iPhone 6 - Live Stream and All Updates (FINALLY FORMATTED(ish))

[qwertywarrior]

 

i really like the circle icons

they are really nice

 

it reminds me of something i cant remember what it is

a game or something

[ttam]

NFC is RFID.

This is literally the exact same thing we have had for ages both in phones and cards.

Still a huge difference.

RFID holds a bit of data with an antenna and a memory chip.

NFC offers a whole lot more and can offer one or two way communication. Allowing the terminals to communicate and you get a receipt on your phone right away.

[Admire]

Nah, the Samsung approach is making watches that ONLY work on your own devices officially and require 3rd party hacks to work on other Android devices and then wonder why your smart watches aren't selling well when you willingly locked out hundreds of millions of other devices. 

 

I was not referring to watches. Was referring to how samsung markets phones. You are a little thinskinned today aren't we?;-)

[Nineshadow]

Nah, the Samsung approach is making watches that ONLY work on your own devices officially and require 3rd party hacks to work on other Android devices and then wonder why your smart watches aren't selling well when you willingly locked out hundreds of millions of other devices. 

Well...I reckon you'll need an IPhone to use an Apple Watch too.

[Victorious Secret]

I don't even know why you're in this thread. Is going in threads to spout nonsense your thing or something?

 

I thought this new approach would work if we kept it clean, and so far we are, and the trolls are so far not going too crazy. 

 

Not a bad exercise in handling product launches. We should do this all the time for  a new product launch, the "news team" should pick who will be able to make and maintain the original post and then we have one consolidated post to handle everything. 

I know after this is over I'll go back and clean up the entire post top to bottom and organize it properly, with better pictures to boot. 

[MrSuperb]

Which card because to my understanding NFC does not exist in card form yet. These are all RFID chips currently and will be for years still. 

 

A decent terminal is about $500 and if you add that into stores like Walgreens which has 8,116 locations.

 

That's $4,058,000 just for the terminals.

Now add the labor for someone to set that up and get it running.

Easily a huge chunk of change to just make it so a few customers can do something with a phone.

 

Almost every fucking debit/credit cards. NFC is based on RFID ...

4 mio $ ?!

Walgreens made 2,450 mio $ profit in 2013

They have to service those credit card terminals anyway

[Victorious Secret]

I was not referring to watches. Was referring to how samsung markets phones. You are a little thinskinned today aren't we?;-)

 

And I was being sarcastic, not thin skinned. I don't even own a Samsung anything? 

 

Well...I reckon you'll need an IPhone to use an Apple Watch too.

 

True, but its a nice double standard in that I'm okay with apple not being open, yet a android using Samsung being closed grinds my gears 

[ACatWithThumbs]

i really like the circle icons

they are really nice

 

it reminds me of something i cant remember what it is

a game or something

They'll get bigger the more you use them at least that's how I understood it.

[cesrai]

saying something is "just software" in 2014 seems kinda odd.

So what is the right answer?

[BaSkA]

I like the fact that Apple is finally going for bigger screens.

Also, finally they're introducing 64-bit CPUs so I guess we're going to have Samsung "copying" it soon and also more capable apps in the future.

 

I still can't get used to iOS though. Even Windows is better IMO. Apart from that, they're sexy.

[LAwLz]

Nah, the Samsung approach is making watches that ONLY work on your own devices officially and require 3rd party hacks to work on other Android devices and then wonder why your smart watches aren't selling well when you willingly locked out hundreds of millions of other devices. 

I don't have a stream but isn't the Apple watch only compatible with iPhones? I read it in another thread.

If that's true, then it is just like Samsung's approach, except their Android Wear watch actually works with other devices as well.

[qwertywarrior]

They'll get bigger the more you use them at least that's how I understood it.

 

thats a smart idea

pretty good UI implementation right there

[cesrai]

*cough* the entire smartphone market *cough*

I really didn't get it feed it to me no one will harm you and I will try to be logical

[MrSuperb]

Still a huge difference.

RFID holds a bit of data with an antenna and a memory chip.

NFC offers a whole lot more and can offer one or two way communication. Allowing the terminals to communicate and you get a receipt on your phone right away.

 

Tell me the difference between RFID and one way NFC communication

I guarantee you all those debit/credit cards with NFC are real NFC cards.

[Admire]

And I was being sarcastic, not thin skinned. I don't even own a Samsung anything? 

 

I was thinking a little thin-skinned when i said they were doing something similar to samsung in terms of having more products in the same line. Something which they didn't do before.

[Victorious Secret]

 

Okay this is something I could actually use a lot, maps on my watch. 

 

I don't have a stream but isn't the Apple watch only compatible with iPhones? I read it in another thread.

If that's true, then it is just like Samsung's approach, except their Android Wear watch actually works with other devices as well.

 

True, and thats why I like the Wear devices over the Gear devices. Apple is Apple, they'll stay closed. But Wear devices work on basically any device (barring minimum requirements) and aren't arbitrarily locked off from other Android devices like SAmsung's Gears are. 

[JAKEBAB]

I don't have a stream but isn't the Apple watch only compatible with iPhones? I read it in another thread.

If that's true, then it is just like Samsung's approach, except their Android Wear watch actually works with other devices as well.

99% sure it only works with iphone also i swear samsung locked theres to only there phones

 

Edit: nvm apparently the wear and gear are different lol

[MrSuperb]

So what is the right answer?

 

I'd guess you are wrong.

[qwertywarrior]

maps on a smartwatch made me cringe

but i need to first see how it works

 

also did they say if they used google maps or their own ?

[Nineshadow]

I like the fact that Apple is finally going for bigger screens.

Also, finally they're introducing 64-bit CPUs so I guess we're going to have Samsung "copying" it soon and also more capable apps in the future.

 

I still can't get used to iOS though. Even Windows is better IMO. Apart from that, they're sexy.

u w0t m8?

 

The 5S also had a 64 bit CPU.

[Xorbot]

Apple just invented the word "glampse", which is a combination of glimpse and glance.

[Victorious Secret]

maps on a smartwatch made me cringe

but i need to first see how it works

 

also did they say if they used google maps or their own ?

 

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope its Apple Maps, GMaps is really grinding my gears lately

[ShadowCaptain]

maps on a smartwatch made me cringe

but i need to first see how it works

 

also did they say if they used google maps or their own ?

 

their own, apple maps is actually REALLY good now, i use it almost daily on my iPhone

would be great on a watch if stuck in a new city or something

[LAwLz]

Still a huge difference.

RFID holds a bit of data with an antenna and a memory chip.

NFC offers a whole lot more and can offer one or two way communication. Allowing the terminals to communicate and you get a receipt on your phone right away.

Oh the receipt idea is pretty nifty.

The actual transfer of info is the same though. They even use the exact same protocols, except one is two way and the other one is one way.

Other than the receipt, which is a pretty good idea, I see no reason to have two way communication though.

[Victorious Secret]

Apple just invented the word "glampse", which is a combination of glimpse and glance.

 

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