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You know what I hate?

When people ask, "Is that an iphone?" Is it just me or has every smartphone become an iphone?
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I can actually agree with you. It's as if no one is aware that there are any other touchscreen smartphones besides the iPhone, or that iPhone is "the best" because "everyone has them" or "because it's an iPhone". Now, if they could at least tell me why it's the best against all the other phones out there, then it wouldn't bother me. But not knowing anything about other phones and then saying it's the best is just...it makes me mad.

youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
'Nuff said, yeah?

welcome to the cult of Jobs .p

As much as I hate to admit it, Apple basically kick started this whole ecosystem and was the loud mouth of the media.

and then I show and tell them that the Captivate is the best phone in the market (until the epic comes out Q_Q) XD

No one had asked me if it was an iphone yet. I am regularly asked if it is a "droid phone" though. That's also annoying.

terrigan said:
You know what I hate? When people ask, "Is that an iphone?"
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I hope that this is the worst problem you have in your life.

I regularly get compliments about the phone looking much better than an iPhone. The curves...the screen size..the screen clarity...everything.
The other day someone thought my phone was the Evo 4G. Not a complaint though. The Evo is a great phone.
At least no one asks me why I DIDN'T get an iPhone.
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I actually haven't had anyone ask me if it was an iPhone. Mainly because I keep to myself but still

I haven't had that problem..but it pisses me off when everyone refers to an mp3 player as an iPod..
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Steve Jobs is dead!

Wtf
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Rip. He was a helluva entrepreneur, innovator and a tribute to the American dream. I didn't like apple products but you have to respect what he did.
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Earlier when I was ranting about apple a almost wished death on him. Wtf? I'm glad I didn't write that. Weird though really weird

Funny, I was going to post this here but I honestly thought it would be full of Samsung fan boys lol
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Fanboy or not you can't deny he made some great products that changed everything we do
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Well, we hate apple as a company. But as a person, Steve Jobs is one of the finest world has ever produced.

RIP, Apple has just lost THE A MAN!

diablo009 said:
Well, we hate apple as a company. But as a person, Steve Jobs is one of the finest world has ever produced.
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Exactly, agreed.

Wow I thought this was just some kind have joke when you first posted it based on that the iphone 4s looks to be a flop.... rip, I don't think anybody who knows anything about technology can actually say the iphones are all garbage, they just are not android. End story!
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Wow - that's sad. RIP.

Well androids creators are still alive + 1 for android rip though sj
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diablo009 said:
Well, we hate apple as a company. But as a person, Steve Jobs is one of the finest world has ever produced.
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Denied paternity of one of his daughters and stopped all Apple philanthropic causes? Let's stick with 'he was a great innovator' and it's a shame he died so young.

Loss of a Great Man
If it wasn't for Steve, we wouldn't be here on the portal talking about how kick ass our Infuse is. We'd be talking about how cool the Motorolla Razer 5 is and wishing there was a way to post to our facebook page without our Laptops.
We may hate what Apple does but we must thank them for what they do. Without Steve Jobs, smartphone would be limited to the Blackberry. Steve made smartphones cool!
RIP Steve, we love you.

apallohadas said:
Denied paternity of one of his daughters and stopped all Apple philanthropic causes? Let's stick with 'he was a great innovator' and it's a shame he died so young.
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Well, I was restricting myself to only his achievements, cos its not good to talk bad abt a person who is no more.

diablo009 said:
Well, we hate apple as a company. But as a person, Steve Jobs is one of the finest world has ever produced.
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Well stated.
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tx240sx said:
If it wasn't for Steve, we wouldn't be here on the portal talking about how kick ass our Infuse is. We'd be talking about how cool the Motorolla Razer 5 is and wishing there was a way to post to our facebook page without our Laptops.
We may hate what Apple does but we must thank them for what they do. Without Steve Jobs, smartphone would be limited to the Blackberry. Steve made smartphones cool!
RIP Steve, we love you.
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True!

