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iPhone 5(S) 2013: Killer Feature?

Woodcrest64

Woodcrest64

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I know the iPhone 5 was just announced but it already has me wondering about the next one. http://www.newsgroupdirect.com/help/network-status.php

iPhone 3G has the 3G connectivity
iPhone 3Gs was a speed bump, voice control and video recording
iPhone 4 offered the retina display, gyroscope and hd video recording
iPhone 4s offered us Siri, 1080p video recording, and HSPA+
iPhone 5 offered us a bigger display, faster graphics and LTE

Now I'm trying to figure out what killer features the iPhone 5(s) could have. Quad core but is that enough? Considering Apple's history with the iPhone we shouldn't see a redesign of the body. Just inner hardware and software. My only other guess would be NFC, faster processor and or graphics.

Anyone else want to take stab? :D
 
for me. iphone 5 is enough. 4", retina display, lte and fast dualband wifi, design is nice, camera is great!

i'd be happy of they only upgrade the processor to let's say A7. and more important is 2gb of ram and battery life like 14hours :D
 
TM WAZZA said:
I will wait for iFixit to release the CPU, GPU, and RAM info first
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Does it really matter what the specs of the CPU, GPU and RAM are if it runs the OS and all the apps smoothly without lag?

I see all these Droid phones out there that are double the specs of iPhones it seems but their apps and OS run like crap.
 
I was thinking about this earlier. Apple has to kick the creative mind in gear now. Think about it:

- iPad: everyone knew it would get retina display. Some even thought the iPad 2 would get this.
- iPhone: everyone knew 4G and bigger display was a given.

Now what? There really are not any features that seem like obvious upgrades. Both the iPad 3 and iPhone 5 have upgrades that would have been predicted a year from now. They are really going to have to create some kind of "Wow, I didn't think of that!" feature for their iOS devices in the future to help them keep sales momentum.

In fact, Apple may be forced to develop software features that they only allow to work on that newer device, even though it could be added to a previous model. For example, Siri may work just fine on the iPhone 4 but Apple doesn't enable it. You have to get a newer phone.
 
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rellimie said:
Does it really matter what the specs of the CPU, GPU and RAM are if it runs the OS and all the apps smoothly without lag?

I see all these Droid phones out there that are double the specs of iPhones it seems but their apps and OS run like crap.
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Yes. It does matter.

For Androids they need double the specs just to run it smoothly since it isn't optimized.

But iPhone will always be optimized for iOS. And if it boasts beastly specs it will very much matter. 1GB RAM will open a whole new world for iPhone jail breaking.
 
My guesses:


Same form factor/screen
802.11ac
Faster processor/gpu (maybe quad core)
Improved camera (floating lens?)
Single phone for all carriers (current iphone 5 is three models)
Better battery life - larger battery
NFC (Won't matter much this year as few retailers have it)
USB3
 
jreuschl said:
I was thinking about this earlier. Apple has to kick the creative mind in gear now. Think about it:

- iPad: everyone knew it would get retina display. Some even thought the iPad 2 would get this.
- iPhone: everyone knew 4G and bigger display was a given.

Now what? There really are not any features that seem like obvious upgrades. Both the iPad 3 and iPhone 5 have upgrades that would have been predicted a year from now. They are really going to have to create some kind of "Wow, I didn't think of that!" feature for their iOS devices in the future to help them keep sales momentum.

In fact, Apple may be forced to develop software features that they only allow to work on that newer device, even though it could be added to a previous model. For example, Siri may work just fine on the iPhone 4 but Apple doesn't enable it. You have to get a newer phone.
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Android can't keep adding features at the rate they were. Now that Android is mostly mature, they aren't going to move forward at leaps and bounds. Apple just needs to keep releasing quality stable hardware and software like they have been.
 
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