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Originally posted by ShakyMo
It is an FPS style game - you forgot and that is what many console games are.
if you like it great. But, let us give it a a week or 2 and I bet the hangman's noose will be out for this game too. It is all the new rage!!!
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Originally posted by ShakyMo
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Sorry about the previous post.
It broke the formatting and won't show me edit buttons. Let me try to make it better so they can remove the other one.
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If there is no problem.
Why are people waiting in queues for around an hour to do the dungeon when a day ago they were waiting minutes.
Could it be that the "event" population left? Perhaps. Could it be that people are starting to move on? Perhaps.
You want some metrics, watch this site over time and see what you discover. I too like evidence over claims and maybe this can give you some data that can be surveyed.
Scui Fractals of the Mists North America LFG FoM-12 less than a minute
You are kuppa
WvW costs too much gold, you're forced into doing pve or using the cash shop to pay for it. You cant earn the gold to cover repairs and seige equipment through WvW alone.
Also its inadvisable to enter WvW until you have your elite slot, yeah you're not technically forced but you are cannon fodder unless you level in pve to 30 or so first.
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If you believe the Forums then Yes. However, I used to be able to get into Lion's Arch on my Server without being transferred to an overflow. Now every time I go there I'm in an overflow
I'm not giving a conclusion one way or the other as my Server may not be an accurate representation.
Kuppa also no its not on a weekly timer like gw2.
Originally posted by ShakyMo
I don't see why you can't. There is actual pve in wvw that can nab you a ton of gold. I wasn't counting that as regular pve because its part of wvw.
I also don't think thats right. WvW is very crowded, you just have to make sure you play it safe until higher levels. Besides you level up pretty fast in WvW. I've actually got one character were I do mostly wvw on and I've been there at level 10, didn't die much either.
Originally posted by ShakyMo
Is it on a timer though?? I thought it was on some sort of timer at one point.
Originally posted by cgnius
As others have said, people who are happy with the game, don't usually post unless there is a technical problem, etc. People who don't like the game or just dislike it (I will not use the word hate any more) will post because they feel they need to be heard. That is fine but, don't take those posts as the majority of players or anything else. They are the people who want to complain.
Complain away, but pleae be educated about the complaints.
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Originally posted by botrytis
EvE does a lot right of what SHOULD make a MMORPG - but the game is not without it's fair share of problems (of which I could go on and on about them) which is why I think you see a lot of success and loyalty from EvE players and why so many are curious about EvE but in the end don't stick with it (like me.)
As it relates to GW2 though, they get a lot of things right in what makes a good themepark MMO but on a basic design level they also made some pretty glaring mistakes - mistakes I don't think they forsaw as I know I sure didn't until they were in my face.
I actually think GW1 was a better designed game for what it was trying to be.
I've probably been lurking for way, way too long.
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I would agree GW1 has a better design for what it is, but the comparison between instanced lobby style and persistent world isn't fair because the latter introduces so many more hurdles and a level of complexity that the lobby style doesn't have to deal with.
The main criticism I have for GW2, and this is true for most games, is that it is systems light. The only two systems GW2 has are its sPvP and crafting - those are actual systems. Everything else is content churn.
I would go out on a limb and say that most game suffer from this. Trion has tried to introduce a freeform housing system in the form of Dimensions that is very rough and unpolished, but is the right direction to go in my opinion. Not so much housing itself (although I like that) but the idea of adding systems to their game in a way that allow players to create their own environment and world. I think Trion's system is still too on rails and disconnected from the rest of the game to be anything but a sideshow at this point, but at least they have made the attempt.
Hopefully dev studios will start adding integrated systems into their games because this is what will keep players busy and can add a dynamic to the world that developers can't create by themselves.
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Originally posted by BadSpock
There is no doubt that ANET took a long look at what the major complaints were about themeparks and why games like WoW were losing Subs. But I also think that many players left WoW for reasons other than what they said. It's tough to explain, but players lost a "feeling" they got when they played WoW. And then to try to put that into words and explain why. So much was lost in that translation. So when ANET decided to design a game around it, they heard the words, but missed the "feeling".
