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sherm03

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Sep 10, 2013 2:16 PM
Commander of Awesome;1498542 wrote:Really? I felt like that was a thing I used to read about prolonging laptop battery life. Does letting you phone drain all the way, or close to it before charging also not help maintain your battery life?
Not anymore. It's a misconception that phone batteries have a "memory" and that if you charge it when the phone is at, say, 50% that the phone will only charge up to 50% capacity after time.

With the new technologies, you can charge your phone multiple times a day...at any discharge level...and it shouldn't affect the life of your battery.
Sep 10, 2013 2:16pm
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Sep 10, 2013 2:23 PM
sherm03;1498541 wrote:Motorola did the fingerprint scanner two years ago. Customer reaction to it was terrible because people thought the government was collecting their fingerprints. Wonder how this will affect Apple? Probably won't do a thing because it's Apple...and people will think it's a revolutionary thing.
The fingerprint info is stored inside the A7, deep in some chip sub-section. Not stored anywhere on Apple's servers.
Sep 10, 2013 2:23pm
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MontyBrunswick

Sep 10, 2013 2:25 PM
It feels like Apple has all but given up on innovating.
Sep 10, 2013 2:25pm
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Sep 10, 2013 2:28 PM
TedSheckler;1498548 wrote:The fingerprint info is stored inside the A7, deep in some chip sub-section. Not stored anywhere on Apple's servers.
Just like on the Motorola Atrix. That did not stop people from freaking out that the government or Google or anyone else was getting that information and compiling it. It was literally the exact same thing as what Apple just announced: an easier way to unlock your phone so you didn't have to put in a long password or PIN number. But people freaked out about it and hated it...that's not the case now. Just interesting.
Sep 10, 2013 2:28pm
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Commander of Awesome

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Sep 10, 2013 2:31 PM
dlazz;1498549 wrote:It feels like Apple has all but given up on innovating.
What did you want to see?
Sep 10, 2013 2:31pm
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Sep 10, 2013 2:35 PM
Commander of Awesome;1498522 wrote:2 yr old phone, you shouldn't be too shocked. Also do you charge your phone at night? Keeping it charged all night will expedite your phone battery getting worse.
This one is only around a year old, if that...had it replaced under warranty.

I think part of the problem is spotty service, constantly searching for a tower drains it.
Commander of Awesome;1498542 wrote:Really? I felt like that was a thing I used to read about prolonging laptop battery life. Does letting you phone drain all the way, or close to it once a month before charging also not help maintain your battery life?
I could be way off, but I believe Apple has something that detects when your battery is full and cuts off charging.
Sep 10, 2013 2:35pm
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Sep 10, 2013 2:44 PM
Automatik;1498556 wrote:
I could be way off, but I believe Apple has something that detects when your battery is full and cuts off charging.
Yeah sherm/dlazz corrected me on this.
Sep 10, 2013 2:44pm
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MontyBrunswick

Sep 10, 2013 2:45 PM
Commander of Awesome;1498553 wrote:What did you want to see?

Something different. Do something drastic. Give away music. Give the OS an entirely different look. Anything.
Sep 10, 2013 2:45pm
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Sep 10, 2013 2:46 PM
They don't need to do anything drastic. If it ain't broke....
Sep 10, 2013 2:46pm
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Sep 10, 2013 2:47 PM
dlazz;1498563 wrote:Something different. Do something drastic. Give away music. Give the OS an entirely different look. Anything.
So make a change just for the sake of making a change? Makes sense. /sarcasm

Also they're releasing their new OS which is supposed to be quite different.
Sep 10, 2013 2:47pm
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MontyBrunswick

Sep 10, 2013 2:51 PM
Commander of Awesome;1498565 wrote:So make a change just for the sake of making a change? Makes sense. /sarcasm

Also they're releasing their new OS which is supposed to be quite different.

