Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Sorry, my bit was more of a joke how any tiny detail people don't like is suddenly a flaw and a sign apple is spiraling w/o Steve
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Still, after seven years of a certain way...something different is going to stick out (no pun) to people. It's different, not world-ending or Apple's doom. |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Ha...I didn't see this page, I just read your reply on the previous one.
No worries. I'll leave my post above because it's funnier that way. |
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Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I'm not sure of who in my house is going to upgrade to this one. On one hand I would like it, on the other my wife is due one...
As for how I'm going to carry a bigger phone, easily in my pocket. Looking at that size it isn't that much bigger than I would expect. Plus how do so many Android "flagship phone" carrying people cary them? Sure some use belt clips still, but not that many. For the lens thing, I don't see it as a deal breaker but it does seem odd to have a lens be the only thing sticking out. It won't lay flat on it's back now and this almost forces you to lay the phone on it's screen. If it's the sapphire screen that's the saving grace then I still don't trust that because the damage to the bezel around the glass. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Regarding the protruding lens, I would imagine having a case would solve any potential issue. Are there many people out there that don't use a case for their iPhone? (Yeah, I know it's prettier without, but when I'm carrying £500 worth of electronics in my pocket, I'm going to protect it.)
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careful with axes
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hillsborough, CA
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The only reason I use a case with my iPhone 5 is to keep the edges from getting nicked and because leather/soft-feeling materials are easier to grip. If I had a Nexus 5, I wouldn't be using a case at all.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Only had one screen shatter in that time. I feel like that's pretty good considering the amount of time. I just like the look of them too much to put them in a case. No more Twitter. It's Mastodon now. |
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Formerly Roboman, still
awesome Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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*secretly wishes he had a 5c* and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Formerly “AWM”
Join Date: May 2009
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Looks like NFC for payments is a go as a number of stories are out about deals with all the major credit card companies.
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Formerly Roboman, still
awesome Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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It only makes sense, if you're going to have a fingerprint scanner and "secure enclave" and everything you might as well make the most of it. The US payment card ecosystem is undergoing a massive shift anyway, to chip-and-pin cards, so now's the right time to make a push with this, while everyone has to upgrade their equipment anyway.
I had a phone with Google Wallet, and the implementation sort of sucked. But I liked the idea. I think Apple will do their typical Apple thing here—they won't be the first to do it, but they'll be the first to do it right and make it palatable for the masses. And all the Android neckbeards will take pains to point out that Google did it first, Google always does it first, why does everybody always thinks Apple invents these things... but everybody will think that Apple invented it, and the cycle will go on. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Formerly “AWM”
Join Date: May 2009
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I never bothered with Google Wallet when I had it either. A lot of the card readers already seem to have the ability to touch to pay if you have the right card but I don't think I've ever seen anyone use it. Maybe Apple will have better luck. It has to at least be as quick and easy as pulling a card out of my wallet. If so I'll give it a try.
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Formerly Roboman, still
awesome Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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There were a few times I tried paying with Google Wallet and waved my little phone in front of the receiver thing, and nothing happened. It just didn't work. And then the clerk (who has no idea what the fuck I am doing, of course) gets confused, and I look like an idiot, and I say fuck it and take out my wallet. That can't happen, with this. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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I've never had one on my 5, and I will have had it two years come October. I've dropped an iPhone exactly one time in these seven years. It was the original one, on the hard tile floor of Burger King, less than a month after I got it (July 2007). Barely dented the top left corner, and just a little scuff (I got lucky). But that was my early "be careful, and don't be an idiot with this thing" warning. I'd say the iPhone gods are with me because it hasn't happened since. I'll never put mine in a case. To me it just defeats the whole "slim and light" thing. |
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I had to take my case off my iPhone 4 to use it in my car radio adapter. I didn't put the case on one time I left the car and went into a supermarket - dropped it and smashed the screen. For me, a few extra millimetres is worth it.
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