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Face Time - iPhone 4G commercial

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When you see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ek0JN5RweM, I can't help but think "Instructional video for how to hold the phone".

Do you think Apple is doing that on purpose? They would then say "DO YOU SEE WHAT EVERYBODY WAS DOING IN THAT VIDEO? Yes, they held the phone properly, something you're not doing!"
 
What are you talking about? almost everyone in that commercial is holding it in the way where it drops the signal about 24db.
 
I thought it was just a cute commercial about a feature that you can barely use (seriously, how much of the population has an iphone 4 AND is on wifi).

They were all "holding it properly" however so maybe you're right.
 
thepd7 said:
I thought it was just a cute commercial about a feature that you can barely use (seriously, how much of the population has an iphone 4 AND is on wifi).

They were all "holding it properly" however so maybe you're right.
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No, no they weren't... wtf are you talking about? They were all holding it incorrectly, connecting the antennas and fucking the signal!
 
Two things. First why bother advertizing when there aren't any of them around for people to buy. Secondly, this takes sexting to a whole new level.
 
The Sauce said:
Two things. First why bother advertizing when there aren't any of them around for people to buy. Secondly, this takes sexting to a whole new level.
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if you both have an iphone 4 and both are on wifi yes. I do just fine sending naked pictures though.
 
thepd7 said:
I thought it was just a cute commercial about a feature that you can barely use (seriously, how much of the population has an iphone 4 AND is on wifi).

They were all "holding it properly" however so maybe you're right.
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I don't have an iPhone 4, but if I did and I wanted to use face chat, it would be with somebody I really like. My SO or perhaps a family member. I could care less if only 5 million people have iPhone 4's & Wifi. As long as the 1 or 2 people I wanted to use this with had one, I'd be good. And if it was a family member or SO, they'd be on my family plan and have an iPhone 4. If you wanna video chat with 10's of millions of random people there's always Chatroulette.
 
QueBert said:
I don't have an iPhone 4, but if I did and I wanted to use face chat, it would be with somebody I really like. My SO or perhaps a family member. I could care less if only 5 million people have iPhone 4's & Wifi. As long as the 1 or 2 people I wanted to use this with had one, I'd be good. And if it was a family member or SO, they'd be on my family plan and have an iPhone 4. If you wanna video chat with 10's of millions of random people there's always Chatroulette.
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hmmm I do love random penis shots
 
I don't understand why "facetalk" is being touted as a new feature. We've had video chat on phones for years now. And it worked over a standard 3g network, rather than wifi. And you didn't have to have exactly the same phone as the other person. And no one has ever used it in the history of phones because it's just the most pointless feature imaginable.
 
Mike Gayner said:
I don't understand why "facetalk" is being touted as a new feature. We've had video chat on phones for years now. And it worked over a standard 3g network, rather than wifi. And you didn't have to have exactly the same phone as the other person. And no one has ever used it in the history of phones because it's just the most pointless feature imaginable.
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Don't you know? Everything that iPhone has is Z:wub:MGAWESOMESAUCE!!! to its followers. Remember MMS? Camera? Etc...?
 
I'm no apple fanboy but asn't it been shown fairly conclusivle by both Anand and others that Apple's explanation about the issue with the antenna strength mesaurement is correct. That is that all phones loose signal strength when held and that the iphone 4 doesn't loose significantly more than any other. The real issue is that the phone has almost no dynamic range in its reporting of signal strength. That is the difference between full bars and no bars is very small.
 
Mike Gayner said:
I don't understand why "facetalk" is being touted as a new feature. We've had video chat on phones for years now. And it worked over a standard 3g network, rather than wifi. And you didn't have to have exactly the same phone as the other person. And no one has ever used it in the history of phones because it's just the most pointless feature imaginable.
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It's not very popular in America. The wireless networks here don't handle much of anything nicely.
 
Locut0s said:
I'm no apple fanboy but asn't it been shown fairly conclusivle by both Anand and others that Apple's explanation about the issue with the antenna strength mesaurement is correct. That is that all phones loose signal strength when held and that the iphone 4 doesn't loose significantly more than any other. The real issue is that the phone has almost no dynamic range in its reporting of signal strength. That is the difference between full bars and no bars is very small.
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That's not what Anand's article said at all.

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Mike Gayner said:
I don't understand why "facetalk" is being touted as a new feature. We've had video chat on phones for years now. And it worked over a standard 3g network, rather than wifi. And you didn't have to have exactly the same phone as the other person. And no one has ever used it in the history of phones because it's just the most pointless feature imaginable.
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In the US I don't recall ever seeing a phone with video calling before this. Not saying there hasn't been one, but nothing I've see or heard about. While I'll admit this feature is pretty crappy (I'd never use it personally) I see a ton of iPhone 4 owners using it, which will lead to other phone manufactures adding it to their phone to compete. If this catches on Apple really can make people want to use any feature they add.
 
QueBert said:
In the US I don't recall ever seeing a phone with video calling before this. Not saying there hasn't been one, but nothing I've see or heard about. While I'll admit this feature is pretty crappy (I'd never use it personally) I see a ton of iPhone 4 owners using it, which will lead to other phone manufactures adding it to their phone to compete. If this catches on Apple really can make people want to use any feature they add.
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WTF are you serious? Why do you think phones have had front-facing cameras for so long? Because for years the rest of the world has had video calling. And they've never used it because no one wants to have a video call looking up someone's nostrils (think about the natural way to hold a phone while having a video call...)
 
Mike Gayner said:
WTF are you serious? Why do you think phones have had front-facing cameras for so long? Because for years the rest of the world has had video calling. And they've never used it because no one wants to have a video call looking up someone's nostrils (think about the natural way to hold a phone while having a video call...)
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No... it's been like an extra "you have to pay for this" feature, and it's been shitty quality + shitty service.

That's why... fuck dude. Read.
 
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