Originally Posted by Stuart_h:
“but to be fair their historical 'expertise' has often actually been expertise from Samsung (and others). Im no great Samsung fan either but Apple dont have too much specific expertise in actually making these things...... yet.”
“but to be fair their historical 'expertise' has often actually been expertise from Samsung (and others). Im no great Samsung fan either but Apple dont have too much specific expertise in actually making these things...... yet.”
Samsung make (some of) the components but they don't have anything to do with the software.
It doesn't matter how good the hardware is if the software is badly optimised.
So whilst quality hardware is certainly one aspect of it, Apple still deserve some credit for the performance of their devices.
The laptops in particular given they're using the same hardware as everyone else, unlike their phones which use custom SoCs.
Originally Posted by Stuart_h:
“The rumour that they might buy the Pebble team is an interesting one too.”
“The rumour that they might buy the Pebble team is an interesting one too.”
Who'll buy Pebble?
Samsung or Apple?
Originally Posted by paulbrock:
“But they also have correspondingly smaller screens, which is the big drain on modern phones.”
“But they also have correspondingly smaller screens, which is the big drain on modern phones.”
That's one aspect of it but the difference in screen size between, say, the iPhone5 and the S3 isn't nearly as pronounced as the difference in battery capacity.
And their relatively good battery efficiency pre-dates the more marked difference in screen sizes of recent handsets.
Apple aren't the only company who can produce devices with good battery life, of course but they deserve credit for their strengths.




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