{"id":2064,"date":"2014-05-27T13:21:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T17:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2014-05-27T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T17:21:50","slug":"ipundit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wrote-about\/ipundit\/","title":{"rendered":"iPundit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since this is the time of year where all the pundits predict what will be in the next iPhone, I’ll throw my hat into the iRing.<\/p>\n

Water-Resistance<\/h3>\n

From The Wirecutter’s review of the Samsung Galaxy S5<\/a>,<\/p>\n

\n …it\u2019s the first widely available flagship smartphone that is water-resistant out of the box. And we mean \u201cdropped it in the toilet and survived\u201d level of water-resistant: the Galaxy S5\u2019s IP67 rating means it can survive being submerged in up to 1 meter of water for 30 minutes.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I want a phone that will survive a summer rainstorm in my pocket.<\/strong> I want a phone that will live through an accidental drop into a glass of water or slip into a sink.<\/p>\n

Drop-Resistance<\/h3>\n

I know iPhones look very pretty. I know nerds like to ooo and aahh over their gorgeous, glassy exteriors. But I’d prefer a phone that doesn’t shatter upon impact. I’d like a phone that will survive a chance meeting with a sidewalk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My iPhone 4 was pristine for just over two years. I’d dropped it on my desk, car floor and the tiled floors of my apartment without injury.<\/p>\n

Until it slipped from my hands while putting it in my pocket. It fell to the sidewalk during a walk and smashed the front of the screen to bits. A fall of less than 4 feet and the phone was toast.<\/p>\n

I know the front of the screen must be transparent. But is glass really the best choice? Is there not a plastic that would serve the same purpose?<\/p>\n

Battery Life<\/h3>\n

I want a phone that can last through the day. And by day<\/em> I mean the about 12 hours I am out of the house. From when I leave for work to when I return home. I should be able to go to work, use my phone and return home without it dying at noon.<\/strong> You know what can last far longer than that?<\/p>\n

My Bluetooth headphones. The Motorola S305.<\/a> I’ve had these things for a couple of years and they routinely work from when I get in the morning. I can listen to them all day at work. And they’ve still got enough juice to hit the gym after I get home.<\/p>\n

I can’t say the same for my phone. Make the phone thicker. Put a bigger, better battery in it. I don’t need a phone that’s a sliver of paper. I need a phone that lasts.<\/strong> Without power, the beautiful phone becomes the world’s shiniest paper weight.<\/p>\n

A screen I can read in direct sunlight<\/h3>\n

When it is bright and sunny outside, I can’t see the screen. Even at its highest brightness, it’s still much too dark. I would love to be able to look down at my phone, standing beneath the summer’s sun and read the screen without straining my eyes. I want to use my phone outside.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s what I want out of a phone. Much the same as I got from my first cell phone and have wanted those same features ever since phones got smart.<\/em> I don’t want a museum piece. I want a telephone I don’t have to be terrified to drop once.<\/p>\n

I want a phone I can use and live with. I want a phone I can have in my pocket if I get caught in the rain. I want to be able to enjoy life and not think about my phone. It’s an accessory. A toy. A companion as I navigate my life.<\/p>\n

It’s not in control. I don’t want to pretend it is any longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since this is the time of year where all the pundits predict what will be in the next iPhone, I’ll throw my hat into the iRing. Water-Resistance From The Wirecutter’s review of the Samsung Galaxy S5, …it\u2019s the first widely available flagship smartphone that is water-resistant out of the box. And we mean \u201cdropped it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New Post - I play the iPundit. Here are my wishes for a new phone.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[215,615,613,614],"class_list":["post-2064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrote-about","tag-phone","tag-pundit","tag-wishes","tag-wwdc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Niagara-Falls.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2073,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions\/2073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}