Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Will the battery last more than five minutes if the device is used?

I realise I may have ranted about this before, but it is for me the most utterly infuriating thing about all Apple products.

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The battery lasts for ages in my iPhone 4

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Originally Posted by Mark

Yeah first it was September now October. Rumour is that iOS 5 is out on the 10th October, which I'm very much looking forward too (cue post by Daniel saying Windows phones have all the features already)

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My favourite iOS5 feature is being able to use bold and italics in your emails - I've seen the future! :D

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Originally Posted by Mark

Yeah first it was September now October. Rumour is that iOS 5 is out on the 10th October, which I'm very much looking forward too (cue post by Daniel saying Windows phones have all the features already)

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Why not point out when WP7 already has those features? People point out that iOS or Android or whatever already does things WP doesn't yet do? WP's lack of true multitasking is annoying and iOS and Android do it far better.

WP already did the following which are new features in iOS5.

Wireless syncing
Opening the camera while the phone is locked with a single press (WP does it better by having a dedicated camera button)
Cloud storage
Tabbed browsing

and probably a few other things. I don't see what's wrong with pointing that out?

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Originally Posted by Dave B

My favourite iOS5 feature is being able to use bold and italics in your emails - I've seen the future! :D

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I can't do that on my phone :(

And there we are...

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Originally Posted by Mark

And there we are...

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and? :confused:

I suppose in two weeks you'll sarcastically say "I'm sure some Vettel fan will come along and post a "Congratulations Sebastian" thread now :rolleyes: " I'm not quite sure why he have a discussion forum where people are discouraged from discussing the topics :confused: Did I lie about Windows Phone having those features before iOS? I'm not quite sure I understand the issue here.

*Posted on my Windows Phone from Anti-Apple headquarters deep deep underground using the Board Express Pro App.*

It's just a bit boring that we can't talk about "Phone x can now do y" without "phone z has been able to do that for ages!!!!!!!!!!111!!!one"

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Originally Posted by Mark

It's just a bit boring that we can't talk about "Phone x can now do y" without "phone z has been able to do that for ages!!!!!!!!!!111!!!one"

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But if it's the truth? I don't quite see the problem. I don't mind people pointing out that I can't set custom ringtones on my phone and you can on an iPhone or an Android phone or on a 5 year old Nokia.....

I'm genuinely interested in technology so for me it's interesting to see who has what, who is presenting old stuff as new and who is missing stuff which others have had for years (by this I mean WP7 more than anything.......)

I think it's more the context in which these comparisons are delivered. Scan through the 59 pages of this thread and it's fairly clear on which sides of the technological front we all stand. It then becomes clear that posters incorporate subjectivity into their postings about the various deficiencies or advantages of their preferred device, rather than looking at things objectively.

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Originally Posted by Andrewmcm

I think it's more the context in which these comparisons are delivered. Scan through the 59 pages of this thread and it's fairly clear on which sides of the technological front we all stand. It then becomes clear that posters incorporate subjectivity into their postings about the various deficiencies or advantages of their preferred device, rather than looking at things objectively.

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So I'm being subjective when I point out that WP7 is missing some crucial things which iOS and Android have had for a while, whilst pointing out that it's also got some things which iOS doesn't have which WP7 has had since launch. That people can't actually just argue the facts is and have to try and make out that someone merely wants to point out the negatives of one platform whilst ignoring the positives when that clearly isn't the truth is a bit strange. How would you sum it up? I don't even see where I've been supposedly subjective in most posts since Mark baited me to point out the new features Apple is launching which WP7 already had. If you're going to accuse me of something then tell me where I supposedly went wrong :)

Seems no matter what I say, when it comes to a thread which even vaguely concerns apple, then people only hear one thing lol :laugh: