I hear you. I don't dislike the phone. It's definitely a great iphone, the best one out. Many people and I were just expecting more from them, something new, not just a larger screen, but take up the whole phone and deleting the physical home button and replace by a on screen one with a physical feel technology... maybe screens on both sides... maybe some sort of touch pad on the back like Vita.
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Keynote is over, and I have to say, the iPhone 5 is disappointing.
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I hear you. I don't dislike the phone. It's definitely a great iphone, the best one out. Many people and I were just expecting more from them, something new, not just a larger screen, but take up the whole phone and deleting the physical home button and replace by a on screen one with a physical feel technology... maybe screens on both sides... maybe some sort of touch pad on the back like Vita.
Haha what. Jobs didn't intend that iPhone have unique features? Are you on another planet? Jobs always said that form and function have to meld together perfectly.
Also, phones and technology in general don't sell primarily due to form, they primarily sell due to function.
To say he didn't want uniqueness in features, dismissing it entirely, is just asinine.
EXACTLY what I said would happen, happened, except they disappointed me even more by keepin the shoddy looking two-tone back that, as I said before, HAS NO PURPOSE!
MAJOR fail. Nothing revolutionary, nothing impressive. They failed hard on this one. Stretch a iphone 4S, made it a bit faster and a little thinner and then come out with how its the best thing they've ever done. Nope. The 3gs-> 4was way more of an accomplishment.
MAJOR fail. Nothing revolutionary, nothing impressive. They failed hard on this one. Stretch a iphone 4S, made it a bit faster and a little thinner and then come out with how its the best thing they've ever done. Nope. The 3gs-> 4was way more of an accomplishment.
Clearly I was being facetious when I called panorama a big feature in my first post...
I mean honestly, did you really take that literally?
No problem with people critical of apple products or the iPhone. But there are more than a few posters who continue to post nothing substantive or offer anything they would like to see changed. The only thing they seem to do is continually tell us how much Apple products now suck.
It kinda gets old after a while.
But of course I am a fan of Apple products that's why I visit an Apple Fansite.
Too bad the form and function don't meld together at all in the iphone 5, all you have to do is take one look at the back and realize how bad the design is. I honestly can't believe they'd release it looking like that.
I'm also unimpressed and saddened to see all the rumors come true and nothing else. I have a 4s, so I may wait this one out. And that would be a first for me. I've had each of the previous 5 models.
For me, although all of the new features are "nice", none of them stands out as something I need all that much.
What would I have wanted out of this phone? I'm not sure. In the past I've left it to Apple to surprise me with something. Now it feels like they're just not trying very hard. How about a new form factor? Yeah, I know, this is "technically" a new form factor because it's longer and thinner. Whatever. To me it looks a lot like the last two models. What about that haptic technology that was rumored slightly before the iPad 3 launch? Is there really nothing they can do except add a few specs on top of what they already have?
So, great, we get a slightly larger screen and a collection of obvious and fairly boring spec upgrades. As usual, I'm sure the "2x performance increase" will feel more like "1.25x". The "44% improved saturation" will likely mean very little unless you're comparing side by side. Another row of apps is nice. I guess.
Maybe I'll get one if I can make it work out so that it's a free upgrade by selling the older model. Maybe not. For the first time I'm feeling pretty "blah" about this release.
For me, although all of the new features are "nice", none of them stands out as something I need all that much.
What would I have wanted out of this phone? I'm not sure. In the past I've left it to Apple to surprise me with something. Now it feels like they're just not trying very hard. How about a new form factor? Yeah, I know, this is "technically" a new form factor because it's longer and thinner. Whatever. To me it looks a lot like the last two models. What about that haptic technology that was rumored slightly before the iPad 3 launch? Is there really nothing they can do except add a few specs on top of what they already have?
So, great, we get a slightly larger screen and a collection of obvious and fairly boring spec upgrades. As usual, I'm sure the "2x performance increase" will feel more like "1.25x". The "44% improved saturation" will likely mean very little unless you're comparing side by side. Another row of apps is nice. I guess.
