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Apple using cheaper screen on iPhone 3G- proof
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You cannot be serious?
You must be the guy that would rather drive a Ford Fiesta than a Bentley Continental GT, ...just because.
I like quality, and plastic does not ooze quality, it oozes cheapness.
I use a RAZR as a back up phone and it gets as good if not better reception than any plastic phone.
Some of you Apple Fan Boys/Girls just do not get it. Some of us will not accept half-ass quality products.
I admit I have not touched the new 3G version Iphone, yet, but I am doubting it will be as nice as the first one.
LOL, I think xploit is going for a world record on how many times you can use the word "budget" on one forum. Bonus for all caps!
This thread is a train wreck! I don't want to read it and yet I keep coming back for more. Awesomely stupid.
LOL, I think xploit is going for a world record on how many times you can use the word "budget" on one forum. Bonus for all caps!
" Bonus for all caps! " your awesome!
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You, sir, know balls. Steve Jobs has no pressure from shareholders - Apple has been on an upward path ever since he came back. They've built an immense loyal fan-base, brought in exciting and industry-shattering products, and are making record amounts of money, at a time where all non-essential goods are slowing. They have $18bn in the bank. Apple have never had a better time (financially). They have so much confidence, they can aggressively move in to new and extremely competitive markets. Steve Jobs has nothing to prove any more.
The lack of a dock is typical for later generation Apple products. The iPods don't come with docks, either (or at least they didn't when I bought a 5G one). And about the plastic back: plastic can be very strong. You haven't felt it, so don't judge it. This isn't going to be milk tray plastic - it's probably polycarbonate (like on the MacBooks). Oh, and it probably is for signal reception - engineers make decisions based on features and quality, not how things look to internet morons.
Listen if you are an original iPhone owner and you use the internet a lot and in areas where wifi is not available and 3g is, and if you get lost while walking, then I guess this new 3g is good for you!
If you are not the above and found the 1st iPhone to be too expensive then take a basic math class and come to the realization that this one is actually more money overtime then the first one.
If you are a fanboy then go camp out for a phone that will be plenty available.
If none of the above is you and you simply have to have the latest wares then go buy it.
HOWEVER, IF you bought the first iPhone because it was different and gorgeous and well packaged with quality going into the included dock and well made plug. And even though 3G and GPS was available on other models you understood that apple made things with better materials and better aesthetics. You are now disappointed because apple has introduced a new 3G and the aluminum is now plastic, the dock gone, the plug generic, the body curved and thicker in the center. You still can't video or send pictures to phones, and now it costs more a month. What a bargain! Not to say anything about the possible screen degrade.
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If you are not the above and found the 1st iPhone to be too expensive then take a basic math class and come to the realization that this one is actually more money overtime then the first one.
If you are a fanboy then go camp out for a phone that will be plenty available.
If none of the above is you and you simply have to have the latest wares then go buy it.
HOWEVER, IF you bought the first iPhone because it was different and gorgeous and well packaged with quality going into the included dock and well made plug. And even though 3G and GPS was available on other models you understood that apple made things with better materials and better aesthetics. You are now disappointed because apple has introduced a new 3G and the aluminum is now plastic, the dock gone, the plug generic, the body curved and thicker in the center. You still can't video or send pictures to phones, and now it costs more a month. What a bargain! Not to say anything about the possible screen degrade.
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It's not cheaper, really. AT&T is paying $200 out of pocket for each iPhone bought. They get that $200 back, plus more over the life of our 2-year contract we sign up for.
Meh all *yawn* having compared my touch to several first gen iPhones there are no discernible differences in screen quality, the some of the first batch of iPod Touches had a nasty screen defect which is long gone.
You're explanation is BUDGET! BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET!>>>WAHHHHHHHH WAHHH BUDGET! (p.s. i'm cool)
OK, I have to take issue with this purely because the simile doesn't represent the situation.
Since the innards are the same a better simile would be to say something like:
"You must be the guy that would rather drive a Honda Pilot than an Acura MDX, ...just because."
This would be more apropro Since the Acura MDX is the same basic vehicle as the Honda Pilot with some nicer finishing touches and options. The engine, power train and chassis are the same.
Sorry for the interruption, I now return you to your wild speculation on how a device none of us has really seen or help is cheap or not cheap based solely on a few scraps of possibly erroneous information........
But....not Apple engineers apparently, Macbook air anyone?
Light weight with a full-sized keyboard is VERY BIG "feature" for some people. Up until now they've been using miniature keyboards in order to get a light laptop. Coming from that a Macbook Air is a big step up.
So they looked at a particular market and gave them the features they wanted.
So what's your point?
Why hasn't this thread been closed!!
Xploit, we get the idea now, you think it's cheap/budget/crappy looking/ugly etc etc, how about drop it because this thread has turned into one of those pointless internet fights you see in chat rooms, which, more often than not, is a bunch of school kids.....
Xploit, we get the idea now, you think it's cheap/budget/crappy looking/ugly etc etc, how about drop it because this thread has turned into one of those pointless internet fights you see in chat rooms, which, more often than not, is a bunch of school kids.....
oh yeah, and anyone who buys a BUDGET 3G iPhone is poor and low class and, well, uh, BUDGET. Plastic is lame, and, uh, BUDGET. Metal rules and is not, uh, BUDGET, yeah, that's right BUDGET. I don't own a single polymer based item in my house or in my car because it is cheap cheap cheap. Sure my car is super heavy and does 0 to 60 in a day and a half, but it is QUALITY, not BUDGET.
uh huh!
uh huh!
I have no idea what people are talking about. I have an iPod Touch and the screen looks and works great. I see no difference in quality from my cousin's ver. 1 iPhone and my Touch. When you do comparisons, make sure the brightness/contrast is set at the same level on both devices.
It is quite obvious that you do not follow the stock market. Ask Steve what happened last fall when they released nothing.....his price was almost cut in half. He cares about investors, and investors care about what Apple is doing to win over more market share.
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And for the record xploit, plastic isn't a crappy material to make things out of. It is a great material that has shaped our high technology society.
But....not Apple engineers apparently, Macbook air anyone?
Well, the MacBook Air design totally concentrates on the features. That is on the features that the company wanted: Very thin, very light, full size keyboard, full size display, looks a million dollars. That's the feature set, and that is why many people pay very ood money for it.
If there is one thing that Apple doesn't care about then it is their share price. Apple's goals are in this order: (1) Build items that give the best possible user experience. (2) Make plenty of money so nobody can stop them doing (1). (1) has the side effect of achieving (2), and (2) has the side effect of (3) raising the share price. But that is not a goal for Apple.
I have no idea what people are talking about. I have an iPod Touch and the screen looks and works great. I see no difference in quality from my cousin's ver. 1 iPhone and my Touch. When you do comparisons, make sure the brightness/contrast is set at the same level on both devices.
Good for you. I can confirm though from my personal experience and seeing MANY touches that the screen on my iPhone always looked better.
I would think this is all a bunch of crap if wasn't for the fact that I read reports that apple used an lower quality TN film-based matrix screen on my new imac alu 20". they started doing this on the new 20" imac to cut cost.
I sure hope this is wrong about the 3g.
I sure hope this is wrong about the 3g.