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The difference here is that the primary purpose of an iPhone is to make phone calls. And uses multimedia, like music. Leading to this: https://m.youtube.com/wa
by chris_wot 10y ago
The difference here is that the primary purpose of an iPhone is to make phone calls. And uses multimedia, like music. Leading to this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z_wImaGRkNY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z_wImaGRkNY
- joemi 10y agoMentioned in the article.
- chris_wot 10y agoAnd downplayed by the following: On the other hand, the GBA SP existed before Bluetooth headphones were a relatively cheap and widespread alternative to the wired standard. And Apple includes both Lightning headphones and a Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter in the box with the iPhone, which ought to ease the transition for many.
- elmigranto 10y agoMaking calls might not even make it to Top 5 things people use iPhone for.
- chris_wot 10y agoUh, what?
- jotux 10y agoI use my smartphone almost entirely for texting and browsing. I think my monthly talk time averages 30-60 minutes. Observing my peers (20-40 something tech-savvy people) this seems to be the norm.
- chris_wot 10y agoStill in the top 5 for most people!
- Kiro 10y agoI think you're wrong.
- chris_wot 10y agoThe popularity of FaceTime, Viber, Skype, Facebook video and phone calls and Whatsapp calling tends to rather give me some reasonable data points.
- jsmeaton 10y agoI'd doubt that. Browser, text, whatsapp, fb, messenger. They'd be my top 5. Feedly and casual snapchat would still come before speaking on the phone.
- chris_wot 10y agoYes, but I didn't just mention phone calls. On the browser you'd be getting video feeds, needing sons. Facebook is full on video these days, also needing sound. However, if you look at the money and the plans that Telcos are providing, it's pretty evident that phone calls are still very much an important part of having a phone. Viber, Facebook calling, Whatsapp phone calls, Skype and FaceTime are all extremely popular. Even sending Vines requires sound.
- jsmeaton 10y ago
- douche 10y agoSmartphones are really terribly designed to be actually used as a telephone. Personally, I say good riddance. Anything that can be communicated in text, whether email, SMS or other, ought to be. That leaves very little use for telephone, which has all of the disadvantages of synchronous, face-to-face voice communication, with none of the benefits.
- majewsky 10y ago> Anything that can be communicated in text, whether email, SMS or other, ought to be. I see you never had a heated argument going on for hours that only started because people were missing your tone of voice.
- douche 10y agoEh, telephone doesn't help that much either. Video you can at least get some indications of body language, but on the whole I'd be perfectly content if I never had to make another phone call. Bad connections, constant reverb from garbage mics, people forgetting they are on mute, incomprehensible accents. None of these are problems in text communication, and the signal-to-noise ratio is higher.
- jaimex2 10y agoI'm starting to see a trend in the comments where anyone who actually posts something rational that makes sense gets down voted. He is right, no one used the Gameboy as a media player.
- covekeyboard 10y agoI didn't downvote, but I suspect he's getting downvoted because what he said is not rational, but actually a pretty bad rationalization. The Gameboy Advanced SP is used to play video games, and I don't know of a single game on it that doesn't include music and sound-effects. In other words, 99% of the GBA SP's use case involves sound, in contrast to the iPhone, where there are plenty of apps that don't require sound, such as texting, browsing the web, looking at maps, etc. Better to just accept that the SP not having a headphone jack was bad, but it sold anyway, and that the iPhone not having a headphone jack will be bad, but it'll probably sell anyway, instead of coming up with illogical post-hoc justifications for why it's okay for the SP but not the iPhone.
- chris_wot 10y agoI don't tend to make many phone/FaceTime calls that lack sound. I also tend to enjoy listening to music and videos with sound. Could be just my illogical post-hoc rationalisation kicking in though.
- covekeyboard 10y agoSure, there are plenty of use cases that require sound in the iPhone. I never disputed that. But this is something it has in common with the SP, not a difference. I guess I was pretty rude about it, though, so sorry about that.
- chris_wot 10y agoIts ok, I've said worse. Thank you for apologising.
- 10y ago
- unimpressive 10y agoFTA: "Why Nintendo, why why why why why? The speaker is just as tinny and pathetic as the GBA, and thus if you have any intention of playing a game with the sound on while in the presence of human beings around, you'll know that you'll get that glare. Try the same thing on a train or a plane (or better still, in a library) and your life won't be worth living. Headphone socket. Where the hell is it?" I don't know if you've ever played a handheld in public, or been around somebody doing it, but you do not want to be that jerk who forces everybody on the bus to listen to Mario stomp red turtles.
- Kiro 10y agoI would say it's the other way around. I've never used headphones for my phone but I sure need them when playing GBA.