.
...are you sure. I am pretty positive that Samsung manufacture their CPU's in America [supports workers rights]. HTC is a Taiwanese manufacture so most of their phones are made there, both use Google OS which famously left china for ethical reasons...and tried to bring Manufacturing back to America with the Nexus Q. That is ignoring the abuses in this instance question are about iPhones not other Phones...but the short response is the ethical consumer simply does not buy Apple products, realistic alternatives are trivial to find.
I've seen a lot of people with iPhones and Samsung Galaxy S3s. Whenever I see a Galaxy S3, I think, how in the fuck can you actually USE that thing? So my question is, do you have first hand experience with the S3, and is it just too ridiculously big?
I'd rather have an Android but will gladly go to the iPhone if it means getting a rocking phone that actually fits in my pocket and doesn't make me look like a dork.
I believe that Android phones come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You may not believe it is true that there is not one true phone. Android phones come with keyboards; projectors; even larger sizes [and smaller ones]; at every price point; game pads; waterpoofing; 2 sim slots. Personally I quite like the HTC S for a good android phone with a smaller screen....but then this is another off topic post to try and detract from worker abuse at Apples manufactures.
But to be honest, I hope that both they get what they want AND the iPhone 5's quality goes up. The build quality seems to be pretty hit and miss at the moment. I'm actually thinking of buying a Samsung Galaxy 3, fragile behemoth that it is, just so I don't have to worry about getting a lemon iPhone 5.
I thought everyone was choosing the Galaxy III over the iPhone because of NFC, storage and screen size;) No wonder Samsung is expecting to earn $7.3bn while Apple are reducing orders on chips and screens.
I hope I have satisfied your off-topic troll comment trying to spin worker abuse as a good thing, with a lie.
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So if I run linux on three laptops (ubuntu, fedora, redhat), and my (android) phone, is that one single OS?
No. Linux is just the kernel, which is why those ego arguments used to float around about GNU/Linux that you don't see anymore, and why there is a major move towards Firefox OS and Gnome OS [or as you said Ubuntu]. The definition of what an OS is keeps changing...but it never was Linux even when it was used to describe distributions that share it as a common kernel.
Welcome to the world of cell phones. Only three companies are making any money selling phones - Apple, Samsung, and HTC with Apple making 2/3rds of the profit, HTC making 1%, and Samsung making the rest.
No they are not that is complete nonsense. Please don't continue that lie. Google make money from their Nexus range, Sony phone division is the only profitable part of the company, as for ZTE and Huawei also doing really really well. I suspect there are others but of the big ones they seem to be doing awfully well.
Made in Korea -> Made in Taiwan
This means they will sell cheap crap for big money. Who would buy it? Oh...
Not really sure what company you mean, but if you mean Samsung...ironically makes chips are made in Austin in the US.
I don't think patent trolling is what you think it is. Apple actually use their patents in products.
They do use some of their patents in products, but they have a policy of patenting things not in their products. Personally using others FRAND patents and not cross licensing their own basic interface patents, has effectively worked the same way [no comeback], with the additional nastyness that the goal is not to extract as much money as possible...but to stop other companies competing with them by having the government remove them from the marketplace. Apple need to be boycotted.
3.6 is to modern versions of Firefox as IE6 is to...well, a better version of IE that has yet to be released.
I'm not sure if your being sarcastic or not. IE6 is very much kill it with fire, the fact that Microsoft has limited the update to XP of IE is a disgrace. As a user of Firefox I would argue strongly that 15 is head and shoulders above 3.6 whatever the version number a browser released January 2010 well over 2 years ago.
Their numbering scheme makes it look like they're not fixing anything, just releasing on a whim. Then this...
The delayed release contains a new Developer Command Line, unprefixes a number of stable features including: CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms, Image Values, IndexedDB and Values and Units. Firefox also unprefixes Battery API and Vibration API, two Web APIs. [Mac users will find that preliminary support for the VoiceOver screen reader]
It also fixes for numerous critical vulnerabilities. Holes associated with a full 14 security advisories were closed in the new Firefox 16, in fact, 11 of them rated “critical.” [memory corruption and memory safety hazards, a buffer overflow bug, and a spoofing and script-injection flaw]
That sounds like enough to more than enough to justify a release. The fact that they have pulled its release for security reasons, seams pretty sensible to be.
