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sad.man.loves.vgc said:
disolitude said:

Its funny that people actually automatically may think its time to upgrade if a new Iphone is out. Not really funny.

I received Iphone 4 from work about 4 months ago as my work phone and I really don't see why anyone would want this device so badly over a Window Phone or Android. Sure the hardware is maybe a bit slicker...but so is the price tag. The OS and user experience however isn't any better or worse than competition. Just different...

In fact there are multiple basic things which I find Iphone lacks compared to windows phone 7 that I wouldn't want to trade for a slicker screen or better camera.

Things like:

Spell check in search and maps, iphone doesn't have it, WP7 does.
Spell check and voice recognition in general sucks on the iphone. Spell check is awesome. I don't use voice recognition at all, so I can't judege.
App store needs password every time you log in, WP7 doesn't. App store doesn't ask for the password each time you log in..
Lock screen on iphone is poorly utilized and vague.  
Sure Iphone has lots of apps but their integration with other apps is non existent. wat. I am never bothered by that. The real point is the app store is THE best.
Can't sync phone numbers from Sim card. oh please, SIM card syncing is ANNOYING and I never used it. Always had to copy them to pc by using nokia pc suit and then copy them to my new device. I don't miss it all now and I didn't know that the iphone lacks that "feature" actually.
Some people may find issues like this with Windows phones or Androids.  

The bottom line is, all 3 devices are fairly similar with slight minor differences, if you want the basic smartphone experience. Why would anyone rush to "upgrade" to iphone 5? This question is weird actually. A lot of People always upgrade their PCs, TVs, Cameras, Consoles etc to ge the best experience possible. You of all people shouldn't be wondering since you always tell us stories about your monsterous gaming  PC set.

Whoa look at you go, Apple Taliban in action.... Everything I said was in relation to windows phone which how long have you used?

1. Still no spell check on maps and search

2. Actual spell check is not nearly as good as windows phone 7s which gives you a slew of words to choose as well as pick the most obvious one. Iphone only picks 1 word and is wrong most of the time.

3. Sorry I meant every time you want to purchase an app. you can't save your password for app purchases which is idiotic. Also, very few apps have trials where on windows phone every app has a trial mode.

4. No one doubts the apple store is amazing but I prefer to have features integrated than having to spend hours in the app store looking for apps to do things. If I just took a picture I don't want to have to save it so I can open facebook app, log in, find the picture and post it. I want to take pic, choose "post to facebook" and move on.

5. Lock screen still doesn't tell you shit other than a text message that may come in or an appointment and time. WP7 lists a slew of things on the start screen.

6. I have a work phone which is email locked. I can not set up a personal email account on it. Therefore I can't sync with gmail or hotmail. Only work exchange. Only way for me to get my personal numbers on to this iphone would be through the sim or manually to enter than in to work contacts, which isn't ideal. So yeah, importing sim contacts while old and outdated, can be useful, despite what you and Apple think.

Also, I buy monster PCs because there is no other way to run 3 monitors in 3D. However there are other ways for people to do pretty much everything iphone does, besides buying iphone 5.



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disolitude said:
sad.man.loves.vgc said:
disolitude said:

Its funny that people actually automatically may think its time to upgrade if a new Iphone is out. Not really funny.

I received Iphone 4 from work about 4 months ago as my work phone and I really don't see why anyone would want this device so badly over a Window Phone or Android. Sure the hardware is maybe a bit slicker...but so is the price tag. The OS and user experience however isn't any better or worse than competition. Just different...

In fact there are multiple basic things which I find Iphone lacks compared to windows phone 7 that I wouldn't want to trade for a slicker screen or better camera.

Things like:

Spell check in search and maps, iphone doesn't have it, WP7 does.
Spell check and voice recognition in general sucks on the iphone. Spell check is awesome. I don't use voice recognition at all, so I can't judege.
App store needs password every time you log in, WP7 doesn't. App store doesn't ask for the password each time you log in..
Lock screen on iphone is poorly utilized and vague.  
Sure Iphone has lots of apps but their integration with other apps is non existent. wat. I am never bothered by that. The real point is the app store is THE best.
Can't sync phone numbers from Sim card. oh please, SIM card syncing is ANNOYING and I never used it. Always had to copy them to pc by using nokia pc suit and then copy them to my new device. I don't miss it all now and I didn't know that the iphone lacks that "feature" actually.
Some people may find issues like this with Windows phones or Androids.  

The bottom line is, all 3 devices are fairly similar with slight minor differences, if you want the basic smartphone experience. Why would anyone rush to "upgrade" to iphone 5? This question is weird actually. A lot of People always upgrade their PCs, TVs, Cameras, Consoles etc to ge the best experience possible. You of all people shouldn't be wondering since you always tell us stories about your monsterous gaming  PC set.