How sad.
Cancer sucks.
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andrawer said:
How sad.
I've used Apple products since 1989 to write software when they were a low life company. I think it was awesome that he brought Apple from a tiny company to finally kick Microsoft's butt. What talent.
Cancer sucks.
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Kick Microsoft's butt in what market? Definitely not enterprise, nor PC. I'd give you tablet, phone, mp3 player but that's it.

anycard said:
Kick Microsoft's butt in what market? Definitely not enterprise, nor PC. I'd give you tablet, phone, mp3 player but that's it.
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I agree. It didn't even become hack worthy until recently! Only thing it excelled is in portable media players.

Definitely am not too happy about this news, as much as i always talked trash about their products, he sure was one hell of a genius and had a creative mind.
RIP to another great innovator, **** CANCER!

I find myself pretty upset about this news tonight. I've moved on to my Infuse and Android but I have owned 2 iPhones and 4 iPod and they are amazing products.
Without the genius of Steve Jobs this world would be a much different place.
RIP Steve, Thank you for all you did for us.

Apple Blocks import of certain HTC Devices

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246612/apple_wins_import_block_on_some_htc_devices.html
Do you guys see this garbage? Wow Apple, i honestly never thought you would become like this... smh x1000000000
the amount of respect i had for this company was already real thin, and now...i'm not even sure if i have any respect anymore...
Thoughts? Opinions?

We are too loyal to HTC...
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Saw this in the X forums. I'm ashamed to own 3 iPods now.
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Its ironic that its only happening to AT&T and Sprint, since they sell the iPhone.
Not to T-mobile for the One S...
Apple is running scared because they have inferior phone technology, and they will keep the competition out of the marketplace but rather in the hands of the US justice system.
HTC and Google need to lay the smack down and hold their ground, prove what is right and counter with the voice recognition and pull-down menu. Which were both around since the dawn of the G1.
Apple is a terrible company and this is yet another reason they don't give 2 $hits about the technology innovation by pushing the envelope further.
Too much piddle, for not enough shazzle.

I've been saying it for years now.. **** Apple
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Well that got changed earlier today, they installed custom versions of sense 4, to avoid the issues.

Apple must die
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apple should just cease to exist. they think they're Almighty it whatever, i say **** em
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Seriously even though Apple tries HTC still made it to the top cell company in US another fail for Apple...
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Suck on this Apple
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=10466

This looks like the demise of ios and leading to mass fragmentation, thus intern leading to multiple api's for their greatest brick ever.
http://www.techanalyzer.net/2012/05/17/will-a-5-inch-iphone-5-introduce-ios-fragmintation/
They have to be sweating bullets since the acquisition of Motorola was finalized.
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You know you're rooted when you high-jack the "you know your rooted" thread and replace it with "you hate apple when".
* You know your rooted when you spend more time watching your boot animation than playing angry birds.
* You hate Apple phone when you see a new one and your first thought is "I wonder how Android will look at that video resolution".
Cheers!

Mazamuda said:
You know you're rooted when you high-jack the "you know your rooted" thread and replace it with "you hate apple when".
* You know your rooted when you spend more time watching your boot animation than playing angry birds.
* You hate Apple phone when you see a new one and your first thought is "I wonder how Android will look at that video resolution".
Cheers!
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you know your....wait...you know you posted in the wrong section

Mazamuda said:
You know you're rooted when you high-jack the "you know your rooted" thread and replace it with "you hate apple when".
* You know your rooted when you spend more time watching your boot animation than playing angry birds.
* You hate Apple phone when you see a new one and your first thought is "I wonder how Android will look at that video resolution".
Cheers!
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High jacked the wrong thread buddy
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manleyaudio said:
This looks like the demise of ios and leading to mass fragmentation, thus intern leading to multiple api's for their greatest brick ever.
http://www.techanalyzer.net/2012/05/17/will-a-5-inch-iphone-5-introduce-ios-fragmintation/
They have to be sweating bullets since the acquisition of Motorola was finalized.
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Add to that the fact that Microsoft is, according to my source, about to blow everyone away with WP8. Supposedly they are gearing up to take the mobile market by storm, and every objection I've raised (including fragmentation, quality of hardware, and lack of support for apps )was met with "I can't discuss it, but it won't be a problem."
I'm honestly intrigued.

