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Socoder -> Off Topic -> iPod Discontinuations |
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| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 13:32 | |
rockford
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R.I,P. iPod Nano & Shuffle. Linkage - TBH I'm surprised they lasted this long!
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| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 13:32 | |
Jayenkai
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Would be nice if the iPodTouch had a decent battery life on it. It tends to last about as long as an iPhone, which ... As the ONLY MP3 player they'd be selling, is a little pants.
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| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 13:48 | |
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GfK |
I have an iPod Touch 4G but it's been chucked in a drawer for years. There's Spotify now. Who buys music outright any more? |
| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 14:01 | |
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Jayenkai
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I've bought more music since switching to Apple Music than I have in years!! Having access to listening to millions of tracks makes for great discovery.. and I tend to buy any album I've listened to endlessly on repeat for a week 
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| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 14:40 | |
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rockford
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I've got a 32GB 2nd Gen iPod Touch - I bought it literally the day before they announced the 3rd gen (the one with all those lovely new features+camera, at the same price I just paid). FFS. It was great, but yeah battery died sooo quickly. Like GfK's mine's been stuck in a drawer forever too. |
| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 14:59 | |
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Jayenkai
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When my sister went trekking around South America, last year, she asked me to buy her an MP3 player. Thing would charge up within about an hour, then run for about 5 days off that one charge. That's what you need. Not something that craps out because it's too busy trying to be a supercomputer! Don't get me wrong, though. I think the iPod Touch is a WONDERFUL device if you don't have any other iOS devices. It makes for a great "Not an expensive phone" device, and gives you access to all the AppStore goodies without needing to shell out a bloody "APPLE PRICES!" fortune. .. But I don't consider it to be a very good MP3 player, unless you're playing MP3s in the house, with a charge cable by your side. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 15:10 | |
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rockford
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I only ever used my iPod Touch for gaming. Nothing else. I've got an 80GB iPod Classic for music. Which is also stuck in a drawer somewhere.
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| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 15:45 | |
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GfK |
I bought my iPod when I was going to make a shit-ton of iOS games, cos it was a load cheaper than an iPhone. I wouldn't have got it, otherwise.
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| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 16:19 | |
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rockford
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Same here. I bought my Mac Mini for the same reason.I made one game that I published on the AppStore - B'lox! After all the kerfuffle I decided that Apple really hate devs.  https://www.appsafari.com/games/15898/blox/ |
| Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 18:11 | |
therevillsgames
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Same... 
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| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 00:58 | |
cyangames
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Same reason here, ha!
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| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 01:45 | |
Dabz
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Same here!  Offish ontopic(ish) I'm starting to dislike my reliance on smart phones, they bloody take over your life, so just yesterday I bought one of them new fangled Nokia 3310's! £30 \o/ Hopefully, the need to recharge time is in days not hours like smart phones are... I'm literally sick to death of making sure my old one is charged, as in making sure I plug it in at night, making sure I've got the cable for in the van/car, doing them "give me 10 minutes to put some juice in my phone" shenanigans when your off out anywhere. Then there's the on running cost of smashed screens when a modern smart phone hits the deck... Being in the game I am, its inevitable, and depending on what phone you have, it can run up to £200 or so a pop. I've never been a massive phone/tablet gamer, The Room series is the only thing I've hammered, so having a phone for gaming doesnt bother me... If I can send/receive calls and texts, and still manage to read BBC News on the bog, I'm happy! Dabz -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
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| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 04:00 | |
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GfK |
If i didn't need mine for email/work I'd likely do the same. Carphone warehouse had a basic phone (calls and texts) for free last year with a £20 top-up. I nearly did. |
| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 04:18 | |
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Jayenkai
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I'm sticking with my iPhone. To be honest, it's a camera and a music box. (It's currently sat on the coffee table playing Magic FM!) It also functions as a handy device should anyone decide to send me one of those old-fashioned TXT doohickeys. But they rarely do. Usually just Mum when she's on her way home from town, to ask me to put the kettle on. As far as Test-Device goes, though, it's invaluable. It's been 2 years since I last had the heart to do a Mobile game, but this month I've done two, and the Phone has been going crazy getting used so much! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 06:09 | |
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Krakatomato |
I've had an iPod Shuffle for a long time. It's great and perfect for what I wanted - something I can chuck around and not worry about smashing the screen. My biggest issue was the pitiful amount of storage space (by today's standards anyway). If they could release another with far more space then I wouldn't hesitate to grab one.
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| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 08:00 | |
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Jayenkai
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Apple vs Storage Space... god only knows where they get their prices from!!
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| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 08:13 | |
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GfK |
Its like Mercedes or BMW - you could slap an Apple logo on a festering dog turd and people would pay £600 for it.
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| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 08:33 | |
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Jayenkai
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Imagine if the dog turd was, itself, shaped like an Apple Logo.... EPIC!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 08:46 | |
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GfK |
Silliness aside though, Apple are quick to boast that their hardware is "designed in California". What they don't seem to shout about, is that most of their stuff is manufactured in one of the poorer areas of China by Foxconn (remember the surge of suicides there due to working conditions?). Other Apple hardware is manufactured in Vietnam and we all know the history there with the US. Truth is they could sell their hardware for half the price and that would be nearer to it's true value. But you can say the same about Samsung, too. Who the hell is going to pay the thick end of £700 for a Galaxy S8? A fucking loony. That's who. A rich, silly loony. |
| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 15:30 | |
cyangames
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There's no chance in hell that Apple or any business worth it's salt would sell electronics close to it's true value though, what with margin s, returns, profit, etc. I was amazed that my £60 chinese android phone lasted me pretty much a whole year though, until the touchscreen finally gave in. I'll tend to shop around for phones when I need a replacement myself, check the specs, etc before I make the call. Tried most of the brands and android seems to work well for me personally. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also! |
| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 15:43 | |
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GfK |
This is the thing. The people who will go out any pay £700 for a Galaxy S8, will only use it for shit like Facebook (other than calling/texting folk). My £150 (or whatever it was) Galaxy J5 does all that with ease. Fair enough, there are cheaper smartphones out there and you could go as cheap as you like. But it just makes spending £700 on a phone all the sillier. I don't believe anybody *needs* to own an S8. It's just a bit of willy-waving. |
| Sat, 29 Jul 2017, 17:56 | |
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cyangames
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I do slightly laugh when that stuff hapens at work, the whole "Hey, I just got the new Apple iPhone", 2 weeks later... "Mah fone is broked...what shall I dooooo" feel free to replace the phone brand with some crazy overpriced samsung, etc.
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| Sun, 30 Jul 2017, 03:38 | |
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GfK |
Then they whinge about having to pay two quid for a game for it!!
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| Sun, 30 Jul 2017, 04:01 | |
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Jayenkai
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Two quid!? I'd be lucky if I could sell a game for two quid!!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Sun, 30 Jul 2017, 04:20 | |
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| Mon, 31 Jul 2017, 04:05 | |
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Jayenkai
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Such a silly thing.. How much is it!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!? -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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