It's simply replicating Chrome's numbering scheme. The idea that a higher version number is a better product is still ingrained in people's heads for some reason.
As part of the process. Large features get to be rolled out when they are ready, rather than waiting for a release every one to two years, or even delaying those releases if they are not.
What encrypted database? What does the "closed API program" - I assume you mean iTunes - matter? The files are on the file system, only the star ratings you give are unavailable to any other program. The "mass storage" just means you increase the skill required to know where things have to go in order to be found - I remember that from the PSP. Also, they made a design decision to isolate apps from each other making the platform more secure - a bit like having non-root users on a Linux system, which most people agree is a smart idea. Now this design decision is different from what Android Inc. decided, but apparently you are not allowed to make different design decisions...
Again: Leave the crack pipe alone before posting. Then try to start a business where you sell goods to the consumers just for the cost of materials... you will soon see there are plenty of other expenses you need to cover.
My original post was Microsoft can't be Apple. Having had time to reflect on your posts. I enjoy your fanaticism. I personally will enjoy better value; more open; standard following; competitor like the majority do. I think Microsoft chasing Apples shrinking market share of people who pay more for less is a poor choice.
Personally though I love the idea of you calling my a crack addict!? I think its screen envy ;)
Apple and Samsung spend four to six times more on marketing to ensure the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy SIII dominate the market, while strongly subsidizing their older models...
Oh yeah, if only our competitors did not advertise nor compete on price/features, then we'd be doing great!
To correct your statement HTC may not advertise...but compared to say Apple do compare with price and features unlike Apple. I notice that the windows phones set to launch next year, are significantly cheaper than Nokia's Similar offerings.
I haven't seen posts like yours for a long time, and its not because Firefox does not have memory leaks...because it most certainly does. That is the nature of the beast. Its just that Firefox has been working on memory for years to try and remove this unwarranted reputation. Routinely in benchmarks Firefox holds the LOWEST memory usage...as opposed to Safari and Opera which are memory hogs. I would just call you a liar, but there is a small chance your telling the truth in which case you have hit something you can get a better look at what is happening with your memory by tying about:memory into the URL input box. Firefox 16 is out on Ubuntu ;)
We don't worry so much about stability... not after using Firefox all these years. We worry about security. Like zero-day exploits that hackers and script kiddies can use to try rip us off, infect us, take over our computers for attacks or spam, or steal our information. Trying to shove every new wizfangled thing-a-ma-jiggie into our browsers has also been frustrating with compatibility on many sites. These are the issues most of us care about.
I hate posts like yours...there is no US there is only YOU. You like the years of IE dominance, where the internet stagnated. It was a living hell for me. Thank goodness the develops of Firefox; Chrome don't think like you, otherwise Microsoft will still have their abusive monopoly, and my life would a lot more dull.
Are you smoking crack? Practically all hardware is proprietary. And every yearly update improves on the last, a strategy that has served the car industry for decades. Phones with ethernet? You really are smoking something (and plenty of smartphones are without memory card slots). Also: Marketshare is not money.
And the point of my post is Microsoft doesn't have you :) Sorry about you not understanding what I meant by proprietary Apple have electronic devices...with an encrypted database which is connected by a unique Apple cable to a closed API software program. As opposed to every other device which is Mass storage/USB. You are right though not all the competitive has card slots just most of them, and the most popular like the Samsung Galaxy III - but your actually arguing that is a good thing that a device doesn't have one. As for Marketshare being Money...you will never be an accountant, either way though its not a good thing to have shrinking market share. ...but like I say look at the vileness of your comment over a device costing $100 and sold for $650. The point is Apple can incite people like yourself to such extremes, but people will laugh at Microsoft.
