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slckwill577
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"Anyone have any experience with spigen cases? I was looking at the tough armor to have ready for the 6 when it's released. I want something slimmer than an otter box but still decent protection"


I really like the tough armor I have for my s5. Its pretty durable and looks great. I think I paid 13 bucks for it off amazon.

9/10/2014 1:05:34 PM

TreeTwista10
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synapse would rather look like this

9/10/2014 1:07:07 PM

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With iwatch and google glasses, you can be a professional spy.

9/10/2014 1:27:17 PM

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"Great so we're in agreement that StraightTalk > Republic. Cool."

ah, i see, it's after noon so your reading comprehension skills have diminished...perhaps it's a form of sundowning?

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"Apples != oranges"

incorrect, my dense friend...in the context of my particular comment, the comparison is very much valid

we're comparing the ability for phones to NATIVELY make pure voip calls (ie. to all phone numbers, not just those using a particular service)...republic currently does, and has for some time now, been able to do this and it costs less than just about any other carrier or MVNO...furthermore, the iphone can only do this under certain circumstances whereas republic does not suffer the same limitations

the arguments of whether AT&T is better than sprint, or whether the iphone 6 is better than the moto X, are irrelevant because those are fully subjective

hopefully you've learned something today

9/10/2014 1:35:03 PM

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"The New iPhones Will Probably Have Terrible Battery Life"


http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/09/apple_battery_benchmarks_are_always_misleading.html

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple

9/10/2014 1:35:45 PM

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9/10/2014 1:46:26 PM

neodata686
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""The New iPhones Will Probably Have Terrible Battery Life""


So uh larger phone = larger battery. The displays on both iPhone 6's are still pretty low. The regular 4.7" isn't even full HD. The 5.5" is only 1080p. I imagine battery life will be better than older iPhones. My Note 2 battery life was amazing due to the much larger battery. Generally bigger phones have better battery life.

9/10/2014 2:52:45 PM

moron
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^^ use with 1 hand != hold with 1 hand

Jeez... you android ppl freaking out ITT>

9/10/2014 2:54:43 PM

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^^ larger screens require larger lights, its not just pixels. isn't the note 2 an amoled display? i thought the iphone was lcd

9/10/2014 3:13:48 PM

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So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh So uh

[Edited on September 10, 2014 at 3:49 PM. Reason : don't shoot the messenger dude]

9/10/2014 3:49:25 PM

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"^^ larger screens require larger lights, its not just pixels. isn't the note 2 an amoled display? i thought the iphone was lcd"


Yes but I think the much larger battery makes up for the light difference. Although the jump from 1136 x 640 on the iPhone 5 to 1920 by 1080 on the iPhone 6 plus is a 185% increase. So yeah who knows.

9/10/2014 4:10:38 PM

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"The apple watch pretty much works with any iPhone now... I think it's any iPhone 4 or newer, which is the vast majority of iphone installed base.
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Nope, it's 5 or newer.

9/10/2014 5:57:58 PM

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^ ahh thanks for correction.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/smartwatch-wars-the-apple-watch-versus-android-wear-in-screenshots/

This is a really good look at the current state of the 2 watch platforms.

9/11/2014 12:50:33 AM

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Video of AppleWatch: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/video-a-look-at-apples-new-hardware-products-in-motion/

Seems pretty slick actually, more so than I expected. Also not as ugly as I thought it would look on arm.

However, as someone with long arm hair, I worried it'll get tangled in the wheel.

9/11/2014 1:31:06 AM

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Has how has this not been posted yet?



[Edited on September 11, 2014 at 11:19 AM. Reason : *posts are not endorsements*]

9/11/2014 11:13:53 AM

neodata686
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Apple hasn't done anything 'new' for quite a while. They just take what has already been tried and "Apple-it". Or whatever you want to call it.

So yeah after watching some videos on the Apple Watch and features I will say it does look pretty cool. Like being able to send small messages to friends via haptic feedback. Your heartbeat, etc. Lol.

Not enough to get me to switch back to an iPhone but it's pretty slick.

