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iPhone 2010: This is going to change everything. Again.

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  • PirusuPirusu Pierce Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I dunno why we can't all just get along! Some people like iPhones! Some people like Androids! Some people like brick phones from 1995 that do nothing but make telephone calls! Obs isn't here!

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  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    i like my phone
    it takes nice pictures

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    My phone makes great calls. Through the magic of headsets I don't need to hold it.

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    this is pretty funny
    the fact that apple admitted there's a problem, that they said they will fix it, and that there are people experiencing it doesn't mean anything!
    Wait, it does, but I don't care!

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited July 2010
    People in this thread are making me annoyed.

    Stop making me annoyed.

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  • KADCKADC Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Mr_Rose wrote: »
    The topic of the post that you quoted being numbers and how "some" wasn't a number? That topic?
    Or whatever thing it is that you made up in your head to justify double-posting just to not-answer people?
    Actually, the topic of this thread is still the iPhone and the functionality thereof. A good clue to that would be how this thread is titled "iPhone 2010: This is going to change everthing. Again."

    My original post in this forum was in response to Tycho's article last week. Now, when Tycho or I or anyone else state our belief that every new generation of any device should exceed the previous generation in functionality, and of primary concern in the case of a cell phone is a consistent and reliable connection at least as good as, and preferably superior to, the model it replaces, or that reception that is negatively affected when a hand held device touches human flesh is a significant oversight in design, these are not opinions that require statistics or mathematical computation to express.

    Even if you were initially unaware of Apple's press release, Tycho and I have opinions that remain valid without quantification. Neither of us demanded a recall nor made claims that a certain percent of iPhone 4g owners will have a problem; we were simply stating that it's reasonable to expect something new to work better than something old. No amount of charts or graphs or statistics could make this point any more salient.

    If you're not experiencing a problem with your iPhone 4g, as I said before, congratulations, but Apple admitted there is a problem on the same day the iPhone 4g was launched and this was widely covered in all forms of media, and to my mind that effectively makes this issue indisputable; however, feel free to complain to Apple for not being more specific if you really need to know how many "some people" actually is.

    ...

    For anyone that hasn't seen it yet, here's an alternate link to the Hitler/iPhone 4 Antenna Issues video as many of the tech news sites have removed it. This one is a direct link to the creator's website, who was the same person that created the original Hitler/@Gizmodo video.

    http://mingramjr.com/hitler-upset-with-the-iphone-4-antenna-issues

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    You really love that Hitler video huh

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  • KADCKADC Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    KalTorak wrote: »
    You really love that Hitler video huh
    Yes, I think Micheal Ingram Jr. really nailed the sentiment of a lot of iPhone owners the same way Tycho did in his article last week.

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    edited July 2010
    KADC wrote: »
    Mr_Rose wrote: »
    The topic of the post that you quoted being numbers and how "some" wasn't a number? That topic?
    Or whatever thing it is that you made up in your head to justify double-posting just to not-answer people?
    Actually, the topic of this thread is still the iPhone and the functionality thereof. A good clue to that would be how this thread is titled "iPhone 2010: This is going to change everthing. Again."

    My original post in this forum was in response to Tycho's article last week. Now, when Tycho or I or anyone else state our belief that every new generation of any device should exceed the previous generation in functionality, and of primary concern in the case of a cell phone is a consistent and reliable connection at least as good as, and preferably superior to, the model it replaces, or that reception that is negatively affected when a hand held device touches human flesh is a significant oversight in design, these are not opinions that require statistics or mathematical computation to express.

    Even if you were initially unaware of Apple's press release, Tycho and I have opinions that remain valid without quantification. Neither of us demanded a recall nor made claims that a certain percent of iPhone 4g owners will have a problem; we were simply stating that it's reasonable to expect something new to work better than something old. No amount of charts or graphs or statistics could make this point any more salient.

    If you're not experiencing a problem with your iPhone 4g, as I said before, congratulations, but Apple admitted there is a problem on the same day the iPhone 4g was launched and this was widely covered in all forms of media, and to my mind that effectively makes this issue indisputable; however, feel free to complain to Apple for not being more specific if you really need to know how many "some people" actually is.

    ...

