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Like loads of people on here I have followed all the iPhone releases. I have never read so many negative threads expressing disappointment on the day of a release and not just on this website.

Any idea why and will Apple care?...they must be sensing this as well and with Android sales escalating and the Samsung Galaxy S3 outselling the iPhone in the US I wonder what they will do about it....its a long long wait for the next iPhone now.

Huh? This is the case for every apple event and unveiled products
 
The hate for the 4S was a lot worse, yet everyone still bought it and it sold millions.

If those numbers were for a negative MR crowd, imagine the numbers for a mixed reaction MR crowd!!
 
The hate for the 4S was a lot worse, yet everyone still bought it and it sold millions.

If those numbers were for a negative MR crowd, imagine the numbers for a mixed reaction MR crowd!!

Yup, people weren't too happy about the same design, but boy did they sell millions.
 
because we were hoping for something like this:

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Not a stretch iPhone (now if they had stretched the screen and put it into the same form factor as the 4/4s THAT would have been something).



One thing I wasn't expecting was reading so many comments about NFC. I've never seen such a full retard raging hard-on for some specific tech, neither retina nor bluetooth hit that level.

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OMG yes! I would buy that iPhone!
 
then what are you exactly doing here since you obviously have a better phone ?

I already answered that in my signature. "Why am I here? “On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction.”

Anyway I just read the best quote ever....

"Apple is the new blackberry"
 
I already answered that in my signature. "Why am I here? “On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction.”

Anyway I just read the best quote ever....

"Apple is the new blackberry"

K ,since you find nothing "interesting" here i think you go back and enjoy your gimmicky of a phone!
 
I agree about the negativity towards it, some people just need to complain about something I guess. I personally love it and will pre-order it.

It's quite simple....if you don't like something, don't buy it. viola.
 
I've been following iPhone releases since the 3G and the negativity is definitely higher this year than it ever has been. It's not just on MacRumors, it's on virtually every tech site. People aren't stupid, and they can see how quickly the competition has caught up and started to surpass Apple.

I think this basically sums it up. The iPhone 5 is nice. It's thinner, faster, better front camera, but all in all nothing revolutionary. This is reason I am disappointed. Apple in general use to be the market leader in this area. Now I too feel like they are playing catch up to the rest. These recent changes are nice, but really it took over a year for these changes? I think they could have done more or released it sooner, again based on what the competition was doing. Also again, nothing revolutionary. It doesn't have the wow factor the 4 had back in the day. Now the competition is releasing phones quicker, with a lot more features that Apple is catching up on. Do I like Apple, yes. Do they make great products, yes. But as a company I think they are losing, (if not lost in my opinion) as the leader in the area. I hope it changes but not sure so on them anymore.
 
Apple isn't the largest company in the world for no reason. The consumers on this site obviously don't make up for the majority, who will no doubt be buying the new phone like GANGbusters
 
Honestly, once an iPad mini gets released, I will wish for apple to come out with a flip phone. With the shrinking tablets now, phones are becoming less relevant. I use my iphone for business and personal and only ever use about 100 min a month. I do everything off email and text, which then iPad mini will be capable of. I do wish/hope the iPad mini has NFC but if they didn't include it in the iphone I highly doubt we will see it on the iPad.
 
Yes I am disappointed too! The new IPhone can not swim, like all the others.. bad job Apple! Seriously, what do you all aspect?? It is a nice phone. MR was fun to read, but it gets annoying now. I have the feeling here is just trolling. If you like Android or Windows (both crap by the way) so much, why do you not stick to these forums....
 
The whiners get a lot more attention then the people who offer superlatives or generally praise a product. But 10-1 those same people will be clogging up the servers on Friday.
 
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