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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: iPhone 5 anyone?
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2012, 05:56:23 PM »
not for me, had an iPhone 4 for a year or 2, works fine. if it breaks or I need something else from a phone in a coupla years I'll look around and see whats good then.

chatting to friend yesterday whos using a motorola phone, had it for a coupla years too. its smaller, alot lighter and looks like its pretty well weatherproofed and shock resistant with a rubbery plastic casing (hes a tree surgeon working in british winters and has drooped it from the top of trees so it must be good :D). the OS is nowhere as slick to use as IOS and frankly its watermelon because it bricked within a year of use requiring a reinstall of firmware and OS - no phone for a few days for a guy who runs a business ...

I guess in an ideal world I'd have an IOS phone made by ... Siemens. Had a bunch of Motorola flip phones going back to the early 90s analogue ones, they were all 1000% better than the crap Nokia and everyone else were pedalling. A couple of Siemens and they were really good too - the ME45 was proper tough (only phone here for years to have an IP rating so still worth a few £££ for regulated industrial/military stuff) and mine still works. My (non-weatherproofed) cheapo Siemens phone sat in the Thames in a cold March for about 30mins while switched on. had a balnk screen when I recovered it, but removed the battery, put it on a pub's radiator for an hour or so to dry it out, put the battery back in and made a call. gotta love german engineering :aok
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Re: iPhone 5 anyone?
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2012, 06:52:56 PM »
I have the iPhone 4s. The 5 just didn't have enough new features for me to want to go out and get it. Will probably wait until the next model comes out.

However, since downloading iOS 6, I have an issue where I can't hear any audio of embedded videos online. Anyone have the same problem?

I refused the iOS 6 update for a reason, lol. Only reason I own an iPhone is because it was a gift.

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« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2012, 07:01:37 PM »
Using a droid.  Optimus V at that.
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« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2012, 07:05:05 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2012, 07:14:14 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2012, 07:18:34 PM »
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« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2012, 07:23:08 PM »
I hate droid - I have one and it has software instability issues. 

I'll look into the I5.

But I hear the S3 is awesome.  Anybody have the S3?


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Re: iPhone 5 anyone?
« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2012, 08:05:02 PM »
I hate droid - I have one and it has software instability issues.  

I'll look into the I5.

But I hear the S3 is awesome.  Anybody have the S3?

My Droid X is rooted to Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0).    Not one issue.

Only thing droid lacks that I haven't discovered a work around for yet is (the monopolistic) iTunes.

iTunes sucks to begin with.
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Re: iPhone 5 anyone?
« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2012, 08:53:02 PM »
I have the Samsung Galaxy S3, my friend has the iPhone 5. His broke already and he's only had it for 3 weeks. Iv'e had my S3 for about 1-2 months and nothing has happened. Not to mention I have far more features and a much better OS than the iPhone.

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« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2012, 09:05:49 PM »
I have the Samsung Galaxy S3, my friend has the iPhone 5. His broke already and he's only had it for 3 weeks. Iv'e had my S3 for about 1-2 months and nothing has happened. Not to mention I have far more features and a much better OS than the iPhone.
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Re: iPhone 5 anyone?
« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2012, 09:16:24 PM »
Every other month companys come out with a new phone.... :headscratch: ... Its hard keeping up

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Re: iPhone 5 anyone?
« Reply #26 on: October 04, 2012, 03:21:51 AM »
as I soon found that I like my freedom .....

what does this mean? :headscratch:
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« Reply #27 on: October 04, 2012, 09:58:54 AM »
I have an HTC Desire that has done well by me.

Back when I was buying it..... 1 day before actual release, there were 2 folks in there looking for iPhones. Both messed with the iPhone for a bit then both decided on other phones.
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« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2012, 11:41:38 AM »
How many times are people going to get burned buying the newest apple product. This happens every time a new iphone comes out it shouldn't be a surprise.
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« Reply #29 on: October 04, 2012, 01:19:42 PM »
How many times are people going to get burned buying the newest apple product. This happens every time a new iphone comes out it shouldn't be a surprise.

Seems apple doesn't even want you to buy aftermarket chargers. They definitely do not use the KISS method of business.

I like being able to charge my phone all over the place and not have to carry a specific cable.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/02/technology/apple-iphone-lightning-charger/index.html

Instead of making a good quality product they have chosen to focus  on making money on anything you try to do with it.
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