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  • Pick6
    meh..looking to get a new phone since my 4 is over 2 1/2 yrs old, but more memory isnt something thats really a selling point for me. I dont even have memory issues on my 4.

    Also, whats with the fruity ass colors?
  • Automatik
    Plastic, cheaper iPhone. I'd imagine it will hold up better with the wasted female crowd.
  • I Wear Pants
    Pick6;1498588 wrote:meh..looking to get a new phone since my 4 is over 2 1/2 yrs old, but more memory isnt something thats really a selling point for me. I dont even have memory issues on my 4.

    Also, whats with the fruity ass colors?
    People like colors?
  • Jawbreaker
    I Wear Pants;1498591 wrote:People like colors?
    You would think Nokia would be doing better if that were the case.
  • Pick6
    I Wear Pants;1498591 wrote:People like colors?
    obviously people like variety, but it was done wrong. JMO
  • dlazz
    I Wear Pants;1498585 wrote:FTFY

    They copied the style from Android. Windows Phone should get more looks though. It's very fluid to use.
  • gorocks99
    dlazz;1498599 wrote:They copied the style from Android. Windows Phone should get more looks though. It's very fluid to use.
    Agreed. It's a good platform, I use it for work and prefer it to Android and iOS for business purposes.
  • I Wear Pants
    dlazz;1498599 wrote:They copied the style from Android. Windows Phone should get more looks though. It's very fluid to use.
    I think it's a mix of both. The flat design is definitely a signature of Microsoft's recent UIs but it isn't unique to them so Apple could have based their design off something else.

    And yeah, I have a Lumia 920 and I really like it. Some frustrations but overall pretty happy.
  • TedSheckler
    Pick6;1498588 wrote: Also, whats with the fruity ass colors?
    That's just the 5C. You know, the phone for poor people. The fancy people, like me, will be getting the 5S.
  • I Wear Pants
    TedSheckler;1498604 wrote:That's just the 5C. You know, the phone for poor people. The fancy people, like me, will be getting the 5S.
    Which I think they fucked up big time. $549 off contract (how most of the world buys phones) is not a budget phone by any stretch of the imagination. Can't imagine this selling all too many in India or China.
  • Jawbreaker
    I Wear Pants;1498606 wrote:Which I think they ****ed up big time. $549 off contract (how most of the world buys phones) is not a budget phone by any stretch of the imagination. Can't imagine this selling all too many in India or China.
    $549 off contract? For a plastic iPhone with year old internals?
  • I Wear Pants
    Jawbreaker;1498608 wrote:$549 off contract? For a plastic iPhone with year old internals?
    Yup.
  • bases_loaded
    Whens OS7 drop?
  • dlazz
    bases_loaded;1498672 wrote:Whens OS7 drop?
    A co-worker said it was coming out today, but I don't know the validity of that.
  • sherm03
    It officially rolls out 9/18. But I think you'll probably see it sooner than that. My guess would be Friday since that's when pre-orders on the new iPhone start.
  • Ironman92
    So I have been due an upgrade for a while (I have an IPhone 3 lol).....should I get a 5? Is there a 5s?

    I won't get the newest.
  • dlazz
    Ironman92;1498693 wrote:So I have been due an upgrade for a while (I have an IPhone 3 lol).....should I get a 5? Is there a 5s?

    I won't get the newest.
    Read the thread and you'll find out the answers you seek.
  • sherm03
    Ironman92;1498693 wrote:So I have been due an upgrade for a while (I have an IPhone 3 lol).....should I get a 5? Is there a 5s?

    I won't get the newest.
    If you don't want the newest, you're kinda SOL. The 5 is going away when the 5s launches. So you can get either of the new ones, or an 8GB 4s.
  • ernest_t_bass
    dlazz;1498580 wrote:How about a phone that wakes up when you say a keyword? Or one that knows to automatically turn on bluetooth when you get in your car? Simple things like that would be huge time savers.

    Motorola got close with the first one on the Moto X, but I still have to setup a NFC tag and tap my phone to achieve the latter.

    My phone is always on Bluetooth.
  • ernest_t_bass
    I'll be getting the wife a 5c. I'm keeping my 4s. Fuck you like_that. Suck on that!
  • dlazz
    ernest_t_bass;1498772 wrote:My phone is always on Bluetooth.
    And it's probably costing you battery life.

    I just leave mine on all of the time (usually)
  • ernest_t_bass
    dlazz;1498814 wrote:And it's probably costing you battery life.

    I just leave mine on all of the time (usually)

    And it's probably costing you battery life.
  • ZWICK 4 PREZ
    sherm03;1498543 wrote:Not anymore. It's a misconception that phone batteries have a "memory" and that if you charge it when the phone is at, say, 50% that the phone will only charge up to 50% capacity after time.

    With the new technologies, you can charge your phone multiple times a day...at any discharge level...and it shouldn't affect the life of your battery.
    it's not really a memory, that's just how NiCad's work. Lithium ion works full tilt until battery drain so cell loss isn't an issue. I can't remember the last time I saw a Nicad in a cellphone though.. they're all lithium ion and have been for years.
  • like_that
    ernest_t_bass;1498774 wrote:I'll be getting the wife a 5c. I'm keeping my 4s. Fuck you like_that. Suck on that!

    Getting her the vanilla iPhone while you hold out for the iPhone 6. Good husband.
  • ernest_t_bass
    like_that;1498877 wrote:Getting her the vanilla iPhone while you hold out for the iPhone 6. Good husband.
    She has the 3gs right now. She told me she wants whatever is free (4s), so this is actually better than what she is requesting.