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18 Dec 14
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Apple is arguably the most valuable brand on the planet, making products that a vast number of consumers want - but how are the workers putting its highly desirable gadgetry together really treated? Panorama goes undercover in China to show what life is like for the workers making the iPhone 6, and reporter Richard Bilton travels to Indonesia to find children working in some of the most dangerous mines in the world, finding out what happens to the tin they dig out by hand
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Thanks for the heads up Leopard, catching it now.
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Might stop me getting the iphone 6
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Doubt this will trouble many consciences when the hysterical stampede for version 7 and onwards appear
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I fell asleep, at my desk, today. Do it regularly. And not a small part of it is because I am working too many hours. Should have stayed until about eleven but left at seven because I was exhausted, will be up at 5:30 for a 6:30 start tomorrow. No rest for the wicked.
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I dont get this apple fascination. I have an ipad, it is brilliant, but for my sins I just didnt even know there were other decent tablets, I guess I was a slave to the apple marketing machine. Next time I wiont be so naive. I have a motorolasmartphone for seven fifty a month. It is brilliant, free calls, free texts, more free gigabytes than I can eat. How can an iphone be that much better to justify five times the cost?
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The Leopard
18 Dec 14 21:26 Joined: 05 Apr 06 | Topic/replies: 22,602 | Blogger: The Leopard's blog Might stop me getting the iphone 6 It won't stop me, next thing on my list. Thought you'd be watching A night of heroes. |
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Kenny can you not get a massively cheaper phone like my motorola that does the same job? Mate of mine was mental for apple, always got their latest iphone, has an apple mac etc. he has changed to another company though. His reasoning seemed to be that he didnt think the latest one looked good. Wtf, who cares what it looks like? No mobile phone actually looks good imo,
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Didn't notice it : Sounds a bit corn-ball
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What you on about man?
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^was a reply to Kenny
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I probably could rob, but I need the best for my business. Yes I am a bit sad working at my age. "Which Online" rated it higher than any other smartphone and they thoroughly tested plenty. Last year the IPhone 5s was top of their list.
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Always watch it rob, makes me realise my fading flu is but nothing.
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I thought your business was making a few quid a day on here. If so what does the iphone offer that one for a fraction of the prjce deliver? I may be wrong, defo not a mobile phone expert, but I was v surprised at how good my cheapo motorola is.
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Yes it is, but becoming more difficult so may have to visit shops. I will see how Motorola are rated. Cheers for that.
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I am no expert, but there have been threads on it. Ask yourself what an iphone will give you that a similar phone wont give you for a quarter the price, then ask yourself if you need those extra functions, no point just throwing money at the problem.
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Apple corporation have earned a popularity level on a par with Islami State in my household after that expose.
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But are Samsung, Sony, any better?
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Probably not, but when evidence is gathered about them, be interesting to see if the response is as cowardly and arrogant as the one from apple.
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Just watched this programme
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At last we're getting to the core of the issue.
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cost $5 to make an i phone 6
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It is shocking.
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the thing that shocked me was that they have 80,000 braindead workers .. how many phones do they make .. jeez
scummy company though ... always been a Sony / Dell man myself  |
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Iphones are like clitor ices
every cu. nt has got one it never fails to amaze me how fickle people are, it's all about marketing, which appeals to thick people who can't make choices for themselves there's no doubt that Apple products are great quality, but in terms of functionality they don't do anything the other products don't do having said that I'm considering getting an Apple laptop, I'm just sick of Micro soft and Windows |
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It cant be all about marketing as anyone could do that, the product must be also very good.
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Bloob...I changed to a Mac 3 years back ....little bit different....took a while to adjust....but glad I did.
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they do look very cool I admit , but never been suckered into paying over the odds , looking for a laptop after crimbo & fancy a Dell ultrabook , look just as cool as a mac & better specs
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Ibrahima, I don't deny the quality, I say as much in my post, but what you get for the extra money is next to nothing. I'm sick of seeing people that can't really afford it getting an Iphone just to feel like they fit in.
Marketing is such a powerful tool, have you ever drunk a pint of Fosters Lager? it's absolutely the worst beer in the world but people buy it because of marketing |
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Fair point rb, never had an iphone myself.
Tempted to get a mac but cant justify over 1k on something that will be out of date in 3 years. Not sure about the better specs mc whne comparing, lower spec apple machines run much faster than better spec microsoft machines. |
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sorry tb*
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I'm not sure Sonko as I've never seen them run side by side , I know the OS is superior to attacks , but software is generally much superior than 5-10 years ago anyway , so I'd prefer an I7 touchscreen with SDD hard drive for my money tbh
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