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Originally Posted by CommonReader
I've got a Macstore basically around the corner from my office so I went there last week as I wanted to take a look at iOS 7. Basically the new iPhones aren't bad phones but they are not distinct any more and I fail to see the big innovations of iOS 7. It's still the old icon graveyard, just in garish colours now.
With excellent phones like the Xperia Z costing hundreds of Euros less, I fail to see any rational reason for buying the iPhone, unless you have very specific requirements or are hugely invested into iPhone apps.
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One advantage the iPhone still has (compared to Samsung and HTC phones; I haven't looked into the Xperia) is reasonably good sound out of the headphone out. Jellybean now allows one to use an external DAC with Android smartphones, but many people can't be arsed.
However:
The next wave of high-end smartphones is going to implement tremendous audio advantages, such as the ability to play back 24-bit 192k sound files. The
LG G2, the
Galaxy Note III -- these and other upcoming smartphones presage a new era of mobile high fidelity. The iPhone is going to have to work to keep up in about a year and I hope it does.
I still love the design of the iPhone -- all that metal and glass is practically retro-modernist. I'd even own one myself as a second or third smartphone if I could afford it.