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JustAnEngineer wrote:I think that the iPhone 5C is going to be a huge flop. In China, the fact that the iPhone is overpriced makes it even more of a status symbol. When you've got a luxury brand, you don't sell on affordability. You sell on exclusivity.
trackerben wrote:I'm surprised they didn't call it the iPhone 6 what with its next-generation hardware and deeply refreshed OS.
End User wrote:trackerben wrote:I'm surprised they didn't call it the iPhone 6 what with its next-generation hardware and deeply refreshed OS.
Apple has established their own tick-tock strategy: 3G->3GS->4->4S->5->5s->6->6s...
The number increase indicates a major change and the s indicates a spec bump.
derFunkenstein wrote:What's amusing is that on the front page Apple fanatics are arguing that this is a major change, and here in the forum you're calling it a spec bump.
derFunkenstein wrote:What you mean is the number increase indicates a shift in outward appearance, but oh, wait, the 5c is literally just that, a shift in outward appearance.
derFunkenstein wrote:So there was no hardware change between the 4s and the 5? The A6 is really just an A5, I guess.
derFunkenstein wrote:It's time for The New iPhone With No Number, kind of like the iPad.
End User wrote:...The number increase indicates a major change and the s indicates a spec bump.
jss21382 wrote:JustAnEngineer wrote:I think that the iPhone 5C is going to be a huge flop. In China, the fact that the iPhone is overpriced makes it even more of a status symbol. When you've got a luxury brand, you don't sell on affordability. You sell on exclusivity.
Not likely, the free and $100 slots have been filled by the previous 2 generations of iPhones for years. They're just replacing the phone 5's $100 spot in the line-up with an improved model that'll hold up better to most peoples abuse. Which should be welcome news to that crowd, I've replaced countless back glass panels on the 4 and 4s for the standard low end consumers that don't take care of their phone well enough to not break an iPhone.
David wrote:jss21382 wrote:JustAnEngineer wrote:I think that the iPhone 5C is going to be a huge flop. In China, the fact that the iPhone is overpriced makes it even more of a status symbol. When you've got a luxury brand, you don't sell on affordability. You sell on exclusivity.
Not likely, the free and $100 slots have been filled by the previous 2 generations of iPhones for years. They're just replacing the phone 5's $100 spot in the line-up with an improved model that'll hold up better to most peoples abuse. Which should be welcome news to that crowd, I've replaced countless back glass panels on the 4 and 4s for the standard low end consumers that don't take care of their phone well enough to not break an iPhone.
China is (according to "experts") really big on material status symbols and the 5c has the potential to diminish the value of the brand. It'll probably do fine worldwide, but maybe not as well in China as Apple hopes.
JohnC wrote:I can throw graphs at you too. Not sure what's the point of it, though.
trackerben wrote:End User wrote:...The number increase indicates a major change and the s indicates a spec bump.
If that's how Apple sees the next-generation 5s then the coming 6 (and 6C?) would be even more special.
derFunkenstein wrote:Omg we get it you want a giant phone.
Airmantharp wrote:I want a big screen
Airmantharp wrote:I use my Note as my GPS. With the windshield mount, I have the best GPS software in the world (Google Maps and Waze), attached to the best search engine in the world, on one of the, uhm, 'better' networks in the world (AT&T).
Airmantharp wrote:For mobile web browsing, the larger the screen and the greater the number of pixels, the better. Apple has the DPI thing down pat, but if you need to actually interact with web pages, you find yourself quickly wanting a bigger screen.
Airmantharp wrote:Why a stylus?
-Primarily, because apps like Photoshop have already been developed for mobile devices, making photo editing on the go quite real. I was able to take a solid portrait of a brother and a sister at a convention with my DSLR, edit the shot for exposure and white balance fine-tuning (hotel lighting is among the worst- and it's quite variable), and then email it to the brother. That's just badass.
-Finger-input is awesome for navigation, but if you actually need to 'write' or 'draw', you want a stylus. I don't use it much on the Note given Samsung's horrific software load (even after switching launchers), but I'd love to use it much more, if I had a device worth using it on.
Airmantharp wrote:Why an IR transmitter?
-I think phones should be our universal remotes- period. I want a phone that can control every HT-like device I run across, be it over BT, IR, WiFi, or something else. There's just no reason for that not to be the norm. We're quickly getting there, but so many phones/tablets ship without well-implemented IR capability, or any at all.
Airmantharp wrote:Why not just get a tablet?
-I'm thinking about it, and if I do, then I'd probably get a 5S next year when the 6 is announced/released. Basically whenever it goes on sale. But the tablet would have to conform to my above requirements, and I've yet to see one of those, either.
Airmantharp wrote:Adobe readies a mobile version of Lightroom
End User wrote:Airmantharp wrote:Adobe readies a mobile version of Lightroom
Interesting.
End User wrote:Airmantharp wrote:Adobe readies a mobile version of Lightroom
Interesting.
Edit: Ah, yes. I remember that now. I think I'm definitely going to sign up for the Photoshop Photography Program as it comes with 20GB of cloud storage (storage that can be shared with Lightroom for iOS).
End User wrote:
Airmantharp wrote:What would be really special would be a Note-style phablet from Apple, and soon.
Synchromesh wrote:JohnC wrote:I can throw graphs at you too. Not sure what's the point of it, though.
D00d, you drive an ugly German piece of junk (which makes a pitiful 450hp from a monster 6.3L engine - pathetic for 2010s) and you get to have an opinion? No, for real, how does this happen? And how can anyone ever even consider it due to this fact? I'd love to know.