iPhone 6 - BFD
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Interesting, I don't think I would ever fully trust my phone/watch to give me directions without verifying on the visual map.derekson said:
So many features of this thing are just 'cool' in a pointless kind of way. Like it's interesting but how many times are you going to use this functionality? Or the moon phases things, or the real-time planet position thing, or even a feature where you can show photos - people are not going to want to look at photos on your tiny watch screen.derekson said:
It's a glorified notification center.
The Fitness and Workout stuff should be very good, lets see if it is enough to justify the device/price.Rustjive said:
Silverdude2167 said:
It's a sign that it's still in development. If they knew, they'd likely release it next month. Every report stated that it wouldn't be out for at least a few months, and they were still grappling with that bit.
As a pebble user I'm wondering why people are denigrating something for being a notification center on your wrist. I have a notification center on my wrist and it's fucking awesome.
jayhoz said:
Just spitballing here, but I would imagine something like "pre-scanning" on your phone, and as long as the watch doesn't get unpaired and/or taken off (which they can track via your pulse), the authentication would stay open.
I'm not really sold on the Apple Watch. Having to use the crown to navigate seems cumbersome and clumsy. I hate having to use the crown on my watches now, and usually take them off to adjust the time. I'll go in the store and fiddle with it when it comes out, but it didn't really draw me in as something I'd use all the time.
jayhoz said:
Why in the world don't they just have the controls for apps above the home button and have the rest of the screen for viewing (when applicable)? Even on the 5S I'm adjusting the phone in my hand to hit the cancel button (for example) on Safari. For casual scrolling of sites, there's rarely a reason to need to access the upper part of the screen. Does anyone know of a browser that is set up this way?
Lost in the Apple announcements are subsequent announcements from payment companies on how they can now create new ways to pay via ApplePay.
This one from First Data
http://www.payeezy.com/content/payeezy/pricing
and one from TSYS
http://www.tsys.com/SDK/
This one from First Data
http://www.payeezy.com/content/payeezy/pricing
and one from TSYS
http://www.tsys.com/SDK/
derekson said:
There is nothing to address. Apple is going to force you to become right-handed. Obey!
mt8thsw9th said:
I haven't used Chrome in a while but I know the Back button used to be at the top/left like a desktop browser which killed it for me, even with a small 4s sceen.
The feature most affected would Scroll To Top.
derekson said:
Probably $59 per strap for the plastic straps, $99 for the metal/leather straps?
The 6+ is something just over 400.
A QHD screen on a mobile device just seems like complete overkill. Okay, 1080p MAYBE you'll be able to tell a difference, but your eyes aren't going to be able to resolve the difference in resolution of anything higher. I've never looked at my 326 PPI iPhone 5S screen and thought it could use to be sharper. Adding pixels just makes you need a stronger backlight and adds more strain to the GPU at that point. And it costs additional power use in powering the additional pixels, powering the stronger backlight, and taxing the GPU and CPU more to animate the display at that resolution.
A QHD screen on a mobile device just seems like complete overkill. Okay, 1080p MAYBE you'll be able to tell a difference, but your eyes aren't going to be able to resolve the difference in resolution of anything higher. I've never looked at my 326 PPI iPhone 5S screen and thought it could use to be sharper. Adding pixels just makes you need a stronger backlight and adds more strain to the GPU at that point. And it costs additional power use in powering the additional pixels, powering the stronger backlight, and taxing the GPU and CPU more to animate the display at that resolution.
I'm intrigued by this
For those who know better than me, is this actually a huge step toward better call quality? That matters a ton to many people, including myself.
The other thing that intrigues is being able to be used much more seamlessly on networks around the world.
Beyond that... no sapphire glass and I'm reading about how, actually after all the hype, gorilla glass is preferable. As someone who hates cases, I was really looking forward to a much more scratch proof phone. The overall aesthetic definitely doesn't pop.
For those who know better than me, is this actually a huge step toward better call quality? That matters a ton to many people, including myself.
The other thing that intrigues is being able to be used much more seamlessly on networks around the world.
Beyond that... no sapphire glass and I'm reading about how, actually after all the hype, gorilla glass is preferable. As someone who hates cases, I was really looking forward to a much more scratch proof phone. The overall aesthetic definitely doesn't pop.
So Apple went really thin but barely any increase in battery performance with the 6 and they kept the entrance model at 16 GB. It's great that the middle tier is 64gb but I feel they cheaped out with entrance phone.
Better battery performance and increase in HD space were the only two things I wanted in the upgrade after the screen size increase.
I don't understand the fascination with getting more and more thin at the expense of performance. How thin do they want to go?
Better battery performance and increase in HD space were the only two things I wanted in the upgrade after the screen size increase.
I don't understand the fascination with getting more and more thin at the expense of performance. How thin do they want to go?
It really bugs the shit out of me, that if you want to buy an iphone 5s now, the largest capacity you can get is 32 gb.
