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I know that they didn't want to price it too low as it would end up taking sales away from the 5S. But as you say the 5C isn't cheap by any means, and yet by having one your are making a statement of being budget concious!Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
No it isn't. The 5C is the same as the old iPhone 5 with a difference case.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
With that price tag? Hoodwinked or what!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
That's as hairbrained as buying a BMW 1 series for the same reason! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
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Originally Posted by SGWilko
Yeah, the 5C has the same price you would have expected the iPhone 5 to now be selling at if it were still on sale.
No innovation, just more of the same, Apple are losing marketshare to Android and even Windows Phone is gaining traction also :)
64bit, great! So now we can have more than 4gb of memory addresses in a phone, that's useful! NOT!
The 5c is a joke for the reasons people have already outlined.
People are going to blame Jobs carking it for Apple's lack of creativity, but they were never all that creative, having Jobs around would have given people the impression that the recent mediocre launch was something special which it isn't.
Apple shares dropped 8% on this news, Nokia's have gone up 10% because of Apple's poor showing.
No doubt the 5s will probably break records in its first week like every iPhone model does. But Apple is on a downward slide
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... share.html
Nokia have flooded the market with loads of different WP8 Lumia's and even I can't keep track of them all now. WP is up to to almost 10% marketshare in the UK, something to think about :)
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/new ... -in-the-uk
[quote=Dave B]Righty ho, I'm back. Have a look here: http://sdrv.ms/13y6gi7Quote:
Originally Posted by "Dave B":uzlgq7t6
I would like to move the Amazon app into the Shopping category, Cut The Rope into Games, Dropbox into Photo, and so on. There is simply no option to do so - they insist on being lumped into "Other".
Like I say, it's really not a huge problem in itself, but it's indicative of the unfinished nature of the interface. :)[/quote:uzlgq7t6]
Whilst I agree you should be able to move stuff around, and if you're using that on a tablet, it would be very very advantageous, why not just press the start button, type in amaz and then enter, job done? Actually finding an icon and clicking on it is so last century ;)
I don't tend to use many Metro (or whatever they're called these days) apps, but I just installed amazon, pressed the start button, types in amaz and pressed enter and the amazon app launched. Now obviously if you're using a tablet then being able to move apps around would be somewhat helpful.
Having seen the iPhone 5S launch I'm thinking my 4S is showing it's age. So was thinking of an upgrade sometime.
However the 5S isn't that impressive but the Galaxy S4 is. Although I'm probably waiting for the S5, when's that likely to be out.
I'm interested in what can you can and can't do with the Samsung and Android compared to iPhone. I like the idea of 64gb of removable storage and a removable battery (my 4S battery is well past it's best). Can you for example mount the file system of Android phones on Windows via wifi?
How smooth is the user experience compared o iOS?
I use an app called SwiFTP on my S3 which, as you might expect, brings up the entire file system as an FTP location which you can drag/drop to/from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Regarding the UI, I always maintain that out of the box an iPhone is the better consumer product. It has a decent browser, decent keyboard, decent... well you get the picture.
The stock utilities that came with my Samsung were, in the main, pretty awful, but that's where Android's flexibility comes into its own. You can install all manner of 3rd party replacements but unlike iOS you can specify default apps and Androids "intents" system still lets them work together.
Android rewards a bit of patience and effort, and I can fully understand why it's not for everyone. Many consumers simply want a device that "just works", to use the marketing. To someone such as yourself who is computer literate and grasps concepts swiftly, I suspect that you'll prefer Android to iOS, but it's a personal choice so as ever try to play with as many handsets as possible and make your decision from there. :)
Predictable, but have you considered a Windoze phone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Depending on what you actually want, you can get a rather nice phone for a lot less than you'll pay for a 5s on contract :)
http://www.buymobiles.net/mobile-phones ... beb620fa68
WP8 is buttery smooth :) No removable battery mind you........ Then again WP is good in terms of battery life. Windows Phone now accounts for 10% of sales in the UK nowadays ;)