Whoa look at you go, Apple Taliban in action.... Everything I said was in relation to windows phone which how long have you used?

1. Still no spell check on maps and search

2. Actual spell check is not nearly as good as windows phone 7s which gives you a slew of words to choose as well as pick the most obvious one. Iphone only picks 1 word and is wrong most of the time.

3. Sorry I meant every time you want to purchase an app. you can't save your password for app purchases which is idiotic. Also, very few apps have trials where on windows phone every app has a trial mode.

4. No one doubts the apple store is amazing but I prefer to have features integrated than having to spend hours in the app store looking for apps to do things. If I just took a picture I don't want to have to save it so I can open facebook app, log in, find the picture and post it. I want to take pic, choose "post to facebook" and move on.

5. Lock screen still doesn't tell you shit other than a text message that may come in or an appointment and time. WP7 lists a slew of things on the start screen.

6. I have a work phone which is email locked. I can not set up a personal email account on it. Therefore I can't sync with gmail or hotmail. Only work exchange. Only way for me to get my personal numbers on to this iphone would be through the sim or manually to enter than in to work contacts, which isn't ideal. So yeah, importing sim contacts while old and outdated, can be useful, despite what you and Apple think.

Also, I buy monster PCs because there is no other way to run 3 monitors in 3D. However there are other ways for people to do pretty much everything iphone does, besides buying iphone 5.

You do understand that Android does all those better right? I even have a finger print scanner on my Atrix 4G lol. My phone is slick as shit too and takes good pictures or HD videos. I mean shit, I can have mumble and vent on it lol, iPhone doesn't even have good options for those.



disolitude said:
sad.man.loves.vgc said:
 

Whoa look at you go, Apple Taliban in action.... Everything I said was in relation to windows phone which how long have you used?

1. Still no spell check on maps and search. I wouldn't know honestly, I never use maps.

2. Actual spell check is not nearly as good as windows phone 7s which gives you a slew of words to choose as well as pick the most obvious one. Iphone only picks 1 word and is wrong most of the time. The english spell checker works perfectly for me, I type the wrong letters the whole time but the checker gets it correctly 99% of the time.

3. Sorry I meant every time you want to purchase an app. you can't save your password for app purchases which is idiotic. Also, very few apps have trials where on windows phone every app has a trial mode. Once in each session, if you install three apps for example you will only to insert it once.

4. No one doubts the apple store is amazing but I prefer to have features integrated than having to spend hours in the app store looking for apps to do things. If I just took a picture I don't want to have to save it so I can open facebook app, log in, find the picture and post it. I want to take pic, choose "post to facebook" and move on. I prefer to have the apps , a lot more useful.

5. Lock screen still doesn't tell you shit other than a text message that may come in or an appointment and time. WP7 lists a slew of things on the start screen. You have a point. However, the iOS5 has improved in this area A LOT.

6. I have a work phone which is email locked. I can not set up a personal email account on it. Therefore I can't sync with gmail or hotmail. Only work exchange. Only way for me to get my personal numbers on to this iphone would be through the sim or manually to enter than in to work contacts, which isn't ideal. So yeah, importing sim contacts while old and outdated, can be useful, despite what you and Apple think.  I never had a similar limitation but I see where it might be useful for some now.

Also, I buy monster PCs because there is no other way to run 3 monitors in 3D. However there are other ways for people to do pretty much everything iphone does, besides buying iphone 5.

I will buy the next iPhone because I am assuming that it will have a dual core processor to render big pdf files more smoothly than my current iphone 4 does. Hoping for a bigger screen too. The camera is already pretty cool, according to the reports , the next one is gonna be a lot better.

You get the point now.



dahuman said:

You do understand that Android does all those better right? I even have a finger print scanner on my Atrix 4G lol. My phone is slick as shit too and takes good pictures or HD videos. I mean shit, I can have mumble and vent on it lol, iPhone doesn't even have good options for those.

I have a Motorolla Milestone (Droid) as well which I used for about 4 months before windows phone came out last year. My feelings about android are mixed.

On one hand, yeah it does all that and then some. Its a very robust platform with abilities upon abilities.

On the other hand, user experience and features depend on ones willingness to spend time on setting them up. If you invest hours upon hours on flashing, downloading and setting everything up, it will work well. If you just want it to work out of the box with no time invested, you may have issues doing basic things...like opening PDFs. I literally spend 30 minutes at one point trying to open a PDF which for some reason wouldn't open unless it was saved on the memory card rather than phone memory.

