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> Great display How can they write that as a plus when it is the same screen size and resolution as the previous model, and the competition as a better display

by column 10y ago

> Great display How can they write that as a plus when it is the same screen size and resolution as the previous model, and the competition as a better display overall? http://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/apple-iphone-6-plus,apple-iphone-7-plus-256gb,lg-v20 http://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/apple-iphone-6-plus,apple-... Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery? <-- EDIT : Thank you all for your openness of mind!

dx034 10y ago
>Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery? Because no one expects that from an iPhone. As much as I'm not a fan of the new 7, I don't think anyone really expected that.
pvg 10y ago
Might as well mention the lack of a hardware keyboard and possibly DVD drive and parallel port at that point - no iPhone ever has had an SD card slot or removable battery.
- Zach_the_Lizard 10y ago
  A parallel port is useless junk at this point for all but very special use cases. A removable battery is quite useful and the norm for many home devices.
thomasjoulin 10y ago
It's not the same, it has "Wide Color" http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/08/iphone-7-and-apples-next-retina-display-frontier-wide-color- http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/08/iphone-7-and-apple...
k-mcgrady 10y ago
>> "How can they write that as a plus when it is the same screen size and resolution as the previous model" ...because there's more to a display than those two qualities? It's 25% brighter if I'm remembering right and now supports the DCI-P3 color space. >> "Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery?" Because these are things that have never featured on an iPhone, probably never will, and everybody knows that. Lack or removable battery is also something the main competition is switching to for better water resistance (S7 does not have a removable battery).
ubernostrum 10y ago
How can they write that as a plus when it is the same screen size and resolution as the previous model If I make a display with twice the pixels, ten times the size, and give it 16-bit dithering color, will you call it obviously better based on more pixels + larger? Or are there factors other than dimensions and pixel count that affect how we evaluate display technology?
threeseed 10y ago
> Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery? Because only a tiny but vocal minority cares about it. iCloud is taking care of photos, there are large GB models and most people needing more battery life are just buying those $10 lipstick USB chargers.
- FussyZeus 10y ago
  Or just Amazon Photo. Free with Prime and the app works well enough that I don't miss the iCloud subscription cost.
glasz 10y ago
because nobody needs an sd card slot. and nobody replaces their battery. at least not in an iphone. i've owned 4 iphones since 2009 and _never_ had to replace a battery. the phones are still working, btw. (well, the 4s battery would need a replacement - after 4! years) these two are just bs benchmarks. like floppy disks and dvd drives. edit: the display. well, i'd go so far as to say that nobody in the industry has as good as displays as apple. and nobody needs higher resolutions on that physical space when they already can't see pixels anymore.
- Zach_the_Lizard 10y ago
  My iPhone 6 needs a new battery desperately, but I can't easily replace it. So yes, someone needs to replace an iPhone battery. Would that it were easy.
  - glasz 10y ago
    you paid what, 600 bucks for that damn thing? just get it replaced at the genius bar. and fix your usage pattern :p
  - rayiner 10y ago
    It's an $80 service at the Apple Store.
    - Zach_the_Lizard 10y ago
      It's $0 on one of my old Samsung Galaxy phones + cost of a battery + not having to give up my phone for a few days (they said they'd have to ship it somewhere at the Apple Store).
      - rayiner 10y ago
        The cost of battery is included in the $80. And Apple will almost always do the replacement in-store while you wait.
FussyZeus 10y ago
> Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery? I found the Android user. Seriously why is this so important to some people? I went for the 64 GB iPhone 6 Plus last time my upgrade was ready and I've never had it more than 40% full. The hell are you people doing with your phones where you need 512 gigs of storage?
whamlastxmas 10y ago
Also no mention of the Lightning port being a downside. Requires a cable not used by literally any other manufacturer? Doesn't provide anything material that USB-C doesn't?

by column 10y ago

dx034 10y ago

>Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery? Because no one expects that from an iPhone. As much as I'm not a fan of the new 7, I don't think anyone really expected that.

pvg 10y ago

Might as well mention the lack of a hardware keyboard and possibly DVD drive and parallel port at that point - no iPhone ever has had an SD card slot or removable battery.

Zach_the_Lizard 10y ago
A parallel port is useless junk at this point for all but very special use cases. A removable battery is quite useful and the norm for many home devices.

thomasjoulin 10y ago

It's not the same, it has "Wide Color" http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/08/iphone-7-and-apples-next-retina-display-frontier-wide-color- http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/08/iphone-7-and-apple...

k-mcgrady 10y ago

>> "How can they write that as a plus when it is the same screen size and resolution as the previous model" ...because there's more to a display than those two qualities? It's 25% brighter if I'm remembering right and now supports the DCI-P3 color space. >> "Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery?" Because these are things that have never featured on an iPhone, probably never will, and everybody knows that. Lack or removable battery is also something the main competition is switching to for better water resistance (S7 does not have a removable battery).

ubernostrum 10y ago

How can they write that as a plus when it is the same screen size and resolution as the previous model If I make a display with twice the pixels, ten times the size, and give it 16-bit dithering color, will you call it obviously better based on more pixels + larger? Or are there factors other than dimensions and pixel count that affect how we evaluate display technology?

threeseed 10y ago

> Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery? Because only a tiny but vocal minority cares about it. iCloud is taking care of photos, there are large GB models and most people needing more battery life are just buying those $10 lipstick USB chargers.

FussyZeus 10y ago
Or just Amazon Photo. Free with Prime and the app works well enough that I don't miss the iCloud subscription cost.

glasz 10y ago

because nobody needs an sd card slot. and nobody replaces their battery. at least not in an iphone. i've owned 4 iphones since 2009 and _never_ had to replace a battery. the phones are still working, btw. (well, the 4s battery would need a replacement - after 4! years) these two are just bs benchmarks. like floppy disks and dvd drives. edit: the display. well, i'd go so far as to say that nobody in the industry has as good as displays as apple. and nobody needs higher resolutions on that physical space when they already can't see pixels anymore.

Zach_the_Lizard 10y ago
My iPhone 6 needs a new battery desperately, but I can't easily replace it. So yes, someone needs to replace an iPhone battery. Would that it were easy.
- glasz 10y ago
  you paid what, 600 bucks for that damn thing? just get it replaced at the genius bar. and fix your usage pattern :p
- rayiner 10y ago
  It's an $80 service at the Apple Store.
  - Zach_the_Lizard 10y ago
    It's $0 on one of my old Samsung Galaxy phones + cost of a battery + not having to give up my phone for a few days (they said they'd have to ship it somewhere at the Apple Store).
    - rayiner 10y ago
      The cost of battery is included in the $80. And Apple will almost always do the replacement in-store while you wait.

FussyZeus 10y ago

> Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery? I found the Android user. Seriously why is this so important to some people? I went for the 64 GB iPhone 6 Plus last time my upgrade was ready and I've never had it more than 40% full. The hell are you people doing with your phones where you need 512 gigs of storage?

whamlastxmas 10y ago

Also no mention of the Lightning port being a downside. Requires a cable not used by literally any other manufacturer? Doesn't provide anything material that USB-C doesn't?