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I'm paddling in the same boat. I'm looking forward to next week. I miss iOS as a daily driver.
Apple Special Event - 9.9.14 - "Wish we could say more"
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I'm paddling in the same boat. I'm looking forward to next week. I miss iOS as a daily driver.
I shattered my iphone and have just been waiting to get a new one until the iphone 6 comes out.
So i have been using my gf's old Droid 4. This is the biggest PoS I have ever used in the history of phones. It is completely unusable at times. There are great androids I am sure. But this is not one of them. ugh
So i have been using my gf's old Droid 4. This is the biggest PoS I have ever used in the history of phones. It is completely unusable at times. There are great androids I am sure. But this is not one of them. ugh
lol I did the exact same thing. But I didn't have a backup phone, so I've been without a phone.
Yup, I felt that way when I had to spend a while with an android phone as well.
Turns out I just don't give a shit about any of the tinkery stuff people hold up Android phones for. Yeah you could play NES roms on the thing, but fuck, would I? Hell no, it's a garbage experience either way. It's a phone.
No matter how much you skin and customize it, it will never compare to IOS to me in sheer usability and design.
XShadows69
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I've been without a phone for nearly 3 months now. Lost a Sony Ericsson at a funfair so it should be nice to (hopefully) get a nice, new model iPhone!
How do you live without a phone?
More pics
http://imgur.com/a/5SFIr
Someone on reddit is keeping them all in one handy place http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2fnefp/more_iphone_6_leaks_being_posted_live/
http://imgur.com/a/5SFIr
Someone on reddit is keeping them all in one handy place http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2fnefp/more_iphone_6_leaks_being_posted_live/
The white area on the front looks plastic, but hopefully that's not the case. It's still all one glass piece right?
I really wish the aspect ratio was changed. It's too long for me. The 5 was ok, but this one could really benefit from being a little wider instead of just taller. Can't imagine how long the 5.5 will be
I really wish the aspect ratio was changed. It's too long for me. The 5 was ok, but this one could really benefit from being a little wider instead of just taller. Can't imagine how long the 5.5 will be
Technosteve
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Why isn't that guy dead, i kinda skeptical about that being a real leak.
It's both wider and taller. It's the same 16:9 ratio as the iPhone 5/5C/5S and pretty much every other phone on the market.
I was talking about the backs. They've been gradually moving away from black to grey for a while now, the 5 was a dark grey, the 6 is light grey. Looks a lot worse for me.
The Real Abed
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That's a good question. As far as we know, iOS 8 is still in Developer Previews. GM would be a big deal and no one has reported it. The phone is going to have iOS 8 out of the box so there's no way it would ship until GM comes out. Right? Basically these are all just really good mockups, fakes and clones.
This next 3 days is going to take forever.
I guess, but I still think it looks oddly long.
No way is it the same ratio. The nexus 5 and the G3 have wider screens I'm pretty sure...I don't think any phone has the exact same ratio as iPhone
It's only a little wider to accommodate the increase height. Also, I'm mainly talking about the physical size of the screen
Specs don't lie
The Nexus 5 and G3 are both 16:9 screens, same as the iPhone 5 and same as the iPhone 6. Here's a screenshot directly from a Nexus 5 scaled proportionately onto one of the leaked iPhone 6 pics.
Pretty much how I feel. I've been going back and forth between iOS and Android devices for quite a while now. ROMs really aren't anything special. Android itself just feels bland and has some terrible design choices. All the stock apps are pretty awful looking and I just don't have a love for Google's app aesthetics (but L could change my view on it for sure). The fact that I have to replace the stock messaging app says it all. Hangouts is a joke as are most of their text apps. Hello SMS being the only good looking one but very limited in features. Their lockscreen notifications are also terrible. I don't really see any huge advantages from using my Android device over an iPhone aside from an actual file system which is easily remedied by iFile in iOS. This HTC One will probably be my last Android device for a while.
