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I'm not sure iPhone 5 really needs an A5 processor. iPhone 4 is hardly a slouch when it comes to getting things done. I'd much rather more battery life, or it not to drop calls if I don't use a case.

But maybe I'm old fashioned?

Two words: Voice Navigation.

The more CPU power available, the more the phone will be able to understand what you're saying, in more difficult situations, while the phone is doing other difficult work.
 
Two words: Voice Navigation.

The more CPU power available, the more the phone will be able to understand what you're saying, in more difficult situations, while the phone is doing other difficult work.

Like becoming self-aware and aiming missiles at Russia?
 
I heard a Motorola Atrix commercial on ESPN Radio this morning, and the ad was running down the specs (qHD screen, dual core 1GHz processor, Flash, etc.) and I thought "do normal people (i.e. non-geeks) care about anything you just listed?".

I'm a seasoned geek and I couldn't care less if the Motorola Atrix had a quad core processor, thunderbolt connectivity and a mini display port. It has no good apps. That's what makes a phone these days. Good hardware is only half the equation. Ask Nokia, they are learning the hard way.
 
Two words: Voice Navigation.

The more CPU power available, the more the phone will be able to understand what you're saying, in more difficult situations, while the phone is doing other difficult work.

Again, maybe I'm old fashioned but I don't like the idea of talking to my phone without someone on the other end. It's just too odd, I like buttons.
 
Ask Nokia, they are learning the hard way.

No kidding. I used to buy only Nokia phones until iPhone. Nokia had a huge market (well, they still do but you know what I am saying) and they did not focus on the software as much as the hardware.

I remember bricking my Nokia 6300 doing a firmware update which just died during the process. They were making very hard to do the updates. They had a great chance to be like Apple but I think it is too late now.
 
I'm a seasoned geek and I couldn't care less if the Motorola Atrix had a quad core processor, thunderbolt connectivity and a mini display port. It has no good apps. That's what makes a phone these days. Good hardware is only half the equation. Ask Nokia, they are learning the hard way.

that's why apple's marketing is "there's an app for that" and motorola's is "hey, look how shiny and fast our hardware is!"...
 
So.... Does this mean iPod Touch 4 iOS will also be updated to 5.0 or not that's what I wonder.:confused:
 
It's quite simple:
March: iPad
April: Next iOS previewed
June/July: New iPhone released
Sept: New iPods released

Sprinkle in new mac revisions roughly 9-10 months after each iMac/Macbook/Macbook Pro/MacPro/Air/Mini (respectively) was updated.

Boom, the year in Apple.
Laptops are more likely to be updated in Spring/late spring for students, MacPro's are turning into a once a year update. iMacs are usually late summer/fall.

Oh, and once every 5 years or so a new display or Airport Extreme....
 
Pardon me for being completely computer illiterate but what was the significance of the Qualcomm chip in the Verizon iPhone, is that just the radio or was that the processor also?
 
It's quite simple:
March: iPad
April: Next iOS previewed
June/July: New iPhone released
Sept: New iPods released

Sprinkle in new mac revisions roughly 9-10 months after each iMac/Macbook/Macbook Pro/MacPro/Air/Mini (respectively) was updated.

Boom, the year in Apple.

Oh, and once every 5 years or so a new display or Airport Extreme....

Lion? Final Cut? iWork?
 
Can anyone tell me an app they were using that was slow on the iP4? Something that needed the extra processing power?

I'm not being critical here, many people ask why i need such ridiculous disk i/o and it's because i'm a computational neuroscientist and simulating brains takes a lot of data .. I'm just wondering what the equivalent is on the phone thats making people say gee i wish i had a dual core phone.

Is it games? are you all playing loaaads of high octane games?
 
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