'Apple Store' App Updated for iPhone 5

[MacRumors]

Apple today updated its Apple Store app for iOS [App Store], adding support for the larger screen of the iPhone 5.

Compatibility with the larger 4-inch screen of the iPhone 5 also means that the app will be optimized for the fifth-generation iPod touch when it becomes available. Apple is preparing to ship the first orders of the device, with the actual availability date being rumored for October 9.

Article Link: 'Apple Store' App Updated for iPhone 5

 

[dmelgar]

About time. If it took Apple this long for their own store app, how long will it take the hundreds of thousands of other apps to update.

 

[topmounter]

Revolutionary!

 

[McGiord]

So, what is it about the cases and bumpers? Why Apple is not selling any?

 

[jvpython]

It's there own app! It should've been updated the day the iPhone 5 came out!

 

[rorschach]

Still no iPad version?

 

[NYhaven]

These iPhone 5 updates can't come any sooner :|

 

[ArtyBolshevik]

Come on Apple! Give us an iPad version. It's been too long now.

 

[Oldfash33]

Ya where's the iPad specific app?

 

[carlos916]

I got a chub

 

[dethmaShine]

About time. If it took Apple this long for their own store app, how long will it take the hundreds of thousands of other apps to update.

I will chime in there.

I had my credit card expired two weeks back and my AppleID through which I buy apps was associated with this card. Given I was lazy and didn't care about the updates as I am extremely busy these ays — I didn't update my bank info.

After 2 weeks, I had 41 updates for my iPhone 4S and 34 out of them — 'included support for iPhone 5'.

I am just going to say that Apple did delay this although they should've not. But you must understand that this is not a very important app; pretty important for their business but people are only recently receiving their iPhone 5 devices. Had it been the case that the app didn't support some kind of device before the iPhone 5 launch, this would have been atrocious.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[nagromme]

No use of Passbook? Low-hanging fruit there.

 

[mrgraff]

No use of Passbook? Low-hanging fruit there.

Still, you'd think buying an Apple gift card and adding it to PassBook would be a new feature in the Apple Store app.

 

[Apple...]

No use of Passbook? Low-hanging fruit there.

How would Passbook improve it?

 

[krown89]

For the iPad the resolution is high enough where you can use the regular apple site. And yes I can't believe it took them this long to optimize it for the 5. Smh the company should lead by example.

 

[jeremyshaw]

I don't know if I'm seeing things, but is the ipad compat. feature allowing for the higher height of the iphone 5?

 

[Battlefield Fan]

Glad to see more and more adoption of the iPhone 5.

 

[DavidTheExpert]

Apple Store App...... Apple App Store.... ahhhh my brain!

 

[Xenc]

Apple Store App...... Apple App Store.... ahhhh my brain!

The Apple Store app is on the Apple App Store app for apps.

 

[mack120]

Is rather poor so few apps been adapted. Makes a mockery of the new size screen

 

[interfreak]

For the iPad the resolution is high enough where you can use the regular apple site.

True, but the app is far more pleasant to use.

 

[madman365]

WHy can't I order Apple Gift Cards?

My biggest complaint is not be ing able to order Apple Gift Store Gift crads from the app. I can on the website...just not in the app. What gives? MAYBE I would like to gift an iPhone.

 

[b-rad g]

And still no way to get my Apple gift cards into Passbook without downloading another app. C'mon Apple, get it together.

 

[GS17]

So, what is it about the cases and bumpers? Why Apple is not selling any?

They decided there was not enough money made from cases and instead decided to make a $29 lighting adapter

 

[dwhittington]

Who cares

I use this app all the time, but I don't really care that it took Apple a while to get it updated. Which would you rather see? Should Apple have delayed the release of the iPhone 5 for this app? Or should they have released the iPhone 5 last quarter so they can recognize revenue from sales of 5 million phones before the end of last quarter. Geez, tough business decision. LOL