iPhone 5 Is The Most Disappointing iPhone Ever?

[AceHigh]

People who use megapixels to determine a camera's quality are the same as people who only use a CPU frequency to determine a computers performance.

Here is a short advice: Planning to take pictures to be memorable for life? Get yourself a reflex camera and enjoy awesome pictures. Some shit is going down nearby and you want to capture it? Quickly grab your phone and film it, nobody will give a damn about purple lens flair when two trains crash into each other. In fact, practice at home to grab your phone and start filming in the shortest amount of time available.

Back on topic I do understand the frustration of consumers from the principle that new iPhone has worse camera than the old one, but if you see it from my perspective, it's not that big of a deal.

[Freedom Kira]

The ultimate irony is the commercial for that phone in which they used a professional video camera!

I heard about that too. I found it kind of amusing. But you'll notice I linked to the Pureview 808, not the Lumia 920.

[Logiick]

The iPhone is a terrible phone overall. It's used by simpletons who can't handle multiple features.

Ask an iPhone user why they like it: The answer will be "it just works" or "it's simple".
Ask a Galaxy user why they like it: It'll be all about the features etc.

It just blows my mind that people can think that a phone with less features, a smaller screen, and hardware that should be much better than what it is; is a good phone.

The commercials that Samsung is airing right now, smashing the iPhone, are absolutely fantastic.

Btw; I don't have a Galaxy, I have an HTC Incredible. But any person with the most elementary knowledge of technological savvy can see that the Galaxy and the Note are far superior phones. 

[megido-rev.M]

I'd first expect not to pay a premium for for something with fewer features, but that's just me.

[GoGeTa006]

The iPhone is a terrible phone overall. It's used by simpletons who can't handle multiple features.

Ask an iPhone user why they like it: The answer will be "it just works" or "it's simple".
Ask a Galaxy user why they like it: It'll be all about the features etc.

It just blows my mind that people can think that a phone with less features, a smaller screen, and hardware that should be much better than what it is; is a good phone.

The commercials that Samsung is airing right now, smashing the iPhone, are absolutely fantastic.

Btw; I don't have a Galaxy, I have an HTC Incredible. But any person with the most elementary knowledge of technological savvy can see that the Galaxy and the Note are far superior phones.

suddenly the reason why people prefer the iphone becomes clear. . .


apple has always ALWAYS been into that "lets make it as simple as possible" idea. . . that "users shouldnt have to know what defragmentation is, the OS should do it for them" type of thing which TBH is very practical but yes, you have to sacrifice freedom/features for ease-of-use

[bloody000]

The iPhone is a terrible phone overall. It's used by simpletons who can't handle multiple features.

Ask an iPhone user why they like it: The answer will be "it just works" or "it's simple".
Ask a Galaxy user why they like it: It'll be all about the features etc.

It just blows my mind that people can think that a phone with less features, a smaller screen, and hardware that should be much better than what it is; is a good phone.

The commercials that Samsung is airing right now, smashing the iPhone, are absolutely fantastic.

Btw; I don't have a Galaxy, I have an HTC Incredible. But any person with the most elementary knowledge of technological savvy can see that the Galaxy and the Note are far superior phones.

suddenly the reason why people prefer the iphone becomes clear. . .


apple has always ALWAYS been into that "lets make it as simple as possible" idea. . . that "users shouldnt have to know what defragmentation is, the OS should do it for them" type of thing which TBH is very practical but yes, you have to sacrifice freedom/features for ease-of-use

Logic, reason and facts does not work with Crusaders. He's simply trying to justify his purchase to faceless people on the Internet and to feel good about the choice he made, like an insecure man looking for peer approval.

[kitamesume]

with the "ease of use and crippled feature" kind of thought shouldn't it be waaaay more cheaper? no, apple just slaps prices that breaks wallets.

yes, android CAN be configured into "ease of use and crippled feature", for cheaper.

edit: also, people still opt to jailbreak their iphones.
and no, the more feature something has the more complicated it becomes.

edit2: before people start saying "apple hater" yes i do hate apple, but only their price.

[metro.]

Apple sells because they're actually just made up of 3 people that work on the phone, and millions of marketing people.

