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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
My wife just received her iPhone 5. I have to say I'm completely underwhelmed. A bit puzzled, actually.

Now I had known about the jokes about the iPhone getting longer, and not really changing aside from that. And joke pics like this. But its more truth than I thought. I assumed the increase in screen size from 3.5" to 4" (diagonal) meant the screen size would increase in both width and length, stay the same proportion (aspect ratio). I hadn't actually realized they only made the screen longer, and not any more wider! The result is that the phone looks/feels almost just like the 4/4S, but with a rather odd long candy bar shape. Even my wife, who has only known the iPhone (aside from playing with my various smartphones for time to time) was surprised at the form factor, and said it seemed oddly shaped to her.

I know some people just don't want bigger phones. But the being the owner of a One X, the dinky iPhone screen has come to feel/look like a toy to me, and not a serious smartphone. A bigger screen is just plain easier to view webpages and media, and easier to use (typing, etc.). I thought Apple was going to make the screen bigger to combat this effect. They really haven't done so. I'm really puzzled at the design decision. They have successfully made a screen what is wider, but doesn't seem any more usable. It seems that the main motivation for the screen size change was to add another row of icons on the home screen, which seems ridiculous! Maybe also better for watching some widescreen videos, but that seems to be the only improvement. An iPhone with a larger screen seemed like a logical smart move. But they haven't really done this. And aside from the screen, the phone is really not any different. Updated CPU, its thinner, different connector (long overdue) and some software tweaks (including a busted map application). That's really about it.

Now I mention all of this here, because it drives home the point that for me at least (root/unlock issues aside) the One X is still the best phone out there. Thanks to the odd proportioning of the iPhone 5, it really doesn't hold a candle to the One X at least in terms of screen size and quality.

I really don't mean to be an Apple basher, their phones have until now been well designed, work well, and Apple had some good ideas back in the day. But those days seem to have passed.

EDIT: I'm reading that the iPhone 5 screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio, for watching HD television shows. Same aspect ratio as the One X. A bit surprised at that, it really didn't seem so when I was comparing them. The iPhone 5 just seems so oddly proportioned. Must be because of so much more bezel on the top and bottom (particularly to accommodate the hardware home button). It just seems like an odd shape compared to other smartphones.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] quarlow:
I also expected the larger iPhone screen to make screen elements larger. I need a larger keyboard, bigger buttons, etc, not to scroll marginally less often. It will take a lot more than a 5th row of icons to get me to try another iPhone. I will hand it to them that the lightning connector is a great idea. A smaller connector that is secure that doesn't have to be inserted in a certain direction. Novel idea, like their magsafe laptop connectors. I just wish they would have done it with the first iPhone and tried to make it the mobile standard. It would be great to see everyone shift to a connector that is that simple and easy. But, I don't think that will happen, if anything Apple will hold that standard tight and exclusive. I thought that in europe there was a law that phones had to have a universal connector and MicroUSB was selected. Like the browser thing. How is Apple getting around that? Having a single standard type of charging connector for all my gadgets makes it so much simpler. I have a microUSB charger everywhere, for my headset, phone, tablet, etc. Then there is my wifes iPhone 4, and she has to take her charger with her, so that she can charge at school, or in the car.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
I've also read that EU phones are required to use the same standardized (microUSB) charge/data connector, and I've also wondered how Apple has handled that.

The fact the new connector can be plugged in 2 different ways is cool. But that's really the only cool thing about it. Proprietary connectors are stupid.

Apple is pretty consistent about implementing proprietary connectors and other elements, and keeping other companies from using them. Firewire, the "old" iPod/iPhone connector, and now the nanoSIM. It just seems like they want to close people into using their products through engineering. Bad business practice, IMO, and bad for the consumer. As you said, its so nice that I can use the same MicroUSB connector for several devices (especially when traveling).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
20°F weather change tomorrow. I hope I don't get sick. This is the time where i usually catch a cold. One day i'm wearing a jacket the next day i have the AC on.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] quarlow:
I hate that. We are in the time of year that you need the AC during the day, but it gets cold enough at night that we could use the furnace. It will be this way for a month, teetering on the AC/Furnace line. I am tempted to get a Nest now they finally support scheduling and automation on both heat and cool modes at the same time without having change a setting.

Anyone here have a Nest thermostat?