    For anyone that hasn't seen it yet, here's an alternate link to the Hitler/iPhone 4 Antenna Issues video as many of the tech news sites have removed it. This one is a direct link to the creator's website, who was the same person that created the original Hitler/@Gizmodo video.

    http://mingramjr.com/hitler-upset-with-the-iphone-4-antenna-issues

    the anandtech article says that the death-grip attenuation signal loss is less than the effective operating gain through efficient DSP and having a large exposed antenna.

    so basically the problem seems to be that the i4 has a much better signal than other cell phones (including the 3gs and the nexus one) but if you gorilla-grip your phone with sweaty hands you can drag it back down to 3GS/ nexus one levels of signal reliability and performance.

    apple's "admission of a problem" was saying that their bar representation of signal was oddly distributed.

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  • Captain VashCaptain Vash Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I see two answers to this debate.

    For those interested in the subjective only - I don't care, I own one and it don't affect me none and I think it's the most attractive phone with the cleanest user interface on the market.

    For those interested in the objective only - The iPhone 4 is a superior radio device, and even when maximum bear claw attenuation is achieved the phone still performs on a competitive level. This is supported not by anecdote but by facts obtained in objective testing of the device.

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  • Mr_RoseMr_Rose 83 Blue Ridge Protects the Holy Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    KADC wrote: »
    Mr_Rose wrote: »
    The topic of the post that you quoted being numbers and how "some" wasn't a number? That topic?
    Or whatever thing it is that you made up in your head to justify double-posting just to not-answer people?
    Actually, the topic of this thread is still the iPhone and the functionality thereof. A good clue to that would be how this thread is titled "iPhone 2010: This is going to change everthing. Again."
    And you're still the one who responded to a post specifically requesting numbers, that was not originally addressed to you except in the most general case, with things that are not numbers. That is, you went out of your way to not-answer the question asked. That makes you a goose, you silly, silly goose.

    EDIT: Anyway; this is silly and I'm done with it.

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  • DVGDVG No. 1 Honor Student Nether Institute, Evil AcademyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Played with one at the apple store today while I await mine arriving in the mail this week.

    Played around with the attenuation, and yeah, when you hold it naturally it seems to do just fine.

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  • KarrmerKarrmer Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    DVG wrote: »
    Played with one at the apple store today while I await mine arriving in the mail this week.

    Played around with the attenuation, and yeah, when you hold it naturally it seems to do just fine.

    To be fair, that is in an Apple store with microcells.

    Mine still works fine, but just saying not really a valid test

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  • DVGDVG No. 1 Honor Student Nether Institute, Evil AcademyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Fair enough, I'm still not fussed. I've used about 30 minutes of voice in the last four months.

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Anyone know when this comes out in Australia?

    I cannot wait to get rid of my Nokia XPressMusic piece of shit.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Still waiting patiently for news of a White iPhone pre-order date.

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  • FatsFats Corvallis, ORRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Why is iBooks worse at handling PDFs than whatever the Mail app uses? It seems a little backwards.

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  • GPIA7RGPIA7R Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Shipment bumped up a week. Will be here on Friday. Gotta take a half day so Fedex doesn't ...

    A. Leave it on my doorstep for 8 hours...
    or
    B. Refuse to leave it, and hold it over the weekend, forcing me to find a window of time during next week to pick it up.

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  • enc0reenc0re Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    GPIA7R wrote: »
    Shipment bumped up a week. Will be here on Friday. Gotta take a half day so Fedex doesn't ...

    A. Leave it on my doorstep for 8 hours...
    or
    B. Refuse to leave it, and hold it over the weekend, forcing me to find a window of time during next week to pick it up.

    True story. When I ordered an iBook at release a few years back, FedEx delivered it to a scrap yard. In a town 50 miles away. They even had signature confirmation; not my signature, not even my name; but confirmation they had.

    I'm not so fond of FedEx.

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  • GPIA7RGPIA7R Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Hah, nice.

    Apple has the option of "pre-signing" for it... but I'm not so sure about that... I don't want a paper with a big ol' Apple logo on it hanging on my Apt. door for anyone to see, then an attractive box with an Apple address on it showing up and sitting outside my door. -_-

    Taking a half day... hopefully I'll get there in time.