Agreed...Apple has absolutely nothing to fear from Microsoft. Microsoft is destroying themselves from the inside. For Apple to buy Nokia, that might cause Microsoft to wake the fuck up and start building their own phones, like Apple does.
If Apple really wants to see Microsoft fail, the best option is to let them continue down the path they are currently on.
Apple make a lot of money producing one phone! with propriety hardware! proprietary software! Only Differentiating with older models and storage! have proprietary connections! Leaving of more Useful features [memory card; ethernet; usb]! Falling behind in Marketshare; Hardware; Software...but have massive mindshare [both media; public; government], and because of these are able to have massive mark-ups on products. You really think Microsoft could pull this off...in an established market, with strong players with enough money not to be bought off; bullied; bribed; outlasted on price cuts. Other than pissing off established parties [HTC] it has fail written all over it.
Personally I think selling the software to third parties is the right method. Its just a shame they don't have a compelling product like Android.
"EVEN IF WE NEVER BUILD IT" ... is this not the definition of a patent troll? Someone who has the patent but without a working product or even the intention of making the product?
I think the idea is, not if its used defensively :). Although Apple is not using its patents defensively.
Remember Creative, the maker of Soundblaster cards? They were also one of the first makers of MP3 players. ("Less space than an Nomad, lame")
When Apple came out with its own MP3 player called the iPod, Creative sued... because it infringed on Creative's patent for a "portable device that plays MP3 files". Apple settled three months later for $100 million.
Afterwards, Steve jobs vowed never to get caught with his pants down again. When developing the new iPhone, he declared "we're going to patent it all". Basically, Creative took Apple to school on patents, and Apple learned real fast.
I'm not sure of your version of history. The patent fight was not over creating a portable device that plays mp3 files it was over menu navigation on a media player[and 5 other patents] "The patent in question was Creative self-titles Zen Patent"
FYI
"A method of selecting at least one track from a plurality of tracks stored in a computer-readable medium of a portable media player configured to present sequentially a first, second, and third display screen on the display of the media player, the plurality of tracks accessed according to a hierarchy, the hierarchy having a plurality of categories, subcategories, and items respectively in a first, second, and third level of the hierarchy "
A good article that gives a better description is here http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/patent-wars-among-tech-giants-can-stifle-competition.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 but the problem was more that creative had patented something "on a portable media player" not that they patented "a media player".
Sorry, my personal experience doesn't match your personal experience. I guess that makes me 100% wrong because everything you know is the absolute truth with no possibility for exception. I guess I must be lying about how my HTC Sensation only maintains a solid charging status with 1 out of my 5 MicroUSB chargers. I guess there must be a glitch in the Matrix or something because theoretically MicroUSB isn't supposed to have these problems, so it must work perfectly and I must be so full of shit! "Your" an idiot. Go play in traffic.
;) Its a cable. Not a subjective opinion on a work of art; interface; complex device, and one which I own/use several with several devices. Its as effective as a cable from everything from Full size USB; Kettle Leads; HDMI Leads; Ethernet, and everything else well leady!! but you don't have to believe be on Amazon a top retailers the USB-to-Micro USB cable receives 5stars :) from as voted by 1,500 people for a Cable costing peanuts. The top lightening cables get 3 stars[for one with a usb end] and cost significantly higher.
Because the MicroUSB connectors are ridiculously flimsy and prone to failure by mechanical stress?
Seriously, they are. I've gone through a handful of MicroUSB phone chargers trying to find the one that fits just right in my Android phone with a MicroUSB charging port. Bump the phone ever so slightly and the battery stops charging. And before you say "get a new phone", it's happened before on other phones. It does this because MicroUSB is terribly designed and terribly built. Maybe Apple wanted something that would actually stand the test of time. I have an iPod and various iPod cables from 6 years ago that still make a perfect connection despite thousands of insertions.
I couldn't stop laughing at this. It was the funniest thing ever. seriously even the cheapest cables off ebay fit and work. Your a liar. As for the old connector. I have a broken iPhone in a drawer which snapped at the connector. I had to get a new phone.