I think they tried too hard to be too radically different all at once and as a result introduced to many new and untested mechanics. These mechanics had too many unforseen and undesireable dynamics. Mechanics such as allowing to post items to the TP from anywhere. In retrospect, it's probably not one of the better mechanics in terms of helping the game's economy....if it ever really had one.
I think the biggest area ANET "missed the boat" was trying to make the grind "fun" people who have been around MMOs since long before 2008 remember what grinding was. Yeah, we hated it, but it was (still is) a necessary evil. Too many games have been removing it. But instead, they need to embrace it. It is necessary afterall. And instead, make it more meaningful. Anyway. To try to make repetition fun in a video game? Not gonna happen. You can make the activities more fun than they were previously, but all that does is make it more enjoyable for a finite number of times before it gets boring. It just takes a tad longer to get boring, but still not long at all.
We played MMOs, not for "fun" but to achieve goals. They have always been goal oriented. The process of achieving those goals was not aways fun. It was never meant to be. But, it was in achieveing those goals, that were were able to create our own periods of "fun".
Originally posted by botrytis
Dear sir thank you. today is the day I have been on these forums (not registered) since 2004 made an account over a year ago, but today is the day I will be leaving and also you are correct in that post. Happy holidays, see you guys in game.
Add me in-game we will have some fun.
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Originally posted by GeezerGamer
I would agree. If the fact that literally EVERYONE I know (to the tune of about 50 to 60 players) has quit, except for me and my wife, what *am* I supposed to use as an indicator? Not that it matters. Whether there is a mass exodus or not, *I* am experiencing a mass exodus on a personal level.
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Originally posted by Torvaldr
Well I think Anet tried to bring some stuff over from GW1 that worked in a lobby style game that wouldn't and obviously doesn't work in a persistent world style game ala GW2.
If you are doing a lobby style game, you have to have challenge, dynamic interaction (combat), and measurebale gains (progression.)
It doesn't matter if you have to replay the same mission or area dozens of times if that area presents a challenge that must be overcome, if you are required to play competently with precision, and you have measurable gains.
That's pretty much the bread and butter of the "themepark" success of games like WoW, which is in itself simply an extension of the Diablo addicitive design philosophy that has been/is still proven to work and be popular.
Hell even FPS games like the Halo series and CoD have done incredibly well following those three basic tennants.
What happened with GW2 is that Anet is asking players to repeat the same missions or areas dozens of times but
-the challenge is artificial, like games of old like Contra etc. it's not really hard per say it's just unforgiving - which leads to frustration more than anything.
-there really is no precisioin or required competence in the game play because all of the professions are homogonized into bland replicas of fully formed roles in other games (including their own freshman effort) and as such the "skill" required is summarized into whack-a-mole which even children only find fun at the county fair for a few minutes.
-and the rewards are completely undesirable by the masses i.e. no progression.
If you want to put a game into a persistent world, you have to reject the tennants of the lobby game almost entirely - you can't water them down and spread them out and try to hide them.
WoW works and still works because the level up process is really just an extended tutorial. PvP offers challenge, hard-modes and heroics/challenge-mode dungeons/raids offer challenge. The combat is dynamic in the sense that it is reactive and each player has a defined role that is very well structured and the interactions between players within these roles hasn't been done better in any themepark than it is in WoW. Obviously the reward/progression treadmill is there.
But in a persistent world, in order to "do it right" you have to do things completely differently.
I've probably been lurking for way, way too long.
No planetside isn't on Any timers,you own a base until one of the other sides take it off you. There's no "oh god I put all that effort in and they swapped the servers around an hour later"
Planetside works pretty much like daoc.
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I am not leaving the game for good since it is non-sub based, but I certainly won't be playing it that often. I am also unlikely to buy any expacs or gems, unless ANet turns around. The Ascended gear is a major turnoff to me.
