I was referring to the battle specifically between Apple and Samsung who, I think it’s safe to say, are the two most widely sold phone manufacturers. I won’t comment on other manufacturers as I’ve no experience. Regarding MacBook, they use USB3.0 and the new Thunderbolt 3.0 standards. Although USB3.0 is, as you know, significantly faster and more powerful than USB 2.0, Thunderbolt 3.- is, so I am told, around 50% faster than USB3.0. Reputedly, with the new Thunderbolt 3.0 drives which are now becoming more popular with Mac users, it is possible to transfer up to 4.5GB of data between the machine and the Thunderbolt device per minute. That is going some, and I can’t wait to see it first hand.
Getting back to the iPhone, I’m glad I never yielded to the temptation to invest in an iPhone6 or iPhone7. I’ll need an iPhone8 so that I can train my future clients when I assume my new role as CEO of my new company later this year. So we’ll see. But I’m quite excited about the future of Android, given all of the devices that will support the platform. ======================================== My complements and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <gor...@mac-access.net> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. Contact: • UK Geographic – +44(0) 1642 688095 • UKFree Phone – 0800 8620538 • UK Mobile – +44 (0) 7907 823971 • Australia Geographic – +61 38 82059300 • US Geographic – +1 646 9151493Mobile/S ---------------------------------------- On 2 Jun 2017, at 17:42, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: Hmm.. interesting. From my perspective - having deliberately made the decision to use another brand outside the square when it comes to Smart Phone - I nod my head in agreement but I would also say that I don’t think any particular company has an edge here and really the people who do have an edge are the consumers given that they have so much to choose from. My Sony xPeria X-Performance has many qualities I wish my Samsung S8 had, a nicer set of stereo speakers make a world of difference to simple tasks such as listening to speech feedback provided by Talkback. Audio support is better for Bluetooth and other connected devices. I’m not saying the Samsung S8 is bad, far from it, a superb machine but I will say that - even compared to my older Samsung Galaxy S6 - the iPhone 6 clearly shows its age. I often wonder why Apple didn’t choose to work with USB C earlier given Apple MacBook machines now use that standard as I understand it? > On 2 Jun 2017, at 11:40 pm, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > > Hello everybody > > Apple’s new 4.7 and 5.1-inch iPhone 8, to be released in September or October > of this year, will feature a new glass body, front-facing camera, no Home > button, USB connector (replaces the Lightning port, which Apple is phasing > out), wireless charging and new A11 processor for faster responsiveness. > > With Edge-to-edge display, fingerprint sensor and varying capacities, Apple > is now following Samsung, it would seem. As I understand it, they are also > trying to make the iPhone thinner and lighter. That’s why they are ditching > the Aluminium case. > > |The home button, again, as with Samsung’s new S8 Galaxy, has been dumped. I > also understand that, as with the iPhone 7S and 7S+, there will be no > dedicated audio connector. > > Clearly, the battle of the smart phones is now hotting up. Seems to be that > Samsung has the edge, if you’ll pardon the pun, from where I’m standing. > > It will be interesting to see what’s coming in iOS 11, scheduled for release > around the same time as the iPhone8. Definitely time to dump my old iPhone 5S > I think, and super-definitely time to dump my old third generation iPad. I > actually have a first generation iPad sitting in a drawer, but it doesn’t > work any longer. I just haven’t had the heart to dump it, as it was the > second device on which I learned to use iOS. Ah well, let battle commence! > > ======================================== > > My complements and kindest regards > Gordon Smith: > <gor...@mac-access.net> > > Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. > > Contact: > > • UK Geographic – +44(0) 1642 688095 > • UKFree Phone – 0800 8620538 > • UK Mobile – +44 (0) 7907 823971 > > • Australia Geographic – +61 38 82059300 > • US Geographic – +1 646 9151493Mobile/S > > ---------------------------------------- > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