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
"thinking" ha, don't make me laugh.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
Thinking as in wondering if anyone would accept me. :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Cool article....one x wins:)

http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/10/readwrite-recommends-smartphone.php

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] inyourface09:
Lol

anyone else thing the patent war with apple vs. samsung is stupid lol or was
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
I accept you.

Not I! I think it's like, the greatest thing ever.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
We need more if it! I want to see more internal documents that we would never get to see. Show us how much they cost to produce and maybe what's in the pipeline. Also curious what ideas get scrapped. Maybe we will see some internal samsung memos with carriers.

Verizon: We demand you lock this phones bootloader

Samsung: But... Why?

Verizon: How dare you question us. We want the worst experience ever for customers. We will not allow them to customize their phone and remove our yelp app.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] hammerholm:
There's no AC in Sweden O.o
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Finally my midterms are over! Free for about 3 days until I have classes again. Anyone else in the US (Florida mainly) who are doing tests this week? I'm also taking a Forensic Psych next semester, really interested to see how that goes.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
You get days off after midterms?! Man... Know what I get for finishing an exam? Another.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] WTFunk:
Wish I could take midterms... Life was so much easier back than.

Sleep-class-party-sleep... Rinse & repeat. :banghead:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Nah, I got lucky, I had one on Tuesday, and 2 on Wednesday. I had taken my other midterm the week before so I had Friday off.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Man do I love the internet! NSFW

[YOUTUBE]BJZvYvLxnaM[/YOUTUBE]
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
Lol^^ anyone here play Xbox?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
I fire it up couple times a week. Big battlefield fan. I've ranked up so high in bad company 2 that it was sort of depressing playing BF3 with no weapon add ons. So, BF3 collects dust lol. On that note, I I will pay someone $100 to play on my Xbox to rank my BF3 Recon class higher!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nero325:
Why play xbox when you can get more performance with a pc?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skillfulshoe:
Wishmaster! I used to listen to that song so much back in the day.

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I play on the PC for beautiful looking games such as battlefield 3 but I play my xbox when I want to play with friends such as Borderlands 2. I enjoy both but my gaming PC completely blows my xbox's graphics out of the water.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
How do I get my wife to understand that if you need 25 copies of a 10-page document, you go to Office Depot. Trying to print it all on an inkjet printer is not going to work.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bimmernut318:
Take the printer away, I had to make them believe that is was broken.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] highrez:
Get a laser printer and be done with it. I got mine for under $100 including shipping... My wife had a similar massive print job - and I'd have paid way more than that in ink on the inkjet than the cost of the laser printer including toner and shipping. The only corner case when it makes sense to go to a third party for printing is maybe when you have bulk color prints.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
You feel that the long term cost of having a laser printer (including toner) is going to be that much less than inkjet? What makes laser so much cheaper than inkjet? The whole printer business seems like such a scam to me. They sell you the printer for close to nothing, then screw you on the ink/toner. I wouldn't mind if the toner costs a good amount, as long as it lasts. It seems like I have to replace inkjet cartridges every time I print something.

Any particular brand/model recommendations? Occasional printing of color photos is required, and scanning ability as well.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
Unfortunately, I need to print in color on a regular basis, so laser isn't an option ATM. The kind of model I would need (AIO wifi) would be $500+. Since I work from home, I can expense the ink cartridges, so it's not that big a deal.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Why not have 2 printers, one a networked office printer that only does black and white, and then a nasty regular color printer for when you actually need color (rarely) or a scanner. Ink cartridges are so expensive.

Best investment I've ever made. Brother hl-5250dn. The toner prints 3500 pages and costs $65.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000BQ535K

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
I just watched all 5 seasons of Breaking Bad in 6 days. I have never been that sucked into a show like that before. Dare I say even more so than Game of Thrones. Just finished the season 5 finale and holy crap what a cliffhanger! Serious sh!t is going down next season, it's going to be INTENSE. The wait is going to kill me.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Heh, makes me think of the Portlandia segment, where they get sucked into watching Battlestar Galactica. Funny stuff. Less about Battlestar, more about just being sucked into watching a whole series. If you haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQttrkzWOo4

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Unfortunately, I print color photos as much as I do B&W text, etc. Also don't have room for 2 printers. But if I was doing a high volume of B&W, I can see how your suggestion might work.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Haha yep, that was me! I can't begin to tell you how much sleep I lost over Breaking Bad in the last week. Just. One. More. Episode. Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
Dude, Phil Schiller was relentless with his criticisms of the Nexus 7...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Meh. His criticisms (and the existence of the iPad Mini itself) are an obvious knee jerk reaction to the fact that the N7 and Kindle have gobbled up a decent portion of the iPad's market share.

