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[KingOfMyWorld]

Today they announced the iPhone 6 (4.7 inches) and iPhone 6+ (5.5 inches) as well as the iWatch. 

 

 

Apple said it plans to sell the larger 5.5-inch model starting at $299 with a two-year carrier contract, higher than the $199 price for its current high-end iPhone 5S. The company said the 4.7-inch iPhone will start at $199 with a contract.

 

The company said the new phones come with many hardware improvements, including a sharper display, better battery life and improved camera performance.

 

The most noticeable upgrade for phones is the larger displays. Apple has stuck with a smaller display for its iPhone, even as competitors started making larger screens a standard feature for high-end phones. 

 

http://money.msn.com...?ocid=ansnews11

 

 

Personally I'm most excited for the watch because of it's built in pulse, blood pressure, calorie tracking and pedometer functions, as someone looking to quit being so fucking large it has all the functions I want and at a better price than buying each part individually...plus it'll be better than Wii Fit.

 

 

Not to promote piracy, but Apple's locked down phones aren't my thing, I like side loading apps to android sometimes. 

[Jeff]

My contract JUST run up and I'm pretty excited.  This is going to be my first smart phone. I'm getting the 6+, figure I'll spring for the 128gb so it can also be my mp3 player on the road.  

[Jeremy]

I see the iPhone specs that my coworkers are getting all fired up about.... Nexus and Galaxy have had many of these "new" features for years...

[Jeff]

I know, but for me, it would be the perfect phone to have. Apple is the only one with access to the Facebook Mentions app, which is what verified pages use to communicate better with fans.  Like say I'm helping run the Ludacris page on Facebook, anytime people  tag the Ludacris page, I can comment to it faster. It also is a good app to help streamline verifying pages. 

[Jeremy]

Don't get me wrong, for certain things it's definitely better and more convenient. Didn't mean to bash it entirely, mostly the average user who thinks it's the best by a longshot.

 

I've always thought their communication stuff is great, namely FaceTime and iMessage.

[KingOfMyWorld]

While I don't like the locked down state of the Apple store and no side loading, I do think that's the best looking phone. I like home buttons, I can do without others but I really like a physical home button. The next closest design I care for is the HTC M8 I believe it is. 

[Jeremy]

While I don't like the locked down state of the Apple store and no side loading, I do think that's the best looking phone. I like home buttons, I can do without others but I really like a physical home button. The next closest design I care for is the HTC M8 I believe it is. 

The entire Galaxy line has a physical home button

[KingOfMyWorld]

Yet, they still aren't made of metal....

[Jeremy]

That wasn't mentioned in your notes as a thing you like

[KingOfMyWorld]

Yet, metal iphones aren't enough to get me to buy into the apple system, hell I got a Windows Phone...I'd much rather have a Moto E, G or X...maybe an LG G2 or G3... 

[Turn_The_Page]

Kingy, you don't need a watch to start getting in shape, bro. Just get a set of DDPYoga DVDs!

 

Although I have been looking for a device with a heart monitor for quite some time. Nobody in my office (who works with a lot of next-gen tech) has a wearable yet, and I would certainly consider integrating this with my iPhone and Mac devices. 

[KingOfMyWorld]

For what it's worth I am horrible at getting into shape, I dropped Coke cold turkey back in April, switched to water for about a week and then swapped to Crystal Light powders and water 10 calories a 16.9 oz bottle and I count my calories, I work on the Wii Fit a few hours a week, not a lot, but I have seen a 4-5 pound drop in weight that fluctuates to between 4 and 8 pounds. A year ago I was drinking a 12 pack of coke a day...

 

I mostly just monitor calories, weight and Wii Fit credits. MyFitnessPal thing says I should eat around 2400 calories a day, lol...I might eat that little on my meatless days...I have noticed a trend, I eat like 3000 calories in pizza every week, sometimes more than that. I have swapped to eating fried chicken breast a lot, because a whole one fried is only like 400 calories.  

 

TL, DR: It all my help me see exactly all my fuckups...I just wish one of them allowed me to go into water, I could go do some laps at the lake if it tracked the calories lost in that.

 

 

 

As for the tech and wearables, I don't see too many people happy about yet another device to plug in and charge at night. Right now you need a power strip...phone, watch, tablet, computer.... of course me I just need a two port one, lol.