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Apple Orders 15 Million iPhone 5s, Shipping Begins in September
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No phone is ever built to support CDMA and GSM. So you can't just switch if you have no contract, you need a new iPhone. One reason why Verizon/Sprint is not too feasible if you travel a lot. The world uses GSM.
EDIT: Yes there are some phones that support both networks but no phone is built for both. This post was in response to the poster who wanted to move his iPhone from At&t to Verizon. And having the hardware for both networks but not being able to use it does not really count.
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But the iPhone's 3.5" screen is already about as wide as a 4" Android display because of the different aspect ratio. A 3.7-3.8" iPhone will be wider in width than a 4" Android phone and should be fine in size. You do get extra height with the widescreen aspect ratio but it's arguably much less important than the width in determining usability of a phone.
You must not know how to use a camera/handycam then. The iPhone's camera/video is pretty good, but considering I can take just as good pictures on my phone (E72) that is a year and a half older shows how behind Apple is. With the new Sony optics there should be an improvement. And no Sony cybershot sells for $500. And if you are talking about the NEX3/5 then you have serious camera using problems since that has APS-C censors in them. And 16 years ago you also had a bulky cell phone that cost around $1900 as well probably.
No, I haven't, but are you just cherry picking the worst example you can find just to prove me wrong? Because you seem to miss the point I was making. I didn't say ALL Android phones have better battery life than iPhone, I was trying to point out that NOT ALL Android phones have worse battery life than iPhone. Generally speaking they're just as bad, just like all smart phones.
You just had a terrible experience for two years with the HTC HD2 and you are considering buying another HTC phone? Man you are real forgiving. I bet you did some research on the HTC HD2 last time as well. But the reality was it was a piece of junk. I don't know why you don't just switch back to iPhone 5 in September. At least you know the iPhone will be decent.
That is not true. Many modern chips have dual capabilities, including the Verizon iPhone, though Apple does not support it. The next iPhone will have this feature supported so that Apple only has to make one device and sell the same thing to each company.
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While the Verizon iPhone 4 is a CDMA-only device, it actually has a chipset capable of supporting both CDMA and GSM.According to the team at iFixit, the CDMA Verizon iPhone uses a Qualcomm MDM6600 chip, the same chip used by the Motorola Droid Pro to connect to both CDMA and GSM networks. iFixit says that the chip supports 3G HSPA+ data rates that max out at over 14Mbps.
Having an A5 in your phone is like owning a Veyron in a neighborhood with speed cameras on every intersection -- lots of power that's absolutely useless to you as a user. Developers won't write A-5 specific software due to not wanting to alienate legacy hardwear (unless you're silly enough to believe anyone will waste time writing a killer app that the millions and millions of iP4 users cannot download).
Makes this phone a really useless upgrade, technically.
Oh, and it's still made of glass with no rim to protect the screen from corner impacts. Enjoy another 2 years of shattered glass with your $299 purchase.
Makes this phone a really useless upgrade, technically.
Oh, and it's still made of glass with no rim to protect the screen from corner impacts. Enjoy another 2 years of shattered glass with your $299 purchase.
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Does it make people feel superior to look down on everything or something? Is iOS 5 really that underwhelming to you? Last I checked, iOS 5 contains many improvements people have been asking for for ages, yet people are still not satisfied? I just don't understand some people... It's the same nonsense with Lion. Some people can't use their imaginations without a hands-on experience I guess...
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Does it make people feel superior to look down on everything or something? Is iOS 5 really that underwhelming to you? Last I checked, iOS 5 contains many improvements people have been asking for for ages, yet people are still not satisfied? I just don't understand some people... It's the same nonsense with Lion. Some people can't use their imaginations without a hands-on experience I guess...
You have no idea what you're talking about, you're making things up.
Also, why do you assume "here" for bushido is the same as "here" for you?
I know it has the hardware but having the hardware is pointless if you can't use it. CDMA Blackberry's have it as well, but it is not really optimized for global use. I have an unlocked GSM phone and just swap sims when I'm traveling but it just does not make that much sense to have dual support in most cases. Even without Verizon/Sprint selling iPhones, Apple has more than enough people to sell it to.
I was responding to the poster who said they were going to take their At&t phone to Verizon, which is just not possible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_Storm
Oh Hai There.
I'd expect this kind of phones to be a lot more popular right now. I get no service at home with AT&T or Tmobile, but I travel abroad a lot. Maybe this kind of phone only fits my needs.
This update better be more than a spec bump. I had my iPhone 3Gs since August '09 then lost it last month. Had to downgrade to my LG KS360 which is a very poor phone. I'm craving an iPhone more than ever right now.
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Upgrade to iphone 5 then
This is not always a given. Usually Apple improves a product when they redesign it, but not always.When they redesigned the iMac G4 to turn it into the iMac G5, I personally felt it was a step back. It was innovative to shove a whole computer into a flat screen, yes, but it didn't look as good as the G4.
And a better and more applicable example of this is the iPhone 3G/3Gs. I will grant you that the speed improvements we got with with the 3Gs were very impressive, as were other internal components, but the enclosure used for the 3G and 3Gs was a big step back from a design standpoint compared to the original iPhone or the eventual iPhone4. Why apple went with a cheap plastic-y casing is beyond me. I say this as a still current owner of a 3Gs. I appreciate all the goodness that came from my 3Gs, but external design is not a positive attribute.
So, design hiccups do occasionally happen for Apple redesigns. I for one hope they knock the iPhone5 out of the park and even blow the iP4 away. I really really need a new phone.
still havent broken mine. i am so rough with phones...between work and whatnot. asurion hs saved my butt many times with new phones. shattered the blackberry storm the 1st week I had it.(one of the worst phones in existance)
I hate cases- they ruin the look and the thin quality of the phones. ive had the verizon phone since the day of release and have dropped it countless times. i just have it skinned with Phantom Skinz. no cracked glass or anything. either i'm getting really lucky or people are smashing their phones to try and prove their point. I've dropped my phone out of my car (not while moving of course), and sometimes out of my hand on to the concrete or road, and it's been completely fine.
If the screen size is not increased to 4" or more then it will be a major FAIL
Then you should start preparing for failure.
Apple knows that the majority of their iPhone users (probably 90% or more) prefer the current size screen and form factor. We don't want to increase the amount of space it takes up in our pocket as the portability would take a hit. And they aren't about to go against what a majority of users want and need.
Lucky for you, there are Android phones that are big enough for you, so you have options. Enjoy~
In this case though, an external change could mean that the antenna design was changed, and that the antenna issues are finally a thing of the past. So I can understand using this as a guideline. Likewise, I personally love how the glass back panel looks, but feel that it isn't durable enough. So an external change could also be a new back panel material that I can trust more.
There are more reasons to want the external redesign than just superficial ones.
My insanely ridiculous 3-year contract on my 3G mercifully comes up at the end of this month, so a new iPhone - 4G, 4S, 5...whatever it's called - this fall would be most welcome.
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" compared to the now sold out galaxy s 2"
Sounds like someone from a marketing department.
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" compared to the now sold out galaxy s 2"
Sounds like someone from a marketing department.