What phone should i buy?

[The Sloth]

41 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Actually you don't have to buy anything. 

 

yes, you do, you will loose that shi*t dongle at least once. 

 

OP just get an s8 or wait for pixel 2. 

[Meawa]

1 hour ago, DrMacintosh said:

A capitalist company being greedy is certainly not new. Its their job to make money, I respect them for taking a gamble that was removing the headphone jack. It worked out for them in the end. 

apple not using USB C because they have to pay the creators, and not including headphone jack to save money isn't reasonable. Yes, they sold a lot but I'm sure most people would want the headphone jack.

[FlpDaMattress]

7 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

You can buy them online, not from Apple but from 3rd parties. Apple has 0 obligation to sell replacement parts. Name one computer or smartphone OEM that does. 

Why the hell would i buy from a third party? samsung and LG (Top android based phone manufacturers in the u.s.)

Absolutely can't wait for this right to repair law to hit texas, Although apple will probably do the same thing they do with touch ID anyway. Anti-consumerism.

 

8 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Uhhh, what? Thunderbolt is a standard connector. USB is a standard connector. Are you just salty about lighting? 

Not thunderbolt, The Lightning connector, did you forget we're talking about phones?

 

9 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Every OEM has a markup price, so does Apple. 

Not as steep as apple, clearly you've never looked at spec sheets. Why would i sacrifice raw performance for optimization? I prefer to futureproof.

 

10 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

bringing up old cr*p, nice. 

Still happened, You can't deny that. 

 

19 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Apps on the App Store are infact 3rd party, and you can sign your own apps using apps like impactor. 

I'm not talking about the app store i'm talking about making apps on a desktop and directly importing them via usb. i also like having more languages than swift (the best they can do). not natively supporting linux or python is a deal breaker) also why should i need to use a 3rd party? AND! when i do import an app it's much more user friendly to just open a file explorer and launch the .APK

 

24 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Just like every other computer that has ever existed? Wow I didn't realize that old hardware performs worse as you try to run newer and newer software on it. Who woulda thunk it! 

1) Once again this comes down to raw performance over optimization. if you ever look at benchmarks of ios devices running different firmwares it's obvious they intentionally slow devices down manually 2)Have you ever picked up an iphone 4s or ipad 2 running ios 9.2.3? you'll quickly realize they're basically unusable compared to ios 7 or 8. 3) running different operating systems or programs sure, but if something is gimped by an oem software update you've got a problem.

 

28 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Look, I'm sorry you think Apple is anti-consumer. If they were Apple would not be doing so well. Most of your issues are created and are easily fixable. 

No, people are buying ios devices from outdated terms like "They just work" and won't look at any other products on the market. If you haven't noticed apple sales are actually decreasing. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/30/report-apple-cut-iphone-production-10/96001250/

 

32 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

You have two options here, bluetooth or a lighting/audio splitter that can be picked up for like $10 

That's just another unnecessary thing to buy, Why would i spend $649 if i know i'm not getting the complete package? and why would i buy something just to spend more money? An unnecessary compromise.

 

34 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

This has not context nor does it present an issue with the phone........

1) It's a setting i'm in every day with my s4 (older battery, that's the same on every phone. 

2) Every day i just sit by a wall at lunch and watch videos on youtube till i have to get back to class (I'm great at parties... nope)

 

36 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Actually you don't have to buy anything. 

37 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

You have two options here, bluetooth or a lighting/audio splitter that can be picked up for like $10 

You just said you can pick up adapters for $10, "Yeah you can use this feature you've been using for years but this time it'll cost you $10

I know the phone ships with one, but with how easy it is to loose i'd rather not take my chances. 

Bluetooth? really? i'd rather just stick with my Senheiser CX3.0 's i've been using for the past year. (I actually do recommend them)

 

41 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Thats a little childish don't you think?

I'm 16. Deal with it.

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, FlpDaMattress said:

right to repair

Right to repair is bull

 

its lobbied for by repair shops top force OEMs to do business with people they don't want to and should not have to. Thats not right. 

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, FlpDaMattress said:

spec sheets

Hahaha iPhones are the best performers on the market while having relatively weak spec sheets. 

[DrMacintosh]

4 minutes ago, FlpDaMattress said:

i'm talking about making apps on a desktop and directly importing them via usb

You can still do this. Its called "control+click"

[FlpDaMattress]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Right to repair is bull

 

its lobbied for by repair shops top force OEMs to do business with people they don't want to and should not have to. Thats not right. 

If you buy a phone and you break it, Wouldn't you want to fix it yourself? 