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Originally posted by BadSpock
So rather than putting things in the context with you being the self proclaimed speaker for the masses, why don't you rewrite the statement saying how this applies to you. Just because YOU need such substantial rewards does not mean I want the same thing.
Here is an example; I find people that are self-righteously proclaiming to know the desires of the masses, tend to be blinded by their own ego.
All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
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Originally posted by eyelolled
Game makers need to consider what lots of players will enjoy. Maybe not "the masses" but a good enough percentage to cover their game financially, at least. I don't know about BadSpock, but when I talk about the popularity of their design decisions, I'm trying to look at it from their perspective, and open that up for discussion. Not just focus exclusively on what I personally enjoy.
What kind of discussion could we even have, just saying "I like this" and "Well, I don't" - there's nothing there to even discuss, really.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
Originally posted by Vhaln
Thanks for the above. I do agree with you. It seems people are polarized in politics, religion, etc. and why not games too. There is no longer any civil discourse about anything. It all comes down to name calling and attitude.
BadSpock has been very candid and I for one appreciate his thoughtful discourse. I am sorry to see him go but I appreciate the thoughtful remarks and discussion that came from it.
All games have a basic design and with the design comes specific desicions and compromises to make a game work. All games are like that. SWTOR put much of there money into voices, etc. Some put money into graphics engines (TERA with the Unreal 3 engine). All are compromises - we just have to pick what we like and go with it.
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Wray, who is still on active duty, wants class-action status on behalf of any other soldiers who have had the same experience with CitiMortgage. He is seeking unspecified damages and also wants CitiMortgage to be ordered to pay his legal fees.
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Via GforGames, the Commercial Times is reporting that the 5.5 inch iPhone 6 (the larger brother of the expected ~4.7 inch model) is currently facing delays due to yield issues with special battery components.
According to the report, Apple wants the 5.5 inch device to be incredibly thin requiring battery cells that are only 2mm in depth. Normal battery components are usually closer to 3mm.
Battery manufacturers are struggling to meet Apple's requirements and this is apparently causing delays. The report speculates that the 5.5 inch iPhone may not be on sale until early 2015, because of these issues.
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The Commercial Times previously reported that the 5.5 inch iPhone will be delayed compared to the 4.7 inch model, due to yield issues for the displays.
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Petr Charouz says:
Just make it 1mm thicker! We do not want to lose 50% of the battery life because you want to boost your ego with the thinnest phone, anyone disagree?
I do. They wouldn't sacrifice battery for thinness. It turns out Apple has incredibly intelligent people working for them. Their engineers know exactly what they are doing, and they have a set battery life they think is where it should stay around (given the current tech). With this in mind, they can continue to make the devices thinner and lighter (absolutely a good thing), whilst keeping the battery life approximately the same as it has been. I have an iPod Touch 5th generation, and it is incredibly thin and light, much more so than the iPhone 5S. I can say with 100% sincerity that it is absolutely amazing, and it was incredible when I first held it, I couldn't believe how light and sturdy it felt. I absolutely want the iPhone to continue to become thinner and lighter like the iPod Touch.
The fact is, they've done an incredible amount of research regarding batteries, battery life, average usage, etc., and they settled on a point they think is sufficient given the current battery technology. Most people have no problem using their iPhone all day (all day being from the time you awake to the time you go to sleep and plug it in to charge). If you want to conserve battery power, wait until you get on your Mac to watch porn.
Are you crazy!?!?
I would rather have it 1mm thicker and double the battery life!
A smartphone should at least give us a whole week on standby time and at least a whole 24hours on usage.
I also don't get what is so "magical" about being the thinnest, you can only get as thin as it is practical.
Its magically stupid to say the least!
You're right Andre I hate when I stay up 24 hours and my phone can't be used the entire time, it's almost like they think most people go to sleep for 7-8 hours a day…like really? Really, people sleep and don't need their phone to last 24 hours?? What in the hell??
If you get 24 hour usage time, that would translate into about 3-4 days of "your personal usage time". Tell me why on earth you wouldn't want a longer lasting battery?
