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You can already say Search Wolfram Alpha for Apples stock price ten years ago. Why can't people imagine saying Search Pennant for Yankees season record ten years ago.?Sean said:
That said, Siri is an 'app' itself, not just an interface. You don't open the Reminders app or SMS app and speak to Siri in it (the microphone icon is for speech-to-text). So the only way in the current Apple Siri interface to integrate third would be through services at the back end. I'd eventually like third party developers to provide their own persona/voices but I don't see that happening.
KennyLinder
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Number45 said:
Same here, my 3GS has a scruffed back now though, I'd like to keep my white 4S all lovely and this case looks thin enough not to affect the overall feel.
Are the official Apple bumpers supposed to be any good?
Also, in The Verge review, what dock are they using? Not an official Apple one by the look of things?
Does anyone remember if they needed to sign (or pre-sign) for Apple's bumpers coming in the mail?
I don't know if I will be able to grab it tomorrow when my bumper is supposed to come but I don't see the option to pre-sign for it on the Order Status page.
If the pre-sign option isn't available, that means I don't need to sign for it correct?
I don't know if I will be able to grab it tomorrow when my bumper is supposed to come but I don't see the option to pre-sign for it on the Order Status page.
If the pre-sign option isn't available, that means I don't need to sign for it correct?
Snkfanatic
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Eric WK said:
Same here just got it this morning.
Keylime
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Today may not be when we get our shipping notices either. If its getting overnighted than we probably won't see something until tomorrow morning...which will drive me nuts.X-Frame said:
As long as I get my phone on Friday I'll be good, but the lesson learned for me is to never trust AT&T with something so precious...so magnificent...something...that make me want to fuck it...
My loins are for Apple only.
Edit: FUCK YES
AT&T Premier Email said:
RubxQub said:
Just checked my status on AT&T.com -- and while my status still says "processing," I noticed, for the first time, that there is a separate message that says" "Pre-ordered devices will ship on or around Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011."
I remain optimistic that I'll have my phone on Friday.
Unconditional
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Yessssss my phone shipped even tho the email said 14-21 days.
I'm getting an incipio feather and stealth armor carbon fiber back. Not sure if the feather can go over the back but I'm gonna find out.
I'm getting an incipio feather and stealth armor carbon fiber back. Not sure if the feather can go over the back but I'm gonna find out.
Keylime
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Cases...
Apple spends so much time on engineering and designing a device so meticulously, only to have shitty plastic thrown on it and hiding all of that effort. Makes the device feel bigger, look cheaper, and make it harder to access to buttons on the edges.
What's the risk of going caseless? Potentially dropping the phone and having it break.
What's the advantage of putting on a case? Potentially dropping the phone and having it potentially not break.
A case doesn't guarantee the safety of the phone...the best defense against that would be just handling your device with a modest amount of care.
I strongly encourage people to go caseless. The only people that should even be considering a case are people that are especially careless or klutzy...and even for those people a very basic case like a bumper or something about as thin as 1mm would protect the device just as well as something that adds considerable bulk and nastiness.
Just rubs me when people assume a case is an automatic when I've had an iPhone for over 2 years now and never had any problems at all...and that's including accidental drops on tile floors. Hell, I'm not even particularly over careful with my phone. I spin it in my hand all the time and throw it on my bed from a distance while I get ready to go to sleep.
Use your head and your iPhone won't get dead! My phone looks pretty much exactly like it did on day 1 and it's been caseless and heavily used the entire time.
Apple spends so much time on engineering and designing a device so meticulously, only to have shitty plastic thrown on it and hiding all of that effort. Makes the device feel bigger, look cheaper, and make it harder to access to buttons on the edges.
What's the risk of going caseless? Potentially dropping the phone and having it break.
What's the advantage of putting on a case? Potentially dropping the phone and having it potentially not break.
A case doesn't guarantee the safety of the phone...the best defense against that would be just handling your device with a modest amount of care.
I strongly encourage people to go caseless. The only people that should even be considering a case are people that are especially careless or klutzy...and even for those people a very basic case like a bumper or something about as thin as 1mm would protect the device just as well as something that adds considerable bulk and nastiness.
Just rubs me when people assume a case is an automatic when I've had an iPhone for over 2 years now and never had any problems at all...and that's including accidental drops on tile floors. Hell, I'm not even particularly over careful with my phone. I spin it in my hand all the time and throw it on my bed from a distance while I get ready to go to sleep.