So I wouldn't say that it does everything "better". Just that it can do everything better if you have time make it better yourself. Out of the box I'd personally choose an Iphone over Motorolla Milestone or any android as I don't enjoy fiddling with these devices as much as I used to.



disolitude said:
dahuman said:
 

You do understand that Android does all those better right? I even have a finger print scanner on my Atrix 4G lol. My phone is slick as shit too and takes good pictures or HD videos. I mean shit, I can have mumble and vent on it lol, iPhone doesn't even have good options for those.

I have a Motorolla Milestone (Droid) as well which I used for about 4 months before windows phone came out last year. My feelings about android are mixed.

On one hand, yeah it does all that and then some. Its a very robust platform with abilities upon abilities.

On the other hand, user experience and features depend on ones willingness to spend time on setting them up. If you invest hours upon hours on flashing, downloading and setting everything up, it will work well. If you just want it to work out of the box with no time invested, you may have issues doing basic things...like opening PDFs. I literally spend 30 minutes at one point trying to open a PDF which for some reason wouldn't open unless it was saved on the memory card rather than phone memory.

So I wouldn't say that it does everything "better". Just that it can do everything better if you have time make it better yourself. Out of the box I'd personally choose an Iphone over Motorolla Milestone or any android as I don't enjoy fiddling with these devices as much as I used to.


That phone is old son! Doesn't even have gingerbread on it man. I never have issues opening pdf on mine =P. Rooting is also easier and the access is much better than Jailbreaking. Also, this is a personal thing, but you already know I think the GUI is nothing short of atrocious on the new Windows phone and the upcoming Windows 8........ they really need to fire whoever designed that monstrocity and change the whole fucking thing.



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dahuman said:
disolitude said:
dahuman said:
 

You do understand that Android does all those better right? I even have a finger print scanner on my Atrix 4G lol. My phone is slick as shit too and takes good pictures or HD videos. I mean shit, I can have mumble and vent on it lol, iPhone doesn't even have good options for those.

I have a Motorolla Milestone (Droid) as well which I used for about 4 months before windows phone came out last year. My feelings about android are mixed.

On one hand, yeah it does all that and then some. Its a very robust platform with abilities upon abilities.

On the other hand, user experience and features depend on ones willingness to spend time on setting them up. If you invest hours upon hours on flashing, downloading and setting everything up, it will work well. If you just want it to work out of the box with no time invested, you may have issues doing basic things...like opening PDFs. I literally spend 30 minutes at one point trying to open a PDF which for some reason wouldn't open unless it was saved on the memory card rather than phone memory.

So I wouldn't say that it does everything "better". Just that it can do everything better if you have time make it better yourself. Out of the box I'd personally choose an Iphone over Motorolla Milestone or any android as I don't enjoy fiddling with these devices as much as I used to.


That phone is old son! Doesn't even have gingerbread on it man. I never have issues opening pdf on mine =P. Rooting is also easier and the access is much better than Jailbreaking. Also, this is a personal thing, but you already know I think the GUI is nothing short of atrocious on the new Windows phone and the upcoming Windows 8........ they really need to fire whoever designed that monstrocity and change the whole fucking thing.

Lol. Yeah its old, it ran 2.1 quite sluggish. Then I tried to instal CyanogenMod on to it and that made it actually worse so said screw it, used my nokia e71 for a month and then become an early adoper of the windows phone 7.

You may be right that newer phones are better but ill wait till they figure this Android tug and pull fragmentation out before I commit to that ecosystem again.



disolitude said:
dahuman said:
disolitude said:
dahuman said:
 

You do understand that Android does all those better right? I even have a finger print scanner on my Atrix 4G lol. My phone is slick as shit too and takes good pictures or HD videos. I mean shit, I can have mumble and vent on it lol, iPhone doesn't even have good options for those.

I have a Motorolla Milestone (Droid) as well which I used for about 4 months before windows phone came out last year. My feelings about android are mixed.

On one hand, yeah it does all that and then some. Its a very robust platform with abilities upon abilities.

On the other hand, user experience and features depend on ones willingness to spend time on setting them up. If you invest hours upon hours on flashing, downloading and setting everything up, it will work well. If you just want it to work out of the box with no time invested, you may have issues doing basic things...like opening PDFs. I literally spend 30 minutes at one point trying to open a PDF which for some reason wouldn't open unless it was saved on the memory card rather than phone memory.

So I wouldn't say that it does everything "better". Just that it can do everything better if you have time make it better yourself. Out of the box I'd personally choose an Iphone over Motorolla Milestone or any android as I don't enjoy fiddling with these devices as much as I used to.


