My Rant on the iPhone 5s

[qxr]

Have the opposite experience. My diehard apple friends are loving the picture quality on my s4. They are diehards but they are fair too.
How an 8mp can outshine a 13mp on the exact same subject and circumstances is baffling.

 

[itic]

No i havent reached that sphere of geekdom..yet

 

[Haalcyon]

The S4's camera does fine in good light...like outdoors. I notice images are much softer with muted colors with indoor shots. It almost look like it can't that tight auto focus in lesser light. I'm not a fan of camera phone flash as it just looks so unnatural to me, as opposed to using my a350 or a700's external flashes and bouncing the light off the ceiling. ...much more pleasing indoor shots to me.

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[LegalAmerican]

As much as it pains me to say, Apple has always led the way with their cameras. If they made just a point and shoot, i'd buy it hands down. Except it would probably only allow me to take photos in certain cities using certain filters on certain days of the week. You know, "optimization" and "user experience".

I haven't used it yet, but I am pretty confident the iPhone 5s will take better shots than the S4. I'm no photographer, but I still feel that megapixels are not the key to a good camera. The way the software and hardware work together to intelligently produce accurate colors, exposure, and whatever else seems to be key. Now granted, if the 5s only had a 2mp camera it wouldn't be able to make up all that ground on the 13 of the S4. But with a solid 8mp lens and great software, sensors, and lighting it sounds like they've hit one out of the park.

I'm still in shock though that my S3 isn't Titanium. All this time I swore it was because everyone knows a brushed blue hue is always indicative of the presence of Titanium. As it turns out it's plastic. So you may just be better off ignoring what I say.

 

[DroidArmy]

It's a band-aid, not a solution. Turning off features is not a solution.

The iPhone 4 antenna issue fix was called a "solution" not a "band aid". So, by that logic, this is a "solution". It all depends on how you classify it

 

[gusar2000]

How an 8mp can outshine a 13mp on the exact same subject and circumstances is baffling.

Easy. But you need to read more about photography to get answer.
You need 13mp only if you print posters from your pictures. And even in this case you are not guaranteed to get the best result compare to lower mps.

 

[tuppe666]

Apple is done!

 

[fillmore.east]

Do you care to site any sources for that "fact?" I'm going to guess you can't because it's flat out wrong. You won't have the same digital zoom capabilities with a smaller MP camera, but you can certainly make a camera with a higher MP rating take way worse pictures than one with a lower MP rating, especially when you take the lens into account. Zooming in on a crappy picture won't help much.

I agree that he's way off base with his analysis of the S4 camera compared to the iPhone 4 and 4S cameras, though. Pretty much every reviewer worth listening to lists the S4 camera as about as good as the iPhone 5 camera.

I was being sarcastic. Parroting DroidArmy's idea that higher megapixels = better camera.

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The iPhone 4 antenna issue fix was called a "solution" not a "band aid". So, by that logic, this is a "solution". It all depends on how you classify it

No. That was also a bandaid.

 

[anon5664829]

I take it you were unamused by last year's Samsung ads suggesting as much. There is certainly more than a kernel of truth in that observation, however, which is why the ad was so popular -- and worked to devastating effect. So too is there truth in the observation that it is the preferred platform of clueless old fuddy-duddies. I recently attended a conference at which the majority of attendees belonged to a certain professional class renowned for their technological out-of-datedness, if not ineptness. Most of them had iPhones.

I disagree strongly. Do you seriously think "dumb" ex iPhone users suddenly got tech savvy when they got an Android phone? That's again, a pretty low **** from the Android fanboy team sorry.

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[anon5664829]

Have you been living under a rock?

We get the Amazon App Store as a Play Store alternative, Google Play has what I need too, and Wi-Fi syncing? How about launching the Play Store on your PC and sending a command to your phone to download that app from there?

Sorry for the mini-rant. But trust me. Android has changed A TON since the T-Mobile G1.

You can on iOS as well. By they way I never have seen the G1. The Nexus 4 has been my first Android phone and I love it.

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[anon5664829]

Without iTunes? Online from any computer or ANY phone? No you can't

Actually yes you can.

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[anon5664829]

I think you're giving up because you realize I'm right. Apple is behind, and if you've read any decent article online most people would agree. The S4 upgrade? Pretty big compared to the s3 within reason. And the iPhone upgrade was big, it just didn't bring many new not already seen things to the table. That's what I'm talking about when I say minimal. And I do accept other opinions, when they provide accurate information to back it up and look at the big picture

No I'm gibing up because arguing with you is useless. Apple has not fallen behind and the S3 to S4 was just as big an update as the 5 to 5S. No matter which way you spin it. But don't think you've "won" and I've left because of it. I have actually left because this is a waste of time as you keep on repeating the same thing then telling me I am wring when I say that is your opinion.

