Mobile phones & tablets thread

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You've said no to this first point but you are completely wrong. You can customize every screen on an iPhone and put links, folders and apps in any order you want. You can customize the bottom bar of the screen to include whatever prompts you want, be it phone, messages, twitter, music, App store etc etc etc.

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I didn't say such simple stupid things on the home screen. That's basic. Can you work with widgets, change the appearance of the way it shows time, weather, temperature, put a youtube or Google search bar, a dictionary bar, put Google analytics widget which refreshes every few minutes and shows you how many visits your website had today? That's not "hacking". Simply more freedom than what iPhone allows.

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Can you hack into the OS and customize it the way you can with Android? No you can't but how many people do that or at least want to do that? I don't have any need to do that. I just want a cool phone that allows me to do internet based things, phone people, and keep in touch with other methods. I don't want to develop apps, hack the OS, or fill it with stupid battery draining widgets as some form of novelty.

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:laugh: Why do you keep using the word "hack"? Do you understand what hacking means? Customizing an OS is not called hacking. Getting into the source code of a program and exploit its vulnerability or change how it operates, that's what's called hacking.

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Because their phones are still very desirable and people are willing to pay for their products regardless of there being better specced hardware on the market.

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Yep. $800 more for an inferior laptop is perfectly justified for Apple fans.

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No but you get a nicer phone from Apple.

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Nicer phone my @ss.

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Get an S2 then, problem solved.

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Already have it, and it does things that no iPhone does.

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I don't need to play games on my PC and wouldn't want to even if it was worth 2 grand. You have different needs to me so this particular point is lost on me I'm afraid.

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A good gaming PC can be built for 1 grand. It's only Macs which go up to 2 grands.

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You argument falls down abit there though mate doesn't it? You are frustrated because people are paying a premium for Apple products that do the same as a PC or Android phone, yet you have a problem with someone like me paying £160 for a PS3 that plays the same games as your $2000 laptop? haha. My PS3 also looks alot nicer (like Apple products do) under my TV and acts as a duel purpose device. I turn it on every couple of weeks for a quick game (I am married) and I am safe in the knowledge this limited use has not wasted hundreds of pounds of my money. ;)

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Dude, you were the one taking a dig on PC gamers first. And the Dell laptop is not $2000, it cost $600 and does 10 times the things your PS3 does. ;)

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Why spend all that money on a PC when a cheaper console does the same thing?

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You would have to be really noobish to think a console does the same things as a PC. :p

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Thats a bit of a generalization really. A friend of mine owns his own Graphics media company in Cardiff and does work for the BBC, S4C, and has even worked on ads for IBM. His client base is growing and he's very much in touch with the technology world. You can't be in that business without knowing what is the best. He has 2 MacBooks Pro's and a couple of Mac desktops in his home office and has based his whole business around it. He's not stupid, easily led, or anti PC in any way. He's just a normal guy who knows what he likes and is open to new technology much like myself.

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Good for him! Does that mean all graphic design companies have Macs? NO. They're still minorities.

Also, having an Apple product doesn't mean you have the latest in technology. It just means you paid more for your product. :D

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You don't need a USB port in an iPad, or at least I've never had a need as yet.

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Why not? What if I'm outdoors and I wanna transfer documents to my iPad through a USB memory stick? Do I copy it first to my computer and then my iPad? How much would it have cost Apple to put one USB port on the iPad?

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I think both devices suit both sides of the market. Its just Apples side is considerably bigger at this moment in time.

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Tablets are just stupid, full stop. :p

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Android certainly has more freedom in those respects but do you accept not everybody is bothered about such features? Widgets are the reason the batterylife of most Android devices barely last a single day without constant app killing and battery usage monitoring. The fact iPhones are so popular suggest alot of people are not bothered about clocks widgets and youtube search bars lol.

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At least you have the OPTION of the widgets. You can turn them off, turn wi-fi and sync off as well and have your battery running for a week. Yeah, you're right. An under-performing, under-featured phone is more expensive than its better counterpart and people still pay the premium for the former. These are definitely tech experts.

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The iPhone 4S is a nicer looking phone than the S2................................................ .......................IMO. ;)

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Nicer looking my @ss. :p

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My PS3 does everything I need it to do thanks. I'd still only need to play games and watch blueray films on it.

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I have no gripes with the PS3 actually. Both the PS3 and Xbox360 are properly priced products, unlike the iPad. :p

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That is absloute rubbish. Macs are industry standard in the graphics field. Undisputed FACT. I would bet my house on it. :)

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Does your house have adequate heating henners? I don't like to get frozen in winters. :)

And while you're at it, can you show me some links proving this fact? I would happily say I'm wrong if you can somehow prove this.

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I hope we are not going down the route of assuming everyone who buys Apple products is gay? It might be a joke but having a few gay friends I don't like the notion being gay is somehow a form of inferiority. Please don't continue posting pics like that please. I am enjoying this debate, and don't want the thread to be pulled down to a immature level. We are doing good so far. :)

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I'm not homophobic nor sexist. So, those pics are not put there with that intent.

I believe that dude in the middle is a famous singer? And since they're all wearing white and using iPads, it seemed funny enough to me.

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