@thepaulpage Not really. Android is open source. Here’s the source code: https://github.com/android Read up on iMessage for example. Apple is one of the few companies that seems to take customer privacy seriously. See also, San Bernardino iPhone / FBI. Apple is a hardware company. Google is an advertising and information company. Apple has many faults, but personal info and privacy is one area where they surpass the competition in large measure.
[RANT]My complaints are strongly geared towards the complete lack of innovation in the post-Jobs era. I can’t call the lack of a headphone jack innovation, and I’m amazed at their other weak product launches (e.g. I was ready to buy a new MacBook Pro, then they released a non-pro media consumption device with an outdated CPU/GPU )[/RANT]
@spitfire6006006 yes but it seems like this sale was set to go months ago (before the iPhone 7 came out) and got delayed but the poll was never updated. No option for already have an iPhone without the headphone jack.
I voted no, cause I’m going to anyway. Mainly because I already bought the 7 since my 5 finally bit the dust. I rarely if ever used the damn headphones anyway!
Got a 6s+ already. Will probably get an 8 or 8s in 2 or 3 years. No shits to give about the headphone jack - I use Bluetooth with the phone or my Apple Watch, or lightning to CarPlay in the car.
I’ve got an iPhone 4s; someday I’ll get another hand-me-down, but it may be years before I care about the headphone jack. Hey, I already use a 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter so it won’t be much different.
I use a Tracfone. I don’t need all that crap on a smartphone. I have a couple of cheap-ass Chinese audio players that take Micro SD cards if the 8GB inside fill up. They play FLAC files too. And I have several good cameras and a $29 refurb Kindle Fire. I also have a real life and don’t text.
I have never bought an iPhone, but have several. My daughter and mom usually give me theirs when they get the new one. I have used Bluetooth earphones for years, so that isn’t a consideration. Plus, I’d never spend the money on an iPhone that can be spent on Jeep parts or backpacking/rock climbing gear.
I still have 2palm os devices in a drawer somewhere. I did like them at the time. I held out for a pre.
When I finally got one, it ran so slowly, and had so many limitations on stuff that old palms is did well (cut,copy,paste) that i returned it to the store and bought an iPhone instead. Then android.
The os on the pre was a beautiful os. Had the pre run faster, I prob would have kept it.
@f00l I’ve got a Palm Treo and a Palm Pre Plus in a drawer somewhere. I even have a Touchpad, that tablet that HP killed days after launch. I see WebOS is on some smart televisions, so at least it’s living on in some way.
I use Bluetooth 95% of the time, but would want the option of a jack for those few times I need to go wired (like when the Bluetooth needs a recharge in the middle of the day because I forgot to overnight)
@communist Ironically, a few Android phones omitted the headphone jack long before Apple did.
Fuck Apple.
@Mehsturbator i agree strongly with you!
@Mehsturbator Yep.
@Mehsturbator we’re sorry that you can’t afford an iphone.
@ThatsHeadly Oh I could. I bought three phones over the span of a year, the cost isn’t the issue. The issue is Apple.
@Mehsturbator Far enough. I prefer Apple’s expensive, closed ecosystem to Google’s “suck up all my personal info” ecosystem.
@ThatsHeadly they’re both closed and they both suck up personal info.
@thepaulpage Not really. Android is open source. Here’s the source code: https://github.com/android Read up on iMessage for example. Apple is one of the few companies that seems to take customer privacy seriously. See also, San Bernardino iPhone / FBI. Apple is a hardware company. Google is an advertising and information company. Apple has many faults, but personal info and privacy is one area where they surpass the competition in large measure.
@Mehsturbator Much agreed.
[RANT]My complaints are strongly geared towards the complete lack of innovation in the post-Jobs era. I can’t call the lack of a headphone jack innovation, and I’m amazed at their other weak product launches (e.g. I was ready to buy a new MacBook Pro, then they released a non-pro media consumption device with an outdated CPU/GPU )[/RANT]
This poll seems a bit dated.
@Ignorant it’s relevant to the sale, though
@spitfire6006006 yes but it seems like this sale was set to go months ago (before the iPhone 7 came out) and got delayed but the poll was never updated. No option for already have an iPhone without the headphone jack.
@Ignorant I refuse to believe they plan that far ahead.
I voted no, cause I’m going to anyway. Mainly because I already bought the 7 since my 5 finally bit the dust. I rarely if ever used the damn headphones anyway!
Got a 6s+ already. Will probably get an 8 or 8s in 2 or 3 years. No shits to give about the headphone jack - I use Bluetooth with the phone or my Apple Watch, or lightning to CarPlay in the car.
The next Samsung won’t have headphone jack, better get used to it. That is if it doesn’t blowup first
@natedogg
I’ve got an iPhone 4s; someday I’ll get another hand-me-down, but it may be years before I care about the headphone jack. Hey, I already use a 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter so it won’t be much different.
Never buy new phones anyway; it will be years before this affects us
I use a Tracfone. I don’t need all that crap on a smartphone. I have a couple of cheap-ass Chinese audio players that take Micro SD cards if the 8GB inside fill up. They play FLAC files too. And I have several good cameras and a $29 refurb Kindle Fire. I also have a real life and don’t text.
@radi0j0hn not this one, I guess http://www.target.com/p/tracfone-iphone-5s-16gb-space-gray/-/A-51169070
Where is the option that I already have it???
I haven’t used wired headphones/earbuds in years. That is what bluetooth is for.
I have never bought an iPhone, but have several. My daughter and mom usually give me theirs when they get the new one. I have used Bluetooth earphones for years, so that isn’t a consideration. Plus, I’d never spend the money on an iPhone that can be spent on Jeep parts or backpacking/rock climbing gear.
Any WebOS junkies? Man, I miss my Palm.
@Omehgawd oh gahd i remember having the palm pixi and being so exited that it had wireless charging available
@Omehgawd Probabaly fewer than even WP users here.
@narfcake I went to WP after my Palm died. Moved to Android not long after.
@communist YES! I still have my charging thingamajig. Hm…I wonder if my Galaxy S7 will charge with it?
@Omehgawd
@communist
@narfcake
I still have 2palm os devices in a drawer somewhere. I did like them at the time. I held out for a pre.
When I finally got one, it ran so slowly, and had so many limitations on stuff that old palms is did well (cut,copy,paste) that i returned it to the store and bought an iPhone instead. Then android.
The os on the pre was a beautiful os. Had the pre run faster, I prob would have kept it.
@f00l I’ve got a Palm Treo and a Palm Pre Plus in a drawer somewhere. I even have a Touchpad, that tablet that HP killed days after launch. I see WebOS is on some smart televisions, so at least it’s living on in some way.
Sigh.
I use Bluetooth 95% of the time, but would want the option of a jack for those few times I need to go wired (like when the Bluetooth needs a recharge in the middle of the day because I forgot to overnight)
@mollama Have 2 or 3 pair. That’s what I do.
Why would it?
Just buy an Android phone. Dropping the headphone jack is extremely anti-consumer. That goes for the Moto Z as well.
http://appleplugs.com/