What part of "special battery components" was unclear?
Thank you!
iol2 says:
I agree. If this report is actually true, then 1mm is nothing, and extra battery life is nice. Heck, add 2 mm and triple the battery life, then brag about that. It's reassuring to know you can go out of town for one night at least in someone else's car and not always have to panic over where your charger is, especially since the phone doesn't use micro usb or some other common plug. Also, many people want a bigger screen more than they do a phone so thin it can double as a knife, even if it is a neat gimmick which makes it hard to hold without dropping and likely somewhat fragile. Wait! What!
Apple always wants to decide for everyone what we want, and this is a mistake which causes me to feel disrespected and unappreciated. I have apple products except the phone, and i MAY buy one when a bigger version comes out. It should have come out before everyone else made one since CLEARLY many people want it, and it's just plane embarrassing that Apple is last to come to this party when it brags about being innovative. Just make it 1 or even 2mm thicker, and get it out finally! This is really EMBARRASSING! It's literally bizarre they brag about being innovative, almost like they never leave the cocoon under the new spaceship which no one new was already there or some other weird place with no windows.
As for those insulting others for their opinion. Seriously, are you still in diapers!
MaRico NoHands Spikes says:
I'll be a little pissed if I bought the 4.7″ and then they come out with a 5.5″ few months later without saying they would. That's almost bad as Shamesung releasing S4 then announcing& releasing Note3 then announce & release S5, 3 TOP tier phones came out in 1 year, you couldn't enjoy your phone knowing a new better phone already out, I'm just saying
Then don't buy it. Sounds easy enough. Why you'd want an unusably sized phone is your problem.
TallestSkill, I'm beginning to understand why you were banned from these forums……
What forums? MacRumors, the spawning ground of anti-Apple rhetoric? Good. Couldn't care less.
As you don't have any argument for why people would want a device that is physically incapable of being used as intended, I don't think there's much to say here.
lovetogetcrap says:
Hello Tallest Skill,
Too bad you don't have much use for MacRumors, I've found it to be a pretty good site. We are all very happy that you like the size of your phone, we have a wealth of different sizes around here. I have an iphone but we even have an XPeria Z Ultra (6.3 inches) in the house. I suggest you open your mind a little bit and realize that the form factor that you have chosen is not the most ideal for everyone. Let me remind you that the iPad was the 'ONLY' usable size according to Steve Jobs, but the mini has proven that given the choice many would choose an different form factor, different people have different use cases.
Below you suggested that a small percentage of phones are bigger than the iPhone, I'm sure we would all like to see that data, do you have it handy? I have seen nothing to corroborate that, in fact quite the opposite.
Perhaps come September when you hold the phone you may find you like it more than you thought you would, and even if you don't, remember, that's just your case and you are just one individual.
Keep your mind open :)
>>(6.3 inches)
That's not a phone, man. Nowhere near. http://www.droidbeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Sony-Xperia-Z-Ultra.jpg
>>Let me remind you that the iPad was the 'ONLY' usable size according to Steve Jobs,
Let me remind you that you don't have a clue what he said, nor are you understanding what I'm saying.
>Below you suggested that a small percentage of phones are bigger than the iPhone, I'm sure we would all like to see that data, do you have it handy?
You're right! Apologies. The percentage of phones sold above 4" is not 10%, it's 30%. However, taking into account that ALL of Android's models only account for ~40% of the used phones in existence, the use share of large phones is… niche.
lovetogetcrap says:
Actually, myself and those who have this magical thing called google and that have been following Apple for quite some time do have a clue what he said, that's the magical thing about public record.
Even Tim Cook responded to what Jobs had said, read here, you may find it interesting. http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/25/tim-cook-we-will-never-make-a-7-inch-tablet-we-dont-think-theyre-good-products/
Yes, the xperia is large, but there is a consumer base for that, in fact larger phones are very big business. Take a look at just one case, India, where phablets are in large demand. Again, you may find this interesting: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-phablet-shipments-are-exploding-in-asia-2013-9, and here: http://www.juniperresearch.com/shop/viewwhitepaper.php?whitepaper=235. North American/European interest is less than Asian at the moment but the market is definitely there. Again, maybe not your thing, but to say that it is not a phone based on your use case alone is a bit self centered, wouldn't you say?
