iPhone Discuss it here http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,570#msg-570 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:21:46 -0400 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,42050#msg-42050 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,42050#msg-42050 I'm good at such things, but would like to hear any warnings or caveats.
Any tests/ing that can be done before buying used iPhone to check for (common) problems?
Thanks!]]> El Jeffe Spork Central Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:05:30 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,41657#msg-41657 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,41657#msg-41657 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323741004578418880094962390.html?mod=googlenews_wsj]]> porruka Spork Central Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:11:20 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,41262#msg-41262 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,41262#msg-41262 John Willoughby Spork Central Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:08:15 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,41261#msg-41261 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,41261#msg-41261
It looks almost exactly the same as the GS3 which was released last July. They bumped the screen res to 1080p but it's still PenTile.

The HTC One is the phone I'm jonesing for.]]> Cloudscout Spork Central Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:14:02 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,41260#msg-41260 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,41260#msg-41260
While it's never been about hardware per se, Samsung is doing a pretty good job of catching up on the drool factor. They're still hampered by all the things that make Samsung Samsung, and by the Android ecosystem, but now would be the time I would expect Apple to pull a marmot out of a hat and change the conversation completely.]]> porruka Spork Central Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:09:59 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39504#msg-39504 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39504#msg-39504 superpower of being able to detect the polarization? If you don't look too hard at a white area on the screen, you'll see faint yellow "brushes" fanning out, perpendicular to the direction of polarization. Probably.]]> johnny k Spork Central Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:46:55 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39503#msg-39503 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39503#msg-39503 Tony Leggett Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:13:19 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39502#msg-39502 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39502#msg-39502 Cloudscout Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:54:08 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39501#msg-39501 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39501#msg-39501 James DeBenedetti Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:49:20 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39500#msg-39500 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39500#msg-39500
I'm really interested in seeing the new Galaxy Note II close-up. The AMOLED display on that device is not classified as a "Plus" model but it doesn't use the regular PenTile matrix either. Each pixel includes a Red, Green and Blue subpixel but they aren't arranged as 3 parallel stripes like an ordinary RGB display. It's possible this could introduce its own artifacts but then again, it might not.]]> Cloudscout Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:28:32 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39499#msg-39499 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39499#msg-39499 John Willoughby Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:04:24 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39498#msg-39498 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39498#msg-39498
ddt]]> ddt Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:16:32 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39497#msg-39497 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39497#msg-39497 I think this should be a tested feature in all cars.]]> El Jeffe Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:56:51 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39496#msg-39496 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39496#msg-39496
PenTile wasn't as big of a problem at that pixel density but it still bothered me. The main reason I returned it was because I wanted to back out of the 2 year contract extension I signed when I got it. I learned that T-Mobile has implemented a new data roaming policy that makes their service almost completely useless to me. They cap users at 100MB of roaming data per month. T-Mobile doesn't have their own towers up by the family cabin so I'm always roaming when I'm up there. One 3-day weekend and I would easily consume my entire month's quota.

My only real option is AT&T at this point. Luckily, AT&T officially announced the new HTC One X+ today which is a big spec-bump from the current HTC One X. If you get a chance, you should look at one of those in a store. The display is, hands down, the absolute best screen ever on a phone.

Like I said earlier, some people don't seem to have a problem with PenTile and swear they don't know what I'm talking about when I try to describe the artifacts that I see when using one. Luckily, there is a fantastic image in The Verge's review of the original HTC One X that shows it perfectly:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/2/2919202/htc-one-x-review

Scroll down to the part of the review labeled "Display" and look at the close-up of the GMail icon. The right half of the image is from the HTC One S and that is how my eyes see the PenTile display. Areas that are supposed to be white look greyish with fuzzy edges and areas that are supposed to be red have huge gaps between the pixels when I look at it.]]> Cloudscout Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:20:30 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39495#msg-39495 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39495#msg-39495 John Willoughby Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:42:19 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39494#msg-39494 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39494#msg-39494 Cloudscout Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:55:06 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39493#msg-39493 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39493#msg-39493 John Willoughby Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:21:30 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39492#msg-39492 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39492#msg-39492 Cloudscout Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:03:27 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39491#msg-39491 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39491#msg-39491 Bruce Robertson Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:59:07 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39490#msg-39490 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39490#msg-39490 John Willoughby Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:34:18 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39488#msg-39488 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39488#msg-39488 Cloudscout Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:30:36 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39486#msg-39486 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39486#msg-39486 Bruce Robertson Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:30:59 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39485#msg-39485 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39485#msg-39485 John Willoughby Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:23:49 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39480#msg-39480 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39480#msg-39480 Bruce Robertson Spork Central Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:48:22 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39401#msg-39401 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39401#msg-39401 Overall, I like it a lot. It's a big improvement over my iPhone 4. Very light. Very thin. Very fast.
Yes, the new connector is a pain, but just because I have so many dock cables. I'm traveling with the iPhone (hello Philly) and an iPad. It's annoying to have two different cables to keep track off, but that's no different from before I had an iPhone.]]> Dr Phred Spork Central Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:10:52 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39331#msg-39331 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39331#msg-39331
Does it cache large amounts of data or what?]]> porruka Spork Central Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:39:56 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39325#msg-39325 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39325#msg-39325
It's really nice except for all of Samsung's customizations. Almost all Android phone manufacturers feel the need to rub their junk all over the UI in order to "differentiate" their products. Occasionally, one or two of their features are a good idea but the vast majority of the changes just mess things up.

This is why I generally run a third party ROM like CyanogenMod. It's like the difference between running a Windows system with all of the preinstalled bloatware and OEM toolbars versus a clean Windows install.]]> Cloudscout Spork Central Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:08:56 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39321#msg-39321 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39321#msg-39321 Person I work with is getting new iPhone 5 asap. And they hate my or seeing me with my Palm Treo that they said they would give me their iPhone 4 as long as I promised to use it.
But I love my Treo. I didn't say I'd stop carrying the Treo. :)]]> El Jeffe Spork Central Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:39:57 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39274#msg-39274 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39274#msg-39274 John Willoughby Spork Central Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:39:51 -0400 http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39272#msg-39272 Re: iPhone http://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?4,570,39272#msg-39272
Quote

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Lightning adapter would not support audio out. The adapter will not support iPod controls, but will support audio.

Apparently there IS digital audio out, but no longer analogue audio (some devices relied on the analogue signal) AND you can't remote control the IPhone/iPod with the new connector.

And from the Apple store page: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD823ZM/A/lightning-to-30-pin-adapter#overview

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This adapter lets you connect devices with a Lightning connector to many of your 30-pin accessories.* Support for analog audio output, USB audio, as well as syncing and charging. Video output not supported.

*Some 30-pin accessories are not supported.

So, according to Apple there IS analogue audio, USB (I assume therefore digital) audio, syncing and charging but NOT video out and NOT access to iPod/iPhone controls.

Still a backward step, especially the last point. The big grey area is what on earth "some 30-pin accessories are not supported" means.]]> Tony Leggett Spork Central Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:13:10 -0400