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Apple Announces iPhone 5 with 4-Inch Display
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I'm on a family plan now (not new share plan) we pay about 250 a month for 4 dumb phones and 2 iPhones with the $30 data plan.
We plan on adding 2 more iPhones in Dec and then we would possibly move to one of the new share plans. I assume if we do this, I lose my unlimited data so paying for the phone full retail would have been pointless...
This is a super phone. The design of the 4s was already very very good and the best just got better. A lot of people are designed it doesn't look radically different? It doesn't need to be, it's already what you need from such a device. This thing will sell and sell and sell.
Nothing innovative whatsoever.
Speed? Yea that's a natural thing.
Lighter? ^^^
Larger display? Yea that's a new concept.
Might as well say hello to the iPhone 4S, you'll save money and only loose a half an inch
Do you think apple will be sell iphone 5 unlocked?
i sure hope so..here in india its a law that you have to sell the unlocked version also
Was this a great release compared to previous iPhones? Absolutely. You can't complain about that.
Was this a great release compared to OTHER smartphones? No. Not at all. Nothing revolutionary here.
So, if you're committed to the iPhone, I think you'll love the new one. If you're open to using other phones, well...might want to look elsewhere.
Personally, I LOVE the look of the iPhone 5. I think it looks amazing, and the materials used are fantastic. Feature wise, I'm drawn to the Samsung Galaxy S III. I've owned the original iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 4, but am now thinking it might be time to try something different. Removable battery, upgradable storage, and a nice large screen are the major differences of the SIII over the iPhone for me.
But god damn if the S III isn't the ugliest thing around. And plastic? Bleh. That might be enough for me to stick with Apple (not to mention the amount of $ I've invested in their ecosystem via Apps...they kinda got me by the short ones there).
Choices, choices. Amazon has the SIII for $99 right now, too...hmm....
Was this a great release compared to OTHER smartphones? No. Not at all. Nothing revolutionary here.
So, if you're committed to the iPhone, I think you'll love the new one. If you're open to using other phones, well...might want to look elsewhere.
Personally, I LOVE the look of the iPhone 5. I think it looks amazing, and the materials used are fantastic. Feature wise, I'm drawn to the Samsung Galaxy S III. I've owned the original iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 4, but am now thinking it might be time to try something different. Removable battery, upgradable storage, and a nice large screen are the major differences of the SIII over the iPhone for me.
But god damn if the S III isn't the ugliest thing around. And plastic? Bleh. That might be enough for me to stick with Apple (not to mention the amount of $ I've invested in their ecosystem via Apps...they kinda got me by the short ones there).
Choices, choices. Amazon has the SIII for $99 right now, too...hmm....
If NFC is the one feature you MUST have, then there's no reason for you to make the switch. Personally, I like the new design while keeping a consistent feel. Like they said... it's probably the object you use most in your life. Something people are comfortable with. They take changing it very serious. they didn't want to make a "new" phone, they wanted to make a "better" phone.
Keynote online...
Does anybody having an experience, in how long it takes normally, until the keynote is online on apple's site? Thank you!!
Does anybody having an experience, in how long it takes normally, until the keynote is online on apple's site? Thank you!!
Android users like to swap out batteries because their oversized underengineered overclocked Android phones all have no battery life. All those LTE phones that came out before Apple finally released one were using early power-hungry LTE chips that drained the phone very quickly. Their screens are thick and huge, requiring a lot more power to match the iPhone's brightness. All the flagship Android phones have abysmal battery life under real world conditions because Android customers only care about spec sheets and not usability.
Apple spends a lot of money and effort to make everything else smaller inside the box so there's more battery, and optimize their software for battery life. To an Android user, they just don't understand the concept of a phone that can last all day long without running out of juice. So, they see that the iPhone battery can't be swapped and think that's a bad thing.
And here come the haters that appeared when iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G were introduced.
Yep, it is a ritual that happens every year when a new iPhone is released.
Very well said.
The fact that my iPhone 4 battery is still going strong, is a testament to what you said. I am one of those people that used to buy multiple batteries for my business mobiles. It is a miracle if two batteries would last a year, let alone two.
The technology in the Qualcomm chipset sounds like it's positioned to be a competitor to NFC (and since the iP5 has it, it's likely just a software update to make use of it).
http://www.qualcomm.com/gobi
I'm definitely buying two. Our iPhone 4's are off-contract and we're anxious to jump ship from ATTWS. I thought their coverage was bad in San Francisco: they're more or less unusable in New York City.
I for one am glad the iPhone 5 doesn't have a larger screen than it does. The giganto-screen Android devices are too big for me to use one-handed, and would never fit in the front pocket of my jeans. The iPhone 5 should still be perfectly pocketable.
Thankfully we don't have a lot invested in third party peripherals that utilize the Dock connector, aside from a charging dock for our car that is half-broken and needs to be replaced anyway. The Dock connector design was going on ten years old! I'm glad for the tangible improvements the Lightning connector brings, though I wish it was USB 3.0 and it's a bit annoying that I'll have to go buy a few new cables. At least the USB power adapters haven't changed, and I have plenty of those. When I put my iPhone 4 up for sale, I can at least say in my ad that it comes bundled with three or four USB to Dock connector cables!
Are people still going on about removable batteries? Battery cases like the Mophie Juice Pack are such a superior solution, it's not even funny. (I've never needed one, personally.)
I for one am glad the iPhone 5 doesn't have a larger screen than it does. The giganto-screen Android devices are too big for me to use one-handed, and would never fit in the front pocket of my jeans. The iPhone 5 should still be perfectly pocketable.
Thankfully we don't have a lot invested in third party peripherals that utilize the Dock connector, aside from a charging dock for our car that is half-broken and needs to be replaced anyway. The Dock connector design was going on ten years old! I'm glad for the tangible improvements the Lightning connector brings, though I wish it was USB 3.0 and it's a bit annoying that I'll have to go buy a few new cables. At least the USB power adapters haven't changed, and I have plenty of those. When I put my iPhone 4 up for sale, I can at least say in my ad that it comes bundled with three or four USB to Dock connector cables!
Are people still going on about removable batteries? Battery cases like the Mophie Juice Pack are such a superior solution, it's not even funny. (I've never needed one, personally.)
The other reason for needing a removal battery on Android phones, is to get the phone to reboot when it freezes up. LOL! I have quite a bit of experience with that feature using Android phones at work.
You don't have a clue as to what you are talking about concerning Android. Go stick your head back in the sand, remember to take your iPhone with you