I have to admit ... I noticed the lack of alignment of things when I first inspected the S6. It bothered me a LITTLE at first, but nothing even close to the level that Rene seems to take it to. I also respect Apple very much for the attention to detail and overall design of the hardware they have put out - not just smartphones, but computers etc. as well. They KNOW there are plenty of people out there that will buy into that aspect of their designs, regardless of what their software offers, or doesn't offer. That's how Apple has always been.
I'm a designer, so my brain just works in that same kinda way. I have practiced architecture for almost 20 years, and have spent countless hours on the side producing artwork and digital graphics. One of the things I have learned is that it IS the "little things" and the "tiny details" that truly bring a design to the next level.
All that said, Rene seems like a first-rate D-Bag, completely obsessed with Apple to the point of fault.
With respect to the overall design of the iPhone 6 vs. the GS6, I still think that the iPhone is a slightly more refined piece of hardware. However, that has no bearing at all on the overall quality of the phone - if you ask me.
You have to realize, while it may take a lot more engineering to align all the buttons/ports/etc on the sides and/or top/bottom of the phone, that also means you MAY have had to make sacrifices INSIDE the phone to make that happen. THAT is what we do NOT know ... how much of what did Apple have to sacrifice on the inside to make the outside look that way? It may have been quite a bit, or it may have been nothing. I don't think any of US can really know.
Me ... well, I'd prefer that all that stuff align on the GS6 as well, but if they kept it from aligning so that the phone could be engineered better for functionality, then I'll take that all day every day, because at the end of the day, my phone (GS6) works just fine, and I don't feel like the 'experience' is diminished at all due to a very slight lack of alignment in exterior buttons/ports.
Why this Rene guy thinks that puts the iPhone over the top, I'm not sure. Yes, I get the point he's making (poorly at that) - that Apple is just "proving" their overwhelming attention to detail in every aspect. But does that attention produce a better FUNCTIONING phone? That's debatable.
(Sorry, I know this post is getting long, but I still have one more thing to address LOL)
I loved my iPhones back when I had them, but also realized there were many things lacking in them on the software/functional side of things. I came from a Blackberry originally, and there are/were aspects of their software that I thought for sure by now would have been integrated into all the new smartphones. To cut to the chase, I still can't believe that the following things are NOT part of an iPhone:
1. User Profiles for Sound Adjustments - There should be an app/settings module that allows you to pre-set all kinds of sounds, volumes, vibrations, etc. for your phone/media/notifications/alerts/etc. so that you can quickly hit a button and change from silent to loud to vibrate to whatever profiles you set. Android offers Audio Manager Pro which does this. Blackberry had this built into the OS for their phones. Apple still has yet to address this at all.
2. Home Screen Layouts - Why Apple does not allow you to arrange icons on the screens however you want is beyond me. I hated that they auto-arrange and force up to the top left. What's the problem with allowing you to spread them out and have them arranged like you want?
3. iTunes - This program is great for what it does, but the fact you are FORCED to use it to do anything other than drag pictures OFF your phone is beyond me. You SHOULD be able to drag/drop pictures and music at will on your iPhone, but also use iTunes if you prefer that method.
4. Ability to Access Free Storage Space - I always hated that you can't plug your phone into your PC and drag/drop data files as if your phone is a USB storage device. I wouldn't care if Apple locked you out of the main file system for the phone (other than music and pictures) ... but there should at least be access to drag/drop files from work and bring them home on the phone to work on them there.
5. Widgets - God only knows if Apple is EVER going to allow widgets. Widgets are one of the more useful things a smartphone can have - if you ask me. It boggles the mind that Apple has yet to implement widgets.
6. LED Indicator Light - OK, I know this is a hardware issue, not a software issue ... and it's not even an "android" thing. But one of my most beloved features of my Samsung phones (and my blackberry phones back in the day) was/is the blinking LED indicator. I absolutely love being able to just look at my phone across the room and see if there's a light blinking to let me know if I need to check my phone. Again, another feature for smartphones I can't believe that everyone else has not implemented on at least the flagship models.
Sorry again for the long post ... and for going off on tangents ... but I just wanted to point out that while Rene might be right that Apple does spend more attention to detail on some little things that do matter to some people on some level ... there are PLENTY of things that Apple should probably be spending more time on instead of making sure that the exterior buttons/ports/etc are perfectly aligned on the outside of the phone.
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