Re:Why Apple Didn't Use Sapphire for iPhone Screens
by quickdraw46 on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @06:06AM
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Doesn't the ultra mode pretty much leave the phone unusable? Everything except Phone calls and SMS is off. Same can be achieved with any Android smartphone or switching off Mobile Data/WiFi/GPS/Bluetooh on the iPhone, I used to do this when hiking etc with my iPhone and it lasted me days as-well.
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Re:Why Apple Didn't Use Sapphire for iPhone Screens
by leapius on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @07:04AM
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Actually you can still use the 3g / browser in that mode (except it is in black and white).
Re:Why Apple Didn't Use Sapphire for iPhone Screens
by rsynnott on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @08:19AM
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Is this a joke?
Re:Why Apple Didn't Use Sapphire for iPhone Screens
by BuildTheRobots on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @08:42AM
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No. My understanding is that with an AMOLED screen it uses substantially more power when displaying a range of colours.
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/180110-how-samsung-galaxy-...
Re:Why Apple Didn't Use Sapphire for iPhone Screens
by CocaKoala on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @10:47AM
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This isn't a dig at you personally, but the idea of somebody saying "This phone is unusuable! You can't do anything except make calls and text with it!" is just so hilarious to me.
Re:Why Apple Didn't Use Sapphire for iPhone Screens
by ShaneOG on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @11:39AM
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It is, until you start replacing the word "phone" with "pocket computer".
Our smartphones are now computers with phone call making abilities, not phones with some computing abilities.
Re:Why Apple Didn't Use Sapphire for iPhone Screens
by enraged_camel on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @12:27PM
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It's not so hilarious when you consider that this is a smartphone.
But yes, taking things out of context can make them amusing.