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To the one's disappointed..
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I think you are correct, but I also think you'd be surprised to find out how few "tech heads" there are.
iPhone's target demographic has gone away from people that require "the best" and is now clearly more targeted at the soccer moms and high schoolers...and it will sell well to those types and they make up a lot of the population.
Much larger more usable display thats great for reading emails.
Removeable battery.
Faster camera.
Picture sharing.
Maybe more but I guess the biggest disappointment to me is the screen size. Second would be the hardware design. Todays announcement brought the same low level of excitement to the public that the 4S did....wasn't much.
I for one was truly hoping for a remarkably refreshed design, something entirely new, after all....Apple has instilled these expectations in us over the years and they have delivered for the most part...until today.
I have to honestly disagree. The iPhone has been one of the best looking smartphones out since day 1 and still remains that way.
Also to those concerned about battery life. My guess is that it'll be similar to the 4.
No way...I'm not leaving anytime soon. This is quality entertainment seeing the apologists and fanboys attempt to justify this disappointing moment in Apple history.
Well it looks like an iPhone but it's made of plastic and is about ten times as laggy (not even because the hardware is bad, but because Samsung's TouchWiz is utterly terrible and would make anything grind to a halt), plus you get the luxury of never getting any OS updates after about six months of the phone's release
I have two phones. An iphone for personal, and an android for work.
just because we dont agree on which OS we like doesn't mean my opinion is any less informed than yours.
Sure it does. Samsung unveiled several things on the S3 no other phone before has had like smart stay, palm sweep, pop up play and buddy share. Thats innovation. Apple has once again just taken things that have been around for years on other phones, added them to the iphone and tried to pass it off as something new and incredible. Fail.
Yep you are right, the ip5 will still sell plenty of units, but it will be interesting to see if it breaks the same records the ip4 did. You do realize tech heads are the ones that make a product popular initially, tech heads like me made the ip4 popular by spreading the good word. I will now recommend other phones to the people i know that have less knowledge.
Seriously. ICS or JB may be leaps and bounds ahead of where Android used to be, but there are plenty of us who jumped on board during the Donut/Eclair/Honeycomb days. My 18 months with Android completely and unequivocally turned me off of Google's mess of an OS. iOS may be "behind the times" in some areas but it works every time I need it to; something that couldn't be said for the aluminum brick sitting in my desk drawer.
And yes, I rooted it. I tried every combination of ROM and kernel, and each one made it better in some ways and worse in others. I don't have time (or authorization, now that my organization supports BYOD) to screw with hacking what should be a solid OS out of the box. Rooting / Jailbreaking should exist to improve, not "fix."
Actually, my S3 is lightning fast and TouchWiz is decent, although I prefer Nova Launcher, so I use it.Well it looks like an iPhone but it's made of plastic and is about ten times as laggy (not even because the hardware is bad, but because Samsung's TouchWiz is utterly terrible and would make anything grind to a halt), plus you get the luxury of never getting any OS updates after about six months of the phone's release
I've had my phone for two months and have already received a software update with a jellybean update set for October.
Next.
do you not understand what im saying?
yes the iphone 5 is not that great
any android would be leagues worse to me.
id be just as much of a sucker to buy an android when they are ALSO a disappointment to me. a far worse one at that.
If you use TouchWiz for a reasonable amount of time the lag will start, I know S3 owners who've confirmed this.
As for the Jelly Bean update, that's the only one you'll ever get.
I can certainly understand where you are coming from. I was just stating that ICS and JB are an entirely different Android experience and a very good one.
The 4/4S is by far the best looking smart phone. The quality and feel makes you feel like you own the Mercedes of smart phones. Would I have liked a complete redesign? Yes. Would it be difficult to make one nicer than the 4? Absolutely. Personally, I love the current design, but the lack of a width increase on the screen is the biggest turn off for me. The 5 has received quite a bit of upgrades in hardware and functionality which has to be said. iOS6...well I didn't expect anything amazing there. I am disappointed, but I'm not going to go ape ***** on the Interwebs over it. To each his own.
Did you read my post? I've already received one update, so JB will be the second.
Whether they update or not after that really doesn't matter to me, because I'm the type of person who likes to get a new phone every year or so.
And, for the record, my S3 has never been laggy. Not even a little bit.
I was hoping that the adaptor would come with the phone or at least the first gen phone with this new connector. I have tons of excecories with the 30 pin so this is a bummer to hear that I now have to shell out extra. It would be a different story if Aple hadn't been using the 30 pin for so long oh well I guess times change. Other then that the new phone seems cool. I would need to check out the screen size and see how that feels but I don't think it will be much of a problem. Just hope Apple doesn't go any bigger with the screen in future phones.
1) It's cheaper
2) It isn't owned by a ****** company that constantly files lawsuits
3) It has Google Now
4) It has Micro USB
5) It has an SD card slot
6) It has a bigger screen (subjective if this is a plus or not)
7) The OS is far more advanced (subjective as to the experience though)
I have to say I am completely and utterly underwhelmed by this phone. I'm desperate to upgrade because the screen size on my iPhone 4 is starting to really grate, and it feels very unresponsive compared to newer phones too.
Pretty much every single part of me wants an S3 now, but I just know I'll regret buying a phone that doesn't have the Apple app store.
Yes, and two updates is the limit.
Fair enough, but many people are on 24 month contracts.
You using TouchWiz and the stock ROM?
The S3 also has new features no other phone out there has like smart stay, palm sweep, pop up play and buddy share. Thats innovation. Apple has once again just taken things that have been around for years on other phones, added them to the iphone and tried to pass it off as something new and incredible. Fail.
While the S3 does have a bigger screen, some people don't need a bigger screen, they are looking for something more compact (like myself). I have a tablet I use when I need a "larger" experience. And I have zero need for an interchangeable battery. If I need the extra juice in the future, they sell tons of very small portable chargers that will cost you about as much as a new battery.
Faster camera? Have you compared it to the IP5? now do you know it's faster? And picture sharing? I was with two co-workers the other day trying to demo the picture sharing feature to me on their android devices and frankly... i can text my picture faster.
Regarding the design, I was a little ho-hum about it seeing it in all the picture leaks, but I just saw the video on apple's site... the phone does look pretty good. the design is much different than I thought. Take a look at the video if you get a chance. The phone is constructed well.
Bite the bullet on the s3 or wait for the next nexus phone. If your on gsm the current play store nexus for 349 can't be beat either.