A side note, we can even look to an article from 9 to 5 themselves, courtesy of Mr. Lovejoy to show the interest in these larger devices. http://9to5mac.com/2014/04/10/more-north-american-consumers-than-ever-planning-to-buy-the-iphone-6-says-survey/
There is quite a large number of people on the iPhone, but if these sample sizes can be extrapolated from, one can say that there is a large number who like the product, os, etc, but want a bigger size. It will be interesting to see how these larger phones are adopted with Apples biggest market wanting a change. Time will tell.
I am afraid I will have to discard your 30 percent as bunk without any source, I too can pull numbers out of a hat, but that is not constructive.
And yes, I do understand what you are saying. Perhaps it may help you to understand why you get such negative responses if you understood what you sound like. From this side of the conversation it sounds like you are saying the only thing that matters is your choice, and others choices are invalid. Perhaps that is how you wanted to sound? I hope not.
Hey, all right. You have the content right in front of you and you STILL don't comprehend what was said.
Anyone can look up both use stats and ownership size stats. So maybe go do that.
Michael Perry says:
Doesn't Apple get that only they (and maybe just maybe a select few others) care about thinness? We don't care about how thin it is, just give us longer lasting batteries and devices… I'm sure 90% of all people would sacrifice a few mm or .mm if it meant the device would last twice as long on a charge…
Absolutely not. You have absolutely no credible data to back up your claim, and no, I'm sorry, but no amount of comments you will ever read about people complaining about thinness will ever give you an accurate idea of what consumers want. Secondly, well I'm not going to type it again, so just read my previous comment in here.
iPadCary says:
Hear, hear!!
Do people know how small a bloody MILLIMETER is?!?
It's a ONE THOUSANDTH of a meter, that's how small it is.
Imagine something around 3 feet long.
Now cut it into A THOUSAND pieces.
THAT'S a millimetef!
Now imagine just adding TWO of those pieces in "thickness"
to the casing of an Apple iPhone smartphone.
Practically negligible, right?
You don't even, practically speaking, physically percieve it.
Wouldn't you like to have that done in exchange for
2 or even 3 times, maybe, the battery life usage?
Of course you would.
First of all, it's about thickness and weight. The 5th gen iPod touch is far thinner and weighs far less, of course an iPhone will weigh more due to added components, but the iPod feels so much better in every way, except prestige, simply because it isn't an iPhone.
If you think you would get 2 or 3 times the battery life then I really don't know what to tell you, other than nice fiction. You, along with every other person that has complained about thinness taking precedence over increased battery life, knows literally nothing about batteries, what the current technology allows, and what Apple is considering, or what would be possible to add in battery life from increased thickness. Ever consider that it may not be thickness that will get you much more battery life…maybe it's surface area? For example the iPad have considerably more volume to increase the surface area of the battery.
iPadCary says:
Look, Mr. Smartypants ….
I don't know anything about no fancy book learnin'.
I got my edumacation in the STREETS!
And this guy, Chaco from the bodega, he told me: slighly thickerer=substantially longer battery life.
Now, chew on that for awhile, there, bub!
lovetogetcrap says:
The streets? Lol, that's funny. I detect a whee bit of sarcasm there :). It is true that apple is very careful with thickness and weight. Let me ask you this, if you held a iPad 4th Gen and and iPad Air in each hand, which would you prefer? I have each, one is mine, and one is my wifes, and the air gets the same life as the 4th gen which is roughly 150 percent of the weight of the air. Only Apple knows the specs of the new phone, the usage of the battery from the chip, screen, etc. Let's just weight and see (see what I did there?). Kinda bummed if they don't come out together, will be waiting until both appear to get my next phone so I can compare.
iPadCary says:
Whoa, whoa, whoa ….