That phone is old son! Doesn't even have gingerbread on it man. I never have issues opening pdf on mine =P. Rooting is also easier and the access is much better than Jailbreaking. Also, this is a personal thing, but you already know I think the GUI is nothing short of atrocious on the new Windows phone and the upcoming Windows 8........ they really need to fire whoever designed that monstrocity and change the whole fucking thing.

Lol. Yeah its old, it ran 2.1 quite sluggish. Then I tried to instal CyanogenMod on to it and that made it actually worse so said screw it, used my nokia e71 for a month and then become an early adoper of the windows phone 7.

You may be right that newer phones are better but ill wait till they figure this Android tug and pull fragmentation out before I commit to that ecosystem again.


I personally really want to see what that new quad-core nvidia chip can do, if the performance is that much higher at the same power usage and a phone has high MP cameras to support that power, then I'd be super happy to go right to it.



dahuman said:


I personally really want to see what that new quad-core nvidia chip can do, if the performance is that much higher at the same power usage and a phone has high MP cameras to support that power, then I'd be super happy to go right to it.


I see this being usefull for tablets and PCs but I am not sure my phone needs quad core lol.

I already do pretty much everything I want on the singe core 1 ghz smaprtphone.

Camera though is something I can see needing improvement. I'll never understand why a 5 megapixel dedicated camera rapes a 5 megapixel cell phone one.



sad.man.loves.vgc said:
disolitude said:
sad.man.loves.vgc said:
 

Whoa look at you go, Apple Taliban in action.... Everything I said was in relation to windows phone which how long have you used?

1. Still no spell check on maps and search. I wouldn't know honestly, I never use maps.

2. Actual spell check is not nearly as good as windows phone 7s which gives you a slew of words to choose as well as pick the most obvious one. Iphone only picks 1 word and is wrong most of the time. The english spell checker works perfectly for me, I type the wrong letters the whole time but the checker gets it correctly 99% of the time.

3. Sorry I meant every time you want to purchase an app. you can't save your password for app purchases which is idiotic. Also, very few apps have trials where on windows phone every app has a trial mode. Once in each session, if you install three apps for example you will only to insert it once.

4. No one doubts the apple store is amazing but I prefer to have features integrated than having to spend hours in the app store looking for apps to do things. If I just took a picture I don't want to have to save it so I can open facebook app, log in, find the picture and post it. I want to take pic, choose "post to facebook" and move on. I prefer to have the apps , a lot more useful.

5. Lock screen still doesn't tell you shit other than a text message that may come in or an appointment and time. WP7 lists a slew of things on the start screen. You have a point. However, the iOS5 has improved in this area A LOT.

6. I have a work phone which is email locked. I can not set up a personal email account on it. Therefore I can't sync with gmail or hotmail. Only work exchange. Only way for me to get my personal numbers on to this iphone would be through the sim or manually to enter than in to work contacts, which isn't ideal. So yeah, importing sim contacts while old and outdated, can be useful, despite what you and Apple think.  I never had a similar limitation but I see where it might be useful for some now.

Also, I buy monster PCs because there is no other way to run 3 monitors in 3D. However there are other ways for people to do pretty much everything iphone does, besides buying iphone 5.

I will buy the next iPhone because I am assuming that it will have a dual core processor to render big pdf files more smoothly than my current iphone 4 does. Hoping for a bigger screen too. The camera is already pretty cool, according to the reports , the next one is gonna be a lot better.

You get the point now.

I do get your point and I agree that Iphone 4 is beautifuly designed. Its probably the most esthetically pleasing device out there with still the best screen. I am really curious to see what apple is going to do to make people buy iphone 5 and not stick with iphone 4 which in my opinion is still one of the 5 best phones you can buy in terms of features and specs.



disolitude said:
dahuman said:
 


I personally really want to see what that new quad-core nvidia chip can do, if the performance is that much higher at the same power usage and a phone has high MP cameras to support that power, then I'd be super happy to go right to it.


I see this being usefull for tablets and PCs but I am not sure my phone needs quad core lol.

I already do pretty much everything I want on the singe core 1 ghz smaprtphone.

Camera though is something I can see needing improvement. I'll never understand why a 5 megapixel dedicated camera rapes a 5 megapixel cell phone one.


What I want is a stable 1080p recording environment on the go, 720p is nice but I could always go higher, right now with a 32GB card, I can go about 6 hours, the cool thing is that if it's in airplane mode, the battery drain is pretty much nada. The cameras will get better and better as time goes by, I retired my camera awhile ago because the one on my phone is actually pretty good lol. Unless I'm buying one of those expensive cameras for really HQ stuff, I'm not really going to care too much.