johnny_park
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You can change the sensitivity of the touch screen to high, which lets you use gloves. I don't know if all windows phone have this though.
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paradise_circus
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Tbh, I don't know many sites providing lossless music in .flac, but if they do there will also be .ogg like in bandcamp.
You won't hear a damn difference between most .aac / .ogg filed music tracks and lossless tracks. Furthermore, you will save more storage space with .aac / .ogg and more importantly you will save battery time.
Additionally, the audio quality is depending on the hardware itself and the iPhones are really good in that department. IIRC, the iPhone 4S is still the king for audio.
ok, long story short... "output" megapixels basically matter for what medium you are going to. Large print? Poster-size? etc. The more megapixels an image, the larger print you can make with it still looking good.
sensor size and size of pixels on the sensor matter basically for the QUALITY of the "input" pixels so to speak. Larger pixels on the sensor mean they take in more available light. This means:
more accurate color information recorded
better low light performance
aka, a better looking picture.
What apple did here was increase the quality of the image without actually increasing the output size of the image.
In all honesty, most people will care more about what apple did here than actually increasing megapixel count. The result here "should" be a better looking picture, which is a plus to everyone. By improving megapixels in the image result, it basically benefits croppers (who should all be shot anyway) and people looking for large prints from their photos (who are unlikely to be using a phone's camera in the first place). So basically higher megapixel count benefits croppers and that's it. Better sensor hardware instead benefits everyone.
Conversion between lossless formats is really fast. You can do it!
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Deleted member 12837
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It's just one example of a study.
If you have any studies suggesting the opposite (that there's a clear distinction between FLAC and high-quality encoded mp3s for many/most people) then I'd love to see it.
thank you
cool, i will check it out on the ipad.
i'm talking about me though, i'm one of those rare people who cares i guess, i dont care about the average listeners ears, you see, because im not the average listener. the thing people like about droid, is that they are unrestricted by things like artificial memory constraints or file extension support. i'm getting that file support is an oversight on my part, so i'll check out a flac app and see
im not an audiophile or expert, but i do produce, and can tell between 320 and flac, though im ok with 320, im not ok with not having options
Diablohead
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iOS 7 GM is out on developer.apple.com for those who can log in.
Even though I knew they would not do it; all I wanted was a bigger iPhone. Not elongated like the 5, but something similar in size of the Galaxy series. Call it iPhoneXL or whatever.
I actually like he iphone overall, but I have fairly big hands. So the Galaxy series phones just feel better. I still have my 4s, and happy with it. When the 5s drops I will check it out, but honestly I may wait or even switch to android.
It is just that I really like iOS over android when it comes to the operating system. Just a preference. Nothing more. I am sure I'll like iOS7 a lot too.
I actually like he iphone overall, but I have fairly big hands. So the Galaxy series phones just feel better. I still have my 4s, and happy with it. When the 5s drops I will check it out, but honestly I may wait or even switch to android.
It is just that I really like iOS over android when it comes to the operating system. Just a preference. Nothing more. I am sure I'll like iOS7 a lot too.
lul as fuk
Wait a minute... you can use 320kbps AACs now?
Diablohead
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Give me the reasons that 5S is worth the extra 100 dollars from the 5C
Please
Non plastic frame, 5S uses glass and coated allumilium
A7 processor, going by apple graphs the jump in power over the A6 in the iphone 5 and 5C is rather chunky.
Seems to have a slightly better battery life in stand-by and call time.
Updates to cameras and a finger scanner button.
That's... about it
:lolz
Christ...
Celestial Mortal
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This just in: the new integrated fingerprint lock technology will help NSA collect fingerprint data to keep us "secure." #iPhone5S
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Did you even laugh at this to yourself when you thought of it?
lul as fuk
industry standard lossy formats? Check.
widely available lossless format? Check.