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High jacked the wrong thread buddy
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Ya I totally did. That was certainly typo-tactic of me. At-least the apple part was relevant.

estallings15 said:
Add to that the fact that Microsoft is, according to my source, about to blow everyone away with WP8. Supposedly they are gearing up to take the mobile market by storm, and every objection I've raised (including fragmentation, quality of hardware, and lack of support for apps )was met with "I can't discuss it, but it won't be a problem."
I'm honestly intrigued.
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Samsung galaxy s 3 looks like a definate game changer. I like the idea of a removable battery and micro sd card. I think it will be available from t-mob on the 21st.
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Android R.I.P. - The Grips of Jobs' Dead Hands

Android, and every other touchscreen OS, (besides iOS) you might as well say goodbye to...
Apple now has the power to destroy Android, Windows Phone, and any other iOS Touchscreen Competitor... Steve Jobs wins this round (for now anyways...)
How long before Apple has the S3 Pulled? This is the top iPhone competitor besides the DROID RAZR Series, with the S3 far ahead...
Check this out:
http://www.acsyndicate.net/apple-aw...ts-the-possible-end-of-android-as-we-know-it/
This could spell the end for Android and this phone, and I will not be a happy camper if I can't upgrade because of Apple... I will throw a major tantrum!
Google, act & appeal fast and fix this mess!!!!
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I am not saying this will happen, but is quite possible if the government doesn't block Apple in their tracks from doing so... (I think once Google Appeals, these parents will be made standard for touchscreens...)

deedscreen said:
Android, and every other touchscreen OS, (besides iOS) you might as well say goodbye to...
Apple now has the power to destroy Android, Windows Phone, and any other iOS Touchscreen Competitor... Steve Jobs wins this round (for now anyways...)
How long before Apple has the S3 Pulled? This is the top iPhone competitor besides the DROID RAZR Series, with the S3 far ahead...
Check this out:
http://www.acsyndicate.net/apple-aw...ts-the-possible-end-of-android-as-we-know-it/
This could spell the end for Android and this phone, and I will not be a happy camper if I can't upgrade because of Apple... I will throw a major tantrum!
Google, act & appeal fast and fix this mess!!!!
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If this ever happens i would rather go back to a flip phone or have none at all. I would never give apple any of my money.

I refuse to get an Apple device, but this won't effect available devices in stock or on eBay, so good Android devices will be very rare if this goes the way Apple wants... I'll tell you one thing, eBay prices for Android Devices will go sky high.... (used or not...)
Edit: I miss flip phones anyways, so I'll go old school if I have to...

i have an ipad, and this makes me want to smash it. Apple, you do not own the world, you were not the first to create a "list" on an electronic device. If your so afraid of Samsung, then just build a darn phone with a bigger screen, i wont buy it, but tons of other people would. Fair competition is good for business, it keeps ingenuity alive and keeps engineers pushing the limits of what can be done. Competition is THE ONLY REASON we have the superphones we have now. If apple owns all the rights to make anything that even resembles a smartphone, we will have the iphone 4s renamed and sold as a new product for the next decade.
Whoever the judge is that granted that patent, is an idiot.

it will never happen. Nothing to add.

Well some of what this says they currently have rights to like list view is bs because before the first iPhone was released I was able to use list view on Windows mobile for years. So unless I've miss read, something isn't right or maybe my aging memory is wrong.
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Bagbug said:
it will never happen. Nothing to add.
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I know you said nothing to add, but my point is Apple had been on a wining streak, so hopefully the government fixes this and makes these touch screen parents standard...

Bagbug said:
it will never happen. Nothing to add.
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agreed
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tjb433 said:
I have an ipad, and this makes me want to smash it.
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Do a factory reset, sell it, buy a Galaxy Tab, then shove it in your Apple Store representatives face showing features that the iPad doesn't have... No reason to smash something worth hundreds, (although the company who makes it is pure evil...) But I agree with what you were saying completely...

tjb433 said:
Whoever the judge is that granted that patent, is an idiot.
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I wanted to say that in my article, but couldn't so I said the judge made a "very poor decision".

