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iPhone 5 First Impressions
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Don't worry. Not long for you guys now. It will be worth the wait
Work made me wait - another week for me!
I have to say, the white does look better now seeing your pics, though I am not convinced.. I went for black
I got home about thirty minutes ago from AT&T for six hours (and having to deal with an obnoxious "I HATE APPLE" lady the entire time).
I really, really like it. The screen is nicer than I imagined it to be. It's incredibly light and much easier to hold than what I imagined, as well.
Easily my favorite iPhone yet.
I really, really like it. The screen is nicer than I imagined it to be. It's incredibly light and much easier to hold than what I imagined, as well.
Easily my favorite iPhone yet.
First thing you notice is the light weight. Just like every review has said. Second thing is the elongated screen. The quality is better and it rivals the best screen on the market today, which is that on the HTC One x.
Probably the smartest thing that apple did was to keep the device one handed.
Probably the smartest thing that apple did was to keep the device one handed.
I think The Verge's review by Josh Topolsky is really on the money, especially what he has to say about iOS 6.
"...seems to be more difficult to do the things I find myself doing all the time..."
I've always said it, iOS' simplicity is so simple that it's limiting, and ironically, makes the phone actually less usable. It takes multiple steps to accomplish something in iOS that it would take one or two steps with Android.
"Don't get me wrong, iOS is a beautiful and well-structured mobile operating system but it's begun to show its age. It feels less useful to me today than it did a couple of years ago, especially in the face of increasingly sophisticated competition. I always have this sense now in iOS of not knowing where I am, what my status is constantly having to load things and reload them. It feels tiring.
Maybe you'll call me an Android fanboy for saying this, or maybe it's because much of my business utilizes Google apps and its communication tools, but it didn't take me very long with the iPhone 5 to start thinking about getting back to the Galaxy Nexus and Jelly Bean (Android 4.1). For what I do, I think it's a more effective, more elegant, and more powerful OS right now. What it may lack in polish and consistency, it makes up for in power and flexibility." -Josh
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3363238/iphone-5-review
"...seems to be more difficult to do the things I find myself doing all the time..."
I've always said it, iOS' simplicity is so simple that it's limiting, and ironically, makes the phone actually less usable. It takes multiple steps to accomplish something in iOS that it would take one or two steps with Android.
"Don't get me wrong, iOS is a beautiful and well-structured mobile operating system but it's begun to show its age. It feels less useful to me today than it did a couple of years ago, especially in the face of increasingly sophisticated competition. I always have this sense now in iOS of not knowing where I am, what my status is constantly having to load things and reload them. It feels tiring.
Maybe you'll call me an Android fanboy for saying this, or maybe it's because much of my business utilizes Google apps and its communication tools, but it didn't take me very long with the iPhone 5 to start thinking about getting back to the Galaxy Nexus and Jelly Bean (Android 4.1). For what I do, I think it's a more effective, more elegant, and more powerful OS right now. What it may lack in polish and consistency, it makes up for in power and flexibility." -Josh
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3363238/iphone-5-review
Thanks for joining the First Impressions thread and going off topic to push a product most of us couldn't care less about. Glad you love Jellybean so much. Too bad 1.5% of current Android users can have it on their phone and less than 5% ever will without buying a whole new phone. My iPhone 4 runs iOS 6 great thanks.
The dirty little secret about Apple is that keeping things simple is NOT always harder than adding a bunch of features.
iOS is starting to lag behind android in terms of features, and the old claim that ios's feature set is rock solid while android's is a complete beta is also starting to not hold water.
iOS is also easier to use simply b/c there are less features. If iOS had the same number of features as Android, then it would invariably grow much more complex. I do not think that Apple has some secret recipe that would allow them to make an OS as feature-laden as Android and still keep it amazingly simple. PART of iOS's simplicity is just that--it's hard to get confused when there are less things that you can do.
iOS is starting to lag behind android in terms of features, and the old claim that ios's feature set is rock solid while android's is a complete beta is also starting to not hold water.
iOS is also easier to use simply b/c there are less features. If iOS had the same number of features as Android, then it would invariably grow much more complex. I do not think that Apple has some secret recipe that would allow them to make an OS as feature-laden as Android and still keep it amazingly simple. PART of iOS's simplicity is just that--it's hard to get confused when there are less things that you can do.