[megido-rev.M]

with the "ease of use and crippled feature" kind of thought shouldn't it be waaaay more cheaper? no, apple just slaps prices that breaks wallets.

yes, android CAN be configured into "ease of use and crippled feature", for cheaper.

edit: also, people still opt to jailbreak their iphones.
and no, the more feature something has the more complicated it becomes.

edit2: before people start saying "apple hater" yes i do hate apple, but only their price.

Indeed

There's also the thing with being unable to install other OSs, apparently, and tend to opt in jailbreaking the stuff.

[GoGeTa006]

with the "ease of use and crippled feature" kind of thought shouldn't it be waaaay more cheaper? no, apple just slaps prices that breaks wallets.

yes, android CAN be configured into "ease of use and crippled feature", for cheaper.

edit: also, people still opt to jailbreak their iphones.
and no, the more feature something has the more complicated it becomes.

edit2: before people start saying "apple hater" yes i do hate apple, but only their price.

well I really wont get too deep into this, but you just said, android CAN be configured into "ease of use", well yeah,

let me tell you a story:

A guy calls a technician to fix his computer
the technician goes and presses 1 button and the computer works
the technician charges 1000 dlls, the guy is in an outrage! why 1000 dollars!? I demand a note with all the procedures,

(click to show/hide)

Pressing the button ...... $1.00 dlls
knowing what button to press. . . .$999.00 dlls
total = $1000 dlls

and thats the story

I hope you understand the message of the story. . .
if you dont

(click to show/hide)

apple charges so much for the time they spend creating that "ease-of-use", and people buy it because people dont want to spend that time making it "easy-to-use"

now again, this applies to that 99% of the world that isnt computer saavy

[megido-rev.M]

let me tell you a story:

A guy calls a technician to fix his computer
the technician goes and presses 1 button and the computer works
the technician charges 1000 dlls, the guy is in an outrage! why 1000 dollars!? I demand a note with all the procedures,

(click to show/hide)

Pressing the button ...... $1.00 dlls
knowing what button to press. . . .$999.00 dlls
total = $1000 dlls

and thats the story

I hope you understand the message of the story. . .
if you dont

(click to show/hide)

apple charges so much for the time they spend creating that "ease-of-use", and people buy it because people dont want to spend that time making it "easy-to-use"

now again, this applies to that 99% of the world that isnt computer saavy

A past accounting teacher of mine used a similar story. The point was that services can be charged at amounts regardless of the actual work.

[kitamesume]

I hope you understand the message of the story. . .
if you dont

(click to show/hide)

apple charges so much for the time they spend creating that "ease-of-use", and people buy it because people dont want to spend that time making it "easy-to-use"

now again, this applies to that 99% of the world that isnt computer saavy

no because you just ignored the part about androids CAN be configured to be ease of use FOR CHEAPER.
so who's a dumbass to pay a grand for a moneyhog tech to setup his computer when theres another tech that does it for 90% less?

[GoGeTa006]

I hope you understand the message of the story. . .
if you dont

(click to show/hide)

apple charges so much for the time they spend creating that "ease-of-use", and people buy it because people dont want to spend that time making it "easy-to-use"

now again, this applies to that 99% of the world that isnt computer saavy

no because you just ignored the part about androids CAN be configured to be ease of use FOR CHEAPER.
so who's a dumbass to pay a grand for a moneyhog tech to setup his computer when theres another tech that does it for 90% less?

iphones already come configured. . .

[kitamesume]

so does some android? obviously 100-200$ smartphones have uber crippled features, that comes ease of use as a by product, jailbreak/root it and you'd get a more versatile phone.
theres also the option of developing your own android apps, the programs to do it are free and open for download.

so whats in iphone? a feature crippled phone for 300+$ that no other option other than to jailbreak it for more features, find me an iphone brandnew for 100-200$ 1ghz 256mb ram WITH uSD slot up to 64GB, now that would be a bargain. oh wait, if theres no such thing, theres some on android.

edit: simply put it is like linux(android, literally) vs windows/mac or both(iphone).

to shut this stupid argument, no your reasoning about ease of use is not a valid argument, to point out, all i see on iphone's price premium is for the sheer E-PEEN of it.

