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Old 28-01-2015, 20:39
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ok... i'll bite.

SD card support hasn't been removed.

I now await your two paragraph essay where you attempt to explain how SD card support has been stripped back and isnt the same as it was etc...
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Old 28-01-2015, 20:51
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ok... i'll bite.

SD card support hasn't been removed.

I now await your two paragraph essay where you attempt to explain how SD card support has been stripped back and isnt the same as it was etc...
You don't need to bite. Maybe I have misunderstood. I thought google had removed it from the standard android distribution.
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Old 28-01-2015, 20:57
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Another thread, same old crap.
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Old 28-01-2015, 20:59
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Another thread, same old crap.
Great post.
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Old 28-01-2015, 21:19
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Says the guy who posts the same old crap
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Old 28-01-2015, 21:22
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Says the guy who posts the same old crap
Thank god all your posts are of high quality
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Old 28-01-2015, 21:23
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Thank god all your posts are of high quality
Cheers. I appreciate the kind words.
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Old 28-01-2015, 22:20
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In fact, it could just as easily be for the opposite reason - people who dislike what Apple stand for and their increasingly crazy market leading "style over substance at crazy prices" position..
You can't just accept can you that Apple might actually have a value proposition that makes sense. Personally, I couldn't care two hoots about style, I care 100 times more about function than form. I put an ugly case on my iPhone and I stick things on the back of it that perform functions (a metal plate to stick to a magnet in my car, and a Barclaycard contactless payment card). However, I buy iPhones because the total package is the best value proposition for me - combination of hardware, software and ecosystem.
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Old 28-01-2015, 23:06
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I'm not sure anyone has ever argued that apple don't have razor thin profits. Their margins are well know and reported every quarter.

I would not however relate level of margin to a product being overpriced. Pricing power is very important to a company and profit benefits everyone.
Most industry pundits put the Xperia Z3 Compact right up there in terms of quality and functionality with the iPhone 6 - some say it is actually better and yet it's hundreds of pounds cheaper.

Sony are still making a profit. I tell you there's none as blind as those that will not see and a fool and his money are soon parted. Both apply equally when it comes to buying an iPhone.

All that cash simply so you can claim to be part of the collective - geez
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Old 28-01-2015, 23:10
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tdenson writes ..........However, I buy iPhones because the total package is the best value proposition for me - combination of hardware, software and ecosystem.
Please explain the above sentence for me.

As an Apple owner myself I've never really understood what that means.
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Old 29-01-2015, 06:22
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Most industry pundits put the Xperia Z3 Compact right up there in terms of quality and functionality with the iPhone 6 - some say it is actually better and yet it's hundreds of pounds cheaper.

Sony are still making a profit. I tell you there's none as blind as those that will not see and a fool and his money are soon parted. Both apply equally when it comes to buying an iPhone.

All that cash simply so you can claim to be part of the collective - geez
If that is your reason for buying the produce then I feel quite sorry for you.

Sony must be scratching their behinds wondering why they aren't making any money on their phones. Have they thought about charging more for them.
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Old 29-01-2015, 08:48
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If that is your reason for buying the produce then I feel quite sorry for you.

Sony must be scratching their behinds wondering why they aren't making any money on their phones. Have they thought about charging more for them.
40% markup and you feel sorry for me? I myself own some Apple products but for me the iPhone is the ultimate con, a bridge to far.

I feel your pain.
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Old 29-01-2015, 09:05
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40% markup and you feel sorry for me? I myself own some Apple products but for me the iPhone is the ultimate con, a bridge to far.

I feel your pain.
I feel sorry for you if the reason you buy it to be part of the collective, as you claim. That to me seems a very odd reason.

I'm not feeling any pain, so don't worry about me.

As for a 40% markup, I assume you don't buy food or clothes
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Old 29-01-2015, 09:41
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In fact, it could just as easily be for the opposite reason - people who dislike what Apple stand for and their increasingly crazy market leading "style over substance at crazy prices" position. I mean, their supposedly high tech stuff doesn't even have SD card or Micro SD card slots for simple and cheap memory expansion, how CRAZY is that, that people stiill get sucked in. <shakes head disbelieveingly>

But of course, on this occasion, it was in fact started by an Apple fanboi-style post that's oddly ever so pleased that Apple users are paying over the odds for their lacking-in-basic-expansion-slot devices in order to generate such huge profits. Strange logic.
I'm not sure what that has to do with how newsworthy this is or isn't.

As for "style over substance" - style and substance are not mutually exclusive.

There was nothing fanboi about the OP, or anything about being pleased about anything.

