Cool, quite happy with the update, this might finally be my first iPhone. 
Eagerly waiting to see what Apple has in store for the new iMacs as well.
Eagerly waiting to see what Apple has in store for the new iMacs as well.
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Apple Announces iPhone 5 with 4-Inch Display
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Thousands of resolutions? Exaggerate much?
Anyway, a tiny addition of vertical pixels doesn't help me much. As a developer it's still another resolution and aspect ratio to handle. As a user, it's still not any easier to read tiny webpage text without zooming. For video, 1280x720 would have been way more sensible than 1136x640 and would let the iPhone actually display the 'HD' video minimum standard.
Disappointed that there was no iPad Mini, but that wasn't too much of a surprise. What was a huge surprise was that the lowest price for a new generation iPod touch was $299. In the past I was OK with spending $199 to give them as gifts to my kids and parents, but that was stretching it. Already bought a Nexus 7 for $199 (+ bonus $25 app store credit) and have to say it's amazing for the price. As far as the phone goes, I'll stick with my iPhone 4 until it breaks. After that I'll have a tough decision on whether to switch to the S3 or iPhone 5.
That's because women talk on the phone all day gossiping while men use it only occasionally for business. Give your S3 to your wife and let her use it all day, I bet you she wont get no more than 5 hours.
You expect us to believe your scientific measurement of battery life when you don't even understand the differences between the sexes when it comes to phone usage and all leading tech gadget websites reports that iPhone battery life is significantly better than all competitors.
Because phones that get bigger and wider are surely the epitome of innovation. Except of course when we're talking tablets. Then smaller is the real innovation.
AT&T just announced that you can get an iPhone 5 with the subsidized price (new 2 year contract) and still keep your grandfathered unlimited data plan. Verizon wants people to pay full price to keep their unlimited data plan.
I'm sure next years Android phones will be that big because apparently if you're not increasing the screen size on your phone you're not innovating. Yet if you're not reducing the size of your tablets you're not innovating either. I guess Android will now be going to one device - the phablet.
It tells me that they're lining up all their displays so iOS and desktop apps are interchangeable. I think the laptops are still different, but this makes the iphone the same ratio as iMac and thunderbolt displays, right?
In my experience i love the customization that android offers, its awesome. And when you get into tinkering with the phone aka rooting and flashing roms you can tap into some awesome potential. Not all android are created equal tho and that is a problem and that's why i will only get a nexus phone from now on.
I'll be picking up an ip5 as my first ios device and give it a shot. The ip5 has caught my attention and in a good way
Each platforms have their advantages and disadvantages.
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Even if you put four wheels on an iphone with a jet engine attached to it, you will still find a few whiners on these forums who will complain that it is underpowered.
Next, we will start seeing new Android phones with taller screen because they found that consumers never really wanted wider phones. Next year magically Android phones starts losing weight getting skinner and gaining height.
Copy Cats are coming!!!
Copy Cats are coming!!!
Someone correct me if I'm wrong. From what I can recall, Verizon does voice over 3G and data over LTE (you get a SIM card for the data plan). If you're in an area that doesn't have LTE coverage, you'll lose your data connection if you receive or initiate a phone call.
That sums it up best for the ' I am disappointed with the iphone 5' groupies who can't articulate their grievances and shortcomings about the phone because there are none.
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Yes, their screen size will increase with each new phone until they end up looking like an ipad.
Because phones that get bigger and wider are surely the epitome of innovation. Except of course when we're talking tablets. Then smaller is the real innovation.
Very good! I guess Samsung is at the end of the innovation road map in terms of screen size and the S3
Sure, but as others point out, Apple made their huge leap by offering products that either addressed a need in a brand new but simplified way or filled a need people didn't know they had. And while I agree with you that it's unfair to expect this company to constantly and consistently do that, if you took your comment and posted it 10 years ago in a different forum, you end up defending something like motorola's tweaks to the Razr.
The iPhone has always had that wow factor. Everything was special. And every release brought that one special feature. IPhone 3G ... Its 3G. Iphone 3GS ... Faster (and wasn't redesigned too?). Iphone 4 ... Retina display. Iphone 4S ... Siri and duel core. Iphone 5 ... Bigger screen? None of that was really unseen. We knew what this phone was before today. No surprises.
Maybe we shouldn't expect Apple to lead the industry, but that's what I expected. It should of at least had HD ... Come on.
My Lumia 920 will look mighty fine come this November.
The black iPhone5 looks badass! The specs look nasty too!
Now come on people! I wanna see those cherry 4S's on ebay in a few weeks so I can upgrade from my 4! I might go contract when the 5S comes out.
