Hell, the iPhone 4 is still smooth and fluid. That guy wasn't drinking the Kool-Aid, he was swimming in it.
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iPhone 5 Photos and Hands on Impressions
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Hell, the iPhone 4 is still smooth and fluid. That guy wasn't drinking the Kool-Aid, he was swimming in it.
This is what apple should have shown off.
Wow.. just wow!!
Galaxy note 2 - Next month!! Insane!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DcgZum8M1o
Wow.. just wow!!
Galaxy note 2 - Next month!! Insane!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DcgZum8M1o
Galaxy Notes are hideously big.
Takes me back to the days when I walked around looking like a complete fud with the N-Gage by my ear.
Just watch the video - the features are really incredible. Makes IOS look like crap really.
Apparently the new one has been streamlined to fit better in the hand as well from a hardware perspective.
Personally im sold.. quad core, 2 gigs of ram, better camera, jelly bean OS.
Apparently the new one has been streamlined to fit better in the hand as well from a hardware perspective.
Personally im sold.. quad core, 2 gigs of ram, better camera, jelly bean OS.
I get this feeling that if the screen size was bigger, say the same size as the Galaxy S III, people wouldn't be b**ching about no change in design. I see all these tweets asking Jony Ive what he's been doing the past year but last time I checked anodized aluminum isn't glass. And about the screen size, why does it matter if it's 4" or 4.3" or whatever. Is it more work, more difficult, does it require more brains and imagination to build a phone with a bigger screen? 
It seems to me the design of the iPhone was about refinement, not about a radical new design just for the sake of change. The new Nokia phones don't look a lot different than their predecessors, which is great IMO because it was/is a great design. Just because something doesn't look radically new doesn't mean an awful lot of work didn't go into creating the product.
The problem Apple has is Tim Cook and Phil Schiller are no Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs could make you lust after something. He just had this way of describing a product that Cook and Schiller can't match. Jony Ive can usually do it but unfortunatly he doesn't want to be part of keynotes. If Steve was still around he would've been able to describe the design of this phone in a way that would make you want to have it now. Phil Schiller? Not so much.
It seems to me the design of the iPhone was about refinement, not about a radical new design just for the sake of change. The new Nokia phones don't look a lot different than their predecessors, which is great IMO because it was/is a great design. Just because something doesn't look radically new doesn't mean an awful lot of work didn't go into creating the product.
The problem Apple has is Tim Cook and Phil Schiller are no Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs could make you lust after something. He just had this way of describing a product that Cook and Schiller can't match. Jony Ive can usually do it but unfortunatly he doesn't want to be part of keynotes. If Steve was still around he would've been able to describe the design of this phone in a way that would make you want to have it now. Phil Schiller? Not so much.
Is it possible to make aluminum white? Because it sure isn't possible to magee the entire back aluminum.
Great presentation as always.. but really not that much more advanced than the 4S and no 'game changing' feature like Siri. Plus, IOS 6 and maps is bound to be ***** in the UK (like Siri business search currently is) so really the next generation is a bit of a downgrade. I'll happily stay with Siri and my lovely reliable google maps, thank you. Bit of a fail there Apple!
Same for me about the 4S, but not quite about the 5; both look great, but I've never been more torn between which of the two to select.
When they released the 4 you could preorder so that it arrived on launch day (mine actually came a day early). When they say 'ships' on launch day, does that mean there will be a delay between brick and mortar release and online order release?
I don't always listen to music from my iPhone in my pocket, but when I do, I put it into my pocket upside-down so I don't have to turn it 180˚.
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None of those articles or any other info I have found has mentioned what the Camera app looks like.
I can't possibly be the only person wondering how they display a 4:3 photo preview on a 16:9 screen.
(the iPhone 4S takes photos at 3264 X 2448 pixels which is 4:3... supposedly, the iPhone 5 does the same)
You are not alone.
You should buy the S3 now and if you don't like it then you'll be prime for a iPhone 5S upgrade!
But, seriously, I'm not against anyone owning an Android phone if it works for them.
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Looks like the same guy who did the "Resolutionary" moniker when the Retina MacBook Pro came out. And probably the same guy behind the Apple Genius commercials.
Just Wow
I wasn't all that thrilled with the keynote. I'm biased and I'm still stuck on enjoying SJ's keynotes. However ,anything that will get me away from the assdroid community is worth every penny. Seriously though, after seeing the hands on video I was sold far more than through the keynote. I am buying this one, my first iPhone and then I'll be totally pc and assdroid free. Let freedom ring. I will not, however, turn into an arrogant flipflop wearing hippy and stop shaving. That's where I draw the line. Friday I'm burning some pre-order credit on the iPod touch and the iPhone 5. Woo to the hoo.
I wasn't all that thrilled with the keynote. I'm biased and I'm still stuck on enjoying SJ's keynotes. However ,anything that will get me away from the assdroid community is worth every penny. Seriously though, after seeing the hands on video I was sold far more than through the keynote. I am buying this one, my first iPhone and then I'll be totally pc and assdroid free. Let freedom ring. I will not, however, turn into an arrogant flipflop wearing hippy and stop shaving. That's where I draw the line. Friday I'm burning some pre-order credit on the iPod touch and the iPhone 5. Woo to the hoo.
they could of used this all back aluminum back on the iphone why did they make it glass/aluminum/glass? the touch looks nice like that c'mon apple!
I'm in the same boat, not eligible for an upgrade 'till June 2013.... unless I want to pay full price or try and get out of my contract (which would actually be cheaper than paying full price).
As far as iOS 6 goes, I've been using the developer betas and am downloading the GM right now... it's slick. There's a couple UI changes you'll need to get used to but I think it's a great improvement over iOS 5 (not that iOS 5 was bad).
Bored? No, i'm way too busy to be bored.
I wanted a radical redesign because i think the iPhone 4 design is ergonomically poor, I wanted more curves or rounded edges. To be honest, the iPhone 3G/S felt much better in the hand than the 4/S.
I was hoping for a 3GS and 4S kind of mix, maybe we'll see that for iPhone 6.
I wish i got the iPhone 4 in white but when i signed into contract it was only available in black sadly the iPhone 5 look sexy in black so this is my third black iPhone first the 3G than the 4 now the 5 i hope the next iPhone 2 years from now will look sexy in white like the iPhone 4 did so i can change colours lol.
I think he's equating low[er] latency to smoothness. The 4 and certainly the 4S have smooth UIs, but the 5 definitely moves between apps quicker (and we're kind of approaching less and less returns on faster CPUs).
*crickets*
The new Touch is very slick, nice non-phone, though with iMessage, Skype, etc., it's definitely a full featured communication device.