I bought the iphone 6s last year and, despite a couple misgivings, I'll stand by it as being a very good phone. It's very fast (antutu bench mark of 132,500) and (get ready for it)
just works. The misgivings are that the 3d touch in my opinion is ultimately an unnecessary gimmick, and the need for making phones slimmer passed its necessary threshold with the first iphone all the way back in 2007. After that point, thinner phones became a liability rather than an asset. As a result of making the 6s thinner I was forced to buy a case just so it wouldn't slip out of my hands. And what was lost as a result of this thinner design? Oh, just a little thing called the battery. Here's what I believe the majority of people want from their phones:
1) A fast processor and a lot of ram (speed)
2) A big goddamn battery
3) Lots of storage for games, music and cat videos
4) A beautiful display
Iphone users were able to look the other way while other manufacturers consistently added faster processors, more ram, larger batteries (the Galaxy s7 has a 3000mAh beast while the 6s sports one nearly
half that capacity), and mini sd card slots that allowed you to upgrade your storage by up to 128G or more -- and all because you have to admit that the intra-apple functionality is incredibly fluid.
But then even the most die-hard Apple fans will be forced to admit that there is a problem when, in response to the demands of customers, Apple decides to...remove the headphone jack. So now, if you want to listen to non-proprietory headphones with your device you'll need to carry around the adapter the iphone comes with because the lightning port is the only port you have to power the phone or listen to music. Did you see how I wrote "or" listen to your music? Yeah, that wasn't a typo. You get to listen to your music. Or you get to charge your phone. But worry not! Belkin has come to the rescue with a giant dongle that splits the lightning port into two lightning ports, one for your proprietary apple headphones and one for your charger. And what if you're still one of those
extremely rare old people who still own 3.5mm jack headphones? Worry not! After you buy your giant Belkin lightning port splitter, you can from there add your adapter to the splitter thereby allowing you to listen to your ancient 3.5mm jack headphones (in case my sarcasm isn't being successfully communicated, essentially all headphones on earth use the 3.5mm jack).
After a point you have to admit that the Apple royalty in their tower are not listening to the desires of the unwashed masses. After my iphone 6s becomes obsolete enough to piss me off, it's off to another manufacturer. By that time Apple will probably get all the way up to 4G of ram while every other competitor features 16G of RAM, a quad core 8.5GHz processor, a terrabyte of storage, waterproofing, inductive charging, artificial intelligence that will solve my relationship problems...and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
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