IPhone, will you switch?

WilCIWS · Jan 15, 2011

slider5634 said:
THIS!!! I'm still on D1, wife is on Droid Eris and hates it. I'm going to let her burn my upgrade so she can have an iPhone again. Me? I'll wait until her line's due for an upgrade at the end of the year and see what kind of 4G phones have hit the market; hopefully something unlocked like the D1.

+1 Exactly! My this sounds like what my wife told me the other day when they announced the Iphone. She's got my old Eris, since she smashed her Eris, and I have a D1 and love this little guy! Only problems I have is finding a ROM to stick to (usually CM) and that I have the envy for bigger screens and faster processors... Oh well. I will buy her one so she leaves me alone, and I will consider a new LTE phone sometime in the future. No iCrap for me... Used the iPhone 3g on att for almost 2 years. Then I got a real smartphone lol.

shadowdude777 · Jan 16, 2011

CyberPitz said:
Well no wonder, you had a garbage pre-built. They put the cheapest hardware in those machines and charge you top dollar. Again, not Windows fault, just shitty mfg.

From Dell and HP, no less; the two worst hardware manufacturers out there.

Tempusfugit · Jan 16, 2011

shadowdude777 said:
From Dell and HP, no less; the two worst hardware manufacturers out there.

Because dell manufactures their hardware..

I'm on a 6 year old dell, one optical drive down and that's it. I ran support for 50 dells at my last job and they are solid machines. Didn't realize my intel chips, nvidia card, were the "cheapest shit out there"

I would take custom built over Dell just for customizing to suit my needs and price, but Dell is a good company that makes solid products.

By the way, I worked for HP. Back in the good old days of CPUs having pins, and ZIF sockets, the monkeys on the assembly line would find a way to put the CPU in rotated, and bend the corner pin. SOP in repair for this was to use a razor to unbend the pin, stick it back in the machine, and send it off. HP and dell shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

bose301s · Jan 16, 2011

Tempusfugit said:
Because dell manufactures their hardware..

I'm on a 6 year old dell, one optical drive down and that's it. I ran support for 50 dells at my last job and they are solid machines. Didn't realize my intel chips, nvidia card, were the "cheapest shit out there"

I would take custom built over Dell just for customizing to suit my needs and price, but Dell is a good company that makes solid products.

By the way, I worked for HP. Back in the good old days of CPUs having pins, and ZIF sockets, the monkeys on the assembly line would find a way to put the CPU in rotated, and bend the corner pin. SOP in repair for this was to use a razor to unbend the pin, stick it back in the machine, and send it off. HP and dell shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

AMD still uses pins and ZIF sockets and bending it back is pretty much standard procedure everywhere, there's no reason it shouldn't be.

kyleonfire · Jan 16, 2011

CyberPitz said:
Well no wonder, you had a garbage pre-built. They put the cheapest hardware in those machines and charge you top dollar. Again, not Windows fault, just shitty mfg.

I changed a lot of things about mine...for example: hard drive, RAM and video card were all things I swapped out myself.

bose301s · Jan 16, 2011

kyleonfire said:
Cleaned dust out all the time, didn't do anything. Noises happened on last two pc's (Dell and HP, though Dell performed way better than the HP) and I think it was the hard drives. I eventually gave up and just let the sounds run their course. No use in paying for Dell and HP's absurd outsourced tech help.

You realize Apple uses the exact same hard drives made by the exact same companies that come off the exact same assembly lines and use the exact same parts that were in your HP and Dell PCs?

The only difference between a Mac and a PC is the case and the software, that's why its asinine to spend $500-$1000 more for a Mac that is identical to a PC.

Tempusfugit · Jan 16, 2011

bose301s said:
AMD still uses pins and ZIF sockets and bending it back is pretty much standard procedure everywhere, there's no reason it shouldn't be.

Really, because I worked in production control, and more than one computer repaired like that came back through RMAs. Flashing red light, wonder what that could mean.

I'm not talking slight bends, these were folded flat.

Dark Jedi · Jan 16, 2011

Wonder with the ViPhone4 will apple fix the antenna problem that AT&T Iphone 4 has?

shadowdude777 · Jan 16, 2011

Tempusfugit said:
Because dell manufactures their hardware..

I'm on a 6 year old dell, one optical drive down and that's it. I ran support for 50 dells at my last job and they are solid machines. Didn't realize my intel chips, nvidia card, were the "cheapest shit out there"

I would take custom built over Dell just for customizing to suit my needs and price, but Dell is a good company that makes solid products.

By the way, I worked for HP. Back in the good old days of CPUs having pins, and ZIF sockets, the monkeys on the assembly line would find a way to put the CPU in rotated, and bend the corner pin. SOP in repair for this was to use a razor to unbend the pin, stick it back in the machine, and send it off. HP and dell shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

How pedantic. Fine, they're a computer manufacturer. Or would you prefer I say OEM?

