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In my experience I find Apple tends not to add features that don’t meet a reliability or quality bar, which is why they’re usually not first movers on things li
by bobthepanda 4y ago
In my experience I find Apple tends not to add features that don’t meet a reliability or quality bar, which is why they’re usually not first movers on things like 4G or 5G.
I had an LG phone that was one of the first in 4G (at least on my carrier) and the thing ran so hot it was often painful to touch.
- nradov 4y agoNope, Apple is just late to the party here. Multi-frequency GPS has been completely reliable in competing devices for at least two generations.
- martyvis 4y agoThe Apple Reality Distortion Field is clearly still strong.
- skimo8 4y agoIt’s more a statement of how they operate IMO. I’ve watched them be extremely conservative over the years to see which ideas stick and wait until hardware has matured. My HTC thunderbolt was one of the first “4G” phones, but was barely useable more than a few hours. Yes, Apple has made some insane design constraints in the past (butterfly keyboards, the whole thin-ness thing), but their chip choices are usually pretty sound and grounded in reality. *edit: I wanted to throw in how frustrating the lack of push email was for so long (and still kind of is), but I get it. From their standpoint, they control APNS & can use that for energy efficiency benefits to make a grandma-friendly device
- haditab 4y agoI hear this claim a lot, especially by Apple brand enthusiasts, but is there really any data supporting this? From my memory Apple is just often late to the party. Especially for 4G and LTE.