Maybe I'll get one if I can make it work out so that it's a free upgrade by selling the older model. Maybe not. For the first time I'm feeling pretty "blah" about this release.
THIS IS WHY APPLE KEEPS THINGS SECRET. Because Rumors are spoilers. It's like reading a mystery book but finding out who's the killer from the first page. You already know it. It's not longer surprising when the killer is revealed on the last page.
You can say all you want about Steve Jobs' difficult personality but it is obvious with the issues first with the hotter, heavier iPad 3 (and its screen quality issues) and now the lackluster iPhone 5 that they no longer have someone at the top constantly pushing and saying "it has to be better, we have to be best". WITH has Jony Ives been doing for 2 years? That being said, the new iPod Touch looks very sharp. But $300 sharp? Yikes.
It will be interesting to see what happens with APPL stock in both the short and long term. I have no idea but I've lost some of my vast enthusiasm for all things Apple in the past year or two with the lawsuits, QC issues, underwhelming upgrades, etc. And I say this with regret because I am an Apple fan in an Apple household.
RIP, Steve.
You can say all you want about Steve Jobs' difficult personality but it is obvious with the issues first with the hotter, heavier iPad 3 (and its screen quality issues) and now the lackluster iPhone 5 that they no longer have someone at the top constantly pushing and saying "it has to be better, we have to be best". WITH has Jony Ives been doing for 2 years? That being said, the new iPod Touch looks very sharp. But $300 sharp? Yikes.
RIP, Steve.
what exactly are you expecting?? When you are constantly at the top and have the newest features...at some point you will run out of ideas. What revolutionary features were you expecting this time around?
never said Samsung were innovative, they just make phones more powerful and larger screens.Did I just reveal your anti-Samsung or company biasing agenda.
Remember, Apple don't pay you, don't defend them more than your family.
Did I just reveal your anti-Samsung or company biasing agenda.
get a life man. obviously samsung is the big competitor.
Come on, snap out of it. design and interface are not features.
what are features?
Did I just reveal your anti-Samsung or company biasing agenda.
they did innovate in the last release...
pop up player
swipe for screen shot
s share
and a bunch of other stuff that doesn't come to mind now. but the ones I just listed above are innovation.
PS I am not a samsung fan boy by any means, just wanted to keep the record straight.
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Apple really needed a wider phone. Landscape mode in Safari sucks, especially when searching.
A quarter of an inch wider and nobody's precious hands would have even noticed.
A quarter of an inch wider and nobody's precious hands would have even noticed.
Too late:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/25/samsung-unveils-new-galaxy-beam-smartphone-projector-combo-wit/
Judging that this was February, and people don't seem to have heard much about it, we can already tell what a resounding success that was.
Speaking from experience, pico projectors are worse than useless, and that's why I don't want to see one in my phone. They don't promise the brilliant brightness they claim, and all they do is suck battery life. it will wow your friends for exactly 10 seconds... AFTER they've turned off all the lights, shut the blinds, and made the entire room as pitch black as possible so they can see what you're projecting on the wall from six inches away.
Then, they'll get bored, turn the lights back on, and fire up the Apple TV to view whatever they want to view streamed from their iPhones or iPads, in comfort.
Maybe when the technology is there to get display a bright enough image without having to go completely pitch black, through a small aperture without melting your phone, I'll buy. But that's not today.
I'm fine with the iPhone 5 and its features. I've said this before and I'll say it again: having tons of frilly features for the sake of having frilly features was a game I played long ago, and I learned that unless they work well, they're useless. The iPhone 5 (I hope) has just the right advancement in features and OS that it works well. And THAT is what keeps it ahead of Samsung and Android devices.
If you're disappointed, then please, for the sake of sanity, don't buy one. that way there's less frenzy and plenty of stock for those of us who indeed, would like to have one.