I HATE APPLE

It’s more like a magician’s move than anything else. I dare anyone to execute it successfully 5 times in a row.

Swipe up and left
Press and hold finger on app
Press no entry sign

How is that difficult? Am I missing something?

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i don't miss the home button at all. i thought i would
and yeah jeez i have never turned the X off myself--just checked, that's intuitive too, left and right buttons, tap
face id is still kind of shit though

voice dictation on iphones is fucking useless. always wrong words, usually wrong words that don’t make any contextual sense, transcription usually kicks in 3 seconds after you start talking. literally quicker to type a ream of text than try four failed voice dictations in a row.

there is no reason for this six year old tech to be so fucking terrible. google nails it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/01/21/apple-iphone-x-buy-sales-specs-new-iphone-release-date/#490ff27e10cb

Goodbye iPhone X, we hardly knew ye

hm wow glad i held off

probably a stupid question but will they go on sale?

might not if they are cutting off production early but not sure

I have two ipod classics. The old one which I bought about ten years ago in nyc does not sync with my itunes library anymore. Apparently the battery pack is broken. I go to the Apple store in Berlin on a Saturday, i get an appointment ten days later, they are so busy. When i come to the appointment, the guy just plugs the ipod in his apple computer and tells me that it does not sync anymore and that they cannot do anything about it. Later on i find out that there are repair shops - who are not linked to apple - who replace broken battery packs for 49 euros. I also "like" the apple jargon "vintage" for products which are not produced anymore. They do not really offer any support more for them, they are only good for the museum in their eyes. I will hopefully never buy an apple product again.

it sucks because there's still no viable replacement for the Classic on the market. I've still got mine and I'm dreading the day it dies. that said those 3rd party repair shops are usually quite good, that's the route I would go if I were you

ive got a dead 4th gen ipod i should look into getting it fixed up.

honestly expecting a 10 year old piece of electronic equipment to be supported is kinda insane imo. ipods are not cast iron frying pans handed down from one generation to the next.

the thing is they're still wildly popular and Apple has yet to come out with a viable replacement for them.

Having trouble following the logic of this in the Forbes article:

Meanwhile, I’d argue it’s a smart move canceling the iPhone X because its design will remain a flagship option (the 6.1-inch model is priced like the iPhone 8) rather than being discounted at one year old. Consequently, the 2017 iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will then take the role of cheaper understudies bringing simplification to a range, that has become increasingly convoluted in recent years.

When they say "its design" do they mean in the form of a newer iPhone model that will have aspects of the X's design? If so, it makes sense.

the thing is they're still wildly popular and Apple has yet to come out with a viable replacement for them.

― frogbs, Monday, January 22, 2018 5:34 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark

wildly popular among a niche audience of enthusiasts you mean?

yeah cant see the average person caring about classic ipods. everyone (mostly) has a phone with the same function (and more) at this point.

for a 10 year old piece of hardware I'd say they're pretty popular

the article also says the replacement for the 4" SE will have a 6.1" screen so i'm not sure the guy's playing with a full deck

4S 4 life
Fuck an X and a whatever plus
If you want to use two hands to hold a phone get a laptop

i have a 6+ and never really use two hands.

I can successfully use the X while holding it and eating ramen with my other hand (chopsticks not my fingers, mind you) so ymmv

my sony walkman radio from the 80s still works

why shouldn't my newfangled ipod gadget from the 00s

If you want to use two hands to hold a phone get a laptop

― calstars, Monday, January 22, 2018 3:09 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

my sony walkman radio from the 80s still works

why shouldn't my newfangled ipod gadget from the 00s

― j., Monday, January 22, 2018 5:45 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

apple did an incredible job marketing a phone with a whacking great notch in the screen, because for the first few weeks loads of buyers were loudly reassuring themselves that they weren’t even noticing the notch

also even i don’t care about the ipod classic any more, it’s old, apple is under no obligation to repair antiques

But to just brick them.

