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iPhone 5 buyers remorse

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iSensei

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I feel bad for spending over 100$ in accessories for my iPhone 5 with the fast approaching Galaxy S4. I miss the LED notification, being able to call a contact who just texted me simply by raising the phone to my ear, etc. etc.

If I could go back in time...one month I would lol. With the Galaxy S4 coming in March I'm probably ditching the iPhone for good and just keeping the iPad. Might give it away for free to my mom who knows :)
 
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hafr

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iSensei said:
I feel bad for spending over 100$ in accessories for my iPhone 5 with the fast approaching Galaxy S4. I miss the LED notification, being able to call a contact who just texted me simply by raising the phone to my ear, etc. etc.

If I could go back in time...one month I would lol. With the Galaxy S4 coming in March I'm probably ditching the iPhone for good and just keeping the iPad. Might give it away for free to my mom who knows :)
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JetBlack7

JetBlack7

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Why would you need a "feature" which is to call someone just by raising the phone to your ear? Can't you take 4 seconds to open the contact list and select the contact you want to call?

Those kind of features are so...ridiculous.
 
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617aircav

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JetBlack7 said:
Why would you need a "feature" which is to call someone just by raising the phone to your ear? Can't you take 4 seconds to open the contact list and select the contact you want to call?

Those kind of features are so...stupid.
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Yep just like Siri. It takes longer to use Siri than just pressing the buttons.
 
aerok

aerok

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JetBlack7 said:
Why would you need a "feature" which is to call someone just by raising the phone to your ear? Can't you take 4 seconds to open the contact list and select the contact you want to call?

Those kind of features are so...stupid.
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Stupid for you is not stupid for everyone. Nothing wrong with OP ranting, many of you would agree if he ranted about other OSs
 
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itjw

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Dec 20, 2011
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Reminds me of the time I had to give a guy money to take my SGS2...

Such an awful phone. I tried giving it to my mom but she preferred to have a nice phone instead.

Why do people come to Apple forums pretending to be iPhone owners? If you're happy with your plastic POS good for you! I know almost no one participates in the Galaxy forums, but if you're that lonely go get a friend in real life :)
 
aerok

aerok

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itjw said:
Why do people come to Apple forums pretending to be iPhone owners? If you're happy with your plastic POS good for you! I know almost no one participates in the Galaxy forums, but if you're that lonely go get a friend in real life :)
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Yeah because he obviously is a troll just because he prefers the S3 after trying out the iPhone 5.

The phone is not perfect for everyone, it might be for you but people are allowed to bring some criticisms.
 
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Raggsokk

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Sep 19, 2012
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Serious answer; $100 on accessories?
Did you buy a full blooded chihuahua with a docking station and audio input?
 
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Mxbzz

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itjw said:
Reminds me of the time I had to give a guy money to take my SGS2...

Such an awful phone. I tried giving it to my mom but she preferred to have a nice phone instead.

Why do people come to Apple forums pretending to be iPhone owners? If you're happy with your plastic POS good for you! I know almost no one participates in the Galaxy forums, but if you're that lonely go get a friend in real life :)
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And why do people have to make blatant lies to try to make their point? If you seriously had to pay someone to give away a phone at all, that's not so much the phones fault, but the owner.
 
mrsir2009

mrsir2009

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Sep 17, 2009
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itjw said:
Reminds me of the time I had to give a guy money to take my SGS2...

Such an awful phone. I tried giving it to my mom but she preferred to have a nice phone instead.

Why do people come to Apple forums pretending to be iPhone owners? If you're happy with your plastic POS good for you! I know almost no one participates in the Galaxy forums, but if you're that lonely go get a friend in real life :)
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It’s beyond me why everyone seems to be so hung up over plastic :confused: Just because the iPhone isn’t made out of plastic (anymore) everything that is is a peice of ****?
 
sulpfiction

sulpfiction

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If a notification light and a feature like holding ur phone to ur ear to call a person in a text string is what's important, then by all means u deserve a phone like the galaxy. Stupid bells and whistles that have no real world use only annoy me. It seems like all these other companies advertise their phones based soley on stupid features (samsung commercials with bump to share photos etc) and to me it only says how bad the actual phone really is. Even when apple does Siri based ads it annoys me because in real life Siri is a half baked feature at best.
 
aerok

aerok

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sulpfiction said:
If a notification light and a feature like holding ur phone to ur ear to call a person in a text string is what's important, then by all means u deserve a phone like the galaxy. Stupid bells and whistles that have no real world use only annoy me. It seems like all these other companies advertise their phones based soley on stupid features (samsung commercials with bump to share photos etc) and to me it only says how bad the actual phone really is. Even when apple does Siri based ads it annoys me because in real life Siri is a half baked feature at best.
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Notification light is really useful for those that always miss their calls and messages because fo work (me)
 