If you want the iOS ecosystem on a smaller form factor device, go for the iPad Mini. If you want the flexibility and freedom of Android, then go for an N7 or other Android tablet.

I'm reading that one of Schiller's criticisms of the N7 is that screen real estate is taken by on-screen controls. But its the lack of on-screen control (or hardware buttons) for obvious and often-used functions, that has always driven me crazy about iOS.

I also see that Apple announced an incremental update for the iPad (Regular, Maxi?), just 8 months after the last iteration. Unusual, since all the iOS devices have been getting yearly overhauls until now. I presume they are doing this to maintain some ground in the holiday shopping season versus larger form factor Android tablets. All this points to the fact that they know that Android is starting to become a legitimate threat in the tablet market.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
The update to the current iPad is what surprised me from the whole presentation, guess the fanboys lose the argument that their devices only get refreshed once a year.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kancherlapraneeth:
guys,, check this thread for 2.20 root. Looks someone ( djrbliss ) got that working and need testers before publishing
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
Whew! Beers all around.

Helping noobs root and flash is hard work. :cool: All those "same problem, please help!" posts especially.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Tell me about it. Back in the xbox-scene days (circa 2003), the second it was known that there was a breakthrough with lba48. Everyone was trying to use a drive larger then 120GB (127GB technically).... I answered questions non-stop for a week, now that the "new" 200GB drives were becoming popular.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Finally got my phone rooted, needed to use an Ubuntu livecd as gentoo would have taken too long to compile java and all the other nonsense. I'm using AOKP and I've extremely impressed, but does anyone know of a good camera app?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ComposMentis:
My home desktop is on Vista x64. I never saw a compelling reason to pay $120 to upgrade to Windows 7 because I've had zero issues with Vista. However, now that Windows 8 upgrade is so cheap I'm tempted to upgrade. Thoughts?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Crappyvate:
check this out....no comment

figure you guys would get a kick out of this..http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1953772&page=2

read on, especially last post on page 2 :p
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
LOL, some people. The visual I got was hilarious. Throwing it on the ground? Too mainstream.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
So..... just picked up my iPhone 5. It's slick as hell but honestly, coming from the One X it's a little underwhelming. Definitely doesn't feel like an upgrade, that's for sure.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ComposMentis:
I felt the same way just playing with one. It's sleek and nice, but once you're used to a 4.7" Super IPS LCD2 screen nothing else will suffice.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Yep. I keep picking up my HOX and shaking my head at the iPhone. It's definitely not as exciting as I thought it would be. I've had it for only a few hours and I think I'm bored with it already. With my HOX I am always tempted to play with it, just to swipe the screens back and forth aimlessly even. With this iPhone, not so much. It's weird because I really like the iPhone, I had the 4s and thought it was great. But I guess going from the GSII to the 4s was more of an upgrade for me and the HOX to the iPhone 5 is a sidegrade or even a downgrade dare I say. I really think Android has caught up to and even surpassed iOS in terms of UX and hardware quality, so now the iPhone is just another smartphone and not THE smartphone. This little experience has proved that to me.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] PeartFan40:
Just a heads up, if an iphone discussion starts brewing, I'm closing this thread. We have a sister site for all things iphone. ;)

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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ptesmoke:
Soooo.... Any halo nerds up in hurr?

Well.... I am... And this Friday is going to be magical :cool:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Girl who lives nextdoor sideswiped my passat trying to parallel park behind me. How you could do that much damage in one pass is beyond me. A 3 foot streak, really?!

That's how I started Halloween...

