New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

headphone jack on the bottom means that when you pull out your phone, it's already facing the 'right' way

also it's a FLUSH headphone jack. FLUSH.

flush with what?

for the time being i'm sticking the phone into my pocket the same way as before, with the jack on the bottom, which is a bit weird and will probably hasten the death of these headphones, but then i can spring for a more expensive set with volume control on the wire, bro

forks i broke my 4s and am waiting for the 5s instead of going with the 5. I always buy the second version of an iphone release.

okay, i'm convinced; i'll wait on the 5s OR get down with HTC1 or Galaxy S4. will play with them in store, see how they feel.
though i admit this article has me thinking apple might be the horse to bet on for the next two years:
http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/02/is-facetime-audio-apples-trojan-horse/

unless android plans are cheaper then it's hard to see why the initial cost of the phone should matter a bunch; you're talking thousands over two years...until the dumb USA mobile cartel gets broken, world without end, amen

well see that's what i'm talking about re: facetime audio.
fyi, i'm paying 70 a month or 840 a year. iphone 5 is between $650 and $850 for a 16 to 64 gig model or roughly the cost of a year of service.

w/o 2 year contract I take it?

I looked at androids w/o contracts but they were all as expensive as iPhones with shit battery life so said fuck it, iPhone 5 so light too

i'm going with t-mobile for the moment. Service isn't great but my contract just expired and they're the only major carrier to function without contracts and their prices are not utterly extortionate. When everybody follows suit, i'll likely move around.

no more cell contracts EVER

i would much rather buy the hardware outright then be tethered

iphone 5 is between $650 and $850 for a 16 to 64 gig model or roughly the cost of a year of service.

K and I got ours at tekserve, the 32 gig model with Verizon plans and AppleCare, for about 900 total for the pair...

well another thing we haven't talked about is the new rumored "cheap" iphone that might be coming out

i'm using a four-year-old lg feature phone right now

hey forks, other US carriers don't have pay-as-you-go contracts ?? that sounds insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_virtual_network_operators

Contrary to what AT&T will tell you, it's possible to use a prepaid plan with no data on an iPhone.

I think all the major US carriers have postpaid as well as prepaid plans for the iPhone; you just have to pay full price for your phone (or bring a used one) rather than getting the low subsidized prices you see widely advertised for a phone + 2-year contract. T-Mobile is doing it somewhat differently.

The big carriers have their own prepaid plans as well as through MVNOs, although typically only with lower-end handsets unless you bring your own.

for the moment, i'd rather go with an ongoing monthly plan. just don't want to be tied down to it.
just played with the htc1, i like it!

is it sad that the main reason I don't want to give up my iPhone is because I don't want to lose my progress in Tiny Tower?

http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Steve-Jobs-Angry-at-Analytics-Firms-Tracking-its-Devices-2.png

DAN IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE YOU'RE COMMITTED TO THE COMPANY

I think all the major US carriers have postpaid as well as prepaid plans for the iPhone;

You think or you know? AT&T's pay as you go policy requires smartphones to have a data plan.

I think.

(not an expert at this stuff, except maybe for Verizon which I currently use.)

The carriers' websites show which phones they'll supply with prepaid/pay-as-you-go plans

Regarding a non-contract iPhone in the US, Apple notes this on their site:

If you buy iPhone for T-Mobile, it will arrive with a nano-SIM card already installed that you can activate by visiting an Apple Retail Store or a T-Mobile store or by calling T-Mobile. If you buy a SIM-free iPhone, you will need to purchase a GSM-compatible nano-SIM separately. When you travel internationally, you can use a nano-SIM card for iPhone 5 from a local GSM carrier. The unlocked iPhone 5 model is A1428. For details on LTE support, see http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE. The unlocked iPhone will not work with CDMA carriers such as Verizon Wireless or Sprint.

The A1428 btw is the North American GSM version of the iPhone 5, which unfortunately doesn't support LTE outside of North America. The A1429 GSM (not to be confused with the A1429 CDMA) iPhone 5 that does work on LTE elsewhere in the world cannot use LTE in North America. Different frequencies. This is really annoying for international travellers; hopefully the chipset manufacturers are working on this and will have it sorted out in time for the 5S so there can be just one version of the iPhone for everyone.

Looking into this further, it seems a single device for all LTE carriers won't happen anytime soon, for reasons both technological and legal/contractual (CNet explains). So next year's iPads will likely again force you to choose a carrier when you buy it, and will never work on any other carrier no matter what you do, even though AT&T and Verizon both use the same LTE technology and the same 700 MHz frequency.

i got t-mobile in the end lee and it works fine in my 4s, thanks! (apart from i don't get any signal in my apartment, and i couldn't connect to the network in times sq or at penn station. but when it works it works.)

i have a stack of sims from net10, h2o and airvoice, (all at&t) which i'm going to try next week.

$S is GSM/HSPA+ which is much more intercompatible between carriers than LTE found on the 5 but not the 4S. T-Mobile's HSPA+ data network is by far the fastest in the US that the 4S can use (at least in "refarmed" frequency areas), approaching LTE speeds in many cities.

4S not $S

the new iphone $

the new unlocked iPhone will be the $$$$$$$

http://i.imgur.com/RPsOlL0.jpg

dayum

barf

Update... Unlike the clusterfuck that was Final Cut Pro X, Logic X is a great update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG0cAPKuLb4

Is that Tricia Lockwood

did she say something about a cart.

also that's not on vine

if you're at all interested in the iwatch, read this: http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/18/apple-stacks-iwatch-team-with-sensor-fitness-experts/

there is no way they actually call this thing an iWatch

have they trademarked iwear for their version of google glass?

considering the first post in this thread refers to the itablet, you may be on to something

xp

Apple has registered the trademark "iWatch" in several countries, although that doesn't mean they'll actually use that name for a soon-to-be-introduced smart watch; it could just be to prevent competitors or squatters from using it.

Also, it could be for some kind of surveillance project.

the iPhone is already the most effective surveillance device ever invented....

i bought a macbook pro a few months ago but it got totally totalled in a liquid-spillage accident. I won't go into details but it involved a glass of wine and an episode of The Golden Girls. Anyway after THE FEAR i have finally got reimbursement through my home contents insurance (minus a small-ish premium).

thankfully i now have the cash to replace it and i need to do that pretty soon (for work) but macrumors says "don't buy! updates imminent". so i should wait, i guess, but my worry is that if they do update it will be all-retina and SSD and they will eliminate the optical drive and ordinary hard drive model.

1. i need at least 500 gb of storage space. I'm not tied to the optical drive although i do find it handy because clients do give me DVDs to watch. will i even be able to afford a retina model with at least 500gb of storage space? I imagine the imminent update will increase the capacity of the SSD in the baseline model but that's unlikely to be 500gb, or is it? (the current baseline retina has 128gb of storage and 500gb storage carries a premium of £400 - well out of my price range.

to be honest my price range is the basic non-retina with 500gb, so i guess i should just bite the bullet and get that but it would be annoying if they came out with a revised model of the basic one within a month or so.

what would you advise? I guess i could wait a month or so but not much longer than that. cheers.

can't you cope with a tiny external drive to cover the hdd space you require?

Yep external DVD, with external hdd, or a nas, or cloud storage, or even a flash drive - 128GB insanely cheap these days

Flash STICK

And for gods sake in this day an age why would you get a spinning harddrive? It makes your laptop feel like it is running through mud.