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So am I stupid? Are "we" stupid?
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I know people have the right to buy whatever they want but your upgrading over a color and scuffs that you noticed out the box? I too had scuffs but took it back to Apple for an exchange. What ever happened to upgrading for faster cpu's, better cameras or larger screens? I would even agree with you if you said fingerprint scanner. And I hope you don't believe that the iphone 5s will be scuff proof. It's andonized aluminum which will scratch and scuff.
I find it pretty sad that people what to downgrade or upgrade based solely on color and case materials. These phones cost $550 to over $800. You guys can do what you want with your money but this does not make me excited towards the future of Apple if people desire plastic and colors over innovation. It's time to demand more from Apple before it's too late because the iphone as we know it will be dead.
I'm a big Apple fan and love to upgrade my iPhone and iPad with trade ins at Best Buy. I have the 5 and have been underwhelmed with the what the new 5S has to offer. So I'll pass until next year.
I guess it's all a matter of personal preference. If there were one or two features that I absolutely had to have, I'd be upgrading. But I'm not all wowed with whats been presented for the 5S.
Now I might be tempted with a new iPad this year if the design is different.
I guess it's all a matter of personal preference. If there were one or two features that I absolutely had to have, I'd be upgrading. But I'm not all wowed with whats been presented for the 5S.
Now I might be tempted with a new iPad this year if the design is different.
Stupid video. It's not like those people even think what there are saying is true. They are trying to be funny and do a poor job of it.
I know what the 5s has and to me its an improvement over the 5 and what I think is all that matters.
I know what the 5s has and to me its an improvement over the 5 and what I think is all that matters.
...until Samsung does it. Then it will be heralded as the next era of mobile computing.
Maybe but not by me
Although it wouldn't surprise me if Samsung stuck more than 4GB RAM in there!
Save your money and invest in the twitter ipo
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Ha wow I can related dude. What country are you from? My family is from the Philippines and yeah, at my age my parents had a harder time compared to my situation living in the USA.
Whilst I think you make some good points, I disagree somewhat on your point that your current financial standing/contract situation makes such a big difference.
I would rather move to a cheaper monthly bill and keep my 5 than upgrade to the 5S, because I consider it a minor update. I'm talking about from an end user point of view; the experience of using it won't be much different.
I could easily afford the 5S outright but I simply don't think it's worth it.
I like the 5S, it's a nice update, but it's not a big enough update over the 5 to convince me to buy.
You sure about that? This is paving the way for the future. Now this is going to push the other manufactures to catch up.
No, but the future has to start somewhere. Apple have done the first step, and now Samsung (surprise) have announced that they will follow suit.
I'm just saying 64bit won't make any different at the present time.
Lots of people are saying they're going to upgrade because it's now 64bit, when it won't make even the slightest difference.
How can you be so sure? Apple says the A7 is twice as fast as the A6. You really think 64 bit registers (and twice as many of them) don't make a difference?
You are right there, it is like buying a 4K telly. No benefits yet, but hopefully in the future.
Apple themselves are not saying 64bit will benefit performance. Don't you think they'd be marketing the hell out of it if it did?
It's just something to add to their spec sheet at the moment.
Maybe you haven't seen this (http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/features/)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64_bit#Pros_and_cons
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They say the OS is designed to take advantage of the 64bit architecture and it's the first 64bit processor in a mobile phone, and they talk about it at the same time as the A7's speed, but nowhere do they actually say 64bit has anything to do with performance.
The reason I keep upgrading, and the reason I am getting the 5s when I already have the 5, is that over here in the US we dont get discounted service when our contract is up. I am paying for a subsidized phone no matter if I take advantage or not so every year I sell my current phone for plenty to cover the new model. (I use the I get new wife gets the old one method sometimes too)
Nor do we over here unless we ring up to say we're leaving, at which point most networks would make an offer for you to stay.
When the minimum term of a contract ends, the contract will just continue unless you actually cancel and take out a new plan.
SIM only plans are usually much better value once the minimum term ends.
For example, I'm paying £36 per month to O2 for unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB data.
If I went to Three's "The One Plan" I'd be paying £18 per month for 2000 minutes, 5000 texts and all-you-can-eat data. Considering I never use more than 2000 minutes or 5000 texts, but I do use data, the latter plan would be much better value for me.
Exactly.
No reason not to upgrade in the states if you are on one of the major carriers since you are paying for the subsidy wether you take advantage of it or not.
A very significant part of me doesn't even care about innovation. If a device has the features I'm looking for, then that far more interesting to me than an innovative device with features I don't care about. However...
In a very real sense, there is almost no innovation in the smartphone world. Everything you see in a smartphone has been implemented previously in other areas of technology. Of course, when we talk about innovation here, what we are really talking about is taking the lead in a given aspect of tech.
For example: Samsung took the lead in stylus implementation when they released the Note. They didn't invent the stylus and it had been in fairly common use for decades before the Note came out...hell, the Note wasn't even close to being the first phone to make use of a stylus; regardless, when we think of a handheld device with a pressure sensitive stylus the Note series is what comes to mind. Samsung did a great job with that product line IMHO.
I think it's possible that the 5s will be remembered as the phone that lead the way in a number of areas.
1. While HTC already has one on their HTC One (poorly implemented though), I believe that by going with the UltraPixel model, the 5s will effectively end the megapixel race. Early impressions seem to be indicating that the camera on the 5s is possibly the second best camera on the smartphone market (Nokia's 41mp being #1). Other manufactures will likely follow suit and stop selling deformed looking phones with giant camera's attached given the apparent success of the 5s camera.
2. Bluetooth Low Energy will be the standard in 2 years and NFC will be history in North America.
3. In 1-2 years, every flagship device will come with a 64-bit processor.
4. Reports seem to indicate that the genius of the M7 will take about a year to realize, after which point every phone will have an equivalent version.