clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
Watch has never appealed to me, but then I'm not into fitness.
Currently got a 6S Plus 64GB and seriously thinking about the XS Max 256GB, but it's the mental barrier of paying over a £1000 for a phone!
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[Technology] New iPhones - 2018 edition
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Watch has never appealed to me, but then I'm not into fitness.
Currently got a 6S Plus 64GB and seriously thinking about the XS Max 256GB, but it's the mental barrier of paying over a £1000 for a phone!
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
BG must be disappointed no new omphine
The reason why there's a mental barrier is that your brain is reminding you that it's completely insane to pay that much just for a brand name.Watch has never appealed to me, but then I'm not into fitness.
Currently got a 6S Plus 64GB and seriously thinking about the XS Max 256GB, but it's the mental barrier of paying over a £1000 for a phone!
Your subconscious is trying to do you a favour. It probably won't work though. That's why Apple have billions of dollars.
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
You're not just paying for a brand name.
You're also paying for a ten year old user interface and hilarious fragility.
nicko31
Well-known member
Amazed they are still doing so well, competitors have caught up and they have few unique selling points.
Does the new Xs look any different to the X? I’m wondering whether to upgrade now, or wait for the next one.
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
The XS is basically identical but with a speed bump. If you don't give a shit about 3D touch or a "telephoto" lens, the XR is 90% of the phone for 75% of the price. Get one of those.
wakeytom
New member
What makes the watch a game changer?
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
Apple won the race 5+ years ago when people switched to iPhone. Now it's just easier for most people to be on the tick-tock cycle of buying the latest one when their contract is up.
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
Alerts you of suspected heart irregularities. But the it can also perform an ECG which is (for all of Apple's hyperbole) game-changing.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
The wife has a watchv2 and couldn't do without it now, to the extent she's thinking of upgrading it so she can ditch taking the phone out with her altogether.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Someone called me t'other day, spending a minute or so reiterating the fact that they were speaking to me ON A WATCH.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Wait...you can blur the background of your pictures ? For a grand ?
Stuff the holiday, get me one of those phones NOW.
Stuff the holiday, get me one of those phones NOW.
DavidRyder
Well-known member
- Jul 23, 2013
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I'm happy to be about 4 years behind everyone else on technology.
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- #96
Only if you get the new gold colour they've introduced this time round.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Yes but it will take an ECG to measure how your hearts doing after parting with your grand
Thanks. Gold isn’t my thing.
As no one is going to notice I’ve got the new phone I think I’ll wait until the next update.
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- #99
Ticking most of the usual boxes this one...
- You have to pay a zillion pounds to get <insert feature here>? Ridiculous.
- Apple are old-hat, living on past glories.
- Hysterical parodies that are the only thing more predictable than Apple telling the world that this is their most gorgeous iPhone ever.
Not sure there's much of the "Android had that 7 years ago" type posts that tend to appear, but that may just be symptomatic of how mature the smartphone market now is, with little genuine innovation going on anywhere.
- You have to pay a zillion pounds to get <insert feature here>? Ridiculous.
- Apple are old-hat, living on past glories.
- Hysterical parodies that are the only thing more predictable than Apple telling the world that this is their most gorgeous iPhone ever.
Not sure there's much of the "Android had that 7 years ago" type posts that tend to appear, but that may just be symptomatic of how mature the smartphone market now is, with little genuine innovation going on anywhere.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Would you go for the cellular version?