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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 08:52 AM
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 08:55 AM
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 09:05 AM
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sorry was that the 2017 launch? couldn't tell they all look the same,,,,,
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sorry was that the 2017 launch? couldn't tell they all look the same,,,,,
Yeah they do, Samsung, Google, Apple, all of them look like an iPhone.
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 09:54 AM
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Ericsson , again , came up first with touchscreen smartphone

followed by lg , with apple , as ever, fooling the world that theyd reinvented the wheel
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 10:03 AM
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Come on. A leaked photo of an LG came out a few days before the iPhone was shown working on stage. If you believe Apple went from a leaked photo to a working iPhone in that time then you're either a god botherer or a fool.
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 11:22 AM
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http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/0...continues.html


It is amazing that from the very first iPhone through to today's newest iPhone 7 Plus, it has remained the gold standard by which all other smartphones are judged.
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 11:23 AM
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Ericsson , again , came up first with touchscreen smartphone

followed by lg , with apple , as ever, fooling the world that theyd reinvented the wheel
Like it or not, the iPhone was the first commercially succesful touchscreen phone. Who came up with the idea is academic if the idea doesn't sell.
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Like it or not, the iPhone was the first commercially succesful touchscreen phone. Who came up with the idea is academic if the idea doesn't sell.
Hardware is only half the story as we know well now. Erricson make some great hardware, but they didn't have decades of experience in software that could bring a desktop experience to mobile.
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 01:19 PM
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Poor ole Steve , what would he have made of it all now !
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by On-the-bog
sorry was that the 2017 launch? couldn't tell they all look the same,,,,,
That's what you call progress....
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Poor ole Steve , what would he have made of it all now !
He'd love it. Apple Watch is a roaring success and only getting better, Apple have built a Spaceship in California, the iPhone is still the gold standard, 75% of software developers use Apple computers and rising, the iPad has no competitors, their mobile chip is considered so far advanced it's unlikely anyone will ever compete and people still talk about him, not bad.
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He'd love it. Apple Watch is a roaring success and only getting better, Apple have built a Spaceship in California, the iPhone is still the gold standard, 75% of software developers use Apple computers and rising, the iPad has no competitors, their mobile chip is considered so far advanced it's unlikely anyone will ever compete and people still talk about him, not bad.
I think that crown belongs to Samsung S7, it pretty much trumps the iPhone overall in most if not all the reviews including the newer iPhone 7.
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I think that crown belongs to Samsung S7, it pretty much trumps the iPhone overall in most if not all the reviews including the newer iPhone 7.
You have to be ****ting me. The Pixel is a close runner on the camera, that's it.
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 04:39 PM
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Just go and check the reviews from all the tech journalists and professionals who review theses products for a living, you'll find most are in Samsung S7's favour.
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 04:51 PM
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Just go and check the reviews from all the tech journalists and professionals who review theses products for a living, you'll find most are in Samsung S7's favour.
It's over a year old, all the reviews were done before the 7 came out. It's a fine device don't get me wrong, but it's old and even when it was new the 6+ out performed it.
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if you were to fall for the apple machine , youd go for the 6s + !!

7 sounds bit of a dud
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The processor in the 7 is twice as fast, it'll last years more than the 6s, but if you want to save a few quid now and spend more later then yes, the 6s would be a fine device.
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 06:53 PM
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It's over a year old, all the reviews were done before the 7 came out. It's a fine device don't get me wrong, but it's old and even when it was new the 6+ out performed it.
I know it's over a year old, which makes it even more amazing that the Galaxy S7 can still trump the iPhone 7 as well as Apple's previous offering. Like you said its a year old and it says a lot when an old device can still beat Apple's latest offering.

Below summerises a few reviews where the S7 is pitted against the new iPhone 7.
http://www.theweek.co.uk/70261/samsu...16s-best-phone

There are plenty more if you can bear to bring yourself to Google it.

Let's see how the iPhone 8 will turn out. I was going to upgrade my iPhone 6 to a 7, but the 7 is pretty disappointing. But the Galaxy S8 looks to be shaping up quite nicely too.

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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 09:09 PM
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You're not going to sell adverts by saying Apple are great.
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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 10:18 PM
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Gawd.Hope my kids don't grow up this obsessed.lol
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 08:25 AM
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Ha! Suck it up Fandroid. The only reason you're even here is the iPhone, you owe it your existence, without it you are nothing.
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 08:41 AM
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Ha! Suck it up Fandroid. The only reason you're even here is the iPhone, you owe it your existence, without it you are nothing.
Anyone got any popcorn? This should be a good 'en.
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Originally Posted by neil-h
Anyone got any popcorn? This should be a good 'en.
I missed him and I'm sure the advertising team did too.
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wish id gone s7 over ip7
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wish id gone s7 over ip7
Sell it and buy the S7, no point not being satisfied.
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 12:31 PM
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sadly dont have another £300 to put towards the s7

just silly little quirks that annoy me,

like if i were replying to this on my phone i couldnt see all the words im writing, and if your in the browser if you swipe to the left or right too hard it goes back to the previous screen


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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 12:54 PM
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You'll get a second hand S7 for a lot less than a second hand iPhone.

Not it sure what's happened if you can't see your txt. Here's what I see.

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its because im not viewing it as a mobile site then,

which is fine on this site, but not all sites allow this, and that tapatalk things horrid lol
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Tapatalk is terrible. Mine goes to this version every time, don't think I did anything.
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