deedscreen said:
Do a factory reset, sell it, buy a Galaxy Tab, then shove it in your Apple Store representatives face showing features that the iPad doesn't have... No reason to smash something worth hundreds, (although the company who makes it is pure evil...) But I agree with what you were saying completely...
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I was actually thinking of doing this over the past few weeks, i had an android tablet a few years ago, but the number and quality of apps was underwhelming, how is it now?

tjb433 said:
I was actually thinking of doing this over the past few weeks, i had an android tablet a few years ago, but the number and quality of apps was underwhelming, how is it now?
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I have the HTC EVO View, while I am not a fan of HTC, nor the EVO Series, I don't regret the purchase... Now there is wayyy more support for tablets and specialized tablet UIs.... Now just make sure you get a high end one that will be upgraded to Jelly Bean... (It's not worth getting one on a data contract, as you can tether from your phone to your tablet...)
Note: The EVO View nor HTC Flyer will NOT Get ICS nor JB so don't even bother...

This is utterly ridiculous google needs to stop sitting on their hands and be more aggressive.
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androidaddict23 said:
This is utterly ridiculous google needs to stop sitting on their hands and be more aggressive.
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You couldn't have put it any better... This happened around the 17th of this month... and we (the public) have yet to hear of any response from Google...

This is for USA only other countries won't tolerate this bs. Only in the USA. Where they're are so proud of apple for outsourcing jobs that Americans badly need smucks.
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Android is here to stay. Google and samsung have some pretty good lawyers too. It's total BS that this kinda stuff even goes on. The only people getting rich on this are the lawyers. If they were smart, they'd sit across from each other at a conference table and make a truce and move on.
Now that Jobs is dead, it's just a matter of time before Apple slips into irrelevance. Nobody there has the passion he had about his company, and nobody is gonna defend it like he did.
That 40 billion they have will be squandered away on bogus patent law suits. Money that could have been spent on more cutting edge development. Everybody knows that patents are crap. Your better off not even applying for a patent and get the thing to market first. By the time they figure out what you did, you come up with something new. A patent application is an invitation and a headstart for everybody else to steal your idea. The company thats ahead of the development curve, and gets it to market fast and furious, makes the money.
Boo hoo...they stole my idea:crying:

Apple is a joke. This is what happens when they feel threaten by a competitor. I will give it to Apple the iPhone was a brake through, but since then Android came out and is user friendly with developers willing to make the devices better and faster more customizable. Making the Android OS just better period. Apple needs to realize there are other players in this game so step up as Android HAS. They know Android IS the future and their scared they will be left behind. Lol I laugh a Apple, I'm going to tell them like I do any young kid with a bad attitude grow up.
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deedscreen said:
I wanted to say that in my article, but couldn't so I said the judge made a "very poor decision".
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The court should get sued for taking away our right to choose what we want to purchase. I will rather NOT have a phone or an old crappy phone than own a crapple device. I will order my phones through China or Japanese manufactures. but owning a crappy device I will not!

Good read here as well arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/02/if-android-is-a-stolen-product-then-so-was-the-iphone/
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Oh and just to add a good question shouldn't someone sue Apple for using someone else's technology like LCD, LED screens, let them have the right to the patents a lot it would do them with a device with no screen.
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Super funny galaxy s3 'next big thing commercial'

http://youtu.be/nf5-Prx19ZM
Looks like this just got put up two hours ago. Great stuff. I laughed pretty hard when that guy's parents showed up to buy an iPhone.

dunderball said:
http://youtu.be/nf5-Prx19ZM
Looks like this just got put up two hours ago. Great stuff. I laughed pretty hard when that guy's parents showed up to buy an iPhone.
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This one is funny as hell too! It is supposed to be for Apple I think but it is a must watch.... IMO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFUz6vHEQCM&feature=player_embedded

But iphone software doesn't get viruses or crashes like your wind... uhh android does.
Said every apple supporter ever.
lmao

I love samsungs new tactics

Nothing new really lol =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4VHzNEWIqA

shojus said:
This one is funny as hell too! It is supposed to be for Apple I think but it is a must watch.... IMO
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that one was funny
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Truth in advertising!
That was fresh. And brutal.
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Here's another but start it at 1:55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krrUnG3xBaY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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hypertek said:
Nothing new really lol =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4VHzNEWIqA
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Thank you. I was watching the one for the S3 wondering if I was going crazy because that was one of the most lucid deja vu moments I think I've ever had.
Kinda sad almost, they're practically the same commercial.