Slow down, there, cowpoke!
The iPad 4 in 150% of the weight of an iPad Air?!?
That's an 8 OUNCE difference you're talking about!
The weight that'd be put onto an iPhablet just by adding
a millimeter or two in "thickness" would be measured in GRAMS.
28 of which are in an ounce.
You know how much A GRAM weighs?
A dollar bill is a gram, THAT'S how much it weighs!
You're telling me that by adding on the "weight" of a few dollar bills you'd get substantially increased battery life isn't
a "tradeoff" you'd be willing to make?
lovetogetcrap says:
Lol, me thinks we need to teach you some google-fu. Check this out, iPad 4th Generation: 1.44 pounds (652 g), source http://support.apple.com/kb/sp662. iPad Air: 469 g (1 pound), source https://www.apple.com/ca/ipad-air/specs/. The weight difference is roughly (as I said) 150 percent (incidentally the difference is 6.45514 ounces :) ). The amount may seem insignificant, but holding the two side by side it is very, very noticeable. If you don't have two handy then next time you are near an apple store do the test, they are selling both models currently.
Soo… putting all that together with both having the same battery life I would take my wifes Air over my 4th any day. I do trust that these fine folks know what they are doing, I've been quite pleased so far. Looking forward to seeing what is coming out next.
You should really check out this site cowpoke, you might like it: http://www.google.com :P.
I absolutely agree with you! I simply don't get the people that wouldn't want to trade off 1-2mm for SUBSTANTIAL battery life improvements.
And some of these guys have the audacity to compare an iPod to an iPhone!??! They're totally different products.
Its not about getting the SAME amount of battery time in each new iteration of an iDevice, its about getting BETTER battery life! Especially since now Apple all of a sudden has gone so "green" with their environmental stuff, you'd think they'd want their devices to charge less and save electricity.
I put my iPhone in a cover anyway, so adding 1-2mm thickness is a welcome addition. It'd just go back to being an iPhone 4/4S thickness and thats pretty ok with me.
lovetogetcrap says:
I can both agree and disagree with you Andre, agree that a bit of extra thickness wouldn't necessarily bother me in concept, but I would have said the same about the Air vs 4th Gen (just the most recent and best example), before the air came out I would have said I didn't care about miniscule amounts of weight, 400g, who cares, now that I see the difference and can hold it in my hands and appreciate it my opinion has changed.
So I can agree in concept that the size doesn't seem too big of a deal, but that can easily change when the device materializes.
I do have to say that your point about charging a smaller battery vs a bigger battery doesn't make much sense. It's the same amount of energy either way, even if you are plugging the device in the wall more it's still the same amount of energy. I wouldn't mind not charging every day, but my phone (5s) lasts a day each day with a good amount of use, happy with it.
Again, more life is good, wouldn't complain, just can't find a reason to get too excited until the thing materializes.
lovetogetcrap thanks for your inputs. Yes, sorry, my mistake – a bigger battery would require more energy to charge.
The iPad 4th vs. Air is probably also a little unfair. Because the 4th was heavier/thicker than the 2nd/3rd (as far as I remember)
I have my 4th (don't have an Air) in both a plastic all surround cover and then that inside a leather hardback cover (so I can drop it without problems) so my iPad is definitely much heavier than a 'naked' 4th gen.
Then again, I just use my iPad by my bedside for watching stupid creationists vs. evolutionists debates on YouTube to fall asleep to. I use my iMac for everything else and my iPhone when I'm out in the field.
So for me (and I probably don't make for a big statistic) adding both weight and thickness would be the same for me, as I don't carry my iPad at all.
