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Shipments of New iPhone Models Begin Arriving in the U.S. Ahead of Next Week's Media Event
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LOL.. Guess everyone is a tad different
I barely dropped the iPhone 4 and the back and front both cracked (Small to start with but kept expanding) - and I bumped into a steel beam (with the 4S in my pocket) and cracked the back.On the other hand, I dropped my original, 3, and 3GS off of balconies, steps, and city street and they were fine (well, all scratched up from multiple drops, but not busted)... As a matter of fact, my best friend still has my 3GS (He unlocked it and runs it on PAYG) and it's still chugging along, although battery life is down to about 5 hours..... The same guy also was the lucky dude that got my original and 3 with similar results
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If that happens, it will just confirm that a lot of people want a body/color change every year to differentiate the new iPhone they just bought from the one their friend purchased 9-12 months earlier. People who can easily afford a 5S may go for 5C, just for the different look/feel (if gold/graphite isn't enough of a change for them).
I see what you did there!
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I am sure there are going to be some HUGE FEATURES missing from the 5C that will keep people hooked onto the "premium" iPhone models. Similar to how there are a ton of INCREDIBLE features on the mercedes S-class that they will never put on the E or C classes.
Also, BROOKLYN REPRESENT!
I honestly believe that Apple has been leaking a lot of the iphone 5c on purpose. They were aware it was an important shift from their unibody, and they wanted the public opinion to get used to this gradually.
no. iphone 4 was left in a bar and reported on mainstream media. these leaks are only on enthusiast rumor/leak sites.
you do realize people have said that for PCs (mainframe folks), the mac, the macbook, the iphone, the ipad, etc.. originality aside, in this case it may be more apt -- id bet this phone is marketed to younger consumers who cannot afford expensive phones.
you need to prepare yourself for disappointment. the revolution has happened -- this is now a maturing product category. it will not be emitting flying cheeseburgers out of the screen.
wait, wha?
quality cameras are not measured by MP count. theyre measured by quality glass & sensors -- better pixels, not more. adding MPs doesnt make a camera better.
wait, wha?
There is no spoon...
What will happen to the people on this forum if on the 10th they only reveal the 5C and there is no 5S. Perhaps the gold colour was just an old prototype which they decided not to produce. I cant see any reason for two new 5x iPhones.
What will happen to the people on this forum if on the 10th they only reveal the 5C and there is no 5S. Perhaps the gold colour was just an old prototype which they decided not to produce. I cant see any reason for two new 5x iPhones.
Amen to that, and thanks for the info, I'm always amazed at the creativity and imagination needed to advance science and technology (animal cadavers, who would have thought).
Yuk, those black faces are fugly ugly.
Those black faces look absolutely ghastly with the pastel colours. They really should haven gone with white faces given that iOS7 has a white colour base. I hope at least the white model gets a white face. I so wanted a more saturated yellow back and white face.
Those black faces look absolutely ghastly with the pastel colours. They really should haven gone with white faces given that iOS7 has a white colour base. I hope at least the white model gets a white face. I so wanted a more saturated yellow back and white face.
If this means they'll offer for sale the 5C before the 5S it means that Apple has no qualms offering this new phone for sale before its new flagship premium phone is available, which would mean that Apple doesn't believe they will lose any sales of the 5S to the 5C. If that's all true, then the 5C must be HUGELY different from the 5S such that people who buy the 5C would *never* buy the 5S, because Apple would never risk losing one single sale of the 5S to the new 5C.
I didn't say it's exactly the same, but you can't argue with the fact that it does look like the iPod packaging.
Or they are leaking these pics and keeping the 5s secret because fan complaints before the release will kill it
Ha. Perhaps Apple should cover the case with the same thermochromic material used in Mood Rings
Then have a temp sensor color coordinate the wallpaper with your body temperature and the case.
Apple actually has the software before it's released
When they have it verses when they give it to developers or the average user or place on new models being manufactured are several different timelines.
I'm sure the iOS 7 team used beta 2 (for example) for more than a few days before they gave it to the developers.
Gary
EXACTLY! Until we get a holographic display or a flexible screen that rolls up to the size of pencil, I'm not expecting anything super innovative. Overall, the main concept is the same of the first iPhone. It's prettier, faster and has some cooler effects and more features (great camera, resolution, storage, speed), but it's the same general idea.
Realistically, this is really all that different than the Palm OS from a 10 years (15 years?) back. Icons that launch apps that you can download and run. I had web access on that with a mail, calendar, address book and memo apps. I had a camera on some of my Palm phone models. I even had a ways to sync .mp3 music with iTunes on it. Again, it's prettier and a little less rough around the edges, but much of what we have now people saw then as the future; if only we had: faster data, bigger screen brighter screen, better sound, faster processor, more storage, etc.
And before that was the Newton...
The biggest changes that aren't just extrapolations of what was already there? Multi-finger touches (but still just an extension of one finger/stylus) and Siri (replaced handwriting recognition of the Newton). These are off the top of my head, not a comprehensive list.
Gary
