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[sssteve72]

Iphone users.. welcome to the real world...

http://www.infopackets.com/news/business/apple/2011/20111115_iphone_4s_battery_problems_persist_despite_update.htm

Now honestly I don't mean this as a slam Iphones are good phones. But I always get a little chuckle when it's users finally get to experience what everyone else has been experiencing sometimes for a year prior. They are experiencing this now because they are late to the game.

I love the advertising.. all new camera!!.. 8MP.. all new to them maybe I've had one since last March and lots of users since last year.

Then there is this current battery issue (see article above). It's not even an issue IMO. You build a phone that say has a bigger screen and the battery is going to drain faster. When are they going to get a screen that breaks the 4 inch mark? Actually that will happen with Iphone 5 from what I have read and I would bet the battery life isn't going to get better it's going to get worse.

 

[lunatic59]

Now that SJ is gone, it will be interesting to see how the company goes. If they follow his vision I would expect them not to release an iPhone with a larger screen until they can address the battery drain that a bigger screen causes.

If you want a 4.5" screen with moderate to heavy use, you are going to have to accept lower battery times. Add to that 4G and it could be as little as 6-8 hours between charges. Apple (under Jobs) would never release a phone with those specs which is probably why the iPhone still has a 3.5" screen and no 4G (real 4G that is).

 

[jerofld]

Every iPhone release has to have one major snafu that the press is all over. Last time it was the antenna. Now it's the battery. The iPhone 5 will probably have some wifi issue.

It happens, no phone is perfect.

 

[sssteve72]

Yeah but I love how Apple comes late to the game with something thing sells it as something new. 3G.. they were touting 3G after it had already been out or at least it seemed that way to me. Now the camera is another example in my opinion. "all new 8MP camera" yeah all new to Apple ho hum to those of us who realize this is nothing new.

Agreed. no phone is perfect.

To me battery times are a non issue in a phone. Everywhere I am (work, car, home, well there most of the time) there is a plug-in so to me I could care less. As long as it lasts for say 4 hours... I'm cool with it.

 

[jerofld]

Now that SJ is gone, it will be interesting to see how the company goes. If they follow his vision I would expect them not to release an iPhone with a larger screen until they can address the battery drain that a bigger screen causes.

If you want a 4.5" screen with moderate to heavy use, you are going to have to accept lower battery times. Add to that 4G and it could be as little as 6-8 hours between charges. Apple (under Jobs) would never release a phone with those specs which is probably why the iPhone still has a 3.5" screen and no 4G (real 4G that is).

I might look into how the Razr is performing, battery wise. Because I'm sure another reason why Apple is refusing a bigger screen is that, to compensate for a larger screen, they would need to include a bigger battery. Which would make them make a larger phone. IIRC, the Razr is definitely thinner than the iPhone and has that 4.5" screen. I don't expect it to perform like an iPhone, battery wise, but my old DX was real good on battery.

 

[lunatic59]

I might look into how the Razr is performing, battery wise. Because I'm sure another reason why Apple is refusing a bigger screen is that, to compensate for a larger screen, they would need to include a bigger battery. Which would make them make a larger phone. IIRC, the Razr is definitely thinner than the iPhone and has that 4.5" screen. I don't expect it to perform like an iPhone, battery wise, but my old DX was real good on battery.

I've already seen some complaints about the Razr and the battery, but it looks like a very nice phone regardless.

 

[pastafarian]

The difference as I see it is not in the iphone itself but in a perceived weakening in Apples marketing. The iphone has always had issues just like every other phone on the market, no less and maybe even a bit more than some. Apple marketing has been brilliant (anyone who can convince the general public that itunes is a reasonable and usable tool for managing media deserves an award and a whole lot of money in my book) in strong arming the tech media to reporting its message while leveraging its massive and easily controlled fanboi network to generate positive buzz while drowning out the negative. I personally know quite a few deliriously happy iphone owners, especially at&t iphone users that when pressed will let slip that their phone essentially sucks....but they love it? The cracks in the reality distortion field are starting to show, probably because Apples competitors are catching on/up to the media hype machine. Many are going to claim that it's because Saint Jobs is gone, but I think the process started way before that.

 

[Bob Maxey]

I love the advertising.. all new camera!!.. 8MP.. all new to them maybe I've had one since last March and lots of users since last year.

Hold on a moment . . . are you saying that Apple is saying they invented the new camera or are they saying it is new for the iPhone? Some boneheads claim Apple is claiming to have invented the 200 plus features new to iOS 5, but that is not what Apple is actually saying. They are saying these features and changes are new to their OS.

You cannot fault them for that. You should perhaps revise your statement. Or I should pull the iStick out of my arse. Yeah, that's it. I am just to critical. Smiley.

Unless you can point me to a reliable source that says Apple made the claim about the camera. What they said is the better camera is new to the iPhone. Nothing wrong about that.

 

[zuben el genub]

If I wanted a phone with a camera - I would have bought the Nokia N8. 12 megapixels, flash, and a Carl Zeiss lens.
Ovi, and the lack of certain programs got me to switch.

 

[Bob Maxey]

If I wanted a phone with a camera - I would have bought the Nokia N8. 12 megapixels, flash, and a Carl Zeiss lens.
Ovi, and the lack of certain programs got me to switch.

I'll still live and die by silver. Too bad Our Great Yellow Father has decided to go out of the film/paper/chemical business. Well, for all intents and purposes.

If I carried a digital camera, it would not be a camera phone, but that is just me, I suppose.