However, for an iPhone, to carry 50grams more or less makes absolutely no difference. You're comparing 400grams from 4th to Air of an iPad. Its not the same thing as a little phone that gained some weight. :)
lovetogetcrap says:
I can again agree, I use a twelvessouth wallet case for my phone so thickness is not as much of a big deal for me, but again reserve judgement until the thing is in my hand. I think the 4th Gen vs Air comparison is completely fair, my 4th Gen is in a leather wrap around, and my wife's air is in the same type of case, both leather. Also making it a fair comparison is that the Air is the direct descendent of the 4th gen. Before the Air I didn't have an issue with the 4th, but my wife was noticing the weight (nothing like my Surface Pro, ugh, that thing is a brick).
For comparison sake: 3rd Gen 1.46 pounds (662 g) http://support.apple.com/kb/sp647
2nd Gen 1.33 pounds (601 g) http://support.apple.com/kb/sp622
Original: 1.5 pounds (0.68 kg) Wi-Fi model; 1.6 pounds (0.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model http://support.apple.com/kb/sp580
But yes, back to the phones, because like you I don't carry my iPad at all unless it's in my macbooks bag. The added weight could or could not make a big difference, especially as the phone gets bigger, Thinner and lighter could make a 5.5 much more comfortable to hold in one hand for reading, etc, so I maintain, wait until we can physically hold it :). I won't be buying either until I can hold both in my hands and properly evaluate either. I think apple would see a major hit to their sales if they delay the second phone for just that reason (others waiting to see), hope that does not happen.
Weird, an intelligent conversation in the message boards, didn't think that was possible…
lovetogetcrap, yeah I also hope Apple won't delay the release of the iPhone 5.5″ version. If for some reason they only announce the 4.7″, then I'll hold off a few months before buying it to make sure I get the 5.5″. But seriously, I don't think Apple would do such a thing. They'd be able to work out that would piss customers off.
All in all, I think its about time Apple released a phone thats a "normal" size like other smart phones and it amazes me that they haven't done this already. One handed use? Thats just ridiculous. If you make a larger phone, you can always put the icons in easy to reach places for one-handed operation.
So stop buying Apple products if it matters so much to you.
iPadCary says:
So stop injecting yourself into conversations that don't concern you.
Crawl back under your Apple Insider & STFU. Please
Thanks for the brilliant argument against everything for which Apple stands. You don't comprehend the company. Stop buying Apple products or quit whining.
iPadCary says:
This will be Apple's biggest & fastest selling iPhone yet!
And why do I say that?
Because at 5 1/2 inches, that's a phablet, my friends.
A true Apple mini, pocket computer that isn't TOO small.
Big enough to be free & open & comfortable with
yet still small enough to be generously spaciously pocketable.
And because of that, it makes even ME wanna buy one
and I've NEVER thought about buying a smartphone before.
I'll wager there's a ton of other people out there who think the same way.
THAT'S why this will be Apple's most successful phone ever!
>>pocket computer that isn't TOO small.
No, it's too big. Only an idiot would buy a 5.5" 'phone'.
>> pocketable
>>a ton of other people
No, the numbers show that phones larger than the iPhone only make up ~10% of the market.
Agree with you on many points, but you can agree that you would preferentially take a bigger screen size assuming the physical device size remains the same, right? Assuming they significantly reduced the side bezels, and took the top and bottom bezels to the absolutely minimum, keeping Touch ID and symmetry. That is my idea of a great iPhone 6, 4.7″ display with very little increase in physical device size.
Hmm… "preferentially take a bigger screen size"… I've never really thought in those terms. Nor does the device size mean much to me. All I've ever cared about is that the ENTIRE UI and ALL its features remain usable with a single hand.
If that remains, I'd be fine with just about any screen size. I know that the screen CAN be made larger than it is now while retaining this. The amount by which it can be increased is, however, up for debate, and dependent almost entirely on the thickness of the device. Bezels are nearly meaningless here.
Michael Crumpton says:
I have never heard anyone complain that their phone is too thick. It is a problem that does not need solving. On the other hand,batteries going dead in less than a day is a very common problem.