Now come on people! I wanna see those cherry 4S's on ebay in a few weeks so I can upgrade from my 4! I might go contract when the 5S comes out.
The thing that i do envy the most of the iphone that i wished android had was the amount of 3rd party accessories that are out there. Just the amount of cases that are available is just stupid crazy.
I don't know what you guys are complaining about. They could of released an iPhone that gave you a blowjob and you would still gripe over tiny little things.
Considering the rumors were all true ... 1GB probably.
And let me be clear, this is a good phone and an amazing update. I just expect Apple to be leaders, and they weren't today (or yesturday now).
iPhone 5L - litigation model.
When your busy litigating and preventing others from innovating with patents around shape, this is what innovation looks like!
Enjoy year 3 of the iPhone 4 design. (and probably year 5 with the s model).
Even rolled my eyes when I saw the new nano which looks like a lumina 900.
The 5 is just a slightly longer 4 with today's tech in it, that not innovating, that waiting for the parts to improve from 3rd party distributors
When your busy litigating and preventing others from innovating with patents around shape, this is what innovation looks like!
Enjoy year 3 of the iPhone 4 design. (and probably year 5 with the s model).
Even rolled my eyes when I saw the new nano which looks like a lumina 900.
The 5 is just a slightly longer 4 with today's tech in it, that not innovating, that waiting for the parts to improve from 3rd party distributors
Thank GOD they didn't make the phone bigger and actually made it SMALLER. Truthfully that is the biggest selling point to me... I was not going to upgrade if they made the phone bigger.. I have friends that have these huge android phones and I am completely appalled by them...
I have my phone in my pocket all day, I want it as small, and light, as possible so I don't feel it at all.. Personally for me watching a movie on my phone screen sounds like a nightmare.
I like the fact that the screen is slightly bigger but in the same form factor. SELLING POINT for me for sure.
I LOVE the update. for the things I use the phone for it is a huge update. Camera, audio, and its SMALLER!!! killer!!!
I have my phone in my pocket all day, I want it as small, and light, as possible so I don't feel it at all.. Personally for me watching a movie on my phone screen sounds like a nightmare.
I like the fact that the screen is slightly bigger but in the same form factor. SELLING POINT for me for sure.
I LOVE the update. for the things I use the phone for it is a huge update. Camera, audio, and its SMALLER!!! killer!!!
what customers want
I honestly do not understand people being unhappy about the iPhone 5.
It has one of the most innovative and clear cameras on any phone. The only phone that excites me camera wise is the Lumia 920. And they both seem to be bloody close. (Though I want to see the low light performance of the iPhone 5 first)
It has the A15 core. This is a HUGE update. The first of the next generation processor architecture is inside the iPhone.
It's screen is the first embedded touch control screen on the market.
It's thinner, has a larger screen, yet has the same amount of battery time, if not more, than the previous gen iPhones.
So what were people waiting for as they are not happy about it?
128GB storage? octa-core cpu? 5 day battery life? 6 inch display? what exactly?
I honestly do not understand people being unhappy about the iPhone 5.
It has one of the most innovative and clear cameras on any phone. The only phone that excites me camera wise is the Lumia 920. And they both seem to be bloody close. (Though I want to see the low light performance of the iPhone 5 first)
It has the A15 core. This is a HUGE update. The first of the next generation processor architecture is inside the iPhone.
It's screen is the first embedded touch control screen on the market.
It's thinner, has a larger screen, yet has the same amount of battery time, if not more, than the previous gen iPhones.
So what were people waiting for as they are not happy about it?
128GB storage? octa-core cpu? 5 day battery life? 6 inch display? what exactly?
3.5" 2/3 to 4" 16/9 is barely an increase, I have a 4" 16/9 now and I find it too small. 4.3 or even 4.7/4.8 is going to be my next phone.
Apple buys of the shelve its not some spectacular new tech.
Its screen is simular as that in the htc one x : super lcd 2 Wich puts it at the same levels of the latest Super Amoled screens (rgb ones)
If it would have been any better apple would have singled it out, anyway I dont see it beating the pureview 808
BS, thinner means they HAVE to advance to remain at the same level of before.
And no I dont sit around admiring how thin my phone is. Weight matters thinness doesnt if its 9 8 or 7 mm thin I(and no doubt most users) dont care
Lets see if its scratch resistant he?
Thats it its just the same, so the iphone isnt better in that area.
A lot longer battery (droid razor max style), bigger screen, NFC , wireless charging,better camera,...
But no once more this no doubt had tio be postponed because they wanted a mm thinner.