Smartphone and Cellphone Wars

**Bogeyman** · September 12th, 2012 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

In the Future... Everyone will have data storage implants in their brains.

And I was thinking along the lines of cyberbrain technology from GiTS:

**ZENMasterTYL** · September 12th, 2012 06:40 PM

^ agent smith, in the house

**Retz** · September 12th, 2012 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

Prediction is it's the "rumoured" new mini IPad that will steal the show from IPhone 5. Depende na kung meron ngang mini Ipad na lalabas...heheheh.

diba ayaw ni Steve Jobs before na small iPad?

**Retz** · September 12th, 2012 07:22 PM

What is the official time of the launching of iPhone 5?

**ghosthunter** · September 12th, 2012 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by Bogeyman

And I was thinking along the lines of cyberbrain technology from GiTS:

We can ask OB to be the first living brain donor for that. Anyway, his brain is barely used anyway, I don't think he would miss it.

**ZENMasterTYL** · September 12th, 2012 07:43 PM

10 things you should know before buying a Galaxy S III smartphone

Takeaway: If you’re thinking about buying a Galaxy S III, be forewarned. This phone offers some incredibly cool features — but you’ll want to factor in a few gotchas.

When it was time to upgrade from my Galaxy Nexus (in part because my husband was anxious to get my hand-me-down), the choice seemed obvious. I liked the Nexus a lot, but there were a couple of things I didn’t like about it. One biggie was the lack of a microSD card slot for expanding storage. I also longed for even more screen real estate than I got with the Nexus’s 4.65 inch screen (which includes the onscreen buttons). Finally, the camera quality on the Nexus, although much better than many phones, wasn’t up to what I had come to expect from my previous (HTC) Androids.

The Galaxy S III seemed to fulfill my wish list, and more. With a gorgeous 4.8 inch Super AMOLED screen (and the buttons beneath the display so they don’t take up any of that space), microSD support, and a reportedly excellent camera, it was my dream come true. Or was it? I got my S III more than a week ago, and I’ve played with it enough to discover both some pleasant surprises and a few gotchas. If you’re thinking about getting an S III, and especially if you’re trading up from a Nexus, here are a few things you might want to know to help you make the decision.

read more: 10 things you should know before buying a Galaxy S III smartphone | TechRepublic

**awing** · September 12th, 2012 09:26 PM

**shadow** · September 12th, 2012 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Retz

What is the official time of the launching of iPhone 5?

1am yata natin keynote

**donski** · September 12th, 2012 10:29 PM

5 Smartphones To Rival The iPhone 5

Gusto ko 'tong HTC

ganda ng headset beats audio

**awing** · September 12th, 2012 10:46 PM

Sa mga nag-aabang ng iPhone 5 release time 01:00 (Thur) Mla local time.

**Monseratto** · September 12th, 2012 11:13 PM

Should you really be excited...honestly?

BBC News - Viewpoint: Apple's iPhone launches no longer excite

Viewpoint: Apple's iPhone launches no longer excite
By Dan Lyons

Somewhere up there, I can hear Steve screaming.

Back in 2006 I launched a blog where I pretended to be Apple CEO Steve Jobs. My alter ego, "Fake Steve," had a good run, but I shut it down in January 2011 when it became apparent that Jobs was in poor health. Nevertheless, even now, I'm constantly wondering what Steve would think about whatever Apple is doing.

This week it's the iPhone 5. Everyone pretty much accepts that Apple will introduce it, and there have been so many leaks that everybody pretty much seems to know what it's going to be. Word is it will look a lot like the last two versions of the iPhone, except a bit thinner and a bit taller, with upgraded guts and a refreshed operating system.

If that's correct, I imagine Steve is not happy. First of all, he'd be furious about the leaks. Steve liked surprising people.

More important, is this really the best we can expect from an outfit that claims to be the most innovative company in the world? This is the sixth version of the iPhone, and the user interface still looks almost exactly like the original iPhone in 2007.

The hardware on the iPhone has been the same for two years, since the iPhone 4 and 4S were virtually identical.

Now, having had two years to plot and scheme, Apple's renowned designer Jonathan Ive has replaced the tiny 3.5in (8.9cm) screen with a slightly-less-tiny 4in (10.2cm) screen? Wow. Knock me over with a feather. What do you do with the rest of your time, Jony?

This is what happens when a company is too cheap to invest in research and development. Did you know that Apple spends far less on R&D than any of its rivals - a paltry 2% of revenues, versus 14% for Google and Microsoft?

No wonder the Android platform, where new models appear every week, now represents 68% of the smartphone market, up from 47% a year ago, while Apple slid to 17% over the same period.

In case you're bad at maths, let me work that out for you: Android's market share is now four times that of Apple. Four times!

Worse, despite all its bluster about innovation, Apple has become a copycat, and not even a good one. Why is Apple making the iPhone bigger? To keep up with the top Android phones.

Apple's stock has hit new heights under chief executive Tim Cook (Phones that, mind you, Apple fanboys ridiculed at first.)

The problem is that the new iPhone won't really give you much more screen real estate than the old one. Worse, it looks ridiculous.

Apple also has become a copycat in tablets. Jobs once said the iPad's 9.7in screen was the perfect size, and smaller tablets made no sense. Then the Android camp had success with 7in tablets like Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7, and now Apple supposedly will announce its own smaller iPad in October. Talk about thinking different!