noingwhat said:
Kinda sad almost, they're practically the same commercial.
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I thought it was kind of sad that they were both equally relevant.
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It's supposed to be practically the same commercial to make fun of the practically same iphone.
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squiggie said:
It's supposed to be practically the same commercial to make fun of the practically same iphone.
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Haha, I like that explanation a lot better. I was looking at it from an iFan's POV I guess, thinking about how the same commercial shows lack of creativity = copying apple.
Which leads me to the question, if apple's supposed to be all about innovation, creativity, and new ideas, what's up with republishing the same device every year with only like three new features?

noingwhat said:
Haha, I like that explanation a lot better. I was looking at it from an iFan's POV I guess, thinking about how the same commercial shows lack of creativity = copying apple.
Which leads me to the question, if apple's supposed to be all about innovation, creativity, and new ideas, what's up with republishing the same device every year with only like three new features?
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Dude, if you had the following that Apple does, that is all they need to release to get most of the people to upgrade. Their stock went thru the roof due to this phone coming out on Friday. Besides, only including a couple of features make it easy on them. I would be willing to bet my last dollar that there is an iPhone 6 already being tested with a few new features.
I wouldn't have one of their iPhones personally, but, I do own a MacBook Pro. It is a great machine but still overpriced IMHO.
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Seems to me Apple spent very little time with their development team and too much time with their Lawyers teams.
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HHF2 said:
Dude, if you had the following that Apple does, that is all they need to release to get most of the people to upgrade. Their stock went thru the roof due to this phone coming out on Friday. Besides, only including a couple of features make it easy on them. I would be willing to bet my last dollar that there is an iPhone 6 already being tested with a few new features.
I wouldn't have one of their iPhones personally, but, I do own a MacBook Pro. It is a great machine but still overpriced IMHO.
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Heck yeah, I am sure there is already an iPhone 6 with NFC and simultaneous voice and LTE on Sprint and Verizon. Apple does not need to do anything for the next year except collect money from the puppets and watch to see what other great things Android will come up with to put in the iPhone 6s.
Also, the reason no one can sue Apple and win is because then the jury and judges won't be able to buy their own iPhone 5 and why would they want to ruin their own lives like that.
I actually think Apple was really nice to their customers this time around. They could have sold millions of iPhones with only adding the new super thunder and lightning digital cable and the super mini sim card. Look at all the other features they threw in on top of that. You go on with your bad self Apple!
iPhone owners are some lucky SOB's! They can even see 5 days in their calendar app now. If that was me I would have saved that feature for the iPhone 6. Apple is way to nice.

Hah! They got the whole 4 inches of Apple's... generosity.
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I am reading articles of how innacurate Apple's mapping program is, but they say it does look pretty.
Isn't that what Apple is all about, making things pretty but keeping them dumb?
Plus, isn't pretty and dumb something every guy wants in a phone? Now we know why Apple is so succesfully! They have found the key to success. Make a phone like a typical guy wants his women. lol
And then why do the women buy the phone, well becuase they can relate. haha

noingwhat said:
Thank you. I was watching the one for the S3 wondering if I was going crazy because that was one of the most lucid deja vu moments I think I've ever had.
Kinda sad almost, they're practically the same commercial.
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It's not sad, It's genius... It can be red at so many levels it's not even funny!
First of all they are passing the message that one year later things haven't changed... same Apple fanatics, same Apple's company policies and strategies, same crappy ass backward products.... while Samsung keeps coming up with high quality and technologically advanced products...
Another message you can read if you will is that Samsung focuses on improving their phones instead of focusing on making new commercials.....
It is not usually a good idea to recycle a commercial... there are some exceptions... this is one.
Awesome

Not funny, but makes me wonder what the iphone 5 uses for glass...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M5q5TRuAsY

Hulk0069 said:
Here's another but start it at 1:55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krrUnG3xBaY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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i like this quote by her
"best part is since you already used these features on other devices for a few years now, you'll already know how to use them"