Apple ditches the headphone socket

[LamieRobertson]

A friend of mine who is one of your fellow Android types shared an article with me from a site called something like AndroidNation that very carefully took apart the iPhone 7 and listed an Android device that had done each feature first.

It was brilliant, quite brilliant.

I determined that I would need to buy 15 different Android devices to cover all the features that the iPhone 7 has. I reckon I'll just stick to buying the one though.

Additionally, I watched the keynote very carefully last night and I'm not sure I once heard Apple say they were doing anything first or before anyone else. Maybe I just missed it.

 

[clapham_gull]

Have some respect and think of those unfortunate types who are forced to reevaluate their life work balance within a proprietary eco system.

 

[MF'84]

A friend of mine who is one of your fellow Android types shared an article with me from a site called something like AndroidNation that very carefully took apart the iPhone 7 and listed an Android device that had done each feature first.

It was brilliant, quite brilliant.

I determined that I would need to buy 15 different Android devices to cover all the features that the iPhone 7 has. I reckon I'll just stick to buying the one though.

But still cheaper to buy the other 15 phones though, yeah?

 

[Bozza]

You could probably buy 15 android phones for the price of one iphone though.
The biggest reason to not buy an iphone is that the price increase does not reflect the difference in quality or ability of the device, if any.

It's pretty much on a par with other flagship phones, at least with the Samsung models I checked yesterday when this conversation was happening on another thread.

The key difference will be that the iPhone will have a far higher resale value in the future making it, effectively, cheaper to own than those similar Samsung phones.

 

[Bozza]

Maybe some top end ones. But you can get a huge range of android phones. Personally, the top end androids and iphones are not worth the extra cash.

That's fine, of course. As you say, there's now a wide range of phones, all largely decent, from cheap to expensive.

I'm not sure why there has to be so much bitching at those who are merely making a decision to spend their money differently.

 

[tiberious]

What a great company. Full of great ideas to get mugs, sorry customers to part with cash..

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And avoid tax,, perhaps the Gov could employ Apple sales people to take over Tax collection..... I'm sure they could market paying tax as a good thing that everybody wants...

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

This pursuit of the latest devices is a thing to which I cannot relate.
I've had it with you and your new fangled gadgets.




sent from my iPhone 8

 

[tiberious]

must admit I was given am ipod for christmas and find it not that great... i still prefer my MP4 player. I do realise the ipod has a camera and internet .. but I have a nice digital camera dn a smart phone that cover these .. i use it so as not to upset my son... i suppose im just a dinosaur set in my ways....

 

[Gazwag]

Just think of all the children who will go without their macdonalds so mummy and daddy can upgrade, benefits can only go so far you know

 

[LamieRobertson]

must admit I was given am ipod for christmas and find it not that great... i still prefer my MP4 player. I do realise the ipod has a camera and internet .. but I have a nice digital camera dn a smart phone that cover these .. i use it so as not to upset my son... i suppose im just a dinosaur set in my ways....

Blimey there was me thinking you just went back to the Romans

 

[vegster]

Apple products are God's way of saying " You are earning too much money "

 

[carlzeiss]

Wow , can you imagine how exiting this must have been .

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[El Presidente]

Wow , can you imagine how exiting this must have been .

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I think that is more entrying than exiting

 

[Frutos]

There was a fairly significant queue outside the Apple store in Churchill Square when I went past at lunchtime today.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Wow , can you imagine how exiting this must have been .

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[RandyWanger]

They're doing a live test on YouTube to see how waterproof it actually is.

The Samsung that they're claiming as waterproof isn't. It's failed every test so far. Google it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIauEB3EMHY

 

[Notters]

There was a fairly significant queue outside the Apple store in Churchill Square when I went past at lunchtime today.

They'll be trying to get things fixed.

 

[dazzer6666]

A friend of mine who is one of your fellow Android types shared an article with me from a site called something like AndroidNation that very carefully took apart the iPhone 7 and listed an Android device that had done each feature first.

It was brilliant, quite brilliant.

I determined that I would need to buy 15 different Android devices to cover all the features that the iPhone 7 has. I reckon I'll just stick to buying the one though.

Additionally, I watched the keynote very carefully last night and I'm not sure I once heard Apple say they were doing anything first or before anyone else. Maybe I just missed it.

Features are all very well, but the majority of us only use a small % of what the device can do........personally the top priorities for me were battery life, waterproof, decent camera and small size, so the Iphone wasn't the solution (I was an Iphone user up to the 4 - I wouldn't go back but each to his own)

Prices are getting a bit daft for a phone now.

 

[Bozza]

I was an Iphone user up to the 4 - I wouldn't go back but each to his own)

I struggle with these myopic views. I couldn't say "I would never use X" where X could be an Android phone, Windows computer or the Indian takeaway down the road I don't like. Hopefully I have a fair few years life ahead where any of those things may become the compelling purchases they're not today. If they do, I'll buy.

Prices are getting a bit daft for a phone now.

Probably, but it's not an Apple thing. Flagship Android phones, at least the Samsungs I looked at recently, were comparatively priced.

I'd also point out that the new iPhone is more powerful than many laptops: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/09/14/geekbench-android-a10 These things we carry around in our pocket are very powerful computers in their own right.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I struggle with these myopic views. I couldn't say "I would never use X" where X could be an Android phone, Windows computer or the Indian takeaway down the road I don't like. Hopefully I have a fair few years life ahead where any of those things may become the compelling purchases they're not today. If they do, I'll buy.

I think that is a valid point. I'm a huge fan of the Nexus phones Google commissioned but it is short-sighted to ignore other good technology. Apple, from the start, made extremely good hardware and the software was very very good, albeit locked down. Android was always more developer led and I think that allowed a great deal of innovation. Both are great, but something may come along that knocks them into touch. It's interesting that both apple and android have moved closer over the past couple of years with the new pixel phones being less developer friendly for instance.