13839950:iFlip said:The no home button is kinda a deal breaker for me. I won't upgrade this time around.
13839957:Snowpeck said:Doesn’t the iPhone 7 basically not have a home button? Isn the it “button” a solid piece of glass that doesn’t even move?
13839966:eheath said:Yes, but it operates just like a button. No button is a huge change and I think it'll be 50/50 on who likes it and doesn't.
13839947:iced said:Personally, no. Chances are face unlock will crash and burn, as half of apples customers are students trying to unlock their phones from under their desk
13840051:Lonely said:It's cool and all but it's just Apple doing what it usually does. They take technology that has been around for a while (wireless charging, virtual home button, smaller bezels, tougher componets) and present it as something new. Obviously it works because people will still buy this 1000$ iphone that will not have all of its features out of the box, and is limited compared to other phones.
Take biometrics for example. A large part of apples completion has facial recognition, iris scanning, and fingerprint scanning. Iphone has face recognition.
Stuff like that is the reason I won't buy an iPhone. I love to see innovation but Apple is the pinnacle of technological stagnation. But they get away with it nonetheless.
13840058:Slush said:I know im probably the odd man out here, but I hate the new iPhone X. It seems to take practical things and discard them for features that are more complicated and high tech. What's wrong with a physical home button? Or an aux port? Why get rid of two useful features? I really dislike the direction apple is heading. It appears to be form over function. I'll hold on to my SE as long as I can
13840058:Slush said:I know im probably the odd man out here, but I hate the new iPhone X. It seems to take practical things and discard them for features that are more complicated and high tech. What's wrong with a physical home button? Or an aux port? Why get rid of two useful features? I really dislike the direction apple is heading. It appears to be form over function. I'll hold on to my SE as long as I can
13840062:eheath said:I would be the first person to agree with you that apple just takes existing tech and rebrands it "apple" its actually genius and is basically the reason they make money, most people don't care. I'm limited due to work stuff, iOS works better with apps and such I need, I used to be an android guy forever. Anyway, its great they're embracing the tech, I think the X is the best phone they have come out with since the 5s with touch ID.
I mean, they're doing what tech does, change. Headphone jacks are dead, sure most phones will have them for a couple more years, but bluetooth is the future. The same thing happened when phones stopped having keyboards, people lost it that they couldn't have a physical keyboard, the home button woes will pass. Google phones haven't had a home button for like 6 years, it works just fine, its just a "new" thing to get used to. When home button lovers learn how to use the gestures and such, they will realize how much better it is. You can be like those people who keep buying flip phones in 2017, its okay.
13840176:chrisagrams said:I agree, Ive been in both ecosystems for a long time and had a android fanboy phase and an iPhone phase. These last 6 months I had to go back to my iPhone 5 since my nexus 6p broke and I'm into the iPhones again. They just work. I've always had app compatabity issues on the nexus, Snapchat always crashing, insta never refreshing, while the iPhone just works. I'm not a fan of the 6 or the 7 cause they kinda ruined the design and the 5 by far was the best and the new X finally looks like a new good idea on the apple side.
13840245:milk_man said:What part of the design did they ruin on the 6 and 7? When I went from a 5 to a 6 I was unbelievably happy.. the bigger screen is super important. Now whenever I look at an iPhone 5 it hurts my brain because the screen is way too skinny.
13840180:jjdsteeze said:i still have an iPhone 4... will def not be getting this. way better ways to spend money IMO
13840283:sdrvper said:Your phone, iPhone or not, is one of the cheapest things we own if you amortize the cost over the lifespan of the phone
13840283:sdrvper said:Your phone, iPhone or not, is one of the cheapest things we own if you amortize the cost over the lifespan of the phone
13840283:sdrvper said:Your phone, iPhone or not, is one of the cheapest things we own if you amortize the cost over the lifespan of the phone
13839950:iFlip said:The no home button is kinda a deal breaker for me. I won't upgrade this time around.
13840283:sdrvper said:Your phone, iPhone or not, is one of the cheapest things we own if you amortize the cost over the lifespan of the phone
13840744:iFlip said:Amortizing is done by businesses/companies. This is an incorrect usage of the word, and certainly not an applicable case.
13840821:milk_man said:But if people did it too they would have finances that make a whole lot more sense. The reason regular people don't do it is because 1. they're lazy and 2. they would have no clue where to even start
13840918:iFlip said:Incorrect. You need to familiarize yourself with the differences between amortizing and costing. Furthermore, a purchase for a business often has a set lifespan or useful period. Think about computers, which will be replaced every 5 years or so for a business, depending on the business. An individual does not know how long he or she will get out of a computer. Businesses and individuals purchase products differently, with different motives, even if they are the same product. Businesses know (roughly) how and when a product will be used and when the product will no longer be useful. Individuals generally have no idea how long a product will be useful to them.
13840058:Slush said:I know im probably the odd man out here, but I hate the new iPhone X. It seems to take practical things and discard them for features that are more complicated and high tech. What's wrong with a physical home button? Or an aux port? Why get rid of two useful features? I really dislike the direction apple is heading. It appears to be form over function. I'll hold on to my SE as long as I can
13841188:sdrvper said:I disagree, you can amortize the cost of any asset you purchase. Business or personal
13841195:sdrvper said:Jheez someone's having a bad day, don't take it out on me, disagreement is in human nature, without it forums and life would be pretty boring.
13841202:sdrvper said:You're comparing $2 bendy straws to a $1300+ iPhone as if they were equivalent purchases, don't make it seem like i'm the one trying to deflect.
13841202:sdrvper said:I disagree, you can amortize the cost of any asset you purchase. Business or personal
13841211:sdrvper said:The only parameter is that it has to be an asset my man, same thing I've said all along!
Straws are not assets, they are a supply, a consumable or just an expense. Tim Hortons, McDonalds, or any firm, doesn't amortize the cost of their straws or any smaller item that are not an asset
13841204:iFlip said:So now there are parameters to what personal assets may be amortized? What are these parameters, please?