/rant

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Red5:
Once her car slowed down due to the scraping, she prolly gunned it to get past your car.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
Blowjob.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Red5:
Are you offering to help him? LOL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Crappyvate:
keeping it clean. lol
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
LOL. Thanks guys.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] PUfelix85:
I don't know if this belongs here, but I hate that when I have to restore my phone that I have to go through all the stupid setup of the 2-step verification for google. Just saying...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Hmm... Maybe I should set that up. I don't have 2 factor authentication on my account.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jrlatta:
since this is general and random, roll tide!!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] khumzz:
lol

since this is random i thought i'll just add a post here! :rolleyes:

well what sucks here is you have to have a few posts to actually post in certain areas of the forums.... :eek:

that is really lame!

admins! fix that ! :p

cheers:good:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Trust me, that is a VERY necessary restriction. If we didn't have that the dev section would be filled with question threads from noobs who think that because their question is root/development related it belongs in dev. No, it is a question so it belongs in Q+A. Bad noob! (not you)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
Well.. is she hot? Lol
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Mhmm, surprisingly. She came over to trade insurance info and I couldn't stay mad at her. I'm still wrestling with the insurance agencies to get the cost reimbursed, but you know how that goes. $1300 was the estimate for the damages. Bleh.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
No no no. Stay hard--STAY MAD.

Girls like that who go through life getting continually let off the hook because they're cute eventually start seeing it as their birthright. The next guy she runs into isn't even going to get her insurance info, he's just going to get some eyelashes batted at him.

Do you ever watch any of those horrible "Real Housewives" shows? Those are the women these girls grow up to be. You're creating a nightmare for some poor schlub who eventually marries her 10 or 15 years down the road. :eek:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
I can't say that I watch real housewives all too often. I know what you're referring to though.

I've been f*ed over a couple times with my vehicles, and the last time my car was totalled it was a hit and run (guy was never caught). I guess I was just impressed that this girl took the initiative to file a police report immediately and double check with me that I had gotten her info. I wasn't even at home when it happened.

I'm going to stay firm, but honestly all humans make mistakes. If she pays for my damages I really couldn't care less. It's inconvenient, yes, but it's not the worst thing in the world. At least I still have a car.

This reminds me... I had finally got my car fixed (it had serious transmission issues) and running the way I wanted 4 days before she hit me.... Kinda ironic I guess. :o

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
I went to wurstfest today. German food festival.. so good
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Update (not that anyone cares) Just got off the phone with their insurance. They're paying for everything and giving me a rental car. Woot.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
Sweet lol

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You German bro?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
Only part German :p
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
Lol. I'm Irish.. but live in south Louisiana with a bunch of Cajuns.. (I do not talk like the swamp people)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
Oh boy, here we go, I am:

Irish, Scottish, German, Polish, Czechoslovakian, etc.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] TwiSStD:
Hey guys, HOW BOUT THEM LAKERS! woo. Our season just started, before ya know it. we'll be 10-3 :laugh::good:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ptesmoke:
couple more days and I'm buying a n4. whoop
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] quarlow:
Ordered a Note II yesterday. Was hoping the 1 business day shipping would get it here today so I could play with it over the weekend. Guess not, 1 business day = Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Now this long weekend will be agonizing over UPS tracking site. But, I got AT&T to credit me $128 to price match walmart, so I got the Note II for $190 total. Guess I can forego multitasking until Wednesday for a $100 credit.

Thought about the Nexus 4. But the glass back, lack of microSD, and the fact its made by LG made me get a Note II instead.

Now the wife gets the One X, and her iPhone 4 pays for my Note. Circle of life.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
I guess the oneXL forums are just about on its last leg. There's almost no activity anymore... guess I'll start learning to develop since all the good devs are leaving :( it'll be a few more weeks till I get the nexus..

Sent from my Liquidy Smooth, blazingly fast as f#(k HTC OneXL.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Grnfinger:
I just came back to the HOX after playing with iphone 5

iphone is nice but the os is so damn boring, its just like using my 4 or 4S.

But I agree the forums are slowly dying down, to bad cause the HOX is still a great device imo.

SIII is tempting, maybe I could trade a 4S for an SIII or even a Note
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Not really...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ImagioX1:
I believe people are waiting on Jelly Bean with sense UI. When its out there will be a spike in activity as the devs roll out new roms.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] quarlow:
The same thing happened on the GS II right before ICS. The calm before the storm...

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] PeartFan40:
I wouldn't say that. There's still a fair amount of activity, at least from moderator's perspective.

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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ptesmoke:
so who all got a n4? I got me a 16gig.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
How is it? Pure performance wise, how does it stack up against Onex running an aosp rom?

Sent from my Liquidy Smooth, blazingly fast as f#(k HTC OneXL.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jlamphere:
how are you liking it so far?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Tachi91:
Somebody who see 16GB on a phone being not enough and demands 32 or 64GB of more storage.

Please explain to me what are you for the love of all of creation keeping on your phone?