New Iphone

[Jones]

Maybe people just want all of those features in a single device and are willing to sacrifice the higher quality a dedicated version of each feature provides for the sake of convenience. It's not that hard to figure out. As much as I'd like to carry a shit hot SLR around with me on the off chance of seeing something funny to take a picture of, well just fuck that for an idea. Same with a good quality HD video camera, or a dedicated MP3 player or whatever.

 

As for what smart phone is best, they're all pretty much the fucking same between Samsung, Apple and HTC.

[Jones]

Actually they're not, I find the iPhone 4 has the best battery of the 3, which is a huge consideration if you ask me.

[Iraq_Red]

I think the tide is turning against Apple, especially with the US Lawsuit that resulted in Samsung having to pay $1 Billion Dollars in damages, when in the South Korea & the UK said they were both as bad as each other for using each others patents!

 

BBC

[Ke1t]

Actually they're not, I find the iPhone 4 has the best battery of the 3, which is a huge consideration if you ask me.

 

I have Samsung (Galaxy), HTC (Rezound), and Apple (iPhone, iTouch), and Galaxy batteries easily last as long as Apple... but, oh, you can pop out a Samsung or HTC battery and replace it if you can't get to a recharge point. Let me try doing that with my Apple product.... ah, it's sealed. Can't do it. Just can't do it.

 

HTC battery life is dreadful, though.

[Ke1t]

The new trend is to take an iPad with you to restaurants and leave it sitting on the table to try and show off to people that you have an ipad.

 

 

Acting like a tosser has been a trend since the 80's, and likely before. I first noticed people who were absolute tossers in the 80s, though.

 

Lot of tossers in the 80s... LOT of tossers in the 80s.

[King Street Loon]

The iphone 4 battery is shite.

 

I've an iphone and i don't like it much.

The only good thing i like about it is it allows me to surf the net easily and that i've got the Absolute Radio apps and Talkshite app's so i can listen whilst walking the hound.

[Big Man]

A pet hate of mine, people glued to Facebook on their phones.

 

Woman who do it especially piss me off, and especially when it's just the two of you.

 

Facebook is like Heroin for the soul.

[dj_bollocks]

I think the tide is turning against Apple, especially with the US Lawsuit that resulted in Samsung having to pay $1 Billion Dollars in damages, when in the South Korea & the UK said they were both as bad as each other for using each others patents!

 

BBC

 

Funny you should say that, I was discussing with a mate that Apple have become the new Microsoft...

 

Definitely not as good as they were, and I don't think the iPhone 5 will deliver the sort of revolutionary stuff that previous iPhone's have done.

 

But at the end of the day, it's just a fucking phone...

[Jones]

Kelt, fair point but who wants to carry about two batteries... Not I, save the pocket space for smokes and cash.

 

The iphone 4 battery is shite.

 

I've an iphone and i don't like it much.

The only good thing i like about it is it allows me to surf the net easily and that i've got the Absolute Radio apps and Talkshite app's so i can listen whilst walking the hound.

 

Weird, ahh well, mine is good! That said I never use siri or wifi and have barely any apps, let alone running apps.

[Ke1t]

Kelt, fair point but who wants to carry about two batteries... Not I, save the pocket space for smokes and cash.

 

 

I'm a man of many pockets. Typical pair of cargo pants has around 8 pockets for carrying my shite. At any one time I'll have a phone, media player, wallet, knife, sunglasses, case of screwdrivers, anti-static tether, gloves, anti-static sheet, and various components, in my pockets...

 

I've also taken to wearing a camera vest, which adds another half dozen decent sized pockets and countless smaller ones.

 

 

Your regular schmoe... he has, what, four pockets max?

 

And if he's wearing skinny jeans, none of them are functional. Unless he's sticking, say, a credit card in each pocket. But then how does he get them out? You're not getting any fingers in those pockets. By my reckoning you've got to take them off any time you need to get in a pocket.

 

It's farcical.

 

My only problem is remembering which pocket I've put something in, and it can take up to 45 minutes just to locate something.

[The Boofon]

I'm a man of many pockets. Typical pair of cargo pants has around 8 pockets for carrying my shite. At any one time I'll have a phone, media player, wallet, knife, sunglasses, case of screwdrivers, anti-static tether, gloves, anti-static sheet, and various components, in my pockets...

 

I've also taken to wearing a camera vest, which adds another half dozen decent sized pockets and countless smaller ones.

 

 

 

It's farcical.

 

My only problem is remembering which pocket I've put something in, and it can take up to 45 minutes just to locate something.

 

 

Duck tape, balaclava and chloroform kept in the boot I presume?

[Ke1t]

Duck tape, balaclava and chloroform kept in the boot I presume?

 

 

Those are merely essential survival tools if, for example, my car were to break down on a cold night. 80% of the body's heat is lost through the head, so the myth goes, so I'll need some kind of insulating headwear (balaclava), and if I needed to seal up the vents or any other area that let's cold air in (duct tape), or if I'm having trouble getting some sleep (chloroform).

 

I also have a plausible explanation for the shovel, bag of lime, rope, shotgun, and the map of my ex-girlfriends' houses with the legend, 'Whores I intend to kill tonight, and bury in a lime-filled pit."

 

... perfectly plausible explanation.

[Crossbow]

Those are merely essential survival tools if, for example, my car were to break down on a cold night. 80% of the body's heat is lost through the head, so the myth goes, so I'll need some kind of insulating headwear (balaclava), and if I needed to seal up the vents or any other area that let's cold air in (duct tape), or if I'm having trouble getting some sleep (chloroform).

