iPhone

[driftke70]

thats the thing, they dont

macbook is underspeced and cost 1300

you can get the same spec laptop for 500, or a really nice looking one for 700.

[letsgohunting]

HP envy is the HP macbook pro equiv. It's actually more expensive than the MBPs for a similar model. Add to that it's basically a clone of the MBP. It starts at 1700US for the 13 inch model.

I wouldn't call the base macbook underspecced or overpriced - I'd rather pay an extra $300 for osx. But that's just me.

[driftke70]

macbook


* 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache
* 1066MHz frontside bus
* 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB
13 inch screen
$1250

toshiba
2.2ghz intel core duo (same chip just not overclocked)
4gb ddr2
15 inch screen
$1060




much higher spec and 200 cheaper




heres another one slightly higher spec for $770

Toshiba SAT PRO A300 C2D T6600 2.2Ghz 250G 2G HD3470 15.4 DVDRW VB w XPPro
Internet Price: $770

available at umart maroochydore same day purchase

[letsgohunting]

older/slower processor and slower ram, 3 hour battery vs 10 hour, glass trackpad vs plastic, illuminated keys etc but yeah it's a 15" screen and it's cheaper. I'd still have the macbook though. In fact I'd spend an extra 300 again and get a macbook pro. They're way better built and have better graphics cards.

[Richard]

Nice attack

[driftke70]

reports that apple has been using false marketing in its advertising using much clearer images than the screen actually displays and in its own press releases used
much higher resolutions than the screen can achieve.



more problems arsing



proximity sensor up next





some interesting reading









apple has basically said that if you are experiencing problems you are holding it wrong in regards to reception,
reports that the problem is never ending for left handers (such as myself)
the amount of time my phone spends in my right hand leads me to believe right handers would want to use a phone in their left hand around the same amount.

[driftke70]

interesting read re jobs v flash

[letsgohunting]

Issues issues everywhere... I can find problems with any phone on the internet.

htc evo:
- Glass separation problems with screen
- Updates bricking phones
- Misc issues
- Random reboots
- Weak wifi issues, connectivity issues with vid chat
- SD card problems
- Touchscreen tracking issues (phone needs to be grounded in hand for touchscreen to be accurate)
- Dismal battery life

Motorola Droid
- Screen problems
- Speaker problems
- Phones stuck in reboot cycle
- Keyboard issue, scrolling issue
- Another keyboard issue
- Camera issues
- Screen scrolling issues


Nokia n97 has bugs/issues/problems threads everywhere - here's one 60 pages long


Palm Pre
- Loose screen, ccreen randomly turns on when locked, battery unseats itself, buttons not working, keyboards stop working
- Phone resets when keyboard is opened
- "Splotchy, distorted and discolored screens", unexpected system shutdowns
- Yellow splotching on screen
- Heat related screen distortion
- Cracked screens, gaps in seams in the case, pixels missing in the display, and wobbles in the slide-out keyboard



Can find problems with pretty much any piece of tech. Most of them are remedied or fixed by manufacturers soon after.

[letsgohunting]

Re: Signal, the signal issues are compounded. The whole hand on phone drops signal thing is true, but it's true with most phones. The iphone 4 still gets better signal than the older iphones.
"and Anandtech agrees with our general experience, saying that the iPhone 4's improved signal to noise ratio means it actually does a better job of hanging onto calls and using data when there's low signal than the iPhone 3GS. In their words, "this iPhone gets the best cellular reception yet, even though measured signal is lower than the 3GS."

[letsgohunting]

Lies! Deception!


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