Sorry that all of your pirated downloads aren't conveniently supported. Oh well.
two for i cant tell a difference,
one for piracy
awesome.
i get that, especially for batt life, makes sense,
but im saying at least for storage, at 80gbs, not really a concern...
No preorder. Out Sept. 20th.
Bah, I guess it was dumb to hope the 32 would be $200 on contract. Don't feel like spending an extra $100 bucks, but I also don't feel like losing half my memory. I may be able to get away with that, though, since I stream from iTunes match, and that accounts for a good bunch of my storage.
Celestial Mortal
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Plently. Still laughing. No harm in joining me. It's creative humor (which I hope I thought of) and nothing else.
Ether_Snake
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So guys tell me.
I have an iPhone 3GS. Haven't bought a new one cause it does what I use it for fine (a few apps, internet, phone). The camera on the 3GS is probably quite crap, but that's not a huge deal, I rarely takes photos except on vacation.
Is there anything that could make me want to upgrade?
I actually kind of like Sony's clip-on camera, but it's very expensive.
I have an iPhone 3GS. Haven't bought a new one cause it does what I use it for fine (a few apps, internet, phone). The camera on the 3GS is probably quite crap, but that's not a huge deal, I rarely takes photos except on vacation.
Is there anything that could make me want to upgrade?
I actually kind of like Sony's clip-on camera, but it's very expensive.
upsetting. and see, and that's really the rub. pay more, get less memory. i had a 40gb black and white ipod in 2003!
please dont tell me about icloud.....
apple need more options for their users, whether you like flac, hate it, think it's for pirates, some people want it, just like some people care about a gold color, or biometrics
can i drag and drop my flac files into one of these apple flac apps via my computer?
EleventhDoctor
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Going from a 3gs to a 5s is going to be mind blowing for you.
Amusing enough, one of the iOS apps that plays flac is named Golden Ear.
*shrug* not that it matters. Android is simply better for those things
Christ, how the fuck are you still using a 3GS? I mean I understand being behind the curve (I'm on a 4), but the 3GS? I'm surprised that thing isn't just chugging and crashing constantly. That's what my 3G did near the end, and my 4 is pretty much doing that, too.
Good post , i'm starting to get it now.
EleventhDoctor
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DarkLegion
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I never had an iPhone. I have a 2yr old Moto Atrix. Worth upgrading to 5s or should I wait for 6?
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Deleted member 12837
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Fair enough. I was just pointing out that most people, even those who truly believe they can tell the difference, simply can't. It's all placebo. It sounds like you're one of the exceptions, so I can understand being annoyed I guess.
In general I was also defending Apple's design decision, not trying to argue that it's a better/worse phone for you. There's a difference.
In regards to the storage issue, I think it's a worse user experience to have to deal with external storage. It wouldn't bother me personally, because I work in tech and software, but for that same reason I think it's a net negative for the masses due to the confusion it can/does introduce. I also firmly believe that carrying around 80 GB of data on a phone is unnecessary for just about everyone. Streaming and "The Cloud" are the future. I carry around my favorite songs and photos (even 16 GB would still give me room for thousands of songs and photos) and anything else I can just get online. The probability of me wanting a picture not already on my phone AND not having access to a network is really, really low.
If your phone is approaching that age, you can go for it now, I think.
Hellsing321
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Well you won't be able to get iOS7 on the 3GS so that might be reason enough to at least upgrade to a 4S.
EleventhDoctor
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FYI looks like ios7 GM is out.
smokeandmirrors
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I don't think iOS uses as much ram as Android does. iOS is also a lot more aggressive with programs it culls from memory so it can get away with less.
even if the reason is actually really valid, 1 GB with that pricepoint in 2014 is still gross.
I knew somebody with a 3GS who was having issues. I formatted it, restored it, and it was buzzing along just fine.
It's not the speediest of phones, but gets the job done.
This person just upgraded to a 4S this summer and is beyond thrilled with the upgrade, BTW. Funny thing with her is it's not really a money thing, she just simply does not care about the latest and greatest.