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Apple's iPhone 5S Revealed in New Photos
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New technology does not just "come out" it takes years of refinement for it to be ready for mobile devices. Good hardware takes a lot of R&D and testing, like I said if people want a different hardware for the sake of difference plenty of other phones.
What did you expect? It's called the iphone 5s for a reason. Just like how the iphone 4s looked the same as the 4 and even back to the 3 to the 3gs. It's a pretty predictable pattern by now.
Wall street dont buy millions of Apple devices a year, consumers do.
I think Apple are probably better sticking to selling to them rather than wall street!
More like "My ass can't innovate anymore!"
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So we should expect the same thing every time?
No thanks!
I am thinking the same thing. Thank the heavens that MS came to their senses with their POS DRM schemes and essentially threw them out the window.
To the people bitching- let's wait to it is announced before we start judging it. You cannot tell new features by looking at it since it is an S model. As well as hardware upgrades it may also have exclusive software updates like Siri was to the 4S. Jump the gun much?
Are we going to throw it under a microscope too, while we are at it? The complaint is that the anodizing comes off, fairly easily for some people. My wife's black phone is in a case and it still has some nicks on it. No fancy shining of lights, magnifying glasses, or any of the sort needed. Just look at the thing in stadard lit room and you easily see the damage.
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It's a rumors site. It's all about jumping the gun. What are we supposed to comment on if not our first impressions?
It was hard enough choosing between Black or White, the 'cheap' iPhone will make it much harder to decide not only on a color but also model. I just hope the 'cheap' one is reflected in markets outside the US where most phones are free on plans.
Is this becoming the new 'meme' now?
Phil is going to regret having uttered that, sometime in the future, when people are going to be sneeringly quoting that, just like some are doing now with Tim's "Doubling Down" comment.
Now is actually a good time to get an iPhone 5 - I'm in the same situation, but my carrier now has the 5 for nothing on a good cheap contract, so I've grabbed one. When the 5S comes out, it'll be much more expensive than my current iPhone 4.
Mine works fine. Maybe you should take it into an Apple store if it isn't functioning properly.
Same tired mantra being posted here...
"My iPhone 5 has never scratched..." <-- So no one else's should have either. Nice logic there.
"Who cares if nothing's new, millions will buy it..." <-- Gee what a great selling point. Thanks for lumping us in with the retarded masses.
"What do you expect? It's an "S" year..." <-- I expect a company that prides itself on innovation to, you know.. INNOVATE!!
And did I miss something where it was written in stone that "innovation" is a 24-month event? Perhaps people here have forgotten how Apple changed the design of the original iPhone to iPhone 3G in *GASP* ONLY 12 MONTHS!!!
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"My iPhone 5 has never scratched..." <-- So no one else's should have either. Nice logic there.
"Who cares if nothing's new, millions will buy it..." <-- Gee what a great selling point. Thanks for lumping us in with the retarded masses.
"What do you expect? It's an "S" year..." <-- I expect a company that prides itself on innovation to, you know.. INNOVATE!!
And did I miss something where it was written in stone that "innovation" is a 24-month event? Perhaps people here have forgotten how Apple changed the design of the original iPhone to iPhone 3G in *GASP* ONLY 12 MONTHS!!!
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My iPhone 4S is a crap. I took care of it in a way that it looks completely new after 18 months. I never dropped it.So, the quality should prove itself here. 3 months ago the wifi died and apple said it is a hardware problem. Two nights ago power button stopped working. Apple says pay $250 and replace with a refurbished one because you don't have a warranty anymore. (No thanks jerks)
I hope apple stops producing these craps in china and produce a better quality products in the US.
I hope apple stops producing these craps in china and produce a better quality products in the US.
Well if you're expecting a redesign, then you're wrong - it's an S series phone which history has shown us will not be redesigned. There will be a spec bump and a mystery feature - neither of which you will find from a leaked image of internals and the back case.
I'm looking forward to this particular phone, as when some people can afford to change their phone so often, I can't, and I'm on a 2 year contract.
Of course there will be. You think they're going to re-release exactly the same phone?
They may not get your money, but they will get the vast numbers of 4S users coming to the end of their contracts, and new users.
It's always been the case that the S models haven't been enough of an upgrade for the original model owners.