9/11/2014 11:22:02 AM

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" “There are a lot of new components on this watch,” he says, “many of which Apple seems to have invented itself.”"


http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/apple-watchs-wristful-of-sensors-and-mems

9/11/2014 11:25:35 AM

moron
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^^^ I don't know any android users who know what NFC is, or have ever made an NFC payment, or even know how to make an NFC payment.

It's a pretty worthless "feature" if people never use it...

9/11/2014 12:50:31 PM

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I used it a couple times at McDonald's but the novelty quickly wore off between the limited number of places it was available and having to hack the app anytime I updated it just because Verizon was an ass and refused to enable Google Wallet on their phones. It was always good for a couple "omg, how'd you do that"s. Defeats the purpose of my fancy metal card now though.

9/11/2014 12:58:27 PM

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i can't figure out how to setup NFC payments on my HTC One M8. I think I need a new sim card or something? fuck all that.

9/11/2014 1:23:50 PM

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i use NFC on a regular basis, but for the same thing on multiple devices: audio

tapping my soundbar, jambox-esque portable speakers, and car stereo* to connect

* my phone actually connects automatically when i get in the car, but i like that tapping launches pandora and changes my stereo's input to BT streaming

9/11/2014 1:56:38 PM

BDubLS1
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Now that Apple has adopted NFC I think more businesses will start using it.

9/11/2014 4:16:22 PM

OmarBadu
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plan to preorder a 64gb 6 plus tonight

carried around a spare note 3 at work today to see if i could get used to the size change from the 5s and i think it'll work fine - in my pants while sitting is the biggest concern really because in my hands it's fine - it looks a little ridiculous up to my ear but whatever

9/11/2014 4:40:20 PM

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The thinness of phones nowadays makes the larger height and width not as big of a deal. My 5" screen Droid feels less bulky in my pocket than my older 3.7" Droid (which granted, had an extended battery)

9/11/2014 5:29:07 PM

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http://www.spigen.com/brands/apple/iphone/iphone-6/iphone-6-case-neo-hybrid-metal.html

Case I'm getting

9/11/2014 6:49:22 PM

juicedgsr95
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Preordered a 6 plus 64gb today. Mid October estimated delivery

9/12/2014 11:34:38 AM

OmarBadu
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mine is scheduled to arrive during the first week of october

9/12/2014 11:58:42 AM

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My 6 (non-Plus) is set to deliver by 9/19.
Preordered via Verizon.

9/12/2014 12:08:20 PM

UJustWait84
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6+ 64GB scheduled to arrive on 9/19

VWZ actually let me place my preorder around 11:55 PST

9/12/2014 12:49:05 PM

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I'm honestly surprised at the interest in the 6+. I didn't think it would sell as briskly as it did.

Ordering was a fucking nightmare early this AM. I tried like two or three times and then said fuck it. Was able to finally get into the Apple Store app when I woke up at a more reasonable hour this AM. Verizon's site kept giving me some sort of error as well.

9/12/2014 1:11:02 PM

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^ agreed. that shit is way too big. I may be in the minority, but i've never wished my iPhone 5 was bigger.

My wife called me out last saturday when she walked into the living room and I was watching the state game on my phone on the ESPN app.

there was a 70" TV in front of me with an apple TV connected to it. three buttons and I'd be watching it on that. On the coffee table was my laptop, and my iPad.

but i was sprawled out on the couch watching it on my phone and was good with that. I guess the point is this: the inconvenience of the larger phone annoying me in my pocket outweighs any gains by having a larger screen. The next logical step in this argument is obviously about how I'm not going to dress like a 90's high school kid and fucking wear cargo shorts to better fit my phone in my pocket.

9/12/2014 2:57:08 PM

StingrayRush
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Hey man, don't knock cargo shorts. I rock that shit proudly

9/12/2014 3:01:22 PM

quagmire02
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oh boy, here we go

9/12/2014 3:13:55 PM

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"I didn't think it would sell as briskly as it did."


Do you know how many similarly sized phones have already sold?

I too think they're stupid, but there is obviously a big market demand for them.