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Mxbzz

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Jul 22, 2012
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sulpfiction said:
If a notification light and a feature like holding ur phone to ur ear to call a person in a text string is what's important, then by all means u deserve a phone like the galaxy. Stupid bells and whistles that have no real world use only annoy me. It seems like all these other companies advertise their phones based soley on stupid features (samsung commercials with bump to share photos etc) and to me it only says how bad the actual phone really is. Even when apple does Siri based ads it annoys me because in real life Siri is a half baked feature at best.
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What constitutes as real world use? You could make a point for all of the iPhone commercials being "stupid bells and whistles". Hell, the active noise cancellation commercial aired 1 minute ago during the Broncos-Ravens game. Do Not Disturb? Panaromic Mode? Theyre definitely useful for some, not so much for others.
 
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SomeDudeAsking

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sulpfiction said:
If a notification light and a feature like holding ur phone to ur ear to call a person in a text string is what's important, then by all means u deserve a phone like the galaxy. Stupid bells and whistles that have no real world use only annoy me. It seems like all these other companies advertise their phones based soley on stupid features (samsung commercials with bump to share photos etc) and to me it only says how bad the actual phone really is. Even when apple does Siri based ads it annoys me because in real life Siri is a half baked feature at best.
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So because you don't have these time saving features on the iPhone, they are stupid. I see.
 
mrsir2009

mrsir2009

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aerok said:
Notification light is really useful for those that always miss their calls and messages because fo work (me)
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Indeed - You don't have to touch your phone to see if you've got a message, as you can just look at it from across the room to see if the notification light is blinking :)
 
SnowLeopard OSX

SnowLeopard OSX

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sulpfiction said:
If a notification light and a feature like holding ur phone to ur ear to call a person in a text string is what's important, then by all means u deserve a phone like the galaxy. Stupid bells and whistles that have no real world use only annoy me. It seems like all these other companies advertise their phones based soley on stupid features (samsung commercials with bump to share photos etc) and to me it only says how bad the actual phone really is. Even when apple does Siri based ads it annoys me because in real life Siri is a half baked feature at best.
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I agree with everything in your post except for the last part. While it is true that Apple is known for leaving out little pointless, gimmicky, show-off bell and whistle features, I think Siri is a rather useful feature. Especially for setting very quick reminders, schedules, calling people (searching for names in my extensive phone book is a nightmare), or just running super quick Google searches. Granted, I only use Siri when I'm alone or with people I know - because talking to your phone or PDA, for whatever reason, still seems like it is socially unacceptable.
 
JohnLT13

JohnLT13

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Dec 9, 2012
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iSensei said:
I feel bad for spending over 100$ in accessories for my iPhone 5 with the fast approaching Galaxy S4. I miss the LED notification, being able to call a contact who just texted me simply by raising the phone to my ear, etc. etc.

If I could go back in time...one month I would lol. With the Galaxy S4 coming in March I'm probably ditching the iPhone for good and just keeping the iPad. Might give it away for free to my mom who knows :)
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You may be able to sell it online.:rolleyes:
Subsidize your next phone maybe?
 
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Raggsokk

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Sep 19, 2012
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I agree with everything in your post except for the last part. While it is true that Apple is known for leaving out little pointless, gimmicky, show-off bell and whistle features, I think Siri is a rather useful feature. Especially for setting very quick reminders, schedules, calling people (searching for names in my extensive phone book is a nightmare), or just running super quick Google searches. Granted, I only use Siri when I'm alone or with people I know - because talking to your phone or PDA, for whatever reason, still seems like it is socially unacceptable.
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Not to mention that Siri is completely useless outside the US. And it's socially unacceptable because it isn't optimized. If Siri or similar services became viable options to not looking like a fool, society would be all over it.
 
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RichardC300

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Mxbzz said:
And why do people have to make blatant lies to try to make their point? If you seriously had to pay someone to give away a phone at all, that's not so much the phones fault, but the owner.
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It's not necessarily a lie, but he could've just not been telling the full story. It could have been apart of a trade where the other party was not satisfied with just an S2.
 
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Freebee

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Mxbzz

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RichardC300 said:
It's not necessarily a lie, but he could've just not been telling the full story. It could have been apart of a trade where the other party was not satisfied with just an S2.
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Which is why I said it's not the phone, it's the owner. If someone is going to post a blatant statement like that, they would know better than to leave half the story out of it.

I could have easily made up the same story: I had to pay someone to take my iPhone 5. To me, a white lie is still a lie.
 
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