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Well that's better.

Wait, multitasking? I thought we've just been having the discussion about how Apple is awesome for not having multitasking followed by a long bulleted list of apologists talking points?



Don't worry, there's still plenty of features that most people don't care about that techies can have mile long threads about.

  - You can't change the battery
  - It doesn't support 3D glasses and 4K cinema resolution
  - No 20MP camera with flash and replacable lens
  - There is no noticeable lag when running applications in the background, so it's actually not "true multitasking". You can't run 100 apps in the background.
  - Can't install apps without jailbreak (or dev license)
  - Doesn't have a nanoSD card
  - No USB port


You thought that, but we weren't.

We were having the discussion "plausible reasons why Apple might not have implemented multitasking yet, and a pragmatic understanding and acceptance based on the wonderful nature of the iPhone anyway and hope for future multitasking done in a way that wont ruin that".




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