If you own a small phone repair shop, Don't you think sourcing parts would be much easier?

Having the right to fix your own phone should be your right as a consumer and i'm sorry you promote anti-consumerism that way.

[DrMacintosh]

5 minutes ago, FlpDaMattress said:

I'm 16.

Im 17, deal with it. 

[FlpDaMattress]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

Hahaha iPhones are the best performers on the market while having relatively weak spec sheets. 

Yeah, just wait till ios 11 or ios 12 when the iphone 8 comes out.

[FlpDaMattress]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Im 17, deal with it. 

The arrogance shows. 

[FlpDaMattress]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

You can still do this. Its called "control+click"

Actually running the app however is much harder than it should be. iphones should have a file explorer.

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, FlpDaMattress said:

Wouldn't you want to fix it yourself?

Not even the right to repair bill will stop that. 

 

1 minute ago, FlpDaMattress said:

Don't you think sourcing parts would be much easier?

Repair shops are not entitled to free business 

 

You have bought into the repair shop propaganda that the right to repair bill means being able to repair your device. 

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, FlpDaMattress said:

iphones should have a file explorer

why? files are handled inside their respective apps which is much more elegant than in a file explorer like Finder when it comes to sharing. 

[FlpDaMattress]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Not even the right to repair bill will stop that. 

 

Repair shops are not entitled to free business 

 

You have bought into the repair shop propaganda that the right to repair bill means being able to repair your device. 

Having a monopoly on repairing devices are a good thing apparently. 

Or fixing your own phone in your own house is a bad thing. Do you realize how idiotic you sound right now?

 

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, FlpDaMattress said:

Or fixing your own phone in your own house is a bad thing

The right to repair bill is not trying your defend your right to fix your own phone. No legislation is saying that you don't have that right.  

 

The right to repair bill is trying to force companies to do business with sleazy repair shops that do not deserve the free business. 

[FlpDaMattress]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

why? files are handled inside their respective apps which is much more elegant than in a file explorer like Finder when it comes to sharing. 

Installing that app you make in the first place is what's ridiculous, and why would anyone favor looks over usability? who cares if it's elegant or not? if you're a private developer like me you don't care about that. 

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, FlpDaMattress said:

why would anyone favor looks over usability

One name

 

Jonathan Ive

 

Don't like it? Too bad.

[FlpDaMattress]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

The right to repair bill is not trying your defend your right to fix your own phone. No legislation is saying that you don't have that right.  

 

The right to repair bill is trying to force companies to do business with sleazy repair shops that do not deserve the free business. 

It isn't free business, it's also not specific to repair shops ether, so me fixing my own phone make me a bad person? Me paying someone to fix my phone is a bad thing? The closest apple store to me is a four hour drive away, Having a product restricted to being repaired exclusively at one store is what's "Sleezy".

[FlpDaMattress]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

One name

 

Jonathan Ive

 

Don't like it? Too bad.

He is the cancer of the tech industry. He has never revolutionized anything. 

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, FlpDaMattress said:

so me fixing my own phone make me a bad person? Me paying someone to fix my phone is a bad thing?

You do, and always will have the right to repair your own devices. 

 

THE RIGHT TO REPAIR BILL IS NOT FIGHTING TO DEFEND THAT RIGHT

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, FlpDaMattress said:

He is the cancer of the tech industry. He has never revolutionized anything. 

well he designs phones and computers so its not his job to revolutionize anything other than design, which he has done. 

 

See: iPhone 4, original iMac, OG iPhone. 

[FlpDaMattress]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

You do, and always will have the right to repair your own devices. 

 

THE RIGHT TO REPAIR BILL IS NOT FIGHTING TO DEFEND THAT RIGHT

I never once said the right to repair bill was preventing you from fixing your own device period. It's preventing you from buying OEM parts directly from the manufacturer. You're starting to sound like a broken record at this point.

[FlpDaMattress]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

well he designs phones and computers so its not his job to revolutionize anything other than design, which he has done. 

 

See: iPhone 4, original iMac, OG iPhone. 

He's the designer of the phone, Making it a revolutionary device is in his job title.

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, FlpDaMattress said:

It's preventing you from buying OEM parts directly from the manufacturer

The Right to repair bill would not open the user up to buying the parts, only the repair shops. 

 

The right to repair bill benefits the repair shops at the manufacturers expense.

[FlpDaMattress]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

The Right to repair bill would not open the user up to buying the parts, only the repair shops. 

 

The right to repair bill benefits the repair shops at the manufacturers expense.

Show me.