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[htabbach]

Have the opposite experience. My diehard apple friends are loving the picture quality on my s4. They are diehards but they are fair too.
How an 8mp can outshine a 13mp on the exact same subject and circumstances is baffling.

I am sorry but the MP on a camera is not an indication of how good or bad the camera is, an 8MP could very possibly be better than a 12 MP camera, I recommend you read on the subject before commenting.

 

[anon5664829]

You wanna know what goes through my mind when I read your posts? "oh god, not this guy again". I don't mean that personally, it's just you don't understand what I'm saying and we're wasting tons of time.

Apple has been releasing very little we haven't already seen. That's due to their stupid release dates, android beats them to it. That doesn't mean the technology is old by any means, but we have already seen it.

No, if the Galaxy s5 doesn't increase its screen size it won't matter. That's because it's already PLENTY LARGE, something that Apple doesn't understand. This is why people wanted a bigger screen, they're just too Damn small on the iPhones.

Nope, the iPhone will have its processor power beat by the new exynos chip. And mine doesn't studder or lag because the animations option IS A SOLUTION.

No, the camera isn't better. The one on the Galaxy s4 and the 3 beat it by a mile. 8 mexapixel vs 13 on the S4, the s4 wins. It could have all of Apple's optimizations, but it doesn't have the specs.

The fingerprint scanner is gimmicky, it's rarely used. I had one on my laptop and an old phone I had, they're absolutely worthless . It was a mistake, that's why most companies gave up on it

HAHAHAHAHA OK now you've really done it. The HTC One takes 4 MP ****s, Kevin would you like to chime in and tell us how good it is? Further more they increased the pixel size and decreased the aperture plus the lens has a larger surface area with a dual flash that can automatically adjust to more then over 1000 different lighting conditions plus image stabilisation gets seriously upgraded in this. The S3 camera has NOTHING on the iPhone 5S camera and I don't think the S4 does as well.

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[anon5664829]

In this particular situation Pappy my point still stands. I'm sorry, that's the way it is.

No it isn't. Jesus you don't stop.

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[Haalcyon]

I think the HTC One may take better photos than the S4. Someone recently posted photos that they'd taken with both...the same scene. I was surprised that to my eyes the photo by HTC One looked sharper with better color. Who knew?

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[JHBThree]

A 16gb C goes for $549 and that's supposed to be cheap? Heard Apple stock took a big ol dump b/c Apples failed to provide a cheap phone.

Apple was never going to offer a cheap iPhone. That isn't how apple works.

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[JHBThree]

This is a ridiculous statement. Even though they added the brushed look on the Pebble Blue, it wasn't to make it not look like plastic. It's unbelievable what people do and convince themselves of to justify their blind hatred for a company. If Samsung released a phone that was identical to the iPhone 5C, they'd be ridiculed non stop. They never apologized for using plastic, but what they did do was try to make it still appealing to the eye. Now you're trying to say it's a terrible thing to try and make a plastic phone look nice. Talk about senseless demonizing. I swear Apple could put TouchWiz on their next iPhone and some of you would say that it was the greatest skin ever.

I could see you being upset if they told everyone the Note 3 and 10.1 was genuine leather, but they didn't. They said the feel of it was to simulate the feel of an actual bound notebook. Who gives a flying shiz if you like it? Just don't buy it. But do yourself a favor and don't put a trident in their hand and horns on their head and try to spin it to make them out to be some terrible con-artist company that's trying to fool everyone. You find me ONE person who saw the Pebble Blue or White S3 and was deceived into thinking it was not plastic and I will agree with you (I'll also think they're the dumbest person alive).

For the last time, actually read what was posted. That is not MY opinion, that is APPLE'S opinion.

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[JHBThree]

Have the opposite experience. My diehard apple friends are loving the picture quality on my s4. They are diehards but they are fair too.
How an 8mp can outshine a 13mp on the exact same subject and circumstances is baffling.

There is far more that goes into picture quality than just megapixels alone.

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[JHBThree]

It's a solution that's been proven to work, why can't you Apple fans see that?

Disabling the animations of a device is not a solution. A solution is Samsung fixing the animations to begin with.

I know specs aren't everything, but in this particular situation my point still stands. Yes, one to measure against, but nothing the s4 or Note 3 has to worry about. Sorry, Apple doesn't make the best cameras anymore.

Apparently every reviewer out there must be an ***** according to you, since the iPhone 5 is still at the top of the heap (1020 excluded) for smartphone cameras and its nearly a year old.

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