I have a scanner that worked fine until Apple issued a Mac update. It refuses to acknowledge my camera. Meanwhile, I can hook a PS3 to my television without any problems.

everyone (mostly) has a phone with the same function (and more) at this point

again, phones don't have the capacity of iPods, aren't useful for keeping collections with updated metadata, will shit battery life straight out if you play music on them (instead of lasting for days), and have wildly inferior UI

Multipurpose interfaces are a mistake

Single-purpose little boxes instead of apps

Fuck an app

second that

/everyone (mostly) has a phone with the same function (and more) at this point/

again, phones don't have the capacity of iPods, aren't useful for keeping collections with updated metadata, will shit battery life straight out if you play music on them (instead of lasting for days), and have wildly inferior UI

my old ipod sounds better, true

again, phones don't have the capacity of iPods, aren't useful for keeping collections with updated metadata, will shit battery life straight out if you play music on them (instead of lasting for days), and have wildly inferior UI

― Haribo Hancock (sic), Monday, January 22, 2018 8:52 PM (yesterday) Bookmark

all of this is true but unfortunately streaming is king!

My phone has 256 GB. Everything else, I agree.

I am glad they've finally made something with bigger capacity than 128. I have the 160 GB iPod and I'm still constantly having to remove stuff to make room

also even i don’t care about the ipod classic any more, it’s old, apple is under no obligation to repair antiques

agreed but it's kind of rare for a company to sundown a popular product and offer essentially no replacement

it's not a popular product!

it was when they killed it

also even i don’t care about the ipod classic any more, it’s old, apple is under no obligation to repair antiques

An enterprise which wants to build a strong link with the customers should care for support. It would be easy for them to change the battery pack but the thing is it is financially not interesting, that is why they do not do it, I suppose. And I have decided for myself that I am not going to support this company who does not care for my interests anymore, it is as easy as that.

Exactly. I have an iPhone now because it syncs with iTunes, which I still use because I bought an iPod 13 years ago. If my iPod had broken last year I'd probably have a Galaxy or something, would have migrated my entire music library elsewhere, and most likely never would have bought an Apple product again

(I'm on my 3rd Classic BTW, they last about 4-5 years which I think is pretty good given how much I use them)

I've switched to an Android, and you know what? I can use the spare cords I've got in my drawer to charge it. I can change the icons and mess around with the way the home screen looks. It's got a headphones plug, so all of these other accessories aren't just digital waste anymore. There's more variety in the apps I can download and use. It works across more platforms. It's great.

I mean, except for the fact that it's much more open to hackers and last night, I checked an Amazon tracking order and the pop-up window was in Mandarin Chinese. But hey, that's just part of its personality!

again, phones don't have the capacity of iPods, aren't useful for keeping collections with updated metadata, will shit battery life straight out if you play music on them (instead of lasting for days), and have wildly inferior UI

enh I find just playing music doesn't drain the battery life of mine much, and SD card slots mean you can add a ton of space, maybe up to 2tb down the line (which is helpful for digital music havers like me who don't like to stream constantly)

it was when they killed it

― frogbs, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 9:53 AM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark

there is literally a report from 2011 that shows ipod revenues declining precipitously

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/09/why-apple-is-ready-to-kill-off-the-ipod-classic/

These are realities that have lurked in the back of iPod fans' minds since the iPod touch first came out, and the sales numbers back them up. Apple's iPod sales growth has been dwindling for years now, with the quarterly unit declines beginning in mid-2009. The first three fiscal quarters of 2011 showed a seven, 17, and 20 percent year-over-year iPod unit declines respectively. But Apple says the iPod touch—when isolated away from the legacy players—is selling like hotcakes, which only means one thing: people just aren't into traditional iPods like they used to be.

xxp yea and then there's that. I really would love to pay $400+ for a discarded iPhone X one day just to use as a 256 GB music player, but then I gotta jump through hoops to actually play anything on it because it doesn't have a headphone jack. but I guess I'm not supposed to care about that because I'm stuck in the past

from 2013 https://www.wired.com/2013/09/goodbye-ipod-classic/

The iPod was once the shining star of Apple's product kingdom. Announced in 2001, iPod sales were growing, growing, growing up until they peaked in December 2008. Since then, they have been steadily slumping as many potential buyers go for the iPhone or other smartphones instead of a dedicated MP3 player. The numbers have gotten dismal enough that in its second-quarter financial results this year, Apple for the first time left iPod numbers out of the announcement entirely. In parallel, Apple has given the iPod less time in the limelight at its periodic keynote presentations.

again, popular is a relative term, I just think it's weird that they essentially did nothing for those customers

like, saying "get an iPhone and put in an SD card" would be good enough, except they won't play music off an SD card

lol 'why didn't apple commit resources to developing a new version of the product that was seeing steep declines in sales since 2008... i find that really weird'

come on guy