If you mean why change the dock adapter in the first place? Well, that's been done to death and it had to happen sometime. The old one still had pins for Firewire data and power - no iOS device has shipped with a firewire controller for almost 5 years!
Wasn't firewire that standard that Apple chose for its machines over USB...and Apple users claimed was better than USB.
Why is this news? The people who want the adapter have already ordered one, and they already received an email stating their adapter has been shipped. Is this just another excuse to rag on Apple for not going micro-USB (as if anyone anywhere thought they actually would)?
(Personally, I find the lack of standardized cables mildly annoying. However, I'm backward--I wish everyone would move to lightning cables, not micro-USB. Lightning is just nicer to use: it plugs in quicker without having to look, and you don't have to worry about orientation. Sadly, Apple will never work to make it a standard.)
See how you tried to spin that. Personally I think this is another minor Apple advertisement that we are constantly subjected to. I personally find it appalling that Apple have not followed the spirit of the EU directive, but then I'm not interested in defending them.
However I'm not biased--I wish companies would follow open standards...and work with others to improve and refine them. Rather than use their market share to create propriety, closed standards like Sony of old. Sadly Apple have no interest in working with others only taking them to court.
Why the hell do we have to go over the technology of the connector every time it comes up in an article?
http://techpinions.com/why-apple-couldnt-go-to-micro-usb-charging/10212
Now don't ask again. Jesus.
Blasphemy rarely helps with creating a compelling argument. The article you have linked to suggests a gain of 10% in charge time as the reason for choosing an incompatible standard. That is not a significant reason for not accepting the industry standard...and the ethical one.
Gladly. Please point me to a cell phone that is made 100% in the first world and I will immediately buy it.
...Sony is Japanese and have there own manufacturing plants. That is not forgetting that Samsung manufacture their chips in America, Google is trying to bring manufacturing to America in the form of the Nexus Q.
It is not really that hard to find companies with manufacturing facilities where workers rights are protected, or companies trying to do the right thing...but then your not interested in that your interested in defending Apple, rather than support more ethical companies. The world would be a better place with more ethical consumers.
Ya'll realize the iPhones, Galaxys, HTCs, etc. are probably not only made in the same country, but in the same building, right?
Sadly there's very little choice in the matter if you want a cel phone.
...are you sure. I am pretty positive that Samsung manufacture their CPU's in America [supports workers rights]. HTC is a Taiwanese manufacture so most of their phones are made there, both use Google OS which famously left china for ethical reasons...and tried to bring Manufacturing back to America with the Nexus Q. That is ignoring the abuses in this instance question are about iPhones not other Phones...but the short response is the ethical consumer simply does not buy Apple products, realistic alternatives are trivial to find.
fucking beautiful princess
I am not sure how your post relates to mine but xxx
I've seen a lot of people with iPhones and Samsung Galaxy S3s. Whenever I see a Galaxy S3, I think, how in the fuck can you actually USE that thing? So my question is, do you have first hand experience with the S3, and is it just too ridiculously big?
I'd rather have an Android but will gladly go to the iPhone if it means getting a rocking phone that actually fits in my pocket and doesn't make me look like a dork.
I believe that Android phones come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You may not believe it is true that there is not one true phone. Android phones come with keyboards; projectors; even larger sizes [and smaller ones]; at every price point; game pads; waterpoofing; 2 sim slots. Personally I quite like the HTC S for a good android phone with a smaller screen. ...but then this is another off topic post to try and detract from worker abuse at Apples manufactures.
But to be honest, I hope that both they get what they want AND the iPhone 5's quality goes up. The build quality seems to be pretty hit and miss at the moment. I'm actually thinking of buying a Samsung Galaxy 3, fragile behemoth that it is, just so I don't have to worry about getting a lemon iPhone 5.
I thought everyone was choosing the Galaxy III over the iPhone because of NFC, storage and screen size ;) No wonder Samsung is expecting to earn $7.3bn while Apple are reducing orders on chips and screens.
I hope I have satisfied your off-topic troll comment trying to spin worker abuse as a good thing, with a lie.