Their products are made with the cheapest parts they can find. Nothing ever goes fixed. Look at the Alienware line, the M11/15/17x has an issue with the hinges destroying themselves. I will concede that their tech support was not as bad as everyone said it was. When I was getting on the phone to return my god-awful Alienware M11x, it only took them 10 minutes or so to get to me. As opposed to an hour, which I expected.

kyleonfire said:
I changed a lot of things about mine...for example: hard drive, RAM and video card were all things I swapped out myself.

Doesn't change the fact that the motherboard is made by the lowest bidder for Dell's production requirements. Read: Those brands whose motherboards always get 2-star reviews on Newegg.

Tempusfugit said:
Really, because I worked in production control, and more than one computer repaired like that came back through RMAs. Flashing red light, wonder what that could mean.

I'm not talking slight bends, these were folded flat.

I do agree that when pins on a CPU are shorted, you shouldn't just put the pins back in place. Obviously, the CPU was very likely to have taken damage and should just be replaced.

headbanger51 · Jan 16, 2011

What kind of hardware do you run Shadowdude777? I've actually been pretty happy with my Dell desktop which is about 5 years old and my HP laptop that's about two years old, but I have no brand loyalty.

shadowdude777 · Jan 16, 2011

I have a custom-built desktop, an Acer Aspire One 9", and an Acer TimelineX 4820TG. It's really just a coincidence that I own two Acer devices; the Aspire One was the cheapest netbook at the time and I was super-strapped for cash and needed a laptop, and the TimelineX 4820TG fits my needs perfectly as a student. I can game on it but it still has great battery life and is portable.

takeshi · Jan 17, 2011

bose301s said:
The only difference between a Mac and a PC is the case and the software, that's why its asinine to spend $500-$1000 more for a Mac that is identical to a PC.

Software is a big "only". Take a PC, for example. The OS (software) that you load has a major impact on your experience with the PC whether it's a Windows variant, MacOS, some flavor of Linux or any other number of OS's out there.

As for whether it's asinine or not, that's something for the individual to consider. You might consider it asinine but that doesn't mean that everyone does. Don't make the (typical for discussion forums) assumption that your preferences are everyone's.

Tugdaturtle · Jan 17, 2011

I can't waite to get a Iphone from Verizon , the only reason why i never got a iphone was because of AT&T coverage and service . Now that its going to Verizon its gonna be the bomb and once it released goodbye droid Hello Iphone

BoostedFalcon · Jan 20, 2011

No iPhone for me!!! The ONLY reason I would want one is for some games and applications. Those reasons don't come close to be enough for me to swap. I want a phone I can modify and add the movies and music at any time I want from any computer. I don't want to ever want to be locked down to Apple.

p8ntballah21 · Jan 20, 2011

Why would I want to downgrade? I don't get it......

twistedlim · Jan 21, 2011

Well after starting this thead I took the time to go play with the iphone (never used one if you can believe it). First thing I noticed was the absence of widget space or use. I cannot live w/o may calander widget. My droid is rooted so my options are pretty much limitless. The only problem with my droid is I spend way too much time changing roms, kernels, etc (read good thing).
On the other hand I am really impressed with the HTC phones. My wifes Dinc has functioned flawless since we got it (one of the first ones). It is every bit as snappy and smooth as my rooted droid running with a custom rom and a 1100 kernel. I will take a serious look at the thunderbolt when it comes out and probably will get it unless they tag on extra data fees for the extreemly limited 4g coverage.
In the end after owning an android phone I cannot see myself going to the iphone. I don't like the layout or interface. I would like to have my itunes on my phone but it wont all fit on a 32gb card anyway so my ipod will not become obsolete.

The_Chief · Jan 21, 2011

Here's yet another reason not to switch (if you need one):

FoxNews.com - Apple 'User-Proofing' iPhones With Unremovable Screws, Sources Say

Now tech-minded people can't get into their iPhones, even if they want to and have the expertise to do so. I love the article's illustration about taking your car in for maintenance and the dealership welds the hood shut so you can't get into it.

Hey Apple, IT'S NOT YOUR PHONE ANYMORE! We BOUGHT it! :mad:

shadowdude777 · Jan 21, 2011

You don't buy Apple products; you just lease them. And then Apple doesn't want them back because after 5 days, they've gone down in value 90%.

Baldilocks · Jan 21, 2011

The_Chief said:
Here's yet another reason not to switch (if you need one):

FoxNews.com - Apple 'User-Proofing' iPhones With Unremovable Screws, Sources Say

Now tech-minded people can't get into their iPhones, even if they want to and have the expertise to do so. I love the article's illustration about taking your car in for maintenance and the dealership welds the hood shut so you can't get into it.

Hey Apple, IT'S NOT YOUR PHONE ANYMORE! We BOUGHT it!

They already make screwdrivers to fit those. Don't know why everyone thinks it's a big deal.

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