So you'd rather have the American and UK government have access to your phone. Is that what you're saying?
Poll: ***** The Official iPhone X(S/SMax/R) Thread *****
- Thread starter Feek
- Start date
So you'd rather have the American and UK government have access to your phone. Is that what you're saying?
Soldato
- Joined
- 6 Jun 2009
- Posts
- 5,460
- Location
- No Mans Land
So basically what every android manufacturer is doing too then. Speed bumps and camera specs. The phone market has plateaued.
And to be honest, with regards to the X... it’s hard to improve on perfection
Edit. For the record I’m currently on an iPhone 8. But will be upgrading, mainly for the screen and dual cam setup. Not overly fussed with faceid. Actually quite happy with Touch ID.
X was hardly perfect.
Was too small for starters, fine if you have little girly hands I suppose.
Associate
- Joined
- 21 May 2010
- Posts
- 550
In all fairness the OnePlus is not at Iphone's level of build quality or performance, hard to think of any Android device that is. I imagine the XR will for a far more desirable bit of tech than the 6T.
I suspect the real competition will be between the Pixel 3 & the XR as they do look like they might be fairly similar products at a similar price point.
Soldato
- Joined
- 22 Jul 2014
- Posts
- 3,905
- Location
- Oxon
Poll needs a “too big” option. Would be pertinent considering Apple discontinued the SE yesterday and it’s now in the news how Apple’s corporate culture is male dominated and therefore designs phones with an average size greater than the span of women’s hands.
I’ll be keeping my SE for a while.
An updated one with an edge to edge screen would’ve been awesome. I might have even accepted it without a headphone jack. Sad.
I’ll be keeping my SE for a while.
An updated one with an edge to edge screen would’ve been awesome. I might have even accepted it without a headphone jack. Sad.
Well, the Xs Max is now here too, for the people who found the X too small.
I find my iPhone 8 just the right size. So the Xs will be fine for me. And yes, my hands aren’t particularly big.
I'd have to disagree with you there. A number of serious reviews have commented that the differences in build quality and performance between the OP6, the iPhone and the Galaxy S9 et-al are embarrassingly small.
As an aside, though I don't want one myself, I would say the Note 9 is every bit as good or better than most phones currently in production. To big and too expensive for my tastes though.
I can see why X owners might be underwhelmed by the new lineup, but for people upgrading from a 6/6s (like me), it’s going to be a decent jump.
I think as the rate of development slows and the cost increases, people will upgrade less often — I had planned to upgrade last year, but as good as the X looked, I couldn’t really justify the price when my 6s was still going strong.
Now my wife’s 4s (previously my phone) is on it’s last legs, she will be getting my 6s and I’ll be getting the Xs.
Whereas I used to upgrade every year or every two years, it’s now every three or four… I’m sure it’s the same for all but the die-hard fans who have to have the latest tech.
I think as the rate of development slows and the cost increases, people will upgrade less often — I had planned to upgrade last year, but as good as the X looked, I couldn’t really justify the price when my 6s was still going strong.
Now my wife’s 4s (previously my phone) is on it’s last legs, she will be getting my 6s and I’ll be getting the Xs.
Whereas I used to upgrade every year or every two years, it’s now every three or four… I’m sure it’s the same for all but the die-hard fans who have to have the latest tech.
Chatting with the Mrs more seriously this evening about her phone and if she really wanted a new handset or not, and she said how come they have doubled in price in 4 years. Looking confused, I said that doesn't sound right but she was almost spot on.
19th September 2014 - iPhone 6 Plus 128GB £789
14th September 2018 - iPhone Xs Max 512GB £1449.
She has decided to keep her phone, and get a refurb iPhone 8 when there is a silly O2 refresh deal and we'll spend £700 on some flights to some place fancy and take photos with it, pretty sensible I thought.
19th September 2014 - iPhone 6 Plus 128GB £789
14th September 2018 - iPhone Xs Max 512GB £1449.
She has decided to keep her phone, and get a refurb iPhone 8 when there is a silly O2 refresh deal and we'll spend £700 on some flights to some place fancy and take photos with it, pretty sensible I thought.
Associate
- Joined
- 21 May 2010
- Posts
- 550
I wouldn't say an S9 or note is as well built as an iPhone either. Like it or not Apple do a very good job of making it feel like a premium device. I'm sure that the screen of the XR will be very good too.
All that said it's just too expensive for me. I'm struggling to get excited about any new phones tbh the OnePlus included. I'm on a pixel 2 xl and I suspect I'll be keeping that for another year unless one of these companies can dream up something revolutionary.
I'm pretty much in the same boat myself. I have the iPhone 7 and a Sammy S7 and when I look at what's on offer today, plus the crazy prices, I simply can't work up any enthusiasm at all. It's hard to tell whether pricing is to blame, or that the market has matured and with that consumers appetite has waned. What is clear though is that sales in many developed countries have really slowed down over the last eighteen months or so.
The Chinese are playing the game of top quality handsets sold on razor thin margins in the hope of attracting consumers, whereas Apple are trying to squeeze every bit of profit out of their customers. It's hard to tell which strategy will prove the most resilient in the long term. However, many analysts are predicting a slow decline which some manufactures may well not survive. I think I will quote from a well known TV programme and declare 'I'm oot'.
I do not, search for NCSC articles.
Don't be naive in thinking that just because they have received accreditation to for our broadband infrastructure that a Chinese company would not be beyond putting in back doors etc onto phones. Phones which you do online banking etc on. Perhaps I am wearing a tin foil hat but I find them incredibly difficult to trust.
What are you talking about? Apple wouldn't crumble to the FBI so why would they to any other government/agency?
Associate
- Joined
- 28 Nov 2015
- Posts
- 1,489
- Location
- Tewkesbury, UK
Xs 64gb ordered
XS Max 256GB. I can certainly contain my excitement until the 21st..... in fact i feel like ill probably just open the box, spend 10 seconds looking at it, then just set it up and shove it in my pocket. Never have I been so unexcited for a new iPhone!
Xs Max 512gb in silver ordered and should be here by the 21st
Jheeze!! Picking mine up at 9:30 on the 21st. Gonna have to sneak out of the office
To be fair, that’s how I’ve felt ever since getting an iPhone 4 after my 3G. Because it carries your settings, apps and wallpapers across once the back up is complete it just feels like your last phone but a bit quicker