9/12/2014 3:42:50 PM

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^ I assumed it had already been sated by the Samsung/HTC contingency. Most of the people who wanted larger phones seemed to share a function over form mentality, which the general early/first-adopter Apple customer tends to eschew.

[Edited on September 12, 2014 at 3:51 PM. Reason : .]

9/12/2014 3:50:14 PM

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I bought the 64GB 6Plus for the better camera and battery life. If it's too big, I'll just return it. It's costing me exactly the same for what I paid for my 32GB 4S two years ago. Worst case scenario, I hate that it's too big, so I return it for a 6 and save $100.

[Edited on September 12, 2014 at 5:13 PM. Reason : .]

9/12/2014 5:12:48 PM

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just got a call from verizon saying that there will be no gold iphone 6's in our area

not that i really care about the color, but i know for the 5s people were paying a thousand bucks or more for that tacky ass gold so i was planning to make some coin....oh well, silver it is

9/12/2014 5:14:45 PM

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They still make the 16gig version... How fucking useless is that?

Hi I have a 1080p phone that can hold a couple movies...if I don't have any music on my phone

9/14/2014 8:23:36 PM

BDubLS1
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I've gotten by fine with a 16GB ever since the 4. But I don't have any music. I prefer to stream the music anyway.

My 5s has a bunch of apps and over 1000 photos and I still have 4 gb free. I regularly backup my photos to an external HD, so it isn't that big of a deal to me.

9/14/2014 8:40:04 PM

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Yeah I don't really have a need for that much storage space on my phones...I stream most music, and have a playlist or two saved for when I don't have data. Movies get watched on the laptop when I'm on the road.

9/14/2014 9:05:58 PM

UJustWait84
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I take lots of movies and photos, so 16 GB is a joke.

9/14/2014 10:03:26 PM

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Hmmm...

Option 1: Iphone 6, and prob buy an iPad Mini

Option 2: iphone 6+...bigger than I want as a phone, but would prob serve the purpose I want the iPad for

Option 3: keep iPhone 5

Option 4: ditch iPhone 5, don't get another smartphone, buy iPad mini and just use VOIP and a bluetooth earpiece/headset when I want to make voice calls. Only have one device, and at a rate of only $10/month plus whatever extra data I need (so prob $30-40/month total)

9/14/2014 10:41:31 PM

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Option 6: Wait for the Galaxy S6?

[Edited on September 14, 2014 at 11:05 PM. Reason : Er option 5 can be something else too]

9/14/2014 11:05:07 PM

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"I take lots of movies and photos, so 16 GB is a joke."


Lots must equal walking around with your phone like Google Glass, cause them shits don't take up *that* much room.

^^Option 1, or option 3 + iPad. You don't strike me as a dude who needs to save $30/month, and option 4 sounds like a huge pain in the ass...like tethering your phone as your home ISP pain in the ass.

9/14/2014 11:49:37 PM

skokiaan
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They should have something the size of the 4 again. Shit's too big

9/15/2014 12:21:35 AM

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damn, looks like im a few days late to the party, just preordered space gray 6+ for mid November delivery

9/15/2014 8:53:10 AM

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ZooGue case pre-order

http://www.zoogue.com/iphone-6-case-social-pro/


still the best case i've ever used for my 4 and 5

9/15/2014 10:13:19 AM

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Anybody waited in line for the phone on launch day? Any idea how early to get there? Is Southpoint any better than Crabtree?

9/15/2014 11:06:50 AM

JT3bucky
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^^just ordered one of those.

they look sleek yet claim to survive just about any kind of fall.

Best thing is they are only 4 bucks

9/15/2014 3:40:02 PM

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^^I'm in Charlotte, but I went to the Verizon store about half an hour before they opened last year and was 15-20th in line. Several people who got their after me said the line at the Apple Store at Northlake was an absolute shitshow, hence their giving up and coming to the carrier store.

[Edited on September 15, 2014 at 6:22 PM. Reason : Supplies for the 6+ or gold will probably be pretty tight at the carrier stores, for what it's worth]

9/15/2014 6:19:14 PM

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