FWIW I find battery life has more to do with your physical location than anything else.

Competition for a cell signal or poor signal makes the phone constantly hunt.

When I'm in Princeton I need to charge around 4-5 pm.

Boca I can get to the end of the day.

Dallas I can get 2 days easy out of the phone.

Dallas is also where I use it heaviest.

In 7 years in Dallas I've never had a dropped call from my end.

Where I lived in NY I was lucky to make a 5 minute call without it dropping at least once.

I liked using my iPhone when it was running iOS 6 more than 7. But, iOS 7 is OK. No real problems. I shut down apps not in use. I try stay away from the iCloud as much as possible. Overall, the phone meets my needs. My wife is also happy with hers. Not fanboys, but overall, we're satisfied. stomachmonkey nailed it about power consumption vs. location. When we go hiking in the mountains, away from cell towers, our batteries drain faster unless we shut off our phones. The phone keeps trying to find a cell tower to talk to, even when one's not there.

I have no opinions about the other products out on the market. I guess they can have thread(s) of their own to be praised/panned.

Wow, what a dick....there are plenty of suggestions in that list that do not involve shutting the phone off or turning off all the features.

I used to Jailbreak my iPhones but once iOS 7 came out, I no longer felt the need. Functionality, features, and ease of use are better than ever...and I like what John Ive has done...

UHM....you totally misunderstood me here man....my thanks WAS sincere and I did read it looking for tips and suggestions.

My issue was NEVER with YOU.......

All I was getting at is if you need to turn off all the cool stuff it doesn't leave me with a very cool phone.

Thanks for calling me a dick........

From your past posts here I assumed you to be a pretty cool guy. I will continue to assume you just read something in my response that was not intended.

Have a nice day

Mike

In iOS 7 I would get the apple screen often when unlocking my iPhone 5s. Would have to wait 5 seconds before I could unlock the phone. Never crashed the phone, but it was tiresome to see this happen once or twice a day. Since upgrading to iOS 7.1, this has not happened at all.

As for the coming samsung galaxy 5s - I heard they will have 4k cameras. Wow - that is crazy. A 4k camera in a consumer phone! That blows away the Nokia 41 megapixel camera out now. Hope they up the memory card max capability as well...

-Z-man

Mike,

I apologize. I read the "very thoughtful of you" text as sarcasm and I see now that was not what you intended. Please accept my apology.

Thank you,

Scott

It's cool.....Like I said I assumed it was a misunderstanding. ( I also should have left out the "thanks for calling me a dick").....that was a little of my own anger about the situation coming thru!!!!Therefore I apologize for that reaction as well.

Thanks Scott,
Mike
(this Porsche dude love fest brought to you in part by....M.D. Holloways "Respect Train" thread!!!!! LOL!!!)

At what point does the resolution exceed the human eye's ability to discern a difference? I've read a similar argument with the new 4K Ultra HD TVs, that in most applications the human eye is physically unable to see the higher resolution.

It's somewhat moot anyway, as I suspect my basic Nikon D3000 DSLR will still take better pictures.

The only benefit of the super high resolutions is to let you crop the photo or make really big prints. The big limit on a 4K cell phone camera is the lens quality and artifacts on the tiny little camera sensor.

Any dedicated digital camera with a multi part lens will have better quality than a cell phone.

Our Nikon D3 is just a 12 mega pixel camera but the sensor is the size of the 35 mm piece of film. It will beat the pants off of any cell phone photo especially in lower light conditions.

Well that's just crazy-talk, you iHater. :mad: Apple knows what they are doing and there is no reason to go to a bigger screen.

Back around when the first iPhone came out, I was saying convergence at a 5 - 7" screen, with smaller versions for women (and dainty men.) -it's an ergonomic thing.

Its not Apple's issue. Its your location. But, I understand your frustration. However, it would also take 10 seconds of Google searching on your part to identify that the problem is with you, not the phone.

Perhaps Apple needs context-sensitive popups to provide little tidbits of info to people unwilling to do a little research on their own.

I have a Nexus 5 showing up today, and have a Nexus 3 that has been a demo device for the past year or two. In the house we have iPhone 4, 4s, and 5s. Comparing all of these, to me the 5s frankly is a pretty optimized form factor. At 6'1" I'm not exactly dainty, but it is easier to use the 5s one-handed than it is to use the Nexus. It also is more comfortable carrying around in pants pockets (smaller and lighter). It is however easier to deal with documents and web pages on the Nexus due to the extra screen real estate. No free lunch.

Agreed - can't stand the feel of the "oversize" phones (Galaxy et al). If I want a bigger image I use the iPad. That's what tablets are for.

That's a key factor keeping me with an iphone. I refuse to wear one of those big dorky holsters, whatever I buy needs to fit comfortably in a pocket. I already have a tablet, I don't want to carry it on my hip.

Yeah, big screen in small package ...that's the goal.

seasonality and geography have impact on optimal size. That is, up north here, in the fall and winter, I throw even my 10.6" surface pro tablet into a jacket pocket. OTOH, When I travel to Hawaii, it's staying in the car or house. Warm climates mean small pockets - if any - which means small device is optimal.

Or Transmission oil thread...

And you call yourself an engineer...ha! :p

Nah, I'm an engineering manager.

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I completely agree. Smartphone cameras can't hold a candle to a decent (even consumer level) DSLR like the Nikon D3XXX or the Cannon 3D. (I have a Nikon D3200 that I very much enjoy using).

But for the Samsung folks to cram a 4K camera into their phone is quite interesting. They will rely on software and storage to compensate for the small sensor and glass.

That said, I was actually surprised that the Apple 5S's camera can open up to f2.2. Again, not as good a lens as a DSLR, and a tiny, tiny sensor, but the smart phone companies have come a long way, and have taken a huge chunk out of the pocket camera industry. On those terms, the smartphone cameras and their dominance in the low end camera market is just as revolutionary as the move was from film to digital for the consumer segment.

Ain't tech grand?

-Z

Cell phones have killed the small sensor camera market. In fact the entire camera market is down like 30% last year. Mirrorless is making in-roads everywhere except US and EU (though I shoot mostly mirror less, A7 and GH3).

The cell phone will always be limited by the quality of the lens and the size of the sensor. There is no substitute for horsepower for certain tasks (printing large, cropping heavily, low light). But for typical users and typical uses, the newer cell phone cams are quite good. Hence compact cams going by the wayside.

That Todd said. I used to carry a small camera around all the time when on my motorcycle or hiking. Since the iPhone 4S came out a few years ago I just use it for all of my picture taking.

I admit to not knowing what you guys are talking about.

But as an aside, I have an iPad that I'm resisting updating a lot like the cartoon posted earlier.

I'm also resisting "upgrading" to Windows 8 from Win 7. Win 8 looks like a learning to count game for retarded 4 year olds. And the new iPad OS looks like it was written for homosexual cavemen with no written language.

I guess I'm sort of a fuddy-duddy. I like to leave well enough alone, even though I have my feet in both worlds: Mac and PC. My MBPro has OS X and it's also running Win 7 Pro.

I'm almost there. When I take a break while on a long ride, I like to read; I switched to an iPad mini specifically because it will fit my motorcycle jacket pocket while still being more comfortable to read a book on than an iPod/iPhone - still looks goofy taking pictures, though. :)