[Closed] What's annoying you currently? II

Overhyped and overpriced my friend plus all is locked and customization (really important for me, but not for all it seems) is impossible whilst google play stores will basically let you do anything you want with the good money you paid for your device. I currently have samsung galaxy s5 and it's a hell of a machine for its size, i can't see how any apple device can match this. I recently sold ipad2 and got ipad air which was a hell of money too only to have it braking by itself slowly, gradually screen was turning half-yellow half-white in 2 weeks after purchase. Sent it in for refund and got peace of mind.

Oh, and Apple is the only decent smartphone you can buy that's not the size of a planet. I have an iPhone 4S, and I'm happy sticking with it for the foreseeable future.

What?

Of course it gets fingerprints all over it, it's a device you use with your fingers! It's no more or less prone to scratches than any other similar device. The Air is objectively the best iPad Apple have ever built.

Yes, my brother has one. They're too big (and too ugly) for me. The screen is very nice though.

But we are talking about the new Apple 'junk'; the iPad Air. And I think your reasons for disliking it are baffling.

Apple sells overpriced stuff, for no reason, no major upgrades. So many years have gone by and ipad air feels lesser than the classic ipad2. Iphone 5s and 5c weren't better at all than 4s which is a classic iphone and i doubt iphone6 which will cost a shitload of money will be better than 4s in reality. You don't see the same with other companies, especially Samsung. It's a pretty fair argument: no real progress. Apple wasn't like that. Apple used to be equal to progress themselves.

It's a massive issue in The Netherlands as well, but mostly due to middle-ages assholes on sports bikes who consider themselves part of the Tour De France (including pathetic sports outfits), cycling in traffic in mobs (there really is no other word for it) in insane speeds, shouting at other cyclists to move out of the way (because, hey, you know: the road is THEIRS.), cursing and becoming physically aggressive when you don't move out of the way quick enough.

I hate them with a passion, and so do most other no-idiot cyclists.
Already they managed to kill one elderly lady last year, but amazingly legislation still isn't catching up.

I'm thinking about, in a similar vein, picking up archery and starting to practice in a park or so, just shouting at kids to get out of the way when I shoot. Same thing, right?
Idiots.
Fucking idiots

Martijn, could you tell more about the old lady incident? Or at least give a link in English?

No English links available, Pawel.
Not sure what I can tell you?
A mob of seven "racers" (see D.'s links for more proper assessments of their sportsmanship) hogging the cycle lane, one of them hitting a 78 year old woman coming in the opposite direction. She fell: dead.
With the insane speeds these assholes think are their 'right' to manoeuvre at, it's a wonder we don't have more deadly incidents.

You're right, they do. But in most cases, I'm happy to pay that premium to end up with a product I want more than other products. Call me a sucker, but that's the way it is!



They sell it for a premium mostly because they can, whether we like it or not (although if they were made in the US it would cost considerably more). True, it would appear that Samsung are selling the S5 with less of a profit margin than Apple are (or were) with the iPhone 5S, so I agree compared to Galaxy's they are over priced. But Galaxy's aren't exactly cheap either, and personally I'm happier to pay a little bit more for a phone I desire far more than the other options, regardless of whether the S5 quite clearly has better specs.



It's lighter, so in that sense you're right. Though I'm at a loss how a device that basically improves upon everything that was good in one of its previous models is somehow 'lesser'?

I could understand not wanting to upgrade. If you're happy with your iPad 2, then there's no real reason to upgrade to an Air. That's fine, and to be honest I'd feel the same. This is why I'm happy to stick with my iPhone 4S for now. So the Air may be a better device (and it is), but it hardly presents us with justifiable reasons to fork out an extra £400 or so on buying a second tablet.

But in terms of comparing the two products, the Air wins hands down. Perhaps you prefer the heavier feel, the thicker side bezels, the slower chip and the lower resolution screen of the iPad 2. That's preference, and one can hardly argue with that. But it has no bearing on the actual quality of the device.



Depends how you define 'better'. Each next gen iPhone has had better specs than the last model, so you can't define it in terms of hardware. Other than that, again it just comes down to preference. I completely understand preferring the smaller iPhone 4, it's the perfect size for a phone in my opinion. But preferring something doesn't necessarily mean it's 'better' in any objective sense, which is what you seem to be implying.

But I will agree that Apple doesn't excite me as much as it once did. I still love the products, for the most part, but like I said I'm not really a fan of the company anymore.

Although considering it wasn't that long ago that a wheelbarrow was the forefront of technology, it's incredible that we can have any device that can do half the things a basic smartphone does!



Again, the Air is thinner and lighter (hence the name), but I don't think it has an inferior build quality. Nor does the S5's apparently more fingerprint-resistant screen imply the Air's screen is terrible. And, as I'd already mentioned, this problem is overcome by using a matte screen protector. (It just means you can't use it as a mirror.)

Personally, the S5 just doesn't feel as nice in the hand as an iPhone 5S (or even 4S). But again, this is subjective, and I wouldn't want to imply the S5 is shit purely based on that. It's not shit. It's a fantastic device. I just prefer iPhones.

I feel like this is going to prove relevant....

http://i.imgur.com/HnV8bNj.gif

No matter how we might try to make shit smell feel or taste nicer, it doesn't hide the fact that Apple used to be prominent, leading in technology, always groundbreaking and innovative whilst now it primarily markets and exists mostly to sell overpriced shit to first world crap-hungry teenagers who only buy with one criteria in mind: fashion, and trend. Ones who will line up in ridiculous Queues to throw parents' (or their) hard-earn money to Apple's latest fraud. iphone 6's specifications are 2 years back compared to the Android competition and it costs even higher than some of today's Android flagships devices. There are some arguments pro Apple products and if we are going to look at them just as products, they do have their merits truth to be told, but if you take into account the whole despicable marketing strategy by Apple and their prices, there's nothing more than shit nowadays. Their name used to be equal to groundbreaking and cutting edge. Now it is world-renowned for their brilliant marketing strategies. Enough said.

I do enjoy my (now father's) ipad2 from time to time as well.

My trusted old Nokia is starting to give up the ghost, so I need to start moving to a new one.
I really don't want to. I hate the current generations of humongous, touchpad smartphones.
And I desperately want a QWERTY keyboard (which is SO much easier to type on: I hardly make any typo, in massive contrast to the iPad where I can't even type "a" without at least three mistypes. .
*sigh*

First world problems.

and http://www.phonearena.com/phones/best/QWERTY