Tuesday, 9 September 2014

iPhone 6: is bigger better?

Apple was once an extremely innovative company; they created many creative technologies, mainly the first touch based phone with an interesting and simple user interface. Now, with so many new mobile technologies being developed, the technological titan has a hard time retaining its innovation that once defined and dominated the technology market, and often faces with other giants such as Samsung and LG. It seems as if they are no longer distinct from all the competition, frequently upgrading preexisting technology, but never bringing anything new to our current technological society. This is clearly evident in the iPhone 6. The iPhone 6 is obviously the newest phone in Apple's iPhone product line, but is not in stores yet; however, they revealed the numerous "new" features not seen in other iPhones. The iPhone 6 will come in two varients; the iPhone 6, 4.7 inches, and the iPhone 6 Plus, 5.5 inches. A new feature in both iPhones is reachability, which allows the user to access the top of the current display will slide down to the bottom, allowing the user to access top level navigation in one hand. They also feature the new A8 processor, 25% faster than the previous processor with 50% more graphics performance. The camera remains the same 8MP, but can autofocus two times faster and record 1080p, 60fps video or 240fps slo-mo video. The superphones also feature a NFC payment system where you take a picture of your credit card, and, once verified by the Passbook application, you can simply tap the phone with the credit card on the display and the pruchase will instantly be complete. Many of these features are hardly innovative; the bigger screen is to compete with other superphones, the processor is at par with many other superphone processors, reachability is simply a gimmick and hardly improves the iPhone "experience", the camera is nothing spectacular, and its NFC system is already featured from devices that came out a year ago. Needless to say, Apple will die pretty soon, until the millions of Apple fans have given up on their once distinct technological titan. To read in detail about the iPhone 6 reveal, click the following link: http://www.gizmag.com/apple-phone-6-iphone-6-plus-details/33740/ 

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