[bloody000]

I watercool my PC. I made my own tabletop greenhouse. I grow orchids in semi-hydro. I drive a manual. I also have a 1:1 Kyuubey staring into my soul at all times. But I don't think people are stupid for using stock coolers, growing on windowsill, keeping orchids potted in sphagnum moss, being an automactic driver or having small Kyuubey figures.


The real stupid argument is that people that do not care about things you care about are automactically stupid and ignorant because they do not care about things you care about. There are countless hobbies in the world, society does not revolve around your faveourite gadget of the month, and that is good. It's a fucking phone. Go bomb Monsanto HQ or something.

[revo]

problem is why pay more for less ?

[bloody000]

problem is why pay more for less ?

By asking that question you already assumed it to have "less", which is debatable. What you think is less others may think it's more. i.e. less fucking around and more doing(phone related or not).

[lapa321]

problem is why pay more for less ?

By asking that question you already assumed it to have "less", which is debatable. What you think is less others may think it's more. i.e. less fucking around and more doing(phone related or not).

What can you do on one that can't be done on the other? What does one have that the other doesn't? Is it worth doubling the price of a computer for a better monitor?

[Logiick]

The iPhone is a terrible phone overall. It's used by simpletons who can't handle multiple features.

Ask an iPhone user why they like it: The answer will be "it just works" or "it's simple".
Ask a Galaxy user why they like it: It'll be all about the features etc.

It just blows my mind that people can think that a phone with less features, a smaller screen, and hardware that should be much better than what it is; is a good phone.

The commercials that Samsung is airing right now, smashing the iPhone, are absolutely fantastic.

Btw; I don't have a Galaxy, I have an HTC Incredible. But any person with the most elementary knowledge of technological savvy can see that the Galaxy and the Note are far superior phones.

suddenly the reason why people prefer the iphone becomes clear. . .


apple has always ALWAYS been into that "lets make it as simple as possible" idea. . . that "users shouldnt have to know what defragmentation is, the OS should do it for them" type of thing which TBH is very practical but yes, you have to sacrifice freedom/features for ease-of-use

Logic, reason and facts does not work with Crusaders. He's simply trying to justify his purchase to faceless people on the Internet and to feel good about the choice he made, like an insecure man looking for peer approval.

Are you referring to me? Suggesting that the iPhone and iOS are better than the Galaxy S3/Note and Android OS would be quite foolish, so I sincerely hope you're not.

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problem is why pay more for less ?

By asking that question you already assumed it to have "less", which is debatable. What you think is less others may think it's more. i.e. less fucking around and more doing(phone related or not).

It is not debatable. iOS is not open or versatile, Android is.
Galaxy S3 has better hardware than the iPhone.
It's got a bigger screen, it's faster, has more free apps, has ease of use with the whole... touching phones to send files, has the ability to expand memory by a pretty significant amount with SD cards, you don't have to use iTunes, etcetcetc. And it's cheaper than an iPhone.

The iPhone 5 is nothing more than an iPhone 3G with a better screen, Siri, and is square.

I'm not understanding how you can't see that the Galaxy is a better phone...

[GoGeTa006]

so does some android? obviously 100-200$ smartphones have uber crippled features, that comes ease of use as a by product, jailbreak/root it and you'd get a more versatile phone.
theres also the option of developing your own android apps, the programs to do it are free and open for download.

so whats in iphone? a feature crippled phone for 300+$ that no other option other than to jailbreak it for more features, find me an iphone brandnew for 100-200$ 1ghz 256mb ram WITH uSD slot up to 64GB, now that would be a bargain. oh wait, if theres no such thing, theres some on android.

edit: simply put it is like linux(android, literally) vs windows/mac or both(iphone).

to shut this stupid argument, no your reasoning about ease of use is not a valid argument, to point out, all i see on iphone's price premium is for the sheer E-PEEN of it.

as I said, linux/Unix is way better than Mac/Windows, I wont argue that, it has all the freedom any COMPUTER SAAVY PERSON might want.
but again, apple targets 99% of the population, that will prefer an iPhone, over that 1% that would prefer freedom (theres more money to gain from selling to the 99%)

well and larger E-PEEN is popular

and the iphone 5 starts at 199 with a 2 year contract, the iphone 4S starts at 99 with a 2 year contract, the iphone 4 is free with a 2 year contract. . .
so. . .
booh-yahh!