Can someone explain to me what people are talking about when they say existing apps are letter boxed? What does that mean? and why is it a bad thing etc?
The screen is bigger but the app stays the same size. A nightmare for developers as they now need 3? iPhone versions and an iPad version.
Before I say anything I'll let you know I own a iPhone I'm due an upgrade in November I most likely will get a 5 but I'll do some research see what I like.
Basically want to ask one question? Why Do the hardcore apple fans take it so personally when someone states their opinions on certain apple products. I've hardly seen anyone on this thread criticise apple products just a couple say they don't think there are many great improvements and people are getting their knickers in a twist acting is their iPhone is a family member they have to Defend all a bit sad really. Same goes for pes vs FIFA threads and mac vs pc, stop taking it so personal.
iCloud is just a little more "phone aware".
You can chuck a load of files at a dropbox and anything syncing will receive them. iCloud is online storage for contacts, calendars, etc too. Lately some apps have started to use iCloud data, so for example the app my dad uses to save all his passport numbers etc is synced to his iPad when he enters them in his iPhone. That doesn't work with Dropbox as it's an encrypted data source.
spooky said:Build wise it still bricks over everything else.
Fair enough, but I'd be very surprised if there wasn't an app on Android able to do the same thing. For all my accounts, calendars, messages and stuff I just do like P.D. say, I use my Gmail.
I've worked with iPhones for over a year, and the simple answer is no. Add to that a horrible service policy for damaged phones.
So people can be brandished with the news of an apple product release but are not allowed to comment on it?
This is not your board, anything posted is open to opinion so please don't tell people what they can and can't do.
As for the product, I'm still waiting for justification on why apple deserve all this pre-release coverage? So I've seen features of a bigger screen, a minor camera software upgrade and a new chip. Upgrades common with all manufacturers on a new release.
Now as for my opinion on the product my view is justified. I'm a programmer by trade and familiar with development for mobile devices. From my experience a huge chunk of iPhone owners have minimal technological skills and understanding yet are quick to slate a competitors product without reason.
Now I'm not saying apple products are not good, in fact I think they are stylish in the sense of being visually pleasing. What I would like to understand though is what makes them so far superior to deserve the attention it receives prior to release compared to their conpetitors?
False on the Gorilla glass for Apple as they do use it. You drop any phone from a fair distance and more often than not the screen will break. Ive dropped my 4 several times without a case and it has never broken.
Even if you do break it, Apple customer service is up there with the best. Ive known of a load of people outside the warranty window and Apple have replaced it free of charge.
What!? What other company allows you to turn up at the store and walk away with a replacement product whether it was your fault or not? Where do you go if a Samsung phone breaks?
Okay, if that's the case in other countries then I'll moderate myself, because this isn't how it works here. But if this is true then I find it a bit strange.
What!? What other company allows you to turn up at the store and walk away with a replacement product whether it was your fault or not? Where do you go if a Samsung phone breaks?
If you dropped it, got water on it or damaged it some other way, then of course you'll have to pay (or if it's faulty outside the warranty period).
I don't know any other store that you can walk into a year after you bought the product and have it replaced on the spot. That is partly why Apple Stores have been so absurdly successful.
thats me confused now then (doesn't take much).
if you pay for, ANY store will let you walk away with a replacement?