Their new OS is a bunch of things they flat out copied from Android.
Sep 10, 2013 2:51pm
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Sep 10, 2013 2:51 PM
dlazz;1498549 wrote:It feels like Apple has all but given up on innovating.
Yea, that other 64-bit phone was awe......
Sep 10, 2013 2:51pm
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MontyBrunswick

Sep 10, 2013 2:53 PM
TedSheckler;1498569 wrote:Yea, that other 64-bit phone was awe......

A 64-bit cpu in a phone isn't going to do a whole hell of a lot.

Not right now anyway. Phones don't pack enough RAM to show a difference.
Sep 10, 2013 2:53pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:00 PM
dlazz;1498570 wrote:A 64-bit cpu in a phone isn't going to do a whole hell of a lot.

Not right now anyway. Phones don't pack enough RAM to show a difference.
But isn't that innovating? I argue it is. Forward thinking, my friend.

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Sep 10, 2013 3:00pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:02 PM
Commander of Awesome;1498522 wrote:2 yr old phone, you shouldn't be too shocked. Also do you charge your phone at night? Keeping it charged all night will expedite your phone battery getting worse.
Did not realize this.
Sep 10, 2013 3:02pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:03 PM
birddog23;1498529 wrote:Will original iPhone 5 be $50 now with new two year contract? Or Free?
$99
Sep 10, 2013 3:03pm
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MontyBrunswick

Sep 10, 2013 3:04 PM
TedSheckler;1498572 wrote:But isn't that innovating? I argue it is. Forward thinking, my friend.

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Not really. ARM released a 64 bit chip last year, so it was on the horizon already.

Hope this helps.

I do think they're the first to drop one in a phone though.
Sep 10, 2013 3:04pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:05 PM
dlazz;1498549 wrote:It feels like Apple has all but given up on innovating.
What would be a new innovation you would like to see? I honestly can't think where they'd go next.
Sep 10, 2013 3:05pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:06 PM
Commander of Awesome;1498522 wrote:Keeping it charged all night will expedite your phone battery getting worse.
Cell phones can crash airplanes and blow up gas stations, too.
Sep 10, 2013 3:06pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:14 PM
dlazz;1498575 wrote:Not really. ARM released a 64 bit chip last year, so it was on the horizon already.

Hope this helps.

I do think they're the first to drop one in a phone though.
I believe they license most of the architecture from ARM, just like Qualcomm, Samsung, and others. They build their own GPU and other additions to the core chip or they can use the ARM GPU. I wonder why the switch to 64-bit at this time. It obviously isn't because of RAM addressing limitations of the current memory size.
Sep 10, 2013 3:14pm
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MontyBrunswick

Sep 10, 2013 3:14 PM
ernest_t_bass;1498576 wrote:What would be a new innovation you would like to see? I honestly can't think where they'd go next.

How about a phone that wakes up when you say a keyword? Or one that knows to automatically turn on bluetooth when you get in your car? Simple things like that would be huge time savers.

Motorola got close with the first one on the Moto X, but I still have to setup a NFC tag and tap my phone to achieve the latter.
Sep 10, 2013 3:14pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:17 PM
Speaking of, kinda sucks that the 5S won't have NFC.
Sep 10, 2013 3:17pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:19 PM
dlazz;1498580 wrote:How about a phone that wakes up when you say a keyword? Or one that knows to automatically turn on bluetooth when you get in your car? Simple things like that would be huge time savers.

Motorola got close with the first one on the Moto X, but I still have to setup a NFC tag and tap my phone to achieve the latter.
Why do you have to tap your phone or setup an NFC tag? Especially with the Moto X, you should never have to turn off Bluetooth because of that X8 system. As soon as you get in your car, and turn the BT headset (or whatever on), it would automatically connect.
Sep 10, 2013 3:19pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:20 PM
dlazz;1498568 wrote:Their new OS is a bunch of things they flat out copied from Windows Phone
FTFY
Sep 10, 2013 3:20pm
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Sep 10, 2013 3:21 PM
I do like the WebOS like app switcher in iOS7. I always thought that was a nice way of implementing the feature.
Sep 10, 2013 3:21pm