 

I also have a plausible explanation for the shovel, bag of lime, rope, shotgun, and the map of my ex-girlfriends' houses with the legend, 'Whores I intend to kill tonight, and bury in a lime-filled pit."

 

... perfectly plausible explanation.

 

... good, just as well no one knows of your cunning plans...

[Bluto10]

I'm a man of many pockets. Typical pair of cargo pants has around 8 pockets for carrying my shite. At any one time I'll have a phone, media player, wallet, knife, sunglasses, case of screwdrivers, anti-static tether, gloves, anti-static sheet, and various components, in my pockets...

 

I've also taken to wearing a camera vest, which adds another half dozen decent sized pockets and countless smaller ones.

 

 

Your regular schmoe... he has, what, four pockets max?

 

And if he's wearing skinny jeans, none of them are functional. Unless he's sticking, say, a credit card in each pocket. But then how does he get them out? You're not getting any fingers in those pockets. By my reckoning you've got to take them off any time you need to get in a pocket.

 

It's farcical.

 

My only problem is remembering which pocket I've put something in, and it can take up to 45 minutes just to locate something.

 

 

kelt, youve been americanised, youve turned into see bass.

 

 

get out while you still can.

[StandFree1982]

The replaceably battery is another thing that separates the iPhone from other smartphones. When I am out and about and I need my phone for, i dunno...GPS or fuck knows....surfing porn on the go, I like knowing that if my battery dies, I have another 8 hours or so of battery in my pocket to keep me going.

[Jones]

The replaceably battery is another thing that separates the iPhone from other smartphones. When I am out and about and I need my phone for, i dunno...GPS or fuck knows....surfing porn on the go, I like knowing that if my battery dies, I have another 8 hours or so of battery in my pocket to keep me going.

 

Thing is you can get extended battery cases and the like for iPhone, so it may even be more convenient than carrying a spare battery.

[Foster14]

no its not

 

Did you just stop reading at that exact point?

[StandFree1982]

Thing is you can get extended battery cases and the like for iPhone, so it may even be more convenient than carrying a spare battery.

True. But you can also get similar things for other phones.

[Jones]

True. But you can also get similar things for other phones.

 

Of course, but folk are holding no way of increasing iphone battery life as a negative, when in fact you can with the right add on.

[Jones]

I would have to agree although being on my second iPhone now, and never tried the Samsung or whatever the closest competitor is, I'm not really qualified to compare. All I know is that the iPhone does everything I need it to do and I can not imagine that there's anything else I need from a phone. Talk, e-mail, internet, music, camera, maps, a few apps for fitba and golf and news (and Shazam and a torch) and Robert is your father's brother.

 

Don't get the competitiveness shite. There's phones on the market. Choose one. If you don't like it, change it.

 

People are very protective over their choice of phone and see any slight on it as a slight on their very character.

[Bluto10]

I would have to agree although being on my second iPhone now, and never tried the Samsung or whatever the closest competitor is, I'm not really qualified to compare. All I know is that the iPhone does everything I need it to do and I can not imagine that there's anything else I need from a phone. Talk, e-mail, internet, music, camera, maps, a few apps for fitba and golf and news (and Shazam and a torch) and Robert is your father's brother.

 

Don't get the competitiveness shite. There's phones on the market. Choose one. If you don't like it, change it.

 

 

its what keeps geeks alive......

[Bluto10]

Anyone who needs more battery life than an iPhone gives in a day need to get a life. I charge it every night but it never runs out on me.

 

narrowminded

 

i think battery life is a big deal.

 

its not like you will always have access to a charger or an electricity point.

 

the whole point of these gadgets is that they are mobile. and they are only mobile if they have battery power.

[Bluto10]

And what I'm saying is that if you're spending 250 or 300+ continuous minutes on the AFC Chat in one day then get a fucking life.

 

exactly. look at tup. scotlands biggest loser.

 

 

 

im just thinking of situations when your caught out. improptu weekends away, like millertime. or all day sessions on the beers and sounddock.

[StandFree1982]

haha yeah, kelt waffles too much

 

 

 

 

so go buy one then, buy another fone an stop moanin like a wee girl

What are you on about? I'm happy with my SG2, which doesn't require the use of a special case to increase the battery life.

[StandFree1982]

And what I'm saying is that if you're spending 250 or 300+ continuous minutes on the phone in one day then get a fucking life.

Thing is, you don't even need to be using the phone and it dies within 12 hours.

 

We can send shit to Mars but we can't make a smartphone last for more than a day without having its screen basically turned off, any networking turned off and not touching it for the whole day.

[StandFree1982]

You never get caught out if you take your charger with you and an adaptor when abroad as there is usually always somewhere to plug it in when you sleep, unless it's you of course when you fall over in a stinking puddle on the way home, and get robbed, shagged up the arse and pissed on in your comatose state. Who the fuck spends that much time on their phone when on an all day sesh anyway?

If you are abroad any mobile phones should be turned off and kept locked away in your suitcase until you are going home

[Henry]

I would have to agree although being on my second iPhone now, and never tried the Samsung or whatever the closest competitor is, I'm not really qualified to compare

 

Nor is, I'd wager, Millertime, but he didn't let it stop him.

 

 

 

[Bluto10]

Nor is, I'd wager, Millertime, but he didn't let it stop him.

 

idiot.

[Foster14]

The Sega Master System is well better than the NES!

 

If you are abroad any mobile phones should be turned off and kept locked away in your suitcase until you are going home

 

You are just being ridiculous...

[StandFree1982]

Not true. I rarely get to 20% battery life even after a bunch of e-mails, an hour or two of phone calls and surfing safari. That's a fallacy.

There was an element of exaggeration in my statement! But still, ideally you'd like your smartphone to last as long as a Nokia 3200 / 3300