Do I have to buy an iPhone??
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- mekk0
iPod touch is enough as long as you don't need to test 3G functionality
- iPhone 5 is 2X faster with the A6 chip, has a better camera, and better graphics too. Enough as long as you need thosemonospaced
- need actual performancemonospaced
- but more $$$doesnotexist
- you get what you pay for?monospaced
- HAYZ1LLLA0
Second hand Touch!
- why buy a Touch if you are developing for an iPhone? Aren't they different specs and performance?monospaced
- Xopher0
I recommend downloading xCode for Mac: https://developer.apple.com/xcod…
Has an iOS Simulator which is as good as the real thing.
- except no access to built in camera, gyroscope, gps, actual processor and hardware, etcmonospaced
- Ah I only use for web, which is fine.Xopher
- well this thread is about buying an iPhone for app developmentmonospaced
- Soz.Xopher
- prophetone0
i have the latest ipod touch, get one-a those
- Nathan_Adams0
How has this thread not ended after the words "iPod Touch"???
- because people mostly buy apps on the iPhone which has different specsmonospaced
- BabySnakes0
makes it very easy to to test multiple ios devices so that you don't have to plug into your development system. FYI
- Maaku0
You can use simulators, emulators, stimulator and vibrators but nothing is better than testing your product with the real hardware. Buy one. </thread>
- doesnotexist0
why not just get an ipod touch
- simulators can only simulatedoesnotexist
- +1,0000000000 ipod!! ipod touch!!!!fourth
- detritus0
I bother friends and use theirs. Helps that I live with a load of people who have a fairly comprehensive array of phone and tablets types.
- interesting solution, move into a commune of upper-middle class types...robotron3k
- dbloc0
simulators never work right.
- stimulators never work right either...robotron3k
- trudbloc
- omg0
iPhone 5 Simulator: Check How Your Mobile Website Will Look Like On The iPhone 5
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/iph…- thanks!!robotron3k
- Why an online simulator? If you have to use one, why not iOS Simulator that comes with XCode?Nathan_Adams
- PonyBoy0
you could just buy a used one and test via wi-fi... no reason to add the expense of a second phone line if you have wi-fi access (unless you'e specifically testing DL speeds for 3G/4G/LTE networks)
as for having 2 phones... i'm fortunate to have my brother's phone handy anytime I need to test on Android... I def. need more than just my iphone for testing. The Emulators out there aren't that bad... keep in mind too that there is a difference in screen size between the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 5 (I kept my old iphone 4 and test with it often as there are tons of folks who have yet to move-up to the iphone 5)
- freedom0
If you're a serious designer, of course you got to test it in real life. That's like going to a press check or not testing something on PC.
- freedom0
eBay an old iPhone.
- freedom0
You can buy one and not get service and just use Wifi.
- Or just go to a cell phone store a lot.freedom
- right! cool. smart.robotron3k
- I was told to stop watching porn when testing my website in an apple store :-)SimonFFM
- akiersky0
ipod touch looks and pretty much works the same
would that work?
- ideaist0
https://quirktools.com/screenfly… or something similar does the trick...
- kona0
Do you work for yourself? At the company I work for we basically have a bunch of phones we can pick up and test our designs on. If you're on your own or your company won't spend the coin for phones to test on, buy an iPhone 5 and you might be able to write it off. It does make a difference throwing designs onto the device to see how everything's going to look.
- I'm independent, sounds like should just bite the bullet. meh. thanks.robotron3k
- robotron3k
I'm an Android user and I just got the HTC One, now I'm starting to design for iPhone apps.
I really need to "test" how it looks on an iPhone so I guess I'm going to have to get two phone lines.
Do any of you guys have two phones for testing apps/interface or do you have another alternative rather than getting two cell platforms??