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Will YOU buy iPhone 5 if it's faster?

I question whether or not it will really be faster. From what I've seen, there's not been a major speed bump between the 3Gs and the 4.

My recollection is the processor in the 4 is underclocked (so not running at 1Ghz) to save battery power. I don't see them sticking a faster processor that sucks down more battery power. I suspect the 2 processor thing will be a bit misleading, because the second processor won't be used 99% of the time.
 
What if it is not a dual core processor? Since we already have a quad core device launching fall .. aka the Sony PS Vita NGP. It might happen that apple decides to put a quad core inside iPhone 5!

Eh just wishful thinking. Why not raise the bar even higher instead of conforming to the trend!
 
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Only if there isn't an update in the summer of 2012... With my contract, I won't be eligible till then, and that's fine with me.

Even then, unless there's a compelling feature or three, or iOS 5/6/whatever really bogs down my iPhone 4, I may keep it a while past that...

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sentinelsx said:
What if it is not a dual core processor? Since we already have a dual core device launching fall .. aka the Sony PS Vita NGP. It might happen that apple decides to put a dual core inside iPhone 5!

Eh just wishful thinking. Why not raise the bar even higher instead of conforming to the trend!
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PS Vita is a quad core device.

The iPhone 5 will surely have a dual core processor, I think it's most likely going to use the dual core A5 processor used in the iPad ;)
 
WOuld be nice if Apple bumped the processor clock speed of the existing iPhone 4 for iOS 5 but thats not gonna happen.
 
jacollins said:
I question whether or not it will really be faster. From what I've seen, there's not been a major speed bump between the 3Gs and the 4.

My recollection is the processor in the 4 is underclocked (so not running at 1Ghz) to save battery power. I don't see them sticking a faster processor that sucks down more battery power. I suspect the 2 processor thing will be a bit misleading, because the second processor won't be used 99% of the time.
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Bad thing to base your opinion on. The A4 is nothing more then a repackaged 3GS processor. So you shouldn't expect much of a bump cause it's last gen tech.

The A5 runs much better. Each cortex a9 core is already much faster per cycle then the cortex a8 of the 3GS/4. Plus there will be 2 of them, and a dual core GPU.

So, yeah, it'll be way faster. Think iPad2.
 
jacollins said:
I question whether or not it will really be faster. From what I've seen, there's not been a major speed bump between the 3Gs and the 4.

My recollection is the processor in the 4 is underclocked (so not running at 1Ghz) to save battery power. I don't see them sticking a faster processor that sucks down more battery power. I suspect the 2 processor thing will be a bit misleading, because the second processor won't be used 99% of the time.
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That's because the 3GS's processor is very similar to the A4 in the iPhone 4 in its clock frequencies.

The iPhone 5 will introduce dual core, probably A5 (iPad's), which will surely make it smoother and easier to multi task, etc.
 
Of course the next iPhone will be faster, what kind of question is that? Name one iPhone generation that didn't have a speed bump of any kind. :rolleyes:
 
I'm not so sure I would buy a new iphone if it just had a faster processor. But, in my opinion Apple wouldn't just give us a new processor, there would be something else to go with it. The only reason the 3GS was like that is because it was much needed...to me it's not much needed.
 
oh yeah... dual core that can handle 1080p content and plus if it's 64gb it'll be nice with third party apps that support different codecs such as mkv,avi, etc. so don't have to keep making different versions of files
 
My most important criteria is speed to be honest. After seeing how crazy fast Galaxy S II is, it is hard to ignore the fact.
 
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My most important criteria is speed to be honest. After seeing how crazy fast Galaxy S II is, it is hard to ignore the fact.
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Youre one of the smart ones then. I can't believe how many people think that a exterior design change is a major upgrade, even if the phone keeps the same processor. Thats like taking an old Windows XP laptop, changing the case, and swearing its new.

Internals are everything.
 
If speed is the only added feature, then no I won't buy an iPhone 5. My 3GS is satisfactory. I'll probably buy a discounted iPhone 4 if that is the case.
 
kre62 said:
Youre one of the smart ones then. I can't believe how many people think that a exterior design change is a major upgrade, even if the phone keeps the same processor. Thats like taking an old Windows XP laptop, changing the case, and swearing its new.

Internals are everything.
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But W7 works on netbooks better than XP works on the latest spec notebooks. Internals aren't everything.

I don't even think the iP4 hardware is outdated, it's just that the competition is moving at warp speed.
 
If Apple uses the same Form Factor as iPhone 4, it will remind people of Antennagate.
Some users live in denial, others do not.

Buyers are fickle, only time will tell.
 
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SidewaysTakumi said:
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I can upgrade every year on my plan so I will probably get the new iPhone every year.
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how were you able to do this? do you pay a partial subsidized price?
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My AT&T line is over $100 and sonic eligible every year. It is that much because I have a family plan with three lines, unlimited texts and iPhone charge on mine bother two lines are just the +10 and iPhone.
 
I'm getting the fifth generation iPhone no matter what. But iOS 5 doesn't add any features that slow down the phone. Notifications, iCloud, etc. are like apps that they added on. Multitasking in iOS 4 requires better processors, but there's nothing like that in iOS 5.
 
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