Use your head and your iPhone won't get dead! My phone looks pretty much exactly like it did on day 1 and it's been caseless and heavily used the entire time.
KennyLinder
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Unconditional said:
What's the stealth carbon back?
I used an iSkin Revo for the first year with my 3GS and it has been naked since then. I am extremely careful with all of my stuff. The iPhone and iPad get babied like none other. Saying that, I have noticed scratching that I am not pleased with during the course of normal use with no mishaps <wood, *knock*>.
Just tossing it in my bag and having it in my pocket has put some wear on it.
The reason I ordered the Switcheasy Duo is that I can use it naked and still have some protection for it while it is a passenger. I keep my iPad 2 naked (with a Dodocase bookback) but store it in a Timbuk2 plush sleeve when not in use.
The real danger for these devices IMO is when they are around, but not in use (as Vik mentioned just above). I swear by casing and protecting them when they are not in hand.
Just tossing it in my bag and having it in my pocket has put some wear on it.
The reason I ordered the Switcheasy Duo is that I can use it naked and still have some protection for it while it is a passenger. I keep my iPad 2 naked (with a Dodocase bookback) but store it in a Timbuk2 plush sleeve when not in use.
The real danger for these devices IMO is when they are around, but not in use (as Vik mentioned just above). I swear by casing and protecting them when they are not in hand.
Snkfanatic
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Vik_Vaughn said:
3:10am Friday for me
gutterboy44
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Siri looks like it is a solid voice recognition and is going to be monumental for people constantly driving as well as the disabled. Some of the commands are looking tedious like sending messages and having to correct the message two times when typing it could have been done in a second or two. Voice search (which I did with Google app already) calender entries and alarms are how I envision using Siri. Glad it is there, hoping to see it integrate with other applications. That beep is going to drive me nuts though. Why does Apple still insist on having the worst alert noises imaginable on their phones. Really wish we could put custom ones on.
Damn it, 32GB White 4S still hasn't shipped. Get on it ATT!
Damn it, 32GB White 4S still hasn't shipped. Get on it ATT!
FlashFlooder
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I bought this case in anticipation:
Put it on my i4 last night, it's really great. Nice and sturdy (something my inCase Snap was not) and very minimalistic. It ALMOST fits in my dock, but it's not an issue since I can sync wireless now. I didn't use the screen protector that came with it, but it seems high quality. A great deal for $20, at any rate.
I got the Ice version, btw. In retrospect, I maybe should've gotten the dry Ice, it supposedly has a little better grip. No biggie.
Bring on the 4S!
Put it on my i4 last night, it's really great. Nice and sturdy (something my inCase Snap was not) and very minimalistic. It ALMOST fits in my dock, but it's not an issue since I can sync wireless now. I didn't use the screen protector that came with it, but it seems high quality. A great deal for $20, at any rate.
I got the Ice version, btw. In retrospect, I maybe should've gotten the dry Ice, it supposedly has a little better grip. No biggie.
Bring on the 4S!
RubxQub, that's your story, but i've had two friends who've broken their iPhone 4's from caseless drops at a bar and, reading TIMN's review of the 4S, Topolsky admitted to dropping and cracking his phone twice this past year.
myself, i love my $2 plastic/gel case. it lets me get away with handling my phone like my old dumbphones of yore, while still being thin enough to sit comfortably in my pocket. i've dropped the device dozens of times to no ill effects.
YMMV of course.
myself, i love my $2 plastic/gel case. it lets me get away with handling my phone like my old dumbphones of yore, while still being thin enough to sit comfortably in my pocket. i've dropped the device dozens of times to no ill effects.
YMMV of course.
Keylime
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Very true, of course. Definitely wouldn't go as far as saying cases are useless, but it seems like for the vast vast majority (I'd be shocked if the number was less than 90%), people automatically assume that you need a case on these things and buy one.scorcho said:
There's no shortage of them out there, and some of them are pretty cool (the Lifeproof one someone linked earlier is actually a fantastic case from the looks of it...insane protection with fairly little bulk and looks good on the phone)...I just don't want to believe that I'm in the minority as far as damaged phones go.
In my mind, the money spent on cases far outweighs the total amount of money people would spend on iPhone replacements. Assuming a case only costs $10 (which is on the low-end), 1 out of every 20 people would have to break their iPhone completely and get a replacement phone to make the two scenarios equivalent. Heck, if you up that number to the more realistic price of $20 for a case, you're looking at 1 in 10.
Would 1 person out of every 10 really break their phone and need a replacement?! I'd think not, but maybe I really am in the minority here.