XDA is a clusterfuck and doesn't really offer as much appeal to me as the jailbreak community as well. iOS 8's Continuity and new iMessage/SMS features are exactly what I've been wanting as well and hope it runs better than crap like PushBullet. iOS does have its own annoyances like default apps (also fixed via jailbreak) and lack of a back button but its things I can live without. Emulation is a joke on both devices and can't stand playing classics with touch screen controls and have no intention of playing emulated games with a separate controller on a 4-6" screen. Thankfully iOS has a ton of games/apps to fill its void easily. I will most likely be trying the latest and greatest "L" device when the time comes but I'm more than excited for the release of the iPhone 6 so I can get off Android with a quickness.
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Victory Red
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Apple has so much phone real estate above and below the screen that makes it look so tall and thin
show me your skeleton
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Gotta make the phone thinner and the camera better. They had no choice.
Victory Red
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The Nexus 5 and G3 are both 16:9 screens, same as the iPhone 5 and same as the iPhone 6. Here's a screenshot directly from a Nexus 5 scaled proportionately onto one of the leaked iPhone 6 pics.
The home/finger unlock button looked bad last time and continues to be. The ring does it no favours.
If Apple wasn't so hell bent on thinness, a better battery would be welcome. Not like iPhones are anything close to chunky. Unless there is some magical power source in the future just stop and put a better battery in there.
If Apple wasn't so hell bent on thinness, a better battery would be welcome. Not like iPhones are anything close to chunky. Unless there is some magical power source in the future just stop and put a better battery in there.
SuperPac
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Gotta say, I'm pretty impressed with how thin the 6 appears to be. Video 3 in that group especially really looks great. Like they got the iPhone down to the thinness of the iPod touch, which is pretty dang impressive.
It's a thing of beauty isn't it? Everything is just automatic and everything works. Don't have to fiddle with settings. Plug the phone in and automatically syncs and backs up to itunes. Mail and messages work perfectly across both devices. And upgrading to a new iphone is literally the most painless thing ever. Literally everything, right down to the last setting, was restored when I got my 5s. I didn't even have to do anything.
I was actually still using Google for my mail until recently. Then I decided to just switch everything over to iCloud. I feel like there is no reason to use Google services anymore.
If this was meant to be a rebuttal, yep, G3 is the same ratio too.
Copied and pasted the screen and scaled it down with locked proportions in Photoshop.
Android's customization options really are at the top. But after owning different Android devices I realized I really didn't give a shit. Wasn't something I spent a lot of time on. And other than that there wasn't anything else (other than price) compelling enough for me to switch. Even Windows Phone is a more interesting OS IMO if looking for 'something different' from iOS.
Pretty much how I feel. I do like stock android but I'm ready to jump back into iOS, which I still prefer. Although if my budget doesn't allow me to get the iPhone 6, I wouldn't mind staying on android and getting the new moto x or the next nexus.
I miss a lot of the apps I had that are iOS exclusive, the app ecosystem is still a notch above android imo and prefer the smoothness and responsiveness of ios which at this point runs without a hitch at all on newer devices, although stock KitKat is quite good. Also having your phone officially supported for 2+ years is awesome, my iPhone 4 was running great on iOS 7.1 4 years after purchase, only problem was that the battery had gone to shit.
Also upgrading to a new iPhone and restoring all of your stuff with a full icloud backup is so easy and painless, I wish google would have some sort of native official backup tool.
NYR
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Ruh Roh. Looks legit, folks.
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comme...hina_got_a_hold_of_a_working_iphone_6/ckat0s2
My 16GB is terrible when it comes to constantly changing out and deleting apps.
The Faceless Master
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i think what throws some people off is the large top and bottom bezels on the iPhone.
exmachina64
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It's still ugly. The bezels and the back are making me wonder if I can wait till the iPhone 7.
Bomber Bob
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Front is really nice. Love it. Very clean
Back it's just bad (protruding camera + bands)
Back it's just bad (protruding camera + bands)
BoboBrazil
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nvm
Agreed.
This is the main thing I'm pumped for.
I hope they release it on Tuesday (lol).
BocoDragon
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infiniteloop
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Apple made cases of the 5c and 5s, i'm sure they'll make one for this.
Engadget said:Huawei's new phablet gets an iPhone 5s-like fingerprint reader
The fingerprint reader on the back... is placed on the sweet spot and has rarely failed to identify my index fingers (you can enroll up to five fingers).
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Do not want.
I think it's the GM on tuesday, and a release later in the month.
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