Glad you love Jellybean so much. Too bad 1.5% of current Android users can have it on their phone and less than 5% ever will without buying a whole new phone. My iPhone 4 runs iOS 6 great thanks.
You're right about going off topic. Sorry.
If updates are that important, people can buy the Nexus line. One phone a year, guaranteed updates. Sound familiar?
My understanding is that iPh4 loses a lot of the main features of iOS 6 (and 5, for that matter; no Siri, at least not officially).
I'm trying to do my upgrade swap now, and WOW are they dumb at AT&T. The first woman I got didn't even know what I wanted to do, the second one wanted me to set up a new phone number. Where do they find these people??
EDIT: 3rd time's the charm... got a guy who really knew what he was doing.
How'd did you word it so that they understood what you were talking about? I have to do this tonight.
I am sure it's been said many times, but LTE just screams, it's crazy how much faster it is than 3G.
Mine came in to my apartment at 10:00am and I took a "long lunch" to pick it up. It's a White 32GB AT&T version.
My impressions so far are good.
My impressions so far are good.
- LTE is giving me upload and download speeds around 10Mpbs in Midtown Manhattan (vs. 1Mbps on HSPA)
- The phone itself is flawless.
- Wow, this is light. But it still feels like a "premium" device to me because of the beveled edges and feel of the antenna.
- Setup was fairly easy. I started by restoring from iCloud, but some of my apps were taking a while to download so I connected to iTunes to finish the process. It appeared that some apps were still loading, but when I disconnected they were all there, and my folders were mostly intact.
- I think I'm used to the taller screen already. It just took re-arranging my home screen to fill in the new row with app icons.
I spent all night queuing at the Trafford Centre to get mine. I'm very impressed with the speed of it tho and it does feel better.
It's a personal photo but I can PM you a high res link when I get home if you want it
would be great
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Thin, light. Black looks great.
Much faster than my 4.
Enjoying siri already (didn't have on my 4)
AT&T LTE in Northern VA/DC is FAST. Much better than my wifi.
Love the panoramic photos.
Screen looks better than my 4.
Much faster than my 4.
Enjoying siri already (didn't have on my 4)
AT&T LTE in Northern VA/DC is FAST. Much better than my wifi.
Love the panoramic photos.
Screen looks better than my 4.
I picked up the 16gb Black to go with my iPad 32gb.
Subscribed to iMatch yesterday to cover my music needs (have a classic anyway).
When I opened the box there were few surprises but the phone itself is great. Looks lovely but it went straight in a case which should hold up.
One of the first things I did was run it alongside my S3 and see which loaded apps faster etc and it outperformed it most of the time to my surprise.
Selling the S3 tomorrow but it is still a good phone. Just not for me.
Subscribed to iMatch yesterday to cover my music needs (have a classic anyway).
When I opened the box there were few surprises but the phone itself is great. Looks lovely but it went straight in a case which should hold up.
One of the first things I did was run it alongside my S3 and see which loaded apps faster etc and it outperformed it most of the time to my surprise.
Selling the S3 tomorrow but it is still a good phone. Just not for me.
Pics that it happened!!
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WOW! That phone is hot....the white looks really good! IT looks like i will be stepping away from the black model this time around.
WOW! That phone is hot....the white looks really good! IT looks like i will be stepping away from the black model this time around.
The white looks great. The back feels like a MacBook.
it really is a case of until you get one in your hand.. you dont realise how different it feels...the weight, the screen
very happy i upgraded from the 4S which straight away feels like an old iPhone
very happy i upgraded from the 4S which straight away feels like an old iPhone
Yes I'm son impressed with the LTE. Nice sunny day here in Sydney so I will see how the camera goes!
I also need to remember that I have Siri now too