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  • HyperAquaBlastHyperAquaBlast Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    My iPhone was delivered while I was at work.

    FedEx dude stuck a showbox size box underneath my door mat.

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  • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Shhh, it's hiding.

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  • GPIA7RGPIA7R Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    So I've got a few potential buyers for my 3GS. How should I go about wiping the data completely? Any other pre-sell precautions I also need to be aware of?

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  • DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    GPIA7R wrote: »
    So I've got a few potential buyers for my 3GS. How should I go about wiping the data completely? Any other pre-sell precautions I also need to be aware of?

    Reset it through the device itself in your settings menu; That'll clear everything out: data, music, movies, settings and personal information.

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Remove the sim.

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  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Gihgehls wrote: »
    What's to stop you from developing a Jingle client for your iphone 4?

    Nothing technically I suppose, but there's a pretty good chance Apple wouldn't allow it in the App Store, especially if it tried to do video calls over 3G or if any of the front camera APIs are Apple-proprietary.

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  • WulfWulf Disciple of Tzeentch The Void... (New Jersey)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Guys, I think we're missing the point here. What is the reception like in your pants?

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  • GihgehlsGihgehls Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    The BEST

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  • DVGDVG No. 1 Honor Student Nether Institute, Evil AcademyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I really hope that if new iPhones are getting delivered tomorrow that my in-store order will also be in tomorrow.

    The store was clueless when I called and asked today, but they pretty much said "They don't tell us when they're going to ship us stuff. It shows up when it shows up"

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  • DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Gihgehls wrote: »
    The BEST

    Unless you grab my junk. Then it attenuates.

    We should try that some time. Grab me.

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  • iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Gihgehls wrote: »
    The BEST

    Unless you grab my junk. Then it attenuates.

    We should try that some time. Grab me.
    Can you feel me now?

    Er, wait.

    Line!?

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Gihgehls wrote: »
    The BEST

    Unless you grab my junk. Then it attenuates.

    We should try that some time. Grab me.
    Can you feel me now?

    Er, wait.

    Line!?

    I can't wait to try out DongTime.

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  • GihgehlsGihgehls Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    You need to be very careful what you wish for.

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  • WulfWulf Disciple of Tzeentch The Void... (New Jersey)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    DVG wrote: »
    I really hope that if new iPhones are getting delivered tomorrow that my in-store order will also be in tomorrow.

    The store was clueless when I called and asked today, but they pretty much said "They don't tell us when they're going to ship us stuff. It shows up when it shows up"

    Well, according to Fed-Ex, my phone is out for delivery to the store today, so odds are good.

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  • WulfWulf Disciple of Tzeentch The Void... (New Jersey)Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    DeathPrawn wrote: »
    Gihgehls wrote: »
    The BEST

    Unless you grab my junk. Then it attenuates.

    We should try that some time. Grab me.
    Can you feel me now?

    Er, wait.

    Line!?

    I can't wait to try out DongTime.

    100% ChatRoulette, 100% of the time! :lol:

    Or...

    More Wangs in More Places!

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  • DVGDVG No. 1 Honor Student Nether Institute, Evil AcademyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Rats. Found my order finally on AT&T's site and it's listed as backordered and unshipped :(

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  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    at a certain length, your eyes see the pixels as one continuous dong

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  • nstfnstf __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2010
    So how hard is developing for this thing if you're not a programmer? Since evidently developer just got added to my job title without me knowing :/

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  • iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Erm... it's Prettified C, so... might wanna go ahead and tell your bosses that you're going to need to go buy some reading material. :P

    You'll want to have a grasp of C (basic grasp is probably OK), then move onto Objective-C, then move onto Cocoa Touch. Though someone might have a better suggestion.

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  • nstfnstf __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2010
    Erm... it's Prettified C, so... might wanna go ahead and tell your bosses that you're going to need to go buy some reading material. :P

    You'll want to have a grasp of C (basic grasp is probably OK), then move onto Objective-C, then move onto Cocoa Touch. Though someone might have a better suggestion.

    That's kinda what I was afraid of. This has been an interesting morning. "we need to create some mobile training apps, since you're a sysadmin this is in your skill set, you're an IT person, we'll send you what you need"

    I was all o_O

    sysadmin != developer

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