01-10-2011 at 11:59 PM
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Technology is never "future-proof" buy according to need not what will stay at the current top of the line the longest.
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01-11-2011 at 12:56 AM
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We're about to get a wave of new androids (packed with dual core chips) and the iPhone 5 will be out in about 6 months. This is the worst time of year to get a new phone.
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iPhone 5 won't be out in 6 months, the iPhone4 has only been out in Canada for 5 months. |
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01-11-2011 at 12:57 AM
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I second the Samsung Galaxy S. I recently got one to replace my crufty HTC Magic. It's got an epic screen, really good battery life.
The only problem is the GPS kinda comes broken out of the box. It can be easily fixed though by flashing custom firmware (I used the Perception 10.1 firmware).
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01-11-2011 at 01:02 AM
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iPhone 5 won't be out in 6 months, the iPhone4 has only been out in Canada for 5 months.
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Yes it will ... And it might be called something else .. It looks exactly like the iphone 4 though and the white one will come out now no one has the white one exept me cuz im a G
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01-11-2011 at 06:15 AM
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iPhone 5 won't be out in 6 months, the iPhone4 has only been out in Canada for 5 months.
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The iPhone 5 will probably be announced in June (6 Months) and released in either late June or early July... just like every iPhone since 2007. I may be wrong, but Apple's been doing it for over 3 years now and I see no reason for that to change.
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01-11-2011 at 07:56 AM
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Budget = effectively unlimited but I don't want to spend over 200$, since I'm looking to get a contract and whatnot.
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We're about to get a wave of new androids (packed with dual core chips) and the iPhone 5 will be out in about 6 months. This is the worst time of year to get a new phone.
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Yea I would wait too. Especially if you are going to sign a 3 years contract... |
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01-11-2011 at 08:45 AM
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Well, I'll wait till the end of Q1... no later!
Honestly I just wanna combine iTouch and cellphone, and get rid of the iTunes nonsense.
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01-11-2011 at 01:02 PM
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Well, I'll wait till the end of Q1... no later!
Honestly I just wanna combine iTouch and cellphone, and get rid of the iTunes nonsense.
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Wait, you have a iTouch?
Should check out the Apple Peel 520 that turns iTouch to iPhone.
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01-13-2011 at 09:58 PM
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Wait, you have a iTouch?
Should check out the Apple Peel 520 that turns iTouch to iPhone.
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My iTouch has an atrocious battery life.  |
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01-13-2011 at 10:04 PM
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What gen is it? My ipt3 could go for easily 12 hours playing music non-stop. |
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01-13-2011 at 10:06 PM
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What gen is it? My ipt3 could go for easily 12 hours playing music non-stop.
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32Gb, 3G. Its mostly bad when using wifi, but even music drains it quickly (6ish hours).
My nano is even worse. :( |
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01-13-2011 at 10:07 PM
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32Gb, 3G. Its mostly bad when using wifi, but even music drains it quickly (6ish hours).
My nano is even worse. :(
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it's the screen that kills it man. Just turn brightness down and they go forever. |
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01-13-2011 at 10:10 PM
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it's the screen that kills it man. Just turn brightness down and they go forever.
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That might be true.
You still got warranty RyanC? Battery is under Apple's Warranty because it can not be changed by the users. |
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01-13-2011 at 10:14 PM
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That might be true.
You still got warranty RyanC? Battery is under Apple's Warranty because it can not be changed by the users.
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It's totally true. It's the backlight that drains the majority of the power. My new HTC desire z has an app built in that shows what is using what % of your battery life. Even at the lowest setting my display still saps 71% of my battery usage. |
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01-13-2011 at 10:20 PM
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It's totally true. It's the backlight that drains the majority of the power. My new HTC desire z has an app built in that shows what is using what % of your battery life. Even at the lowest setting my display still saps 71% of my battery usage.
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I know what you mean. When I had my iPhones, I always keep it low as possible. Even with my Blackberry I do the same.
I was just opening up a possibility that he might have a defective battery and didn't know it. |
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