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- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup (7 ounces) sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 packed teaspoon orange zest (from about 1 medium orange)
- 1 cup pureed pumpkin
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Revenge of the mistressesAugust 01,2013Every so often you read a news article so revealing that it triggers this thought: I wonder if well look back on that story in five years and say, We should have seen this coming. That story was the warning sign.
For me that article was a July 25 piece in The Washington Post about how jilted mistresses of corrupt Chinese government officials have become the countrys most important whistle-blowers turning to the Internet to expose the antics of senior bureaucrats. The Post detailed the case of a 26-year-old named Ji Yingnan, who had been engaged to wed Fan Yue a deputy director at the State Administration of Archives until she discovered that he had been married with a son the entire time they were together.
To get her revenge, Ji has released hundreds of photos online that offer a rare window into the life of a Chinese central government official who despite his modest salary was apparently able to lavish his mistress with no end of luxury items, The Post reported. The first time they went shopping, Ji said, the couple went to Prada and paid $10,000 for a skirt, a purse and a scarf. A month after they met, Fan rented an apartment for them that cost $1,500 a month and spent more than $16,000 on bedsheets, home appliances, an Apple desktop and a laptop, according to Ji. Then he bought her a silver Audi A5, priced in the United States at about $40,000, she said. ... He put cash into my purse every day, said Ji in a letter to the Communist Party complaining about Fans behavior.
It gets better. The Post reported that a well-known Chinese blogger who has posted Jis photos and videos on his website said he spoke with Fan last month. Fan told the blogger that he didnt spend as much money as Ji claims, saying it was less than $1.7 million but more than $500,000. This woman is not good. She is too greedy, the blogger, Zhu Ruifeng, said Fan told him.
Oh, I see. It was less than $1.7 million. Thats good to know! This guy is a senior bureaucrat in the state archives. What sort of illicit activity was he up to in the file rooms to earn that kind of cash? Every government has corruption, including ours. But Chinas is industrial strength. My colleague David Barbosa last year exposed how then Prime Minister Wen Jiabaos mother, son, daughter, younger brother, wife and brother-in-law had collectively amassed $2.7 billion in assets. But when you see how much money a deputy archives director was able to amass and how brazenly he spent it you start to wonder and worry.
When I visited China in September, I wrote that I heard a new meme from Chinese businesspeople whom I met: Make your money and get out. More than ever, I heard a lack of confidence in the Chinese economic model. We should hope that China can make a stable transition from one-party Communism to a more consensual, multiparty system and a stable diversification of its low-wage, high-export, state-led command economy the way South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore have done. Its huge savings will help.
The world can ill afford a chaotic transition in China. With the United States stuck in slow growth, Europe mired in stagnation and the Arab world imploding, China has been a vital economic engine for the global economy. If Chinas sagging growth and employment rates meet rising discontent with corruption by officials trying to get their own while the getting is still good we will not have a stable transition in China. And if one-sixth of humanity starts going through an unstable and uncertain political/economic transition, it will shake the world.
It would be great if Chinese reporters, bloggers, citizens groups and, yes, Internet-empowered mistresses could expose corruption in ways that help make that transition both necessary and possible. But these virtuous civil society actors will only succeed if they find allies in the Communist Party, if they can empower those party cadres who understand the risk to stability, and to their partys future, posed by runaway corruption.
The Ji and Fan story is very entertaining. But if it is just the tip of an iceberg of corruption that destabilizes China, it wont be a laughing matter. How Chinese officials behave or misbehave not only will affect us from the value of our currency to the level of our interest rates to the quality of the air we breathe it might be the biggest thing that affects us outside of our own government.
There is reason for worry.
The boldness that Chinese leaders have shown in growing their economy from a backwater into the worlds second largest has not been matched, of course, in developing democratic institutions but more importantly in developing good and honest governance, said Jeffrey Bader, President Barack Obamas former senior adviser on China and the author of Obama and Chinas Rise.
But, if Chinas leaders dont take on this issue, he added, then there will be more corruption, more alienation of ordinary people and more questions about Chinas stability. That would be bad news not only for China but for the United States, whose future is intertwined with Chinas.
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