What else is there to complain about?

Um, Siri still doesn't work. The oft-rumoured Apple TV doesn't exist yet, presumably because media companies won't let Apple take over their business.

The latest batch of Apple ads were such embarrassing garbage that Apple had to take them down from YouTube. Apple's new guy in charge of retail launched a plan to lay off workers and boost profits, then had to walk it back when people pointed out that this was stupid.

The big $1bn (£650m) patent "victory" over Samsung made Apple look like a bully, and also raised awareness of how good Samsung's latest products are.

Last month, Samsung's Galaxy S3, with its huge 4.8in screen, outsold the iPhone 4S in the United States, the first time any smartphone has outsold the iPhone in the States.

Apple got where it was by taking bold risks. Now it has become a company that copies others and plays it safe.

A company that once was run by a product visionary now is run by a number-cruncher - chief executive Tim Cook, whose claim to fame involves running an efficient supply chain and beating ever lower prices out of Asian subcontractors and component suppliers.

To use a car analogy, six years ago the iPhone was like a ***y new flagship model from BMW or Porsche. Today it's a Toyota Camry. Safe, reliable, boring. The car your mom drives. The car that's so popular that its maker doesn't dare mess with the formula.

Steve Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976. He stepped down as chief executive in August, 2011. Apple seems less interested in blowing people away than it is in milking profit out of the existing lineup. At this Cook is doing marvellously well.

Sales are booming and will top $150bn this year, with net profit margins of nearly 30%. That's incredible in any business, but qualifies as a miracle when you're selling consumer electronics hardware.

Apple has more than $100bn in cash. Its market value of $632bn makes it the biggest company in the world, bigger than any company in US history.

That's great for Apple's shareholders. But for customers, who cares? In terms of products, Apple has become the one thing it should never be. Apple has become boring.

Somewhere up there, I can hear Steve screaming.

**pop3corn** · September 13th, 2012 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by ZENMasterTYL

probably a cloud-like shape

i agree, as long as our internet sucks, i would still use usb sticks but not so much as before

like i said, for now since internet is not cheap, mas praktikal nga ang portables. but once the internet charge goes down and cloud becomes mainstream, then it will be more cost effective.

and how about losing your data because your portable usb suddenly failed? that would be priceless

May temporary buffer ang mga files ng docs sa iPad / iphone so Kung wala Internet you can still work, then pag nagpunta ka sa wifi zone, auto update na Lang. So Internet speed here is not that of a problem

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**BratPAQ** · September 13th, 2012 02:49 AM

iPhone 5 is finally out, made of glass and aluminum, 18% thinner than 4s, 20% lighter, 1136 x 640 at 326ppi. 4" screen, LTE, A6 CPU. faster shutter speed daw. ZZZzzzzzz.....

**pop3corn** · September 13th, 2012 05:54 AM

Shucks, Grabe unahan tyo magkaron n2 drool. Wala ng sinabi ang galaxy. The a6 quad core f&3&: sh!t. This is the bomb! Tama ako it will only be thinner. No sense resizing it like the other all for one phone. Maganda NASA kamay ang iPhone 4 eh
I believe this will also stop speculation on the iPad mini. Wow Quad Core iPad3 sa march na!

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**Verbl Kint** · September 13th, 2012 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by pop3corn

Shucks, Grabe unahan tyo magkaron n2 drool. Wala ng sinabi ang galaxy. The a6 quad core f&3&: sh!t. This is the bomb! Tama ako it will only be thinner. No sense resizing it like the other all for one phone. Maganda NASA kamay ang iPhone 4 eh
I believe this will also stop speculation on the iPad mini. Wow Quad Core iPad3 sa march na!

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The A6 is NOT a quad core proc. It's a dual-core ARM Cortex A15.

The quad core procs of the Galaxy SIII, LG Optimus 4X HD and Krait-based dual-cores of the HTC One X (and the upcoming Sony releases) will all beat it hands down.

The "retina display" that came with the iPhone 5 is not even HD as it is less than 720p.

This is an incremental release by Apple. They must absolutely be sure that the iOS 6 is a lot better than Jelly Bean, otherwise, Apple will be relegated to also-rans.

Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave.

**Monseratto** · September 13th, 2012 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by Verbl Kint

The A6 is NOT a quad core proc. It's a dual-core ARM Cortex A15.

The quad core procs of the Galaxy SIII, LG Optimus 4X HD and Krait-based dual-cores of the HTC One X (and the upcoming Sony releases) will all beat it hands down.

The "retina display" that came with the iPhone 5 is not even HD as it is less than 720p.

This is an incremental release by Apple. They must absolutely be sure that the iOS 6 is a lot better than Jelly Bean, otherwise, Apple will be relegated to also-rans.

Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave.

The Iphone is just following the Androids. It is no longer the trendsetter. But no doubt it will sell in the millions because of the social climbers and loyal followers...

**oliver1013** · September 13th, 2012 07:56 AM

Mas gusto ko parin s3 ko...

**foresterx** · September 13th, 2012 08:13 AM

really apple? this is all you got? i love the iphone and think it's the best all around phone but the iphone5 really isn't that much different compared to the 4s. sorry android fans but i hate android with a passion even you're all mighty s3. i don't have an iphone btw i own an htc titan ll which is a windows phone.