Obviously expansion slots are not high on the list of things most people look for in a phone. If they were, Apple wouldn't sell as many phones as they do.
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Old 29-01-2015, 09:49
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Yes I have finished.

But my SD card slot comments follow a request from younger family members recently who wanted help to upgrade their iphones and tablets to larger memory versions, at a cost of hundreds of pounds. One micro SD card slot would have solved the problem at a cost of less than £20. There must be millions of iphone/pad owners in much the same situation. Apple Proprietory Inc. definitely know how to make money but that doesn't necessarily make it a good thing for the consumer.

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Ah, so based on one anecdotal example.

So just to clarify - Apple manage to sell more phones by not giving consumers what they want?

That sounds a little counter intuitive to me.
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Old 29-01-2015, 09:53
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Most industry pundits put the Xperia Z3 Compact right up there in terms of quality and functionality with the iPhone 6 - some say it is actually better and yet it's hundreds of pounds cheaper.

Sony are still making a profit. I tell you there's none as blind as those that will not see and a fool and his money are soon parted. Both apply equally when it comes to buying an iPhone.

All that cash simply so you can claim to be part of the collective - geez
Some people say all sorts of things, but they might be stretching it if they're saying anyone that buys an iPhone is a fool.

As for that last bit - you're becoming hysterical in every sense of the word. Only one side of these discussions seems to come out with this sort of crazy.
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Old 29-01-2015, 10:00
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Please explain the above sentence for me.

As an Apple owner myself I've never really understood what that means.
What I was trying to say is that the value of an iPhone to me is the sum of a number of parts, you can't just look at the handset in isolation. Through my various IT professional activities I have cause to make extensive use of all 3 major ecosystems - Apple, Google and Microsoft. My ecosystem of choice is Apple, because typically I can get the job done quickest with least fuss and fiddling around. That to me is worth a price premium - but when everything is figured in such as reliability and after sales service, it isn't the huge premium that people on here claim. Nevertheless, it is a premium and to some people it is not worth it, but for me it is, as I value my time.
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Old 29-01-2015, 10:04
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Obviously expansion slots are not high on the list of things most people look for in a phone. If they were, Apple wouldn't sell as many phones as they do.
So just to clarify - Apple manage to sell more phones by not giving consumers what they want?
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So just to clarify, your argument against any point made around features etc is "it can't be true or important because Apple sell xx amount of phones"
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Old 29-01-2015, 10:14
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So just to clarify, your argument against any point made around features etc is "it can't be true or important because Apple sell xx amount of phones"
An argument on features is mostly just subjective opinion. Different people will consider different features to be important.

My argument is not that some features are important, and that others are not important.

My argument is that any feature an iPhone doesn't have probably isn't one considered to be that important by the people buying them.
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Old 29-01-2015, 10:18
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Talking of rip off Apple prices:

Apple 5k iMac - £2k
Dell 5k display only - £2k
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Old 29-01-2015, 10:42
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Another thread, same old crap.
I was going to start a thread about this before anyone else had posted about it but changed my mind because I knew what would happen, with the thread likely to be locked. The usual suspect has come out of hibernation and the same old arguments as usual :yawn:
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Old 29-01-2015, 11:06
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I was going to start a thread about this before anyone else had posted about it but changed my mind because I knew what would happen, with the thread likely to be locked. The usual suspect has come out of hibernation and the same old arguments as usual :yawn:
Thought you were a bit slow off the mark.

Why don't you start one about Samsungs results they announced yesterday, I'm sure it will be fine
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Old 29-01-2015, 11:15
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Talking of rip off Apple prices:

Apple 5k iMac - £2k
Dell 5k display only - £2k
You can get the Dell one for £1254 online. Also the Dell is 27" rather than the 21" of the Apple 5k iMac at £2000

Might want to check your prices next time!
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Old 29-01-2015, 11:37
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O2 3G is crap; O2 4G is fine.
I second this, but i'd say it's more then fine for me. Was impressed with it coming from Three who's 4G wasn't as good FOR ME in the areas i frequent. Ultimately though i was let down by them with regards to the lack of masts & congestion.

I'm amazed how people on here write off a whole network on their bad experience with it.
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Old 29-01-2015, 11:47
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You can get the Dell one for £1254 online. Also the Dell is 27" rather than the 21" of the Apple 5k iMac at £2000

Might want to check your prices next time!
When they announced it, which was only recently, the price they announced was £2k.

They're still quoting $2499 and £1906 on their UK site.

The 5K iMac is 27".

If you're going to tell someone to check their facts, you might want to check your own next time.
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