Recent content by hausjam

BTW, I know three people with the Galaxy S7, and not one of them even understands what wireless charging is, much less that their handsets are capable of it.

I am not convinced current "wireless charging" (which is not in any way wireless, but that's another argument) is must-have technology. All it takes is for me (or more likely my kids) to bump the table where my phone is "wirelessly" charging, and I wake up in the morning to a dead battery. No...

Just got mine today. It won't turn on. I am not about to crack open a brand new computer to unplug the battery. I am just going to take it back to best buy and exchange it. This is why I hate buying devices right after they hit the market.

In a few months, there will be knockoffs on ebay and amazon that will work well enough. Apple knows this.

I don't see the big deal with force touch. It's essentially being treated no different than touch-and-hold. Windows phone has been using touch-and-hold as a kind of "right click" for years now.

I don't know about the crown, but I think a dial might be useful. Back in the days of windows mobile 5 and 6, some of those phones had a dial selector. A dial for scrolling would keep your (not transparent) fingers and thumbs off the screen and out of the way. Who knows, the crown type spinner...

The content providers could make this whole point irrelevant by allowing in-app caching for offline use. But that won't happen because I am certain AT&T, Verizon, etc are keeping behind-the-scenes pressure on the providers to not all this so they can continue to collect their overage fees. Look...

I here ya. I am not fond of iPhone anymore but everyone around me has one and it keeps pulling me back.

Bluestacks is alot easier. And works well with the few apps I tried.

I like my OnePlus One. Great phone. But it's not without problems. Like trying to type on the screen. It just doesn't register touches fast enough. Or accurately enough.