Edit: Order Update...I have a UPS tracking number... yes...YES
http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.aspx?SearchTerm=iphone+4+tpuVik_Vaughn said:
looks better in person than in the pictures, and the material is a plastic-gel hybrid that has a lot of flex and doesn't collect pocket lint.
i agree - a lot of the cases i've seen are more for appearances than protection, and cost quite a bit to boot. myself, i just wanted something cheap and durable to protect the front and back glass, which the el cheapo case does perfectly. i've had this phone fly out of my hands and do cartwheels on a tiled floor without damageRubxQub said:
i do draw the line at screen protectors - the glass on the 4/4S is much more resilient to scratches than the previous generations 3G/3GS.
College campus so I've seen a couple dozen - not just iPhones, all varieties of smart phones. I know of at least 5 friends/acquaintances that have done that. One was a hilarious incident where he was celebrating a kill in CoD:MW, and he smashed his controller right on his phone. The rest of them were drops.RubxQub said:
Not to mention my brother's last iPod Touch.
Frankly, I bought a case not necessarily for the meager protection, but because the iPhone 4 is a slippery ass phone. The smoke InCase Snap provided a nice matte texture to it that also happens to have saved my phone from 4-5 drops - one of which was a bounce on asphalt. Nary a scratch. And I'm the anal one that refuses to touch his phone with dirty hands.
Oh no, not this again 
It just weird that folks think damage to the iPhone is so rare. Apple obviously is looking to address it with AppleCare +, and the related news that Apple is using that to cut back on the Genius Bar's willingness to replace them should be an indication that it's at least a little more prevalent than some want to admit.
It just weird that folks think damage to the iPhone is so rare. Apple obviously is looking to address it with AppleCare +, and the related news that Apple is using that to cut back on the Genius Bar's willingness to replace them should be an indication that it's at least a little more prevalent than some want to admit.
gutterboy44
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I have dropped my 3GS more times than a drum stick at a Nick Cannon convention but I have seen a shit ton of shattered iPhone 4 screens on the subways. My brothers 4 being the latest casualty. Maybe it is the more angular profile that results in more damaging impacts or simply the fact that the 4 sold more than the 3GS so you are likely too see more broken.
The 4S is causing me to revisit my stance on cases.
The 4S is causing me to revisit my stance on cases.
Keylime
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I'm just a grumpy dude who despises shitty cases at the end of the day.
If people only bought awesome ones I'd be happy, but all of this just speaks to me being emotionally impacted by what other people do with their property. I'm just wasting brain cycles on it, but I felt the need to put it out there again
If people only bought awesome ones I'd be happy, but all of this just speaks to me being emotionally impacted by what other people do with their property. I'm just wasting brain cycles on it, but I felt the need to put it out there again
Otterboxes mentally and physically pain me.RubxQub said:I'm just a grumpy dude who despises shitty cases at the end of the day.
If people only bought awesome ones I'd be happy, but all of this just speaks to me being emotionally impacted by what other people do with their property. I'm just wasting brain cycles on it, but I felt the need to put it out there again
I'm sure it's of a good build quality, but you're basically putting a pontoon on your phone.
I don't drop my phone often, but it has happened on occasion (exactly three times with my 4).
The bumper saved its life every time, I'd say. Without it, the screen would likely have broken. Still, I really won't go any further than a bumper. Those Otterboxes and other such bulky cases are overkill and destroy the aesthetics of the phone while making it more difficult to carry.
The bumper saved its life every time, I'd say. Without it, the screen would likely have broken. Still, I really won't go any further than a bumper. Those Otterboxes and other such bulky cases are overkill and destroy the aesthetics of the phone while making it more difficult to carry.
FlashFlooder
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Pre-iPhone 4 models are much more forgiving in terms of drops, IMO. I've owned every model and dropped them all at least once with no effects to the screen.
I dropped my i4 exactly once (from about 3 ft), it was even wearing an inCase Snap, and the front screen shattered.
I dropped my i4 exactly once (from about 3 ft), it was even wearing an inCase Snap, and the front screen shattered.
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Shipped!!!
and crap, now I am seriously thinking about a case.
:/
and crap, now I am seriously thinking about a case.
:/
Takamura-San
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Who ordered from sprint?
And what's your status so far?
And what's your status so far?
AbsoluteZero
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RubxQub said:
While waiting for service at the Apple Store back in April of this year I recall at least five people walking